RPAYC Shine at the Australian Youth Championships
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and
Objective Australia Youth Sailors Natasha
Bryant and Annie Wilmot won the All
Girls division and secured 2nd overall in
the Australian Youth Championships as
part of the SPLASH Festival this week,
moving up a place from the 3rd they won
at last week’s 29er Nationals, also part
of the SPLASH Festival. The win means
they are the first All-Girl team in their
divisions for the second year running.
The 2015 NSW Youth Championships
420s winning team, Charlotte Griffin
(MHYC) and Chelsea Connor (RPAYC) also
excelled, taking the Bronze in the 420
Double Handed.
RPAYC Youth Sailors Nathan Bryant,
Antony Hawke, Boston Cortis, Jarrah
Sheppard, Will McMillan, and Logan
Cortis made a strong showing in the
Laser 4.7 getting some great competition
experience among their peers.
The 2016 SPLASH (‘Sail Play Live Across
Sydney Harbour’) Festival, encompassed
the 2016 Australian 420, Zhik Australian
9er, Australian I14 (January 1st to
8th, 2016) and the Australian Youth
Championships (January 9th to 14th,
2016), was hosted by Woollahra Sailing
Club and sailed on Sydney Harbour.
The SPLASH Festival Australian Youth
Championships were four days of
competition, where sailors competed for
their respective class Championships. The
AYC is also an important qualifier for the
Australian Youth Sailing Team.
The team is selected based on
performances across multiple events,
including the AYC, Australian class
championships and Queensland Youth
Week. The sailors who earn selection
to the Australian Youth Sailing Team go
on to represent Australia at the World
Sailing Youth World Championships
2016 Australian National Optimist Titles
(formerly ISAF). Next year’s edition will
be held in Oman.
Woollahra Sailing Club and the SPLASH
Festival pass the torch to the Adelaide
Sailing Club, who will host the 2017
Australian Youth Championship.
Source: Pittwater Online News
Photo: Natasha Bryant and Annie
Wilmot - Photo: Lachlan Murnaghan/
MurnaghanMedia
This year’s Nationals at Georges River Sailing Club was a huge success for our RPAYC Opti sailors. It was a fantastic event with
a big contingent from our Club especially in Green Fleet, all doing well against tough competition from all over Australia and
overseas. We all had an amazing time despite some trying conditions the first few days with pelting rain, strong wind and tides to
contend with. Intermediate and Open Fleets sailed a qualifying series and were then placed into a Gold or Silver fleet for the final
series. Gold Fleet comprised of the top half of the fleet and the rest were Silver. Source: RPAYC Centreboard Facebook page.
Open Gold
16th Alexander Bijkerk
32nd Daniel Links
36th Fletcher Walters
Open Silver
5th Morgan Wells
8th Bella Green
14th Jonathon Tuite
Intermediate Gold
9th Olivia Williams
22nd Angus Crafter
34th Bayley Taylor
40th Finlay Crafter
41st Cooper Bellingham
Intermediate Silver
33rd Jarod Brown
Green Fleet
2nd Oscar Verity
7th Eva Attwood
11th Ellis Merrett
14th Lara Supple
16th Walter Tuite
23rd William Troop
29th Max Crafter
31st Nathan Pearce
33rd Isabella Holdsworth
39th Orlando Springer
42nd Kye Williams