Team Meeting before racing.
The 2009 Queensland Sailing Team is performing well at Sail Sydney. There are mobs of young Queenslanders taking over the rigging lawn and Woollahra Sailing Club all in their QST shirts with the controversial logo. It is a great site to see and is making the other states jealous of our team environment. After two days and 5 or 6 races the young team is achieving solid results. The first day of sailing consisted of 8-12 knots ENE with big shifts as the wind came across the heads, the second day saw 10-15 knots NE and all Queenslanders responded to the nicer breeze by achieving more good results.
The Queensland Sailing Team attending Sail Sydney is made up of:
(Name-Current Position) (www.sailsydney.yachting.org.au )
Laser Radials:
Mitchell Kennedy –4th
Ben Franklin -5th
Mark Kennedy –14th
Andrew Torpelund –20th
Jake Lilley –25th
Luke Halsey –40th
Ashley Stoddart –injured best result 4th
Laser Full Rigs:
Ryan Palk –23rd
Jared West –25th
Klade Hauschildt – 28th
Ryan Stoddart –30th
470:
Mathew Belcher – 470 – 1st
RSX:
Luke Baillie – RSX- 6th
Joel Tyack –RSX – 7th
Laser 4.7:
Josh Franklin – 3rd
Finn:
Brendan Casey – 2nd
Bic Techno
Joanna Sterling –1st
Reece Baillie –2nd
420:
Angus Galloway/Alex Gough –1st
Sasha Ryan/Jamie Ryan -4th
Elloies Brake/Ashley Warlow – 5th
Genevieve Warlow/Georgie Toner – 14th
29er:
Adam Lahey/Troy Ruston – 3rd
Angus Rankin/Grant Hudson – 8th
Alistair Rankin/Lewis Brake – 10th
The Queensland Coaches here for the team are:
Adrian Finglas
Ben Callard
Shane Smith
Sean Obrien
Ken Hurling
Racing in front of the heads.
Everybody involved in the Queensland Sailing Team is happy with how their results are shaping up and hoping to back up on positive results from Sail Brisbane. It is clear that the hard work and dedication the sailors have made over the year with heavy training and competition loads is now paying off and all is looking good for the team’s peak at nationals and youth nationals later this month and early January.
Keep checking the Yachting Queensland’s news website for team updates and results.