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 and off the water, we started at 9:00 am and finished at 9:00 pm. We got to practise the new skills we learned at our last training session and also spent time team racing in our training groups - which was great fun and we all want to do it again. We ended after team talks with hot chocolate, toast & jam.
Sunday started early as we packed up our rooms and had breakfast for 7:30 because we had a squad wake up session in the sports hall. It was another good day on the water before the parents came back the the centre in the afternoon as we packed up for the trip home at 4:15.
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 end of the day Lynn had showed me how to improve my trim and to keep speed up in light winds.
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 we stayed inside and had lunch before we went into a boat setup session to improve our race performance.
New things today were lessons on physio from Isy who told us all about posture and from Chris all about Fitness, Nutrition and Hydration.
We played a game about nutrition to end the day and the coaches all wished us good luck for the squad training and our first training at Chew Valley Lake.
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 now have to drink 2-3 Bottles of squash or sports drinks before going out on the water to smoke the blocks ! Race training was great, got to keep racing until the end no matter where you are in the fleet and keep your head out of the boat
There was a bonfire & pie supper at the club on Saturday night so we stayed on to watch the fireworks.
On Sunday we picked Charlie and Shaun up bit earlier because we had an early start with Charlotte.
Exercises today were pac-man, Gutbusters and diamond geezer.
It was even colder, but I still managed to keep the main sheet off the mark as we practised boosting over the marks – but I must practise doing my turns quickly when I hit the mark with my buoyancy aid.
Shaun & Charlie needed to get home quickly on Sunday night so we dropped them at the station and will take Charlie's boat to Grafham
Thank you to DAVE, CHARLOTTE and ANDY!!!!
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
RYA Junior Zone Squads
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