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A busy Half Term of sailing

Published 17:53 on 6 Jun 2022

It was a busy half term for junior sailing with the first ever 3-day Junior Race Series and our first 3-day RYA junior training event both taking place.

Junior Race Series

22 boats took part in Junior Race Week which was run in 2 classes of boats each competing in their own 9 race series over the 3 days. Junior Class 1 comprised Toppers and Fevas while Junior Class 2 were Oppies and SailQubes.

In Class 1 Tate Kump showed the other 14 sailors how it should be done by winning all 9 races - an impressive performance built on the experience he has gained racing his Topper at many different Clubs. Tate was awarded the Snowhill Cup (see photos below). In 2nd place was Rory Grafton-Grattan with Hugh Williams 3rd.

In Class 2 Ethan Shaer was almost equally successful winning 7 of the 9 races and taking the Short Course Trophy. In 2nd equal place were Carter Mills and Helena Hickman (see photos below).

There was lots of great racing and noticeable improvement as the week progressed. Many thanks to our race officer and chief instructor Chris Gorton, kindly assisted by Kevan Watkins. Thanks also to Anna Turner and all the other instructors and parents helping out on the safety boats.

Parents and helpers took lots of photos many of which have been added to a collection in our Photo Gallery here.

RYA Training-1

18 juniors completed 3-days of RYA training completing elements within their well-tried Youth Sailing Scheme. With ages ranging from 7 to 13 some were complete beginners tackling Stage 1 while others were more experienced having already reached Stage 2 and now consolidating skills and moving to Stage 3. Well done to every sailor and thanks to Alex Anderson as Senior Instructor leading her first full RYA course at WWSC supported by Max Benda, Barnaby McCreery, Tom Wade, and Abbie Turner (all of whom started their sailing as WWSC juniors). There are a few more photos here.

Last updated 11:01 on 28 March 2024

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