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Presidents Report June 2011
At the start of my tenure as President I was thinking that we were in for just another season of good old sailing. How different it has been. It has turned out to be a rather unforgettable season of drama.
Although we have had some awesome results from sailors and great effort from volunteers it is the quakes that we have had to put up with and the damage they have caused that has dominated the past year.
The Estuary clubs appear the most affected.
Pleasant Point Club: Building and area to be written off and the club in recess.
Christchurch Yacht Club: Badly damaged club building, limiting use. Planning to open 2011.
Mt Pleasant Yacht Club: Club house undamaged but their changing rooms and rescue boat area is damaged.
Bridge being built next door very badly damaged. Planning to open 2011.
Waimak Sailing Club: Building damage significant. Slipway damaged also. Planning to open 2011.
The remaining clubs:
Stewarts Gully, Naval Point, Charteris Bay and Pigeon Bay all have some damage but not overly significant.
The Akaroa Sailing Club and Akaroa Cruising Club appear to have escaped earth quake damage. We have heard rumours of the possibility of some sort of collaboration between the sailing club and cruising club. I for one think this would be a good thing and would be willing to be a conduit to help make it happen.
In general it’s been difficult to assess the whole season after being so fragmented.
Reports from Treasurer and Youth development will cover other areas of CYA functions.
I have from time to time questioned the need for CYA in Canterbury and each time have concluded that clubs still need a forum to air views. It also can assist with experience and common interests. Providing or training for race management or most other aspects of our sport that needs helpers. There is still a need for a governing body to make sure that clubs and class owners can operate in a fair environment.
The Mander Trust is a concern to me at the moment as it seems to have gone quiet.
I want to promote some fundraising for the Mander Trust, I think unless money is added to the principal and while interest rates are low, there is not much funding to support those that need the help.
On the sailing front some new names have popped up as having a good season.
Gareth Moore: National Champion for Starling and Starling Match racing. This is the first time a Canterbury sailor has achieved this double.
Sam Lee: 2nd place in Tauranga Cup, P Class.
Charlotte Corston: 5th Tauranga Cup, 1st Female.
Hamish Atkinson: 3rd South Pacific Laser Masters.
Congratulations to all competitors.
As this season finishes thanks must go out.
Ross May, CYA Secretary, has as usual continued with his normal passion to our sport.
Alex Aitken, CYA Treasurer, has applied himself very much like his passion for the Zephyr class
Shane Smith CYA Vice President and Youth Development Committee Convener, has showed dedication and has developed a great depth of knowledge in this area.
As for next season I hope that CYA can still remain to be an independent body that can support clubs and owner groups to achieve and provide for their members. We should continue to train volunteers to maintain the high standard we have in our province. This is why I support the idea of a CYA Junior Committee to oversee the continuation of junior classes that need help . This will also allow us to give good coaching across the board.
Phil Folter
21 June 2011
2010/2011 Youth Development Report
Pre Season Planning
The previous Youth Development contract had expired, It was the Youth Development Committees desire to plan for future success and sustain-ability by splitting the Youth Development officers roll into two distinctive roles, Youth Development Administrator and Youth Development Programme Coach. Both roles were advertised and all applicants were considered. Wayne Keen was the successful applicant for both roles, with a two year term to ensure best opportunity for continued success. If future growth is evident, the youth Development Committee would look to separating these two roles to ensure future growth, development and success.
420 Youth Development Programme Funding
A funding application was applied for the 2010/2011 420 Youth Development coaching programme. Sufficient funding was approved and received and the planned programme was completed in full.
Another application will need to be applied for the 2011/2012 420 Youth Development Programme to ensure continued success.
Youth Development Administration Funding
A funding application was applied for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons. Partial funding was approved and received. This has allowed for the successful completion of the 2010/2011 season as planned and will allow for the 2011/2012 season to get off to a good start. Further funding will need to be applied for to ensure completion of the 2011/2012 Youth Development Programme.
2010/2011 420 Youth Development Programme
A 420 have a go day was held to help promote the programme to all Canterbury Youth. Some crews were established and signed up to the programme as a response to the have a go day. With the assistance of Wayne, other crews also came on board and signed up.
