Australian Sailing’s Youth Team has wrapped up the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
A stronger and more consistent 15 knot breeze played out in Gdynia on Wednesday, ensuring a full complement of races for the 409 sailors from 66 nations were completed on the third day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships.
Australia's Paris van den Herik has claimed the bronze medal in the girls single handed racing in the first week of competition at the Pacific Games. Â
Gdansk Bay, just off Gdynia in Poland, presented itself with a more stable breeze on the second day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships which enabled each fleet to complete a good number of races over a long day of racing.
The 49th edition of the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships got underway in Gdynia, Poland on Monday, 15 July with 409 eager sailors from 66 nations ready to race across the nine events.
Racing at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships kick off in Poland today, with Australian Sailing’s Youth Sailing Team ready to contest the pinnacle event for young sailors.
One of Australia’s biggest junior sailing events will head to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) this summer as the 2020 Gill Optimist Australian & Open Championships descend on Williamstown from 2-9 January next year.Â
Australian 49er sailors Kurt Hansen and Simon Hoffman currently sit in second place on day two of the 2019 Junior World Championship being held in Risor, Norway.
The 2019 Interdominion Schools Team Sailing Championships between Australia and New Zealand will get underway between 13 and 17 July at the Sandy Bay Sailing Club in Hobart.
The Australian Youth Championships will be hosted by Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club from January 10 - 14, after the class nationals, as part of the Melbourne Summer of Sailing.
Sydney's Scots 1 team has been named winners of the Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship after a windless end to competition on Monday, followed by late-night hearings by the regatta Jury.
The Australian team heading to Samoa for the Pacific Games is now training on specific areas of need, with an emphasis on how athletes can best test their skills against our Oceanic neighbours as well as how they can learn and grow for future events.
With less than a month to go before the Youth World Sailing Championships, many of the team are readying themselves for what will be the biggest regatta of their sailing careers to date.Â
NSWIS Scholarship holders Ryan Littlechild and Jack Ferguson together with the other 420 training partners have completed their lead up training for the upcoming 420 Open Worlds championships held in Portugal.
Turning 18 is a memorable occasion for any person, but when an event designed for teenagers and young adults comes of age, you know it is going to be one hell of a party. Swan River Sailing and the City of Perth have teamed up with Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club again in 2020 for the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta.