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2006 CYA Youth National Sailing Championships - FINAL REPORT
The CYA Youth National Sailing Championships
wrapped up on Sunday under sunny skies and 6-8 knot winds with all fleets completing all 12 races.
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Sep 13, 2006 - The Fogh Marine Sportsmanship Trophy was awarded to Dave Simmins from Calgary Yacht Club for helping a fellow competitor when Friday brought some cooler rainy weather.
The closest fleet was the Laser Radial Fleet, with Youth National Champion Robert Davis from the Kingston Yacht Club winning by the narrow margin of 2 points over Greg Clunies of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. The top female competitor was Sydney Burns of the Saskatoon Sailing Club, with a strong third place finish.
Youth National Champions in the 29er fleet were Nicholas Kroeger and Peter Soosalu of the Britannia Yacht Club. Madeline Ferguson and Celeste Ferguson from the Zig Zag Yacht Club in Manitoba were the top female crew, finishing in 3rd position overall.
Youth National Champion in the Byte fleet was Emily Hill from the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. Rebecca Power, who traveled from Newfoundland to compete in the event, came in 2nd place. The top male was Liam Quinlan from St Mary?s Sailing Club, Lethbridge, Alberta, finishing 9th overall.
Youth National Champion in the Laser fleet was Lee Parkhill of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, who won 7 of the twelve races and finished no lower than 3rd in any race. Paul Brikis and Colin Van Shoor, also of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
WSC Athletes
Our athletes competed hard and did us proud! They also were asked to participate in several ?ambassador? type activities, from reading the Sailor?s Oath to conducting interviews with the media.
We should all be very proud of these young athletes and how they represented themselves and the club!
- Dominique Grell ? 6th ? Byte (Top finish -3rd)
- Amanda Schafenacker ? 8th Byte (Top finish -1st)
- Craig Preiksaitis (crew) ? 6th 29er (sailing with Mark Pataky ?
Royal Vancouver) (Top finish -2nd)
- Sarah Preiksaitis (crew) ? 10th ? 29er (sailing with Torquil Paxton
? Calgary Yacht Club) (Top finish -2nd)
Extensive Media Coverage
There was extensive media coverage of the event.
- CBC French TV (aired Wednesday, August 9th)
- Global TV (aired Wednesday, August 9th)
- Shaw TV (aired hourly Friday-Sunday August 10-13)
- CBC Radio (Wednesday morning)
- CBC Radio ? Live with Ron Wilson 6:15 am Friday Aug 11th)
- City-TV ? Breakfast Show with Bridget Ryan ? Thursday, August 10th
- shots she took with her handicam during Opening Ceremonies when she was the MC.
- City-TV
- CBC Sports
- CBC TV (environmental Reporter) ? story ran across Alberta
- Edmonton Sun ? Ran Story ? Thursday, August 10th
- Edmonton Journal ? ran media release in the ?What?s On? section Friday August 11th
- Home Living ? August 22nd
- Stony Plain/Spruce Grove Reporter? ran a photo of Amanda S.
Extensive Volunteer Participation
This regatta was successful due to the efforts of all 65 volunteers. To all
who participated in the event, THANKS! We received a lot of compliments
about the volunteer involvement at our club.
Comments about the Regatta
Warren Nethercote:
I was a member of the protest committee
and an RRS 42 judge for the Echo course at
the 2006 CYA Youth Championships, at the
Wabamun SC. The venue was a family oriented
club on a lake more than large enough to
run several courses without interference, and the Club provided ample resources and volunteers for the
task at hand. A measure of their commitment was the decision to clear the club dinghy park of all members?
boats, to provide amply space for the regatta. The level of volunteer support was almost unique in my experience
? I have only seen similar levels of volunteer participation at the 2002 Volvo Youth Worlds in Lunenburg ? coincidently a Kingston Trophy winner.
On the shore side, it is also laudable how the club managed, after discovery that a number of competitors had arrived at the site carrying a contagious gastrointestinal bug, by successfully instituting strict but non-intrusive public health measures to avoid spreading the problem.
Tim Hornett (Parent of competitor and recorder on the finish boat):
First of all I wanted to congratulate you on what I think was the best run and organized Race committee I
have ever had the pleasure to serve on last week. Well done!
Holly van Schoor (Parent of competitor)
We're very impressed with your website -- it's user friendly, up-to-date and easy to navigate. In particular,
the Youth Nationals section with up-to-date results and photos is remarkable. A hard copy of regatta results
are sometimes hard to come by so we particularly appreciate your efforts. Bravo!
Mark Lammens (Coach)
Thanks for a great event, the team really enjoyed themselves and
the regatta went very, very well. A credit to your RM team and
club.
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Purchase the Complete Collection of Photos of the 2006 Youth Nationals.
Over a thousand exciting high resolution photos are available for only $25.00. The images are printable upto 16x20 or just view them on your computer. Just mail in a $25.00 cheque made out to the Wabamun Sailing club and send it to the following address with your return address and the 5 CD set will be mailed directly to you. Should you have any questions go to our Contacts page and direct all inquiries to the Fleet Captain.
Fleet Captain, Wabamun Sailing Club
12016-152A Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5X 1N6
Sep 6, 2006 -
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Final results - August 13
Thanks to all competitors, coaches, parents and volunteers who travelled to the Wabamun Sailing Club and made the 2006 CYA Youth National Sailing Championships such a special event! Congratulations to Canadian Youth Champions Emily Hill (Byte), Robert Davis (Radial), Lee Parkhill (Laser), Nicholas Kroeger & Peter Soosalo(29er) on their achievement!
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Aug 13, 2006 - Please see attached documents for individual class results or click on camera below to view photos from the event.
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Thank-you Volunteers!
A great number of people put in a fantastic effort to make the Youth Nationals a success.
Click on the camera below to view some pictures!
Aug 12, 2006 - Thanks for all your hard work!
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