OAMPS Australian Youth Championship 2011 - Entry deadline extended

by Craig Heydon on 30 Nov 2010 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship 2011 - Yachting Australia has extended the entry deadline for the 2011 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship until Wednesday December 8, 2010.

Currently 119 crews have entered into the event which will be held at Georges River 16ft Sailing Club in Sydney from January 6 to 10, 2011.

The regatta is an important event for Australia’s youth sailors as they compete for positions on the Australian Youth Sailing Team to compete at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships to be held in Croatia in July.

Botany Bay is set to host competition across all classes with Australia’s best sailors under the age of 19 competing in the Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, Bic Techno, 420, 29er and Hobie 16, the 2011 event will also have an international flavour with entries already received from Great Britain, Singapore, France, New Caledonia, Japan and New Zealand.

The 2011 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships also plays an important role in the recently launched Youth Sailing Grand Prix as it is a compulsory event for those sailors competing for the inaugural title and the prize money on offer.

Entries can be made via the Yachting Australia website and entrants can also purchase addition opening and closing event tickets.

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