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Event 2
James Hamilton Heritage Park
Saturday 14 June 2008
Winning Team
Loch Insh Watersports sponsored team
Monsters surf to second victory
East Kilbride Eagles were the hosts on Saturday 14th June for the second event in this year’s Scottish Team15 inter-club series. Team15 is the nationwide network of windsurfing clubs for youngsters of up to age 15.
The first event of the year was held on the previous weekend, on June 7th, when the Loch Insh Monsters took a runaway win on their extensive home waters. But would the little loch at East Kilbride cramp the Monsters’ style? They faced competition from Clyde Barracudas and Sportscotland Superstars as well as from their hosts. The four teams fielded 23 young windsurfers, and the light winds gave a good taste of T15 racing to the younger competitors. All classes of windsurfer had seven races.
The Monsters started well when Rory MacKeachan took the 3.5 meter class, the smallest sail, but Holly MacPhail from Clyde Barracudas performed equally well, with wins in all the counting races, to take the 4.5 meter class. Both these two were deserving winners of Merit awards.
Another little Monster scared the competition in the 5.5 meter class, as Caitlin Sedgeworth took that class, though the Barracudas’ Callum Kerr kept his team in the hunt with a win in the 5.5 meter Techno.
In the board with the biggest sails, Anna Lee Hargreaves won the 6.8 meter class for the Monsters, while Jordan O’Hara for the Barracudas replied with a win in the 6.8 meter Techno class. So it was a much closer fight this weekend, but the Monsters still chalked up their second event win of the year, and have high hopes of retaining their 2007 Scottish T15 series title. But the Barracudas pressed hard to take second overall, with East Kilbride Eagles in third.
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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Adopt-a-Beach is definitely relevant to T15ers, which is a Marine Conservation Society project supported by the Green Blue.
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