Olympic Games legacy with new jetties boost for Chelmarsh Sailing Club
New jetties are being installed at a Shropshire sailing club as part of its plans to build a lasting legacy following the Olympics.
A 70-tonne crane was used to move the jetties into place at Chelmarsh Sailing Club, near Bridgnorth, which will replace the old pontoons.
The project cost £36,000 with money being secured through the Inspired Facilities Fund, set up following the game to create a lasting sporting legacy for grass roots sports clubs across the country.
Club commodore Pete Wilson said: "The Olympic Games may be over and memories of glory may be beginning to fade, but the benefit of staging the 2012 Games in London will go on for many years to come.
"Chelmarsh recognised the opportunities presented for promoting our sport and improving the club's facilities. We made a successful bid for funding to replace the failing pontoons with new more robust and better quality jetties."
Mr Wilson said: "Winning the funding was only a beginning for the club. Plans were laid, specifications drawn up and materials sourced and orders placed.
"Now the project has begun to bear fruit with a 70-tonne crane swinging the first of the new pontoons in to place last week.
"This is a very exciting moment, the culmination of months of planning and work behind the scenes has come together to provide fantastic new facility for the club, which will make the launching and recovery of boats so much easier."
For more on the club visit www.chel marshsailing.org.uk
