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Australian Youth Team coaches announced for the 2019 Youth World Championship

Published Wed 27 Feb 2019

Australian Sailing are delighted to announce that the AS Board have approved the following coaches to train and support the Youth Team athletes in the lead-up and throughout the 2019 Youth Sailing World Championships.

Team Leader and Laser/Nacra Coach

Matt Jerwood (WA)

mjerwood@wais.org.au

420 Coach

Carrie Smith (VIC)

carrie.smith@sailing.org.au

29er Coach

Harry Morton

harry@hmsailing.com.au

Carrie and Harry will also support the other classes.

Since the announcement of the 2019 Youth Team, unfortunately Paige Caldecoat has withdrawn from the Team and has provided the following comment:

“I will not be taking up the spot for the Youth Worlds in Poland. I have a commitment to my training partners in my squad and this commitment clashed with Australian Sailings policy of mandatory training camps for the Australian Youth Team leading up to the event in Poland.

I need to stick by the people that have offered me so much this year and last and therefore honour my commitment to them. The primary goal remains the same, to be World Champion. If I am lucky the Olympics will fall into place hopefully one day.”

The Board have since approved Maddie O’Shea as the Radial Girls replacement who is thrilled to be joining the team.

“I am excited to be given the opportunity to complete at the 2019 Youth Worlds in Poland and to be a member of the Youth Team,” said O’Shea.

“After a break from the Laser over the last month I am looking forward to getting back to training and competing in Japan and Greece prior to the Worlds.”

2019 Youth Sailing World Championships will take place in Gdynia, Poland from 13 - 20 July 2019.

Find out more about the 2019 Youth Sailing World Championships here.

2019 Australian Youth Team to date:

Class	Athlete(s)	Club	State
RS:X (Boys)	Hamish Swain	Whitsunday Sailing Club/Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron	QLD
RS:X (Girls)	Amelia Quinlan	Hunters Hill Sailing Club	NSW
29er (Boys)	Max Paul and Archie Cropley	Middle Harbour Yacht Club	NSW
29er (Girls)	Alice Buchanan and Dervla Duggan	Sandy Bay Sailing Club	TAS
420 (Boys)	Ryan Littlechild and Jack Ferguson	Woollahra Sailing Club/Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron	NSW
420 (Girls)	Lily and Matilda Richardson	Mornington Yacht Club	VIC
Laser Radial (Boys)	Zac Littlewood	Fremantle Sailing Club/Royal Freshwater Bay Sailing Club	WA
Laser Radial (Girls)	Maddie O’Shea	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron/Double Bay Sailing Club	NSW
Nacra 15 (Mixed team)	Will Cooley and Bec Hancock	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron/Woollahra Sailing Club	NSW