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April wrap up 2022

Published 11:24 on 27 Apr 2022

Club updates, member stories and news from WSC in April!

Join us for the Spring/Summer series awards ceremony!!

Our awards afternoon to present the spring summer series club racing awards is coming up on the 15th of May. We invite and welcome all junior and senior members to join. It will be a ticketed event with food and drinks provided and awards happening after, running from 12-4pm.

We would really love to see you all there, it should be a fun afternoon! Sign up at the link below

BOOK IN HERE

With the end of the Spring Summer series - it means our Winter series is starting up again soon. A season of flat water and strong westerlies. Sign up is available for this, we begin again on the 22nd of May.

Winter series sign up here

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Victorian Youth Championships 2022 for 420s, 29ers, Lasers and Optimist Update

Over the 17-18th of April, RYCV in Williamstown Victoria, held the VIC youth sail championships for 2022. We had many WSC sailors representing the club to compete and achieve some great results, as aussie sailing talent were battling it out for Australian Sailing Youth Team (ASYT). We had a mix of WSC boats including our 420 team, 29ers, lasers and Opti's.

Competitors were treated to a range of conditions across the four days of racing, but for many it was a time to celebrate after two years of border restrictions had played havoc with the national youth sailing schedule. As a result, the event doubled up as the selection event for the ASYT, with those athletes going on to compete at this years Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The regatta also acted as the selection event for the National Youth Camp, with 40 sailors invited to attend the camp immediately after the regatta.

The camp included class-specific sessions, information sessions from athletes and experts, goal setting and the patience required in managing moving from youth level sailing to more senior levels of competition. Team building also featured at the camp, helping athletes to understand the value of sharing learning and working with others to support the team getting better.

For our Optis prior to the event, we had Zara Marks, Goro Tomishima, Mia Austin, Harry Pilkington training amongst Australia's best Optimist sailors in the lead up to their international events. Zara will be representing the club at the Optimist Europeans in Italy, Goro and Mia will be competing at the Asian/Oceania Championships in South Korea, and Harry will be representing us at the World Championships in Turkey.

Results below

1st overall 420: Spencer Mckay and Benedict Mckay
1st Female 420: Hanako Tomishima and Grace Morrow
29ers 5th Place: Keizo Tomishima and Connor Warner
2nd Place Optimist Open fleet: Goro Tomishima
2nd Female Optimist Open fleet: Zara Marks

Full results here

Term 2 programs - Sign up still available

This Term we have lots on at the club and are offering a new course structure for our mid week Tackers. To capitalise on the daylight during the after school sessions - we are offering 2 x sessions a week for 4 weeks providing our usual course hours before the daylight fades. Our Tackers program and usual 29er, 420, Teens, Adults, Race skills on the weekends are running as usual. It's not too late to sign up.

We kicked off this week with some beautiful and dramatic conditions our programs have had a great start. Instructor Olivia had a great time on the water with our soon to be sailing legends, making the most of the warm water and gentle breezes.

It's the perfect time of year for kids and beginners with the seasonal gentle breezes, quiet harbour and calm waters. Contact the clubs office for any inquiries or bookings. [email protected]

See whats available here

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Venue Hire

The club function spaces (upstairs function room, club cafe, kitchen, outside), are available to members and the public for hire. If you have an upcoming event, we would love to have you. Member discounts are available!!

Please get in touch if you would like more information or to know our upcoming availability [email protected] View our venue hire page here

Tingara Challenge

On the 9th of April, several of our paddler members competed in the Tingira Challenge - hosted by Shark Island Paddlers. Each year this event is a super fun one and brings together paddlers from around the harbour to launch off Tingira beach opposite the club. This year brought 71 paddlers for the event providing some awesome races.

Full results here

Event photos here