The programme got off to a successful start early January as planned. Not a bad effort considering the September 4th earthquake. With many other challenges ahead such as the February 22nd earthquake and changes to coach availability, Wayne and crews managed to roll with the punches and a successful programme was delivered in full as planned. A great result considering the unique challenges.
With Canterbury the most represented region at the Wellington Nationals, NPCL application for the 2012 nationals was successful. With continued success next season we can look forward to improved results from these young and enthusiastic crews.
Other Youth Classes
( Laser Radial/Laser 4.7 youth/ RS:X and Bic Techno Boards, 29er, Multihull)
The Youth Development Committee aims for future growth to extend the services to other youth classes providing the need is determined and fits into the youth Developments criteria.
If anyone has any suggestions that may fit the criteria, please contact either Wayne Keen or Shane Smith for consideration at the next Youth Development Committee meeting.
As any Youth Development Programme requires a great deal of planning and often relies on funding, it is essential that planning is under way prior to the start of season other wise any plans may have to be delayed till the following season.
Conclusion
Youth Development is a service provided by CYA to help fulfil the needs of youth in our sport to ensure the sport of Yachting is a sport for life. This service is modelled to try to ensure continued, sustainable success and not relying solely on the availability of voluntary labour for success. As we all well know often relying of voluntary labour dose not ensure sustain-ability. The resources that CYA now owns, require a professional sustainable programme to support and maintain. With out it these resources will very quickly become a great liability. Without the support of all of Canterbury Yachting these services and resources may not be available for the future success of our sport. Although we all agree on what we want to achieve for our sport we don’t always agree on how to achieve the desired results. It is essential we share any concerns we may have in a constructive manner for consideration and then be prepared to move on whatever the outcome, for the best of our sport of Yachting.
Regards
Shane Smith
Youth Development Chair Person
CYA Vice President
CYA News November 2010
As time passes after the earthquake most of the Canterbury clubs have got back to their normal programme.
Unfortunately this is not the case for Stewarts Gully, Waimak and Pleasant Point. These clubs are still badly affected by water quality issues and in some cases facilities damage.
Our thoughts are with these clubs and we should be keen to support the efforts to provide opportunities for their affected members.
At Yachting New Zealand’s AGM Peter Vause of Wellington was elected to the Board.
Optimist sailor Jayvee Buchannan of CBYC deserves congratulations on winning the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports award Canterbury Junior Male Sports Person of 2009.
Jayvee has also been selected for the Yachting New Zealand Emerging Talent Award.
Alex Aitken has been awarded a YNZ Service award for his work with Zephyrs, WSPBC and the CYA.
Officials Training:
Club request for the following year are invited.
CYA Junior Committee:
The previous CYA Youth committee is to be rejuvenated as the Junior Committee.
Club representatives and Junior Class representatives are required.
The objectives of the Junior Committee are to be discussed at the November CYA meeting. The suggested areas of activity would include the support of Junior Classes, the development of the junior pathway, administration of events, development of Class Rules and the support of opportunities for Junior Sailors
Laser Masters Hayling Island 2010
15 keen Kiwi Masters Laser sailors headed over to the World Champs which were held at the Hayling Island Sailing Club in England from the 11th-19th September 2010. I was the only entrant from the South Island. The Yacht Club was very spacious with a restaurant, bar & a marquee for after race functions. There were 350 competitors overall in all the different divisions. The racing began on the 12th with an invitation race. The real races started on the 13th which was a very windy day, gusting to 27 knots, & huge sloppy seas resulting in one competitor breaking his arm, two getting hypothermia & several getting sea sickness! The next two days were too windy & rough & for safety reasons racing was postponed. This allowed for time to sightsee, play pool & darts. It also meant sailing on the official programmed rest day. The next 3 days were light to moderate very shifty winds and strong tides. This led to very difficult racing conditions. The final day brought 15-20 knots which eased for the last race.
Our Radial Masters fleet had 55 entries from 16 different countries. This meant very long start lines & it was important to get a good front row start & be able to hold your lane in clear air. The starts were generally clean with only 2 general recalls & no black flags. With crowded starts & shifty winds, it was quite easy to find yourself in the mid twenties around the first windward mark. My biggest “get out of jail card” was my downwind speed & if necessary I found that I could catch the back of the leading bunch & then peg back places from there.
