RYA Cymru • Wales Squad Newsletter Spring/Summer2015

Winter has long gone, the evening are light and the sun is finally shinning. See the results from the different classes during the spring.

Send in your reports and photos from the events you attend this summer for the Autumn edition, lets have your stories!

RESULTS THIS SPRING 420’s Flanders 7th Hatty Morsley & Pippa Cropley OPTIMIST

Youth Nationals Flanders 2015 2nd Sarah Norbury & Mari Davies, 5th Dan Atherton & Matt Viney, 1st Will Hall, 26th Tom Dawson, 39th Callum Davidson-Guild, 10th Jemma Viney & Tilly Matthews 43rd Kai Woolgram Silver Fleet - 3rd Emily Hall Inlands 8th Sarah Norbury & Mari Davies, 13th Dan Atherton & Matt Viney, 22nd Jemma Viney & Tilly Matthews

Summer RYA Youth Squad Welsh Sailors Sarah Norbury & Mari Davies, Dan Atherton & Matt Viney and

Jemma Viney & Tilly Matthews

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29ER

Winters

7th Rowan Edwards & Dan Blight , 21stHuw Edwards & Josh Daw- son, 26th Alex & Tom Joesbury

Harken 2 Spring Championships 3rd Rowan Edwards & Dan Blight, 8th Huw Edwards & Josh Daw- 5th Will Hall, 14th Sam Kneale and 15th Jamie Cook son Harken 3 Selections 4th Wall Hall, 7th Rhys Lewis and 11th Jamie Cook 19th Charlotte Watson & Chloe Butterworth

Inlands ______3rd Jamie Cook, 5th Rhys Lewis, 12th Will Hall TOPPER Nationwide Series Wales Optimist sailors turned out in force for the Inlands, 27 of you! NS3 Queen Mary - 9thTom Renny, NS4 Inlands—42nd Harry Pulford, 82nd Alex Watson ______LASER 4.2 Nationwide Series NS3 10th Benjamin Jukes-Bennett Laser Radial Q1 NS4 Inlands 5th Benjamin Jukes-Bennett, 27th Thomas Watson 6th Daniel Whiteley, 8th Rhiannon Massey, 14th Matt Whitfield ______Laser Radial Q2 FEVA 6th Daniel Whiteley, 11th Matt Whitfield, 12th Rhiannon Massey Nationals Silver fleet Laser Radial Q3 3rd Loreli Bates & Felicity Allen, 4th Tom Bale & Zac Blomeley, 10th 4th Rhiannon Massey, 23rd Jack Shepard, 29th Daniel Whitely Ewan Luke & Daisy Lee-Browne

Laser 4.7 Ladder 5 Grand Prix 36th Ewan Luke & Daisy Lee-Browne, 46th Tom Bale & Zac Blome- 4th Gethin Owen, 11th Milla Monaghan, 15th Christopher Jones ley, 55th Amy Bale & Lucy Hughes

Laser 4.7 Ladder 6 Europeans 12th Milla Monagahn, 20th Gethin Owen 68th Tom & Amy Bale

Laser 4.7 Ladder 7 5th Christopher Jones, 6th Milla Monaghan

Laser 4.7 Ladder 7 4th Gethin Owen, 7th Milla Monaghan, 11th Christopher Jones

BART’S BASH

20TH SEPTEMBER

GET DOWN TO YOUR CLUB GBR Optimist Europeans Team AND RACE!

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Eric Twiname Results The Welsh team had a fantastic RS Feva 8th Tom Bale & Zac Blomeley, weekend. Looking great in their Optimist 23rd Alice Reynolds red team hoodies! Topper - Lowri Boorman

Challenge Wales

Challenge Wales is offering 5 day sum- mer voyages on board Wales’ Tall Ship

Ages 16 - 25

21st—25th July

26th—30th July

5th—9th August Llangorse formally opens its doors!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to take part in some CYRC open training, asymmetric open training or windsurf training. Look at the open training section of the website for more details of training in your area.

Open asymmetric training on 15th & 16th August at Plas Menai is open to all sailors wanting improve their asymmetric skills or try a new class of boat.

What are you doing this summer? It’s a summer packed full of events!

