MENDIP GC JUNIOR GLIDING CENTRE
Our Vision is to help create skilled pilots through great instruction.
Our Mission is to put support in place for Junior Pilots at the heart of club activities.
Our Purpose is to develop young lives through Gliding.
Mendip Gliding Club is a British Gliding Association-accredited Junior Gliding Centre. The club aims to enable and encourage young people to get actively involved in the UK's gliding movement. Gliding is an outdoor team sport that is available to all levels of ability.
The instruction you will receive as a Junior Member is from a BGA-qualified Gliding Instructor with many years of gliding experience, and many stories to tell.
The training syllabus is highly structured with each flight recorded in your own log book with comments and recommendations from your instructor.
The Junior Membership is available from 12 years old and up to 18 years old (or whilst in full-time education).
The youngest a Junior can go solo is on their 14th birthday !
Those under 16 will need a parent or guardian to accompany them on the airfield.
The accompanying adult will need to join as a social member, due to the requirements of the MGC’s insurers.
You can make a planned visit to the airfield to have a chat with one of the instructors or committee members which will allow you to see how the club runs and answer all your questions, you may even be able to combine this with a ‘first flight’.
As a Junior Gliding Centre we have put in place a number of measures to prevent cost from being a barrier to junior’s participation in the sport. As an all-volunteer club, it enables us to limit the cost of flying; for example, all instruction is provided free of charge to members.
Mendip Gliding Club is also a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) and we have various schemes to ensure affordability. We would be happy to have a confidential discussion with any junior and their family considering joining the club. Please contact our Eric Lacey at enquiries@mendipgliding.co.uk to find the ways in which we can help.
Prices 2024
Annual Junior Membership *: £240
Social Membership (non-flying) £75
*£45 JOINING FEE APPLIED TO ANY NEW FLYING MEMBER’S APPLICATION!
Contact us at: enquiries@mendipgliding.co.uk
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UK Junior Gliding YouTube Channel
This is a link to one of the YouTube videos which are posted on a Junior Gliding Channel. Please subscribe and follow as many interesting videos are uploaded there.
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Junior Worlds 2009
Amazing video from the Junior Worlds 2009. This particular one was held in Finland. There are teams from many countries. UK also has it's own Worlds Team for juniors..
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Junior Nationals
Junior Nationals are great for junior pilots to take part in a competition on national level. The entry requirement is a Silver C. A number of our Junior club members have taken part in the Nationals.