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PRIZE
GIVING THIS SUNDAY
This
coming Sunday is the WBBC
PRIZEGIVING. There
are heaps of prizes to be given away and not just for the series
winners…!! This year there are a number of special prizes that have
not been on offer in previous years. You never know what you might
win. So come on down and have a fun evening with your family and
friends. We would love to see all of those new Opti sailors as well
as the rest of the juniors. After prize giving the bar will be open
(for your parents) and we will be ordering pizza for those who want
something to eat.
Prize
giving will kick off at 4.00pm
following Rowies Autumn series prize giving at 3.30pm
ROWIES
AUTUMN SERIES
This
coming Sunday is also the last day of the Rowies Autumn series.
There are two races scheduled, starting at midday.
To date the level 3 Opti sailors have put on a great showing and we look
forward to having these sailors as part of the Race
Squad
next season.
For
all those other junior sailors, why not come down and take part in the
racing prior to the WBBC prize giving. I understand from Rowie there
are lots of prizes up for grabs.
WBBC
JUNIORS SELECTED TO COMPETE OVERSEAS
Three
Junior
Race
Squad sailors from
Worser
Bay have been
selected for national development teams to represent New
Zealand in upcoming
overseas regattas.
Rowan
Swanson has been
selected for a Yachting New Zealand team consisting of two P class sailors
and three optimist sailors. The team will be traveling to Kaio in
Japan in early August
2005 to compete in an international regatta hosting ten sailing nations
from around the world. The regatta will be sailed in sea hoppers,
which are similar to a small laser.
Adam
Middleton and
Tim
Coltman have been
selected by NZIODA for a New
Zealand optimist
development squad to compete in New
Caledonia at the Noumea
National Championships to be held in late October 2005. The 12
strong development team is made up of six of the country’s top ranking 12
year olds, including Adam, and six older top ranking optimist sailors,
including Tim.
As well as this
Aaron Hume-Merry and
Cushla Hume-Merry finished
2nd equal in the Laser and 2nd in the Laser Radial respectively, at the NZ
youth trials held at Murray's Bay this
year. These placings not only qualified them for two of
the three positions in the laser with the Yachting New Zealand
Youth Squad but sees both Aaron and Cushla under the New Zealand
Academy of Sport as carded sailors.
Well done guys
and good luck with your events.
WBBC
GREEN FLEET
Last season saw
the development of a potentially large Worser Bay Opti green fleet for
next season.
Welcome to,
Arran Stagpoole,
Ben
Murdoch,
Catlin Hearfield, Edward Jefferies, Jack McNaught, Vivian and Morgan
Christie-Jones, Rebecca Daley, Rennie Pearson, Ruth Jabbs, Sam Wilcox, Ted
Taylor, Thomas
Hannan
and Zac Blakely. These
sailors spent last season working through level 2 and level 3 sailing
courses and are now set to join the WBBC Race
Squad in
September.
Over the winter
months many of these sailors will be participating in the
Titahi
Bay winter series
as well as getting involved in an informal winter series at WBBC. It
is fantastic to see such a big group coming through and we look forward to
having you as part of the Squad next season. Keep it
up!
TITAHI
BAY
WINTER SERIES
A reminder to
all that the Titahi Bay Boating Club winter series starts the first Sunday
after Queens Birthday weekend on 12th
June 2005.
For those of you
who have not sailed at the Titahi
Bay winter series
before it is a great opportunity to improve your skills over the winter
months. There are generally no waves of any consequence and there is
a dedicated Opti green fleet which would suit current level 3
sailors. Most of Wellington’s top sailors
have started their sailing career at the Titahi
Bay winter series.
If you are
having difficulties getting yourself and your boat out to Titahi Bay then
get in touch with Terry
Steven ph 939 1532 and
we will see what we can organise. There is an opportunity to store
your boats at Titahi Bay Boat Club. If you would like more
information on this please contact Peter
Keast ph 236
7637.
The Sailing
Instructions are attached to this email. Dates are as
follows;
Series
1
1.
SUN 12th June
2. SUN
19th June
3. SUN
26th June
4. SUN
3rd July
5. SUN
10th July
LAY
DAY 17th July
Series
2
1. SUN
31st July
2
SUN 7th August
3
SUN 14th August
4
SUN 21st August
5
SUN 28th August
Check out the
link below for more information
http://www.wya.wellington.net.nz/docs/2005_titahi_winter.pdf
RACE
SQUAD TEAM GEAR
We
have now put in an application for funding to purchase team gear for the
Junior
Race
Squad
next season. This will include a jacket (to wear before and after
sailing), a polar fleece and a Tee shirt. Thanks to all those
sailors who responded to our questionnaire. Your answers were really
helpful in making the decision on what gear to get.
I
will let you know how we go with our funding application but all things
going well you will all have WBBC team gear to wear next
season!
Parents:
Could you please pass this newsletter on to the younger sailors in your
family. Thanks.
That’s
all for now………See you at prize giving! | 
