The Alfred's News Alfreds News November-December 2017 | Page 7

Centreboard News The results for RPAYC were: Open Fleet (41 entrants) • 1st Daniel Links • 6th Jono Tuite • 11th Olivia Williams (2nd Girl Overall) • 14th Cooper Bellingham • 15th Eva Attwood (3rd Girl Overall) • 18th Bayley Taylor • 21st Ellis Merrett • 27th Sienna Brown • 30th Oscar Verity Intermediate Fleet (38 entrants) • 3rd Albie Brown • 4th Markus Sampson • 7th Will Troop • 12th Orlando Springer • 15th Wally Tuite • 17th Kye Williams • 23rd Nathan Pearce • 32nd Piper Attwood • 36th Julia Pearce By David Taylor Centreboard Representatives in the Australian Optimist Development Squad - New Caledonia Two RPAYC Centreboard sailors Olivia Williams and Cooper Bellingham recently represented the Club as part of the Australian Optimist Development Squad – AODS (made up of the top 8 sailors 12 years and under) in beautiful New Caledonia. The Regatta annually hosted by SRC Noumea brings together the U12 year’s New Zealand team, the U12 years Australia team and local New Caledonia sailors resulting in tough competitive races. The venue was amazing with warm crystal clear water and wind between 15-25 knots each day and an abundance of sealife - tropical fish, turtles, the occasional dolphin and all too regular sea snakes. The team arrived early and undertook a 3 day training camp prior to the regatta exploring the local waters and getting familiar with the local conditions. The regatta was over 4 days with 17 races completed in building winds, our RPAYC sailors performed well with Olivia Williams finishing 5th (and 2nd girl) and Cooper Bellingham finishing 11th under the guidance of the AODS Coach Alison Dale.