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Event 4
Hythe
Sunday 27 June 2008
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Hythe Hotshots become south east T15 Champions
Hythe youth windsurfing team hosted the fourth and final of the T15 South East windsurfing championships on July 27th. Having won the previous three, Hythe Hotshots had already secured the championship, but Bewl Blasters denied them a clean sweep, taking the dominant Hythe scalp on their home turf.
In a scorcher of a day with a fitful breeze and a strong tide, teams from Hythe, Bewl, Redhill and Eastbourne battled it out in the five windsurfing classes. Le Mans starts had the kids starting from the top of the beach in the T15 tent, racing down to the shoreline to their ‘pit team’ holding ready their windsurfing boards. After sailing round the course, they then had to run back up the beach to the tent to finish. In a fickle and dying wind, race two was switched to a paddling race, with rigs left ashore and boards paddled like surfboards around the turning mark and back, again with Le Mans start and finish.
The Bewl Blasters got it right in the 3.5m fleet, taking the top two places with Elliot Wood leading Stanley Walsh, with Aqua Sports Aquanauts (Redhill) Chrissi Jones picking up 3rd place.
In the 4.5m fleet, Phillipa Hemphrey (Hythe Hotshots) deservedly took a first place in the first race, but Lucy Blackstone (Bewl Blasters) wasn't going to make it easy for Phillipa. In the paddling race, Lucy took the win right on the line with a superb dive across! Oliver Bentsen (Bewl) held 3rd place.
It was Spray Sprites (Eastbourne) turn in the 5.5m class. Charlie Holman took the win, even finishing ahead of the 6.8m fleet. Alex Barry (Hythe) came through in 2nd place, and picked up the first Techno trophy to add to his collection. Taking 3rd place was Hythe Hotshot Catriona Hards, finishing ahead of Bewl's Hamish Munro-Faure.
Top honours in the 6.8m open fleet went to another Bewl Blaster, Scott Mason. The 6.8m Techno fleet was led home by a happy Rupert Munro-Faure (Hamish's twin brother). Hythe's Conor Wells pushed Rupert hard around the long and difficult course, finishing second. 3rd place went to Bewl's Cameron Moffatt who finished ahead of Hythe's Sam Conroy.
While waiting for final results, Bewl's coach stepped up to judge a freestyle expression session competition, won by Charlie Holman (Spray Sprites), ahead of Stan Walsh (Bewl Blasters) and Zara Petts (Hythe Hotshots). Tricks in the really light winds included heads inside booms, handstands, press ups, sail spinning and artistic dismounts.
Ian Kraft, T15 South East Competition Organiser, who has run this series, gave a big thanks to all who have helped make the series such fun for all the kids, and to all the kids who've made it such a pleasure for all involved. He also awarded a special merit award to Kate Wells for processing entries and calculating results so efficiently at every event.
Hythe Hotshots will now join other winning teams from around the country battling it out for the national trophy – the T15 Champions Cup. The event takes place at Rutland Water on 4/5 October 2008.
We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008
Congratulations!
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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.
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