The first day's racing at the 2018 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Nationals kicked off at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron yesterday with some great competition and a high number of races.
The prestigious inter-school event has drawn entries from 26 secondary schools, four from each state; 24 are private schools. All qualified by finishing in the top few in their respective strongly fought state Secondary Schools Team Racing Championships.
Hobart’s Sandy Bay Sailing Club has a remarkable record in producing Australian and World champions in various off-the-beach racing dinghies, and this week another team of talented and dedicated young sailors is heading overseas for another World championship.
Australia’s Team for the Youth World Championships in Texas next month has received a huge confidence boost with Zac Littlewood’s remarkable win at the Laser Radial World Championship in Germany!
The Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is set to host the most exciting school sailing event in the country when more than 24 teams, including some of Australia’s best youth sailors, compete from July 11-15.
Sailing Team coach Karyn Gojnich believes the athletes named to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina later this year will gain a range of valuable lessons for the future, while doing their utmost to make their mark against the world’s best young competitors.
After not one, but two cancellations of the 2018 Musto SA Optimist State Championship this season, finally the regatta will be sailed this weekend as part of the iconic Frostbite Regatta in Goolwa.
Congratulations to Aussie sailors Archie Cropley and Max Paul from Middle Harbour Yacht Club winning the 2018 29er National Championships in New Zealand over the weekend. In addition, fellow NSWIS team mates Henry Larkins and Miles Davey from Woollahara Sailing Club stood side by side on the podium finishing third.
Australia will field a talented team of youngsters at the Youth Worlds in Texas in July. Among them is Laser Radial sailor Maddie O'Shea, RSX flyer Alex Halank and 29er duo Miles Davey and Henry Larkings.
Australian sailors bound for the upcoming Youth World Championships have scored solid results and gained valuable knowledge at a wind-swept Japan Youth National Championships at Karatsu in southern Japan.
Some of Australia’s up-and-coming sailing talents are gaining a valuable opportunity to race, learn and build relationships with young Japanese sailors as part of an exchange program in the lead-up to the Youth World Championships in the US later this year.
Australian duo Will Cooley and Evie Haseldine will use the Nacra 15 Worlds in Barcelona next week as a valuable chance to hone their skills in the lead up to the Youth World Championships at Corpus Christi in July.
Australia will field a team laced with raw talent, discipline and experience at the Youth Sailing World Championships this year, with most of the sailors declaring hard work as the biggest requirement to achieving success at Corpus Christi in the US in July.
Australian Sailing is proud to announce the 2018 Australian Youth Team after a thrilling Australian Youth Championships ended at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on Monday.
The 2018 Australian Youth Championship has wrapped up in style at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron with tight racing on the final day deciding national titles, podium finishes and Australian Youth Team selection.
The stars of tomorrow showed their skills in blustery conditions off Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, completing four days of intense competition.