Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club was once again the perfect venue for the Zhik Youth Sail VIC Coaching Clinic and Championship, held from Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th April. 

The event welcomed 123 sailors and their families from Victoria, the ACT, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

The Zhik Youth Sail VIC Coaching Clinic was held over the first two days, with the excellent team of coaches taking the sailors through on and off water sessions.

One of the highlights of the Coaching Clinic was the talk from guest speaker Jim Colley OLY at the Burger night held on the first night. Jim competed in the 49er Skiff at the Paris Olympics and he had some valuable insights to share with the young sailors.

The Victorian Youth Championship kicked off on Saturday morning with only one race achieved due to the light breeze dying away by lunchtime. Sunday saw a more favourable breeze and all dinghy fleets completed five races overall with the skiffs managing six races. The Victorian Optimist Association ran the activities for the green fleet group who ended the weekend with big smiles all round.

We extend a huge thanks to the volunteers, club staff and members who made the event a huge success, and for their excellent hospitality.

Thanks also to all the parents for your support and to the sailors - we hope you had a good time, improved your skills, made some new friends, and enjoyed sailing at beautiful Sorrento!

We thank our generous event naming rights sponsor Zhik and Prize Sponsor ESP (Eventing Services and Products) who donated Optimum Time Sailing watches as encouragement awards. ESP have also offered 10% off watches for a limited time, click here to visit their website and use the code EVENT10 to access the discount.
 
We congratulate the prize winners

Minnow Open 
1st Place – Leo Batenburg – DSC, NT 
2nd Place – Lucas Hailes – BYS, VIC
3rd Place & First Girl – Daisy Cuningham - BYS, VIC

Optimist Intermediate 
1st Girl – Bibi Stigter – SSCBC, VIC
1st Place – Malawa Heale – RBYC, VIC
2nd Place – Jasper Mulder – SSCBC, VIC
3rd Place – Charlie McLaren – SSCBC, VIC

Optimist Open
1st Girl – Lily Cantwell – RBYC, VIC
1st Place – Acklin Stent – MMYC, VIC
2nd Place – Tate Cantwell – SSCBC, VIC
3rd Place – Stirling Marshall – AWSC / SYC, VIC

Sabre
1st Place & 1st Girl – Inga Griffiths-Hunt – AYC, VIC
2nd Place – Oliver Halse – SYC / WSC, VIC
3rd Place – Theresa Morton – WSC, VIC

ILCA 4
1st Place – Callum Simmons – SSCBC / IHYC, VIC
2nd Place – Will Hailes – BYS, VIC
3rd Place & 1st Girl – Harper Spacey – DBSC / HHSC, NSW

ILCA 6
1st Girl – Maddy English – MYC, VIC
1st Place – Callum Simmons – SSCBC / IHYC, VIC
2nd Place – Will Hailes – BYS, VIC
3rd Place & 1st Girl – Harper Spacey – DBSC / HHSC, NSW

29er 
1st Place – Miles & Henri Levenspiel – SSCBC, VIC
2nd Place & 1st Girl’s Team – Heidi Bates & Zara Marks – WSC / Manly 16s, NSW
3rd Place – Alice & Klara Travlos – RFBYC / FSC / PDSC, WA 
1st Mixed Team – Mia Austin & Max Nearn – WSC, NSW

ESP Sponsored Prizes – Optimum Time Sailing Watches 
Encouragement Awards – Alexander Nechifor & Gracie Golinski

Full results

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We hope to see you all back again next year!