Hi Everyone,
I’m up on my soap box now – please bear with me for a moment.
Many of you will be receiving the outflow of our sailing graduates in the future.
I’ve copied you in on the links below on the basis that you have some government or custodial role/position on matters of youth sailing in Australia. It’s not to just promote the F11s, but to keep you all in the loop that such activity is happening out there which I trust should be of some interest, even if only just a little.
From the F11 Association perspective, we are doing all we can to ensure our young sailing graduates “go to good homes” per se. We are not concerned what class, what association – just sailing after they leave us – Full Stop!
This year we have 40% of our NSW F11 fleet racing as junior skippers (under 15) – we just ran our first round of the NSW States with 90 boats and will expect an extra 20+ as our Green Fleet jump in the second round in February 2011. That’s 180-220 kids within the next 2-3 years who will be looking for a new home to go to; that is if we do our job right and retain their interest and enthusiasm. We are currently feeding around 90 kids per season to the great beyond.
The intent is to align in some manner all youth sailing groups/forums/programs, types and classes together in a cohesive mindset to better the outcomes of all our efforts in regard to Australian youth sailing.
Let’s pull in the same direction, employ the concept of pooling resources where applicable/possible and stay focused on the achievable goal of making sailing a Sport For Life for our charges.
Please keep us informed of your own programs/activities/events and we will in turn spread the word – as many options as possible for our kids to consider will work for us all. The F11 age group is a perfect resource to work on creating sailing as a Sport For Life. Give us all you’ve got.
Ooops – just fell off the box!
Thanks,
Pricey
NSW F11 State Championship Report R1
VIC Dinghy Championships F11 Report
David Price
Flying Eleven Sailing Association
of Australia Incorporated
http://www.flying11.yachting.org.au/
pricey@aapt.net.au
mob: 0409 884 380