RYA Cymru• Wales Squad Newsletter
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
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 _____________________________________________________________________ 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! Download the SafeTrx app to your phone The RYA SafeTrx app monitors your boat journeys and alerts designated emergency contacts should you fail to return on time. Using iPhone and Android smartphone tech- nology this tracking and alert system is easily accessible and ideal for those who don't usually register sail plans or carry navigational aids and distress alerting equipment on board (for use in UK territorial waters). Directly from your Smartphone you can enter your journey details and set off knowing that should you not return by the time given, your emergency contact will be alerted and advised to initiate appropriate action. When an emergency contact calls HM Coastguard about an overdue trip, they will have access to your location and SafeTrx Trip data through a secure SafeTrx server. Since the RYA SafeTrx App periodically sends your lo- cation data back to our servers, the Coastguard's response team can get help directly to you, and quickly. 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, Italy 19-24 July 2015 Optimist Irish Nationals 13th - 16th August, Skerries Sailing Club, nr Dublin Laser RS Feva Laser Nationals 1st - 7th August at Mounts Bay Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships 6th - 10th August, Medemblik, Netherlands RS Feva Worlds 20th - 24th July, Germany Laser Radial Youth World Championships 14th - 20th August, Kingston, Canada 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, Japan Zhik World Championships 8th - 14th August, 420 French Nationals 18th - 25th July, Northern Pwllheli France 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.