2017 Sabot State Championships Report
Sunday 19th November saw the conclusion of the 2017 Sabot State Championships which was held over two weekends in October and November
Round one was held at Wangi Wangi RSL Amateur SC and Round two was held at Drummoyne SC
12 races were run over the two weekends and there was extremely tight racing.
The results show how close the sailing is between SNSW and NNSW
Senior Division 1-ups
1st Supersonic Natasha Walsh SNSW
2nd Tiger Bite Cameron Burt NNSSW
3rd Stinger Clancy Dwyer SNSW
4th Chimpanspeed James Henderson NNSW
5th I-Boat Tanya Roberts SNSW
6th Upbeat Darby Jones NNSW
Junior Division 2-ups
1st Oscar Moy and Velayus Wynne SNSW
2nd Poker Face Kelson Eaton and Laken Eaton SQLD
3rd Predator Edwin Youshida and William Yoshida SQLD
Full results are available at ScoreIT NSW Sabot States 2017 – 2018
Congratulations to all who competed.
A further thanks and congratulations go out to all the Green Fleet who came along and joined in over the two weekends
It was brilliant to see all the juniors and beginners in their new 3.5 Sabot sails out there.
Thank You
Thank you to the organising committees at the Northern NSW Zone who brought the regatta together this year.
Simon Burt, Brad Starr, Scott Day, Matt Davies, Danielle Henderson and Mark Greenwood
Thank you also to Mark McEnearney from the SNSW committee who helped with co-ordination and a special thanks to both Tony Outtteridge who helped with the Regatta NOR and SI’s documentation, and Jim Dywer from Drummoyne Sailing Club.
A big thank you to all the on-water and on-shore Regatta management team who are lead by:
Race Officer for Round One Wangi Wangi RSL ASC Sandra O’Donnell and Race Officer for Round Two Drummoyne SC Robyn Thames,
and a big thank you to Scorer Darani Brown who worked on water and during the evenings thru both rounds to get the results up and published. Well done to you all.
Thank you to all the volunteers who spent time on the water and on the beach helping all the children on and off the water, and the canteen crew who feed the whole tribe of sailors, families and kept the team fed!
Lastly thanks also to all the committee’s at Wangi RSL ASC and Drummoyne SC for supporting the Sabot Class
Yours in Sabot Sailing
David O’Loughlin
VP SNSWSSA
VA12SC Club Captain
Natasha Walsh