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Coming Events
September
Major Events Committee Meeting
September 08 (18:00)
Winter Match Racing Series Two
September 11 (08:00)
College Sport Wellington Match Racing Championship
September 18 (08:00)
128th Season Opening Day
September 18 (All Day)
New Zealand Youth Match Racing Nationals
September 25 (08:00)
October
New Zealand Business Games
October 11 (15:30)
February
Centreport International Youth Match Racing Championships
February 15 (08:00)
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Young Wellington sailors perform well in national champs

Sailors from the Wellington Talent Development Programme, administered by Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and supported by Wellington City Council and Yachting New Zealand, performed very well in three separate national championships over the weekend. Top placer getter was Anita Trudgen from Muritai Yacht Club who sailed with Sam McKenzie from Auckland at the Sunburst Nationals in Wellington and finished in first place overall. Anita and Sam sailed a consistent regatta in varying wind conditions and were well clear on points from the rest of the 42 boat fleet.
 
Next best was Josh Porebski from Worser Bay Boating Club who took out second place at the Laser Radial national championships in Timaru. Josh’s regatta got off to a shaky start when on day one his hiking straps broke causing him to limp around the race track in both of the day’s races. >From there he sailed a strong regatta including a string of first place results which saw him tied for first place going into the last race. Although he bet his main opposition in the last race they were both to far down the fleet meaning Josh had to settle for second place overall. This regatta was the first of two to decide the New Zealand representative for the ISAF youth world championships later this year.

Meanwhile Josh Junior from Worser Bay Boating Club finished in third place in the hotly contested Laser Open National Championships also sailed in Timaru. With 2008 Olympic representative Andrew Murdoch and 2009 Laser World Championships silver medallist Mike Bullot in the fleet it was always going to be a tough assignment. Josh performed extremely well to finish the regatta on equal points with Mike Bullot only to be relegated to third place on a count back. This event was step one of two to select the three person New Zealand team to attend the 2010 World Laser Open Championships in England.

These were the first of a string of competitions that sailors from the squad are entered in over the next six weeks. The next sailor to watch is Matthew Steven as he begins competing in the OK Dinghy Interdominion championships in Wellington on Monday while the rest of Talent Development squad prepares for a busy Trans Tasman match racing schedule through February and March.
 



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