Two Year 10 pupils from The Leys, Cambridge have been selected to join the Royal Yacht Association’s eastern region training squad. This sets them on course for possible selection for UK Sailing’s Youth Squads and, beyond that, Olympic Development programme. Dominic Atherton and George Macfadyen will take part in a series of two-day training camps over the next six months (lockdown...
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A pupil at Royal Hospital School has been named the Young Sailer of the Year. Josie Ruffles, 17, completed the Royal Ocean Racing Club 2019 Rolex FastNet Race and has been recognised by the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association for her success who have named her the Young Sailor of the Year 2019 - a very prestigious award. The prize giving was supposed to be in Ostend, Belgium recently,...
A staff member and student at Rydal Penrhos have recently earned success in a national sailing competition. Head of sailing Max Todd and pupil Zac Blomely achieved third place in the Emergence of Seasons Championship at Queen Mary Sailing Club. The duo ended the first day of their debut RS800 event in third despite the freezing conditions. They went into the final day in fourth place and put in a...