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Saturday, 14 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Grafham 4.2 residential training camp
Grafham is a long way from Somerset, so I was grateful that my school gave me the afternoon off so we could get to our hotel for dinner time. I was staying at the same hotel as James so we ate tea together and also had a healthy hotel breakfast in the morning - while our dad's had the full English.
When we arrived at the activity centre, lots of our friends were already rigging. After getting the boat ready I went with Dan #880 for our motivational wake up (we played stuck in the mud) with Charlotte and Andy. Saturday was a long day on...
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Zone Squad 1 at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club
As Chew is only an hour or so away from home we left early on the Saturday morning and got to the gate in a queue of Toppers keen to get onto the water.
On Saturday our main aim was boat handling and it was Sunny & Flat & Northerly & 3-7 Avg. & Gusting 7 for the 2 ½ hours we spent sailing.
By the end of the day I had really got the hang of Roll tacks and Stop tacks after coaching from Lynne.
On Sunday our main plan was light wind trim, as there was hardly any breeze so we spent extra time on fitness before we went out.
By the...
Monday, 11 November 2013
Zone Squad Land Day
My first day in the Squad - I made sure to wear my VR Race Team jacket and all my friends were impressed
We got to meet our coaches, Duncan & Lyn and Chris our High Performance Manager who told us all about the squad and the RYA's World Class Pyramid Programme.
Afterwards our parents were sent off to their own briefing and we went to the gym and had our private coach to squad briefing to work out our squad contracts as a team.
Because the weather was so harsh and waves were being blown over the top of the RIB pontoons...
Saturday, 9 November 2013
First day on the water for the Topper 4.2 Squad
My school gave me the afternoon off so that we could get to our hotel near Carsington at a good time. We picked up Charlie #170 and his dad and we watched films on his laptop all the way there – it took a long time.
On Saturday morning we picked up Shaun and Charlie @ 8 o'clock so we would get there safely before 9, because otherwise Charlotte would make us do p****ups. Even with the ice on the car we made it with loads of time.
We...
Friday, 25 October 2013
RYA Topper Zone Squads
Just seen the whole squad list published on the RYA website, really looking forward to seeing all my friends at WPNSA for the first training day
RYA Junior Zone Squads
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Sunday, 20 October 2013
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
VR Gul Race Team
Very very happy that I've been offered a place in the Virtual Rigger Gul Race Team.
Its going to be great learning from the other more experienced Topper sailors on the team.
Since my first NSSA regatta in Weymouth two years ago I've wanted to be part of this team because they always have so much fun !
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ITCA (GBR) 4.2 National Squad
HOORAY !!! (again)
Came home from school and checked our email and I have an invite to be in the National 4.2 Squad this year - thankyou to my grandparents for supporting me now that I have so many training opportunities and competitions to attend.
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Sunday, 13 October 2013
Topper 4.2 NS2 Carsington, Derbyshire
10th place at 4. 2 NS2.
School gave me the afternoon off so that we could get to our camp site at Carsington at a good time, it took a long time and I did my homework almost all the way.
It was just a short drive to the sailing club on Saturday morning and we got rigged & changed and launched 10 mins after briefing. There was a good wind with some decent gusts on our triangle sausage course. We had no black flags all day and got...
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
RYA Topper Zone Squad place
HOORAY - I just got my invitation to join the RYA South West Topper Zone Squad !!!!
Really looking forward to some great training over the winter.
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Sunday, 6 October 2013
SW Topper Traveller - final event at Bowmoor Sailing Club
Really pleased with my big improvements in the Travellers this year.
This was our last Traveller and we had our series prize giving - and I won a prize !
Overall I was 20th (last year I was 37th) and I was also first boy aged 12 and under.
Saturday was our training day which was also our last Zone Squad indicator day.
The lake was like a mirror, but we did get to go out with our coaches, Lin and Duncan.
In the morning we did lots of different...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
RYA Zone Championships at WPNSA
At my first Zone Championships I finished as the 1st
4.2 and 23rd overall - I was pretty happy about this as I
beat quite a few 5.3’s along the way.
We left for Weymouth as soon as I came home on Friday and
hitched up the trailer. We were in our motorhome and stayed on site, so we were
the first Toppers there. That night it was very windy and I was hoping that it
would stay strong for Saturday.
On Saturday morning I was the first Topper...
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Topper 4.2 NS1 Pwllheli, North Wales
3rd place overall in a national qualifier.
My school gave me the day off so that we could travel to Pwllheli on Friday before the racing, it was a long drive from home - after dropping off the trailer at the sailing club we got to stay in a tipi, which was cool
Racing on Saturday was hard in some heavy conditions, cold and choppy. Unlike the 5.3 fleet, we started each time without any recalls or black flags. In the first race I got a 4th , race...
Topper 4.2 Summer Championships at WPNSA
10th place at my first Nationals - very happy.
I arrived in Weymouth with my mum in the motorhome on Friday but everywhere was jam packed because the Teras were still onsite from their Worlds, so mum parked the motorhome in a corner until there was a space.
We camped next to Charlie and Shaun Tordoff all week (which the parents thought would end up badly because Charlie and I mess around a lot.) On Friday afternoon Vicky Cowan and her...
Topper 4.2 World Championships in Loctudy, France
At
my first international event, I came 10th in the 4.2 fleet and my
coach was really pleased with me.
I
left for Plymouth ferry port straight after school on Thursday. I arrived at
the port at six o’clock and we went straight through check-in & security
and boarded at six thirty + had tea before we left the port.
When
we started moving I went up to the Commodores Lounge and watched Plymouth go
into the distance.
We
had to wake up early...
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