The 2019 NSW Youth Championships wrapped up today at Point Wolstoncroft Sport & Recreation Centre, with sunny skies and tight racing deciding podium finishes.
James Hodgson, Harry Hall, Louis Schofield & Nick Rozenauers have claimed the 2019 Australian Youth Match Racing Championship for the first time, defeating Finn Tapper, George Richardson, Jess Grimes, Emma Harrison and Jake Liddell 2-1 on Sydney Harbour.
The 2019 NSW Youth Championships will get underway at Point Wolstoncroft tomorrow with competitors starting to arrive in today for the second largest gathering of youth sailors nationally.
Have a thought the next time when you are heading to a regatta and consider the journey to get to an event. This week at the QLD Coaching Clinic and Youth Championships sailors have travelled from the north and south to Yeppoon, Capricorn Coast which is central for all sailors.
James Hodgson has seamlessly stepped back into the helming role, remaining undefeated on 7-0, on Day 1 of the Australian Youth Match Racing Championship after a five month break, where he crewed and became World Champion in youth match racing.
The premier Youth Regattas for QLD, WA and NSW are all shaping up to be hotly contested, with the state's top young talent ready to compete over the coming fortnight.
This program was created for 12-17 year old’s who are keen to try out sailing in a non-competitive, social setting. OutThere Sailing is about having fun, hanging out with your mates, making new ones and doing something different.
Australia has won the 2019 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia, with New Zealand finishing in second and Denmark in third position.
At the Zhik 29er World Championship in Gdynia, Poland, Australia’s Archie Cropley and Max Paul combined skillfully on a tough Baltic coast track to finish sixth in the open results from a starting list of 175 skiff teams.