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Youth Development
RPAYC excels in the annual Interclub Series
By Tom Spithill

Windless starts for the last day of the Interclub Championships photo Marty Andersen

But the big movers of the regatta and the ones to watch in the future was the Alfred’s
Intermediate Youth Development Team (IYD) helmed by Nick Anderson. The IYD
team improved throughout the series starting off with a 4th place at the CYCA stage,
a 3rd at the RSYS stage and finishing off with a 2nd place at the final stage. Nick
and team sailed a consistent day, dropping a 4th place as their worst score and thus
Each club competing in the Interclub submits two teams for each stage of the regatta. finishing up with 11 points.
Each race day consists of up to six windward/leeward fleet races and each team is
allowed to discard their worst result. The overall winner of each regatta is determined “It’s been great to have the opportunity to not only sail the Elliotts (Elliott 7 Keelboats),
but also have the opportunity to race them as well” said a beaming Nick Andersen.
by the tally of both team’s scores.
The Interclub Challenge consists of three race days held at Royal Sydney Yacht
Squadron, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia & Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. This
year we welcomed Newcastle Yacht Club to join in on the series. Newcastle recently
purchased the Alfred’s previous fleet of training vessels (6 X Force 24s), and have
been putting them to good use.

The first two stages of the interclub were hosted by The RSYS and the CYCA down The Intermediate Youth Development programme is a feeder program to the clubs
on Sydney Harbour. On both days, the Alfred’s teams combined point