Welcome to team15. A nationwide network of clubs where the coolest windsurfers aged 15 and under get together every week to have a great time and learn new skills.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- Cool Club
- Cool Pro
- Cool Coach
- Cool Clubber
- Cool Archive
- Robby Swift
- Tash Sturgess
- John Skye
- Nick Dempsey
- Christine Johnston
- Andy Funnell
- Olympian - female
- Olympian - male
- Keith Atkinson
- Karin Jaggi
- Aqua Sports
- Croft Farm Flyers
- Lakeside Loafers
- East Klibride
- Team Astbury
- Rother Valley
- Surfstore
- Hythe Hotshots
- Covenham Cyclones
- Trevor Jones
- Tamsin Hurley
- Chris Wood
- Geoff Pook
- Paul Wright
- Bob Shillito
- David McKay
- Mark Brooks
- Lucy Dunnett
- Kate Strange
- Chris Highem
- Steff Thompson
- George Shillito
- Alex Smith
- Chloe Bennett
- Ali Masters & Dave Wood
 
 
T15 Clubber: Alex Smith
Age: 11 years old
Born (date/ location): 18 March 1993 - Kettering
Now lives in Burton Latimer
Weight 47kg
Height 1.5m
Sail number 9541
T15 club
Team Jonti @ Grafham Water Sailing Club

 
In light of Alex's win in the 5.5m class @ East Zone event 2 (well done!) and the fact that he moved through the ranks from 3.5m class to 5.5m class within one season (2003), Alex as been selected as Cool Clubber of the month.

 

How old were you when you started windsurfing?
9 years old.

What made you want to start windsurfing?
Watching other people out on the water and it looked like good fun.

What equipment do you sail?
Aloha and 5.5 demon sail.

Have you joined in with T15 inter-club events yet?
Yes team JONTI based at Grafham Water.

What is your best windsurfing moment?
Winning the 5.5 class at the Eric Twiname this year.

Who or what has inspired you the most?
Angus Hitchin who owns Jonti and Graham Colam, our T15 coach.

Current move you are trying to master?
Carve gybe.

Any windsurfing ambitions?
To win Gold medal at Olympic level for Great Britain.

Other hobbies?
Music, playing trumpet and roller-blading.

Any hidden talents outside of windsurfing?
Music.

Favourite band/artist at the moment?
None.

Best TV show?
My Family.

Best movie ever seen?
Italian Job.

Read anything interesting lately?
Time Witches.

Alive or dead, who would you most like to meet – and why?
Bjorn Dunkerbeck.

Any idea what job you would like to do when you leave school?
Unsure at the moment.

What do you like best about T15?
The competition, meeting new people and having fun.

We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008

Congratulations!

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Free National Sail Number
Make race scoring easy
& obtain your unique number.
It's yours for life
& a free benefit of RYA membership

Contact
tzaneen.mears@rya.org.uk
to be allocated your official number.

Once you have the number
the actual sticky-back digits
can be ordered from
UKWA

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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!  

Check below for course dates.
Have you registered yet?
Click here for pre-requisites.

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:
gina.lindholm@rya.org.uk


(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