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Event 1
Carsington Watersports
Saturday 19 April 2008
Winning Team
Carsington Comets
Boardwise sponsored team
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Midlands kicks off the 2008 inter-club season |
With a home team advantage and the weather keeping a number of Midlands region teams away, the Comets dominated both the 3.5m and 5.5m fleets posting some impressive results. Ten year old Michael Horsley from Derby won all but one of the races in the 3.5m fleet claiming a comfortable victory for the Comets. Team mate Tom Jackson, 14 from Stoke, did the same in the largest sail size fleet, 5.5m.
Comet Henry Munro, 14 from Uttoxeter, posted an impressive three wins in the 4.5m fleet however ten year old Emily Hall, member of the RYA Midlands Zone Windsurfing Squad, sailing for the Notts County Outlaws, pipped him at the post with one more winning result claiming the top spot and fleet victory.
Henry’s younger brother Tom, 11, was competing at his first ever T15 event and managed to scoop a first place in race five for the 3.5m fleet despite not finishing in two of the previous races. The event Merit Award however was given to Pitsford Pirate nine year old Alice Butts, from Northampton, for her continued perseverance in the 4.5m fleet. Struggling with the high winds in the morning and failing to finish any race she managed to pull three good finishes out the bag after lunch finishing the day in third place.
Saturdays event was the first of four T15 regional events taking place across the Midlands region this summer. The Midlands teams will battle it out over a further three events to earn the title of Regional Champion and a place at the coveted national final the Champions Cup held in October on Rutland Water, Rutland. The next event will take place on 5th July at Rutland Water at which the teams are hoping for warmer weather.
We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008
Congratulations!
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Team15
Coach Courses
T15 Coach-Red courses
will now be known as
Racing Instructor Courses
T15 Coach-Freestyle courses
will change to T15 Freestyle Coach!
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Courses are currenlty being
organised by RDOs.
More dates soon.
If your T15 club
can get together 4 instructors
we can run a
course at your club!
Contact:
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(scroll down for other courses you have missed)
For information
(previous courses in 2008)
Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Cancelled: lack of candidates
Lakes Leisure - Windermere
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Fully booked
James Hamilton Heritage Park - Glasgow
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Cancelled: lack of candidates
Gwent Adventures - Wales
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 9/10 August 2008
Closing date: 25 July
5 candidates on course
Grafham Water Centre - Cambridgeshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 5/6 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
Spaces available
6 candidates on course
Wimbleball Lake - Somerset
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek course: 3/4 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
4 candidates on course
Roadford Lake - Okehampton
Course type: Racing Instructor
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: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 1/2 May 2008
6 candidates on course
Mountbatten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
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