It was certainly my consistency that gained me 3rd place overall with a 6/4/10/7/4/6/8/(32)/3/(16) 48 pts scorecard. There were judge boats everywhere watching for rule infringements such as pumping, rocking & sculling. I got a whistle & yellow flag in one race for inadvertently “bouncing”, so I had to do a 720 penalty & luckily I only lost one placing. If you got a second yellow flag then you had to leave the race course for that race, & if you got a third then the regatta is over for you. This certainly made me sail very cautiously.
Congratulations to the winner Stephen Cockerill from GBR with 14 pts & the Brazilians Jao Ramos & Eduardo Carlos Wanderley who came 2nd & 4th with 30 & 55 pts respectively.
Other top ten placings for the Kiwis were: Scott Leith 1st Radial Apprentice, Jim Quinn 4th Radial Grand Master, Edmund Tan 5th Radial Apprentice, Mike Knowsley 7th Radial Master, Dave Schmidt 9th Radial Great Grand Master, Bruce Jones 10th Radial Grand Master & Andrew Dellabarca 10th Full Rig Master.
I would like to acknowledge my faithful training partner Murray Bain who without his analytical approach & attention to fine detail, I would not have improved enough to get my excellent placing. Also, thanks to Andrew & Ben Whiteside, Shayne & Daniel Smith, & Lachlan Hill for the regular support out on the water over the cold winter months. I feel that we have all improved as a group. Also thanks to CYC for allowing me a travel grant.
Now, its 2 weeks rest from sailing, some quality family time & maybe start thinking about San Francisco next year! Watch this space.
Hamish Atkinson
New CYA President
Phil Folter has been elected as the new President of the CYA. Phil was the past commodore of Naval Point Club, and is a highly experienced National Race Officer. Phil is looking forward to his new position on the CYA committee. He can be contacted on phil@montanabakery.co.nz or phone 359 6295.
Congratulations to Jayvee Buchanan winner of the Sir Peter Blake Trophy
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Tanner Cup Trials Results
Click here for the results of the 2009 Tanner Cup Trials
Congratulations Charlotte Corston!
Check out www.obornsnautical.co.nz
Mander Yachting Trust launches 16 month Yachting Calendar
Christchurch Boat Show 5-6 September 2009
We had a great stand at the Boat Show. Thanks to everyone who helped on the stand and all the people that came to visit us and learn more about sailing in Canterbury.
Lyttelton Harbour and Banks Peninsula offer beaches, sheltered bays and stunning scenery.
June 2009
March 2008
Paula England, Matthew Hern and Michael Glassford were part of a strong New Zealand contingent competing at the 2008 Laser Radial Worlds held at Takapuna Beach, Auckland from March 22nd to 29th. 198 sailors from 25 countries were represented at this six day regatta.
Paula, Matthew and Michael’s efforts were assisted by generous sponsorship from AMI, the funds being used primarily for the hire of a 4.9 metre support boat thus ensuring the three sailors welfare during the regatta.
In appreciation of AMI’s sponsorship the young sailors proudly placed AMI logo stickers on their boats and trolleys making them readily identifiable throughout the regatta. They could also be easily identified wearing their AMI t-shirts at all pre race events.
The calibre of the international competitors was extremely high with the majority having previously competed at other international regattas. The sailors were split into three fleets – open men, youth women and youth men. Two hour long races per day were completed. The long races, combined with sailing to and from the course and waiting for fleet starts, meant that the sailors were on the water from 10.30 am until approximately 3.30pm each day. A northerly wind ranging from 10 – 20 knots, together with 1 metre swell, meant conditions were ideal for sailing.
The youth women fleet consisted of 38 sailors from 12 countries. Paula made a flying start with a 12th placing in the first race and a 13th on the second day. Her overall placing was a creditable 23rd. Paula was 5th New Zealand youth women which cemented her place in the NZ Youth Zone Development Squad.
Matthew was in the 86 strong youth male fleet, and competed in a four day qualifying series pending the split into gold and silver fleets for the final two days racing. Matthew narrowly missed the cut for the gold fleet. