Catherine Hardy and Heather Halperin (both of COSA) received Kelowna sport hero awards.
Catherine Hardy as a sports volunteer, and Heather as an athlete.
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Emerson Kirby from the COSA Race Team carring the Olympic Torch
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The Canadian Yachting Association with President Gerry Giffin and BC Sailing’s staff would like to invite you to meet with us on Sunday, Feb. 21st at 1pm at Kelowna Yacht Club. The address for Kelowna Yacht Club is 1414 Water Street, Kelowna, BC. This will give us an opportunity to let you know the changes and positive aspects coming in our sport and meet face to face. We will also introduce the new Long Term Athlete Development Framework, the backbone of our sport in the future. There will be a lot of time to open forum and exchange of ideas. This will be your chance to make a difference in how sailing is delivered in Canada, come and be heard!

RSVP required: please let your COSA Eexecutive Board know if you plan to attend by email to: cosa@okanagan.net

COSA was established on March 21, 1979. However, COSA did not appear at its Hobson Road home until much later. The first several years of COSA's existence was based out of the old sea plane base, on land that is now the Grand Resort. In April of 1984, COSA and the Kelowna Rowing Club joined forces to create the Central Okanagan Small Boat Association. A year later, COSA purchased eight flying juniors from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. The same year, COSA played host to the Canadian Hobie National Championships. Since being built, COSBA has changed radically. A blue paint job, thousands of bricks, a much larger dock, motorboat lifts, dozens more LTS boats, new motor boats, an elevator lift, a giant flag pole, and hundreds of other changes that insured that our sailing club will remain one of the best dinghy clubs in North America.


COSA is a member of the following organizations

bcsailing.bc.ca: BCSA - our provincial sport authority for sailing. BC Sailing is a member of Sport BC

Canadian Yachting Association - CYA - our national sport authority.  CYA is a member of  Heritage Sport Canada  http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/sc/fed/index-eng.cfm  (listed under Yachting)

International Sailing Federation.  - ISAF - our international sport authority