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Ex-T15 SAILOR WINS SILVER AT BIC TECHNO EUROPEANS Posted On: 09/04/2008 9:57:21 AM | |||||||||
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Rising windsurf star Sam Sills secured his second top class podium finish of the year as he kept his focus to take silver at a severely wind affected 2008 Bic Techno 293 European Championships in Italy. Having got his year off to a perfect start with Techno 7.8 class gold at the IV Bay of Cadiz New Year Regatta, Spain, Sills settled for Europeans silver at Civitavecchia as heavy winds saw all but one of the scheduled four days' of racing cancelled. With no racing on days one or two, Sills, the reigning Bic Techno 6.8 World champion, sealed a men's Bic Techno 7.8 series record of 1-2-11 when racing eventually got underway in torrid conditions on Easter Sunday. And with the wind once again forcing the organisers' hand on Monday, the 14-year-old ex-T15 sailor (Roadford Wreckers) from Launceston, Cornwall was left to collect the silver medal that Sunday’s results had earned him. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Kieran Martin, from Stoke, was awarded a third place and bronze medal for his exploits in the two men’s 6.8 fleet races that were completed but as not enough races were sailed in that class to constitute a series, the Championship title was not awarded. Twickenham’s Joanna Evans, 15, claimed the most notable result for the RYA Team GBR girls, finishing fourth in the women’s 7.8 class. Sills, a member of the RYA Techno National Junior Squad, headed a team of 12 RYA Team GBR youngsters in Italy. RYA Team GBR will be hoping for more favourable conditions when they travel to Poland for the Bic Techno World Championships in August, where Sills will be looking to add the Under 17 World crown to the Under 15 title he won in Spain last year. 2008 Bic Techno 293 European Championships Men's Techno 6.8 Men's Techno 7.8 Woman's Techno 7.8 | |||||||||
Win a board!
Help your T15 club
to win a Techno board & rig
by taking part in
T15 inter-club events.
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Every time your club enters
a team of 15 sailors,
(with at least two people
sailing on Technos)
into your zone
T15 inter-club events,
then your club goes
into a prize draw.
Each T15 club therefore
has up to 4 chances
of winning the prize.
The draw will take place
at the Champions Cup
in October.
Tell your mates & all
sign up to the team.
The events are great fun
& your windsurfing
will really inprove.
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Team15
Coach Courses
Have you registered yet?
Roadford Watersports Centre - Okehampton
Course type: Start Racing
Midweek course: 4/5 June 2008
Closing date: 3 June
2 spaces available
Course type: Start Racing
Weekend course: 5/6 July 2008
Closing date: 9 June
Spaces available
Course type: Start Racing
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Spaces available
Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Start Racing
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Spaces available
Courses are currently
being organised in
South Wales
Lake District
If your T15 club
can get together 4 instructors
we can run a
course at your club!
Contact:
gina.lindholm@rya.org.uk
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For information
(previous courses in 2008)
Roadford Lake - Okehampton
Course type: Start Racing
Midweek Course: 4/5 June 2008
Organised by South West Lakes Trust
Fully booked
Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Freestyle
Weekend Course: 3/4 May 2008
Fully booked
Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Start Racing
Midweek Course: 1/2 May 2008
6 candidates on course
Mountbatten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Start Racing
Weekend Course: 12/13 April 2008
Cancelled: lack of candidates
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ADOPT-A-BEACH
The Green Blue is an environmental awareness initiative by the British Marine Federation and the Royal Yachting Association. One of its aims is to educate and promote the sustainable use of coastal and inland waters by watersports participants.
Some of the initiatives have a relevance to windsurfers - especially in achieving cleaner seas and beaches.
Adopt-a-Beach is definitely relevant to T15ers, which is a Marine Conservation Society project supported by the Green Blue.
Check out what parts of the Green Blue are relevant to you