Milo Coaching clinic for young Sabot Sailors
by Karl Evans on 15 Oct 2006
Happy kids at the Milo Coaching clinic Karl Evans
70 Sabot Sailors aged 6 to 16 participated in the Sabot Association's Milo Training Camp and Sprint Series over three days hosted by Drummoyne Junior Sailing Club.
Events such as this organised by the Sth NSW Sabot Sailing Association are only possible due to the commitment of many volunteer parents.
8 Coaches, all of whom are successful sailors in their own right provided direction, correction and tuning tips to the Sabot sailors on the water and ashore.
Sailors came from Abbotsford, Dobroyd, Drummoyne,Georges River, Gosford, Greenwich, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove,Vaucluse and Yarra Bay to sharpen their skills for Club Racing this Summer and in preparation for the State Championships being hosted by Vaucluse on Sydney Harbour and Sunshine at Lake Macquarie. The State Championship will also be the selection series for the Zone to send a Team of 12 x 1up sailors and 6x 2up crews to Sandringham for the National Championships over the New Year break. Many families will also travel to Sandringham for the popular Open Sabot Week Regatta that runs in conjunction with the National Championship.
The training was on the water surrounding Spectacle, Snapper and Cockatoo Islands with the Sabot sailors experiencing a range of wind strengths and directions.
The Milo Training Camp culminated in the Milo Sprint series where the fleet was grouped as Gold and Silver. The racing was fast and tight, with a total of 20 races over a triangular course.
The winners of the Milo Clog awarded by the Coaches were:
Silver Fleet: Sea U Later Jameson Coombes & Calvin Camacho from Abbotsford
Gold Fleet: Eye of the Tiger Kirk Mitchell from Drummoyne.
The MILO Sprint series results were:
Silver Fleet
Senior 1Up
1 Tweety, Thomas Jensen, Lane Cove
2 Adrenalin Rush, Oliver Jones, Drummoyne
3 Wipeout, Oliver Hartas, Lane Cove
Junior 2up
1 Nothing, Eugene Stroinovsky & Hannah Biskupic, Abbotsford
2 Flying High, Liam and Olivia Peterson, Yarra Bay
3 Gotta Be, Billy Lusty and Jeremy Jones, Lane Cove
Gold Fleet
Senior 1Up
1 Firebolt, Declan Rohr, Hunters Hill
2 Shake a leg 2, Toby Dind, Hunters Hill
3= Ashinator 3000, Ash Rooklyn, Vaucluse
3= On Dec, Declan Reilly, Vaucluse
Junior 2up
1 Measured Madness, Ravi Raj & Tom Southwick Hunters Hill
2 Mecurial Shifts, Ruben Wakefield & Lauren Addison Drummoyne
3 Fast & Furious, Greta Queally & Elliott Collins, Abbotsford
For information about how you to can get into Sabot sailing visit www.sabot.com.au
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