Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 4th
Ffinlo Wright 7th
Ben Batchelor 9th
Matthew Petts 10th
Matthew and Ben both had a great race after getting off the start well at the favoured committee boat end. They held their positions well and provided a tough battle for Ffinlo who chased them round the course catching Matthew on the run and reeling Ben in on the final beat!
Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 16th
Tony Pitt DNC
Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 3rd
Ffinlo Wright 6th
Matthew Petts 11th
Ben Batchelor 31st
Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 9th
Tony Pitt RTD
The wind picked up considerably just in time for the run on this race, causing a few capsizes – Tony included! This was the end of his day’s racing, but to his credit he sailed superbly given that this is his first experience of UK competition and only his second time sailing with the Pro rig. He had some really excellent starts and showed promise up the beats. In Race 2 he finished 15th in a fleet of 30 boats – an excellent effort in a very competitive fleet.
Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 4th
Ffinlo Wright 8th
Ben Batchelor 22nd
Matthew Petts 23rd
Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 11th
Tony Pitt 25th
Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 5th
Ffinlo Wright 10th
Ben Batchelor 15th
Matthew Petts 23rd
Pro Fleet:
Tony Pitt 15th
Amie Shute 16th
Results for Manx Youth Sailing Squad Sailors, Race 1:
Sport Fleet
Greg Kelly 3rd
Ffinlo Wright 5th
Ben Batchelor 9th
Matthew Petts 22nd
Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 20th
Tony Pitt 23rd
The Manx Youth Sailing Squad will travel to Alton Water S.C. in Suffolk this weekend for the RS Tera annual Inland Championship.
Tony Pitt (age 11) will experience his first taste of UK competition. He has worked hard over the last two years, firstly to achieve selection to the MYSS and during this season to raise his sailing in preparation for UK competition. Tony will sail in the ‘Pro’ fleet at the weekend, after upgrading from the Sport to the Pro rig only last weekend.
For Greg Kelly and Amie Shute this will be the fourth Inland championship they have competed at. Amie will sail in the Pro fleet and Greg will do his final regatta in the Sport fleet.
Ffinlo Wright and Matthew Petts, who won the IAPS UK schools regatta last May will sail in the Sport fleet, along with the team’s youngest member Ben Batchelor.
We will try and keep up-to-date results here as best we can. The first race starts at 11.30am on Saturday.
We found two guillemots in the bay today that were covered in oil and unable to fly. The MSPCA were straight down to collect them. Wish I had a photo of Jon defending a baby guillemot from seagulls whilst trying to catch it with a cardboard box. Thanks MSPCA for good advice and quick response.
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The final two races of the RS Tera World Championship we sailed yesterday with all four Manx sailors having a great day of racing.
Greg Kelly won the first race and finished third in the final race of the series. In the overall standings he finished in 4th place, but the results at the top of the fleet we extremely close with only two points difference between second and fourth! Greg finished in the top five in six out of eleven races and also had two more results in the top 10. This is an outstanding achievement for the youngster in what was a very tough and close competition. Well done Greg!
In the Pro fleet Amie Shute finished the series with two 2nd places in the final races which moved her up to 5th overall and 2nd placed girl in the fleet. Amie will be delighted with these results, which after years of commitment, determination and training, are thoroughly deserved.
Izzy Sharpe, also racing in the Pro fleet, finished in 8th place overall, a very credible result in this light airs regatta. Izzy (and all the Manx sailors) preferring to sail in stronger winds and big waves, conditions we are very familiar with here!
Ffinlo Wright, the youngest member of the Manx team, sailed in the Sport fleet and finished in 14th place overall, managing to score three top 10 results during the series. Every year we are seeing better and better results from him, let’s hope he continues with the same dedication over the next few years.
The Manx Youth Sailing Squad have trained intensively throughout the winter and summer months, for all their efforts they have once again been a credit to themselves and the Isle of Man. I cannot express how difficult it can be to sail in a big fleet in light winds and maintain consistent results, but on the whole they guys have done it. Their results really are outstanding at this World Championship.
After nine races at the RS Tera World Championship results for the Manx Youth Sailing Squad are….
In the Pro fleet Amie is 7th (4th girl) and Izzy is 8th (5th girl). With a couple of good races tomorrow they may still be able to move up a few places in the overall standings.
In the Sport fleet after his superb results today Greg has moved up to 7th overall and Ffinlo is currently lying in 15th place.
There are two more races to be sailed tomorrow to complete the World Championship series. Let’s hope there is a bit of breeze for them….
With more wind at the Worlds today the Manx are back on form with Greg Kelly scoring a win and two 2nds in the three races sailed.
Amie had a good day in the Pro fleet with a 4th, 6th and 7th, she may be lying first girl now but we are still waiting for confirmed overall results.
Ffinlo has had a steady day with a 12th, 12th and 15th in the Sport fleet. Izzy finished 9th, 8th and 17th.
I will post another update once we have more news.
Fingers crossed for more wind in Denmark tomorrow!!