Optimist Topper

Optimist European Championships ITCA 5.3 National Championships 2nd - 7th August 17th - 23rd July, Pwllheli at WPNSA

ITCA 4.2 Summer Championships 2nd - 7th August Optimist National Championships at WPNSA 25th - 31st July Pwllheli 2015 Topper World Championships: Fraglia Vela Riva, Lake Garda, 19-24 July 2015

Optimist Irish Nationals 13th - 16th August, Skerries Club, nr Dublin

Laser RS Feva Laser Nationals 1st - 7th August at Mounts Bay

Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships 6th - 10th August, Medemblik, RS Feva Worlds 20th - 24th July, Laser Radial Youth World Championships 14th - 20th August, Kingston, Laser Under 21 World Championships 15th—22nd August, Medemblik, Netherlands Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix 5th –7th Sept , Hayling Island

29er

Europeans 17th - 21st July, Medemblik, Nether- lands Zhik UK Nationals 1st - 6th August, Pwllheli 420

420 World Championships, 17th - 25th Castle Bay Karatsu, Zhik World Championships 8th - 14th August, 420 French Nationals 18th - 25th July, Northern Pwllheli

CARDIFF EXTREME 40’s

A report and photos by Matt Viney

Some of squad sailors were lucky enough to attend the Extreme Sailing Series, hear how Tilly and Matt got on. On Sunday 21st of June Tilly Matthews and I were invited to a day out at the Extreme 40 sailing series in Cardiff Bay. We got there in the morning and were invited to the hospitali- ty tent amongst all the sailors, teams and ce- lebrities. We met some great people such as Sir Gareth Edwards and Matt Baker and had photographs taken with them. We made the most of the hospitality tent with the benefits of being VIP such as: the food, drink, great atmosphere and brilliant views of the extreme racing.

The sailors had a challenging day on the wa- ter with the breeze gusting up to 30knots at times. This unfortunately meant we were un- able to get on an Extreme 40 to race as guest sailors, however we were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to get up close to the action on a rib. It was extremely fun and we had a nice day out. I am very grateful to the RYA for giving me this opportunity. 420 TO LASER RADIAL, MANAGING THE CHANGE

Dan Whiteley gives us his experience from transitioning from the 420 to the Laser Radial

Firstly, well done for your result at the Youth Nation- als. A great achievement after only 6 months in the Laser. Tell us about it? What was the event like? What did you find most challenging? ever become challenging when you have a bad race, then you don’t want to speak to anyone least of all your crew so Thank you, it was great to be challenging the front of the fleet my advice is to keep winning, then everything will go again after a tough winter. The youths was a really good event smoothly. Alternatively, I would put more effort into improv- for me, the light winds allowed some of the lighter and young- ing my communication skills in the boat because it’s not er sailors to push the front along with the more experienced something you learn in oppie’s and toppers because it’s just youth squad leading to some really interest racing for every- you in the boat but in the 420 it makes a real difference. body. I definitely found the Wednesday the most difficult. After only finishing one race out in the bay we waited out on the You’ve obviously about to start a busy summer of water until the 29ers and 420s had finished before racing 2 competition. Which events are you competing in? races inside the harbour in an unpredictable breeze, the long What training are you doing in preparation? What is day and conditions were challenging and my results reflected you priority? that. This summer I am competing in the Europeans, Worlds and You’ve obviously just transitioned from the 420 into EUROSAFs as well as the ISAF selector at the end of August. the Laser Radial. How have you found the Laser Ra- Now my exams are over I am sailing at squads and in Port dial? What advice would you give someone who is Dinorwic over the weekends to get back into it and training about to transition into the Laser Radial? What, if an- in the gym over the week. I’m looking forwards to all the ything, surprised you? What did you find most chal- events but the Worlds in Canada is definitely my priority as I lenging? can’t wait to race against the world’s best.

I really enjoy sailing the laser, the racing is tight and the mar- You’ve been working hard down at the Unit over the gins are small so it reminds me of my time optimist sailing. It's past few months. How has this helped you transi- definitely much more physically demanding than any boat I tion into the Laser Radial? What benefits have you have sailed before and I realised the necessity to constantly felt on the water? hike in anything over 8 knots was real and far more difficult When I first moved into the Laser Radial I was so slow in hik- than I had previously thought, that still remains the most diffi- ing conditions but now my strength has improved so I can cult aspect of sailing the boat. I guess the best advice I could compete when it gets windy. Having said that hiking hasn’t give to anybody transitioning is that it will be hard at first but if got any easier, but I can sail faster for longer and I have Chris you stick it out and put effort in you can really make some to thank for that. gains on the fleet catch up quickly. What’s next after the Laser Radial? Are you consid- How about your time in the 420? What advice would ering an Olympic campaign? Any other boats you you give someone who is about to transition into the are intending on having a go in? 420? What did you find most challenging? Is there I’d love to pursue an Olympic campaign and if I ever get the anything you would have done differently with the benefit of hindsight? chance I would jump at the opportunity but that’s a long way away from where I am now. I enjoy sailing the Laser so the Sailing the 420 was really fun. The class is friendly and competi- natural step is into the standard, but I’d also like to sail a tive and is definitely a change from the junior boats. Sailing 49er as they are far quicker than anything I have sailed be- with another person was also rewarding especially when you fore. win, it’s nice to have someone to share that with. It does how- University Sailing

