420 World Championship in Valencia.
Pwllheli Sailing Club members Sarah and Mari have arrived in Valencia a week ealy to prepare for the 420 World Championship which is hosted in the of the Americas Cup.
Racing starts on 25th July with 186 competitors from 25 countries. Read more ...
Three Pwllheli CHIPAC sailors are in the top 15 of the National and open fleet.
The results so far are available here.
Pwllheli CHIPAC sailor, Gethin Llewelyn Owen, achieved a fantastic 4th place in the Senior Fleet of the Volvo Gill Optimist British and Open Championship on 27th July - 2nd August 2013 in Largs.
Four CHIPAC sailors competed and three were placed in the top 20 of the senior fleet. There were 6 welsh sailors in the top 20!
Congratulations to Gethin and the CHIPAC team for a fantastic achievement.
Club members, Mari Davies and Sarah Norbury won the title at Rutland over the weekend. They are both 16 years of age and compete in the Open Youth (U19) category, which means that they needed to beat the best male sailors in Britain- and managed to do that by 10 points!
Four races were held on Saturday with another two on Sunday in winds approaching 28 knots by the end. The girls were very consistent, scoring 3 thirds, a second and 1 race win in the 37 boat fleet.
Darllen mwy: Mari and Sarah Lift GBR 420 Inlands Championship Title
Last weekend, Grafham Sailing Club hosted the 420 Winter Championships. This is the final event of rhe year on the British 420 calendar. Mari Davies & Sarah Norbury sailed very consistantly, finishing in the top 8 in all of the seven races to claim 4th place overall and 1st Girls.
In addition to their selection for the Gbr youth squad, the RYA are providing them with additional Targeted Support. This allows them to travel to a number of events on the European curcuit. During the Autumn they competed in Bordeaux and will be racing in Imperia, Northern Italy before Christmas.
Mari and Sarah - 10th in Imperia Winter Regatta Last Monday, Mari and Sarah flew out to Nice, on route to the Imperia Winter Regatta. After a short taxi ride over the border they arrived in the Italian coastal town. Neil Marsden (Gbr team coach) was waiting for them after his long drive over with the boats.
The regatta is a well established part of the European 420 calendar with 120 boats competing this year from 11 nations. The girls were very impressed with the picturesque venue and the food was very good too apparently!
After one day of training and venue familiarisation, the 4 day race series began. After the dissapointment of an ocs on day 1, the girls built a solid set of mostly top 10 results. By the end of the regatta they had climbed to 10th place overall- their best international result to date.
They will fly back on Sunday night and try to get a couple of days in at school before training in Pwllheli next weekend with the GBR squad.
They will also get their first look at their brand new Mackay 420- big thank-you to WYA!
Photo: Gbr 54510 (Norbury/Davies) starting on the pin end.