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Event 3
Queen Mary
Saturday 26 July 2008
Winning Team
Oxford Zoomers
Tushingham sponsored team
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Zoomers on course for hat trick
The South's Oxford Zoomers are just one event away from being crowned Regional Champions for the third year running after winning the penultimate round of the RYA's Team15 (T15) South Region Youth Windsurfing Championship this weekend (Saturday 26th July).
Having won the Championship for the past two years the Zoomers have been focused on a hat trick and look to be on course to getting it after remaining unbeaten so far this season.
Saturday's event, held at Queen Mary Reservoir, saw lovely barmy weather however, this resulted in some tricky windsurfing conditions. With very light wind shifting its direction constantly the Zoomers had to keep their wits about them to spot the shifts and pick the winning racing lines round courses.
Racing was spilt into five sail size classes with the less experienced and younger sailors sailing in the 3.5m and 4.5m classes and the more experienced older sailors sailing in the 5.5m, 6.8m and 6.8m Techno classes.
Unlike the past two events the Zoomers really pulled the stops out this time and won every class contested with three sailors Molly Todd in the 3.5m, George Simmonds in the 5.5m and Chloe Hopgood in the 6.8m, posting 'bullets' (winning all their races).
Zoomer Will Burrows, a newcomer to T15 this year, put in an impressive performance in the 4.5m class too losing just one race to Londoner Jason Harbor, a member of the Queen Mary Skimmers, and winning class victory.
Team mate Chris Guest also had a good event tussling with fellow Zoomer and previous class winner Tom Squires, to win his first victory of the season.
The Zoomers now go into event four, held in Poole, Dorset on 13th September, needing just to turn up with a team of at least 6 members to win their hat trick, the championship and a place at the national final, the T15 Champions Cup.
We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008
Congratulations!
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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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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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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