This is a callout for all T15 sailors interested in attending the RYA summer camp at Rutland. Closing date for registrations is this Friday - 4th July.......( more )

A new date has now been set of the T15 / UKSA Windsurfing Camp on the Isle of Wight. Coach and Formula Windsurfing sailor Lucy Horwood will join the team to deliver the training camp taking place on the Isle of Wight over the week of 24-29 August 2008.......( more )

Have you taken your Start Racing Award yet? If you are participating in T15 inter-club events then you are up to the standard, and this is one of the questions we are now asking on the entry forms for inter-club events. Start Racing can be delivered as part of your T15 club sessions, ......( more )

If you are travelling trough London then please look out for the Skandia Team GBR stand. The stand was at Liverpool Street station yesterday. Today the exhibit is at Victoria Station. Tomorrow we're at London Bridge and then on Friday it's at Waterloo.......( more )

T15 clubs and windsurfing clubs now have the opportunity to raise their game further, with funding support available from the RYA. Any T15 club interested in working towards becoming an Volvo RYA Champion Club (whilst still retaining T15 club status) should visit the dedicated VCC website and make contact with the HPM; this is where you will find information regarding the new funding and assistance now available.

Entry is now open for the 2008 RYA Zone Championships with around 1,000 of England's top young sailors expected to sign up for what is considered one of the premier events in the annual Junior racing calendar. The six English Zones will stage their Championships around the country on the weekend of 27-28 September ......( more )

The RYA is backing 'Girls4Gold' - a new targeted recruitment drive masterminded by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) - to uncover hidden British female talent with the potential to rise to the podium at London 2012 and beyond. ......( more )

Bob Shillito, former T15 Head Coach with the Axbridge Animals has relocated to Cornwall and set up his own RYA recognised windsurfing centre, with plans to create the Polkerris Pirates T15 club in the near future.......( more )

Costa, the T15 Head Coach at Stithians is inviting T15 sailors and their families from across the UK to  attend the Stithians Windsurfing Rally which takes place over August bank holiday: 23-25 August 2008. ......( more )

This weekend saw the start of the South West South and South West North Team15 regional inter club championship with opening events staged at Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club on Saturday (28^th June) and Roseland Paddle and Sail, St. Mawes on Sunday (29^th June). ......( more )

Are you neck and neck with somebody at the T15 inter-club challenges at the moment and want to get ahead? Or perhaps you're further down the fleet and want to improve on your position? Well maybe you can with the help of a bit of additional training. Those very nice people on the TSG (Techno Steering Group) have given a lot of thought to the T15 level sailor this year and come up with some top level coaching days for you.......( more )

This one's for you if you have already attended at least one T15 inter-club event or the RYA National Junior Windsurfing Championships and are aged 14 or under (on 31 December 2008). Using the Fast Fwd formula and race training skills the RYA coaches will help participants to raise their skill levels enabling better performance at inter-club events. Zone Squad sailors are beyond this camp, so should consider the TSG camp instead. ......( more )

One for all abilities, though potentially higher level than the RYA/T15 Transitional Summer Camp. Whether part of a Zone Squad or not, you can apply for this camp and will train alongside those preparing for the Techno Worlds. Ideally you should be at least level 1 ability (or Stage 2 of the new RYA Youth Windsurfing Scheme) and have an interest in course racing. ......( more )

A lucky 24 teenagers from T15 clubs around the country have the opportunity to take part in the second T15/UKSA Youth Week on the Isle of Wight, 24-29 August 2008. This residential training camp is open to T15 club sailors who hold a Youth Windsurfing Scheme Level 2 / Stage 3 (W1/2008) certificate and are aged 14 or 15. Ideally you will have participated in T15 inter-club events but this is not essential. ......( more )

Youth windsurfing & sailing in England has recently received a significant funding boost with Sport England awarding the RYA an additional grant totalling £1.1 million with the purpose of further developing sailing and windsurfing for young people. ......( more )

North Lincs & Humberside Sailing Club (home of the North Lincs Invaders T15 club)  were pleased to feature on local TV and radio during Sport Relief week to help promote the charities fundraising activity and show that the fund makes a difference locally. The club have been awarded £5000 ......( more )

Kids in the Midlands region braved 4°C temperatures and howling force 5-6 winds, on Saturday (19th April) for the opening event of the RYA's Team15 2008 Inter-Club Championship. The event took place on Carsington Water near Derby ......( more )

As the curtain came down on the 2008 RYA Youth National Championships and Trials on Friday 4 April, selectors unveiled eight of the 10 RYA Team GBR sailors who will compete at the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Denmark this July. ......( more )

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.......( more )

Do you want to support our sailors who've qualified for the 2008 Olympics? Then why not join the Skandia Team GBR Supporters Club? You can do so by clicking here, ......( more )

For details of Team15 coach courses please see 'NOTICES' on the right hand side of this screen (& scroll down for course dates and venues). Please note closing dates. ......( more )

If you are nearing the upper limits of T15 in terms of age, perhaps you might consider becoming an RYA Windsurfing Instructor? On a recent instructor course run at Carsington Water, that's exactly what happened. Of the seven candidates on the course, six were aged under 18 and one had only just had the 16th birthday. It transpired, during the initial course briefing that the six under 18s had all come from Team15 clubs within the Midlands Region. ......( more )

We are updating a lot of the T15 publicity material at the moment and it will revolve around a theme "Team15 is..."

This is where we need you help. After the "Team15 is...", we want to insert quotes from the T15 sailors.......( more )

Are you reaching the upper limits of T15 and wanting to know what to do next? Well one thing you could do is become a Start Windsurfing Instructor. The age for taking this course has recently been lowered to 16.......( more )

Are you an RYA Windsurfing Instructor looking to put something back into the sport you love? The RYA has recently launched a new campaign and is seeking windsurfing instructors who could volunteer their time as a T15 coach to their local club: 2-4-15 ......( more )

If you enjoyed taking part in T15 inter-club events during 2006 then you may now have set your sights on getting into the RYA Zone Squads. This, perhaps, is where the confusion and questions start - "What events do I need to attend?"; "What kit should I be sailing?"; "How young must I be?"......( more )