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Gisborne YC Wins East Coast Inter-Club Champs

by Tim Sandall on 1 Apr 2009
Left, Ricky Lugtig - Gisborne YC (Mulihull Champion), Right, Adrian Mayhead – Wairoa YC, Centre, Wesley Franks - Gisborne YC - Port of Napier Class & Inter-club Championships Gisborne YC Gisborne YC

The Port of Napier East Coast Class and Inter-Club Championships have been run in conjunction with the Wairoa River Regatta, Napier Summer Regatta and Poverty Bay Champs. There has been an excellent turnout at all the regattas with over 150 sailors competing for championship honours.

The championship concluded in Gisborne with the Poverty Bay Champs regatta on the 14/15 March 2009. Final placings in the 2008/09 Port of Napier East Coast Inter Club Championship are
1st – Gisborne Yacht Club
2nd – Wairoa Yacht Club
3rd – Napier Sailing Club


From the three regattas we now have eleven 2008/09 Port of Napier East Coast Champions:

Optimist Green Isaac Taylor – Napier Sailing Club
Optimist Open Jamie Middleton – Worser Bay Boating Club
P Class Nathan Percy – Napier Sailing Club
Starling Jake Weeks – Napier Sailing Club
OK Dinghy Luke O’Connell – Napier Sailing Club
Laser Masters Peter Miller – Gisborne Yacht Club
Laser Open James Sandall – Wairoa Yacht Club
Paper Tiger Scott Pedersen – Napier Sailing Club
Noelex 25 Bob Witham – Napier Sailing Club
Trailer Yacht Adrian Mayhead – Wairoa Yacht Club
Multihull Ricky Lugtig – Gisborne Yacht Club

The objectives of initiating an East Coast Inter Club and Class Championship was to get inter club camaraderie going amongst the three East Coast clubs and grow sailing as a sport for life across the region. Next years goal will be to build on this years experience and make it bigger and better. All three clubs are fantastic sailing venues, with tremendous sailing conditions and good regatta management, make sure you book your class in for an event at one of these clubs when setting your 2009/10 programme.

The East Coast Yachting Assn would like to thank Port of Napier for their support in the organisation of this series of Championship regattas.

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