Exams are over, the summer holidays are here and many of Were you interested in join- you in the Youth squad will be enjoying a busy programme of ing a University sailing club events. Those of you in year 11, 12 and 13 will have deci- or did you want to continue sions to make when term starts again. This may be choosing sailing your own boat on the circuit and or at a local club? subjects to study or choosing whether or not to go to univer- sity. As a Youth squad sailor you will have already put in I wanted to join a uni sailing many hours training and taking part in events. Some of you club: most of the sailing done on the uni circuit is team racing, something which I, and I think most sailors, really maybe thinking of going straight to university or maybe tak- enjoy! It's tense and exciting, and puts emphasis on boat ing a year out to concentrate on your sailing. handling in tight situations, communication, quick tactical decisions and rules. I also wanted to carry on sailing but If going to university is the right thing for you, then as a sailor change it to keep it exciting and different - plenty of time to you need to carefully consider your university options. The go fleet racing in the summer! place you study could have a big impact on how much sail- Did the university have to be on the coast? ing you do, the type and the location. This isn’t the only con- sideration, the course you want to study and the grades re- For personal preferences yes but many inland unis have quired to get in will have an influence on your decision. top sailing scenes e.g. Birmingham, Manchester, Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge, York, London uni’s... The list is Choosing a university that is right for you is so important. Try long! Also note that team racing must take place on non and attend open days if you can, this way you can get a real tidal waters so being by the sea doesn't mean you team race on it! feel for the place. Do your research on the course you want to study, read the prospectus and look at the content and Did you ever feel that you should be on the South Coast, structure of the course. Once this has been done then you maybe you were slightly restricted on choice due to your course choice? can start thinking about sailing! It's true that there are more sailors on the south coast and Not all universities sail or have their own boats, some sail on unis such as Southampton and Plymouth have the biggest lakes others on the sea. Team racing is also a large but very and most varied sailing clubs with the all the social part of university sailing. The national governing body etc down there, and from a sailors point of view there is for university sailing is BUSA (British Universities Sailing As- definitely a pull south! From experience this year, howev- er, I'd say it doesn't particularly mater for team racing/ sociation). They are affiliated and supported by the RYA. It is dinghy racing and many unis further north are incredibly run by students for students and host numerous events dur- active too; for instance the Scottish universities virtually all ing the year. Their website www.busa.co.uk contains useful sail and have a very good league set up. Bath, Bristol and information on all university sailing clubs and the many uni- uni of west Essex all sail at chew valley where there is versity sailing events. also lots of club racing to get involved in too. Course choice: most of the unis I was interested in had Toby Morsley has just finished his first year at Cardiff Univer- some form of classics course, and for those who feel like sity, we spoke to him to find out how he made that choice of going down South is tempting there are lots of unis to which university to choose from and his experience of uni- choose from down there! versity sailing. Have you got involved in University team racing? When choosing your University did you choose it because of Yes, personally I think it would be silly not to! High quality the town or city or because of the course? racing, good fun, cost effective. Combination of both. Being fussy I wanted it to be a Russell Are you a member of the University Sailing Team? group uni, by the sea and with a course I liked the look of - Yes I am; I'm the current vice captain. As well as team only so many of those! racing there is match racing in Weymouth, yachting na- What are you studying for at the moment? tionals in Portsmouth (both of which we sent a team to this year) and the fleet racing nationals, this year in Cardiff! Archaeology and Ancient History Is the social side good fun? When you were choosing uni’s for your UCAS form how im- portant was it for you that the University had a sailing club? Social side is brilliant. Sailors know how to have fun, noth- ing else need be said! Very important! I knew from friends already at uni that I really wanted to sail! Thank you Toby for giving us this insight on www.busa.co.uk sailing at University. Welsh Zone Championships & North Wales OnBoard Festival 26th & 27th September 2015 at Clwb H Bala Sailing Club On line entry now open at www.ryacymruwales.org.uk

Entry Fees Main fleet and OnBoard/Regatta fleet Single handed - £37 Youth classes U19 Double handed - £40 Junior classes U16 Windsurf

This year the Welsh Zones will be combined with the OnBoard Festival. Don’t miss out , it should be a great event! There is some great camping available and with some sunshine and a good breeze we will have the perfect combination for an excellent weekend of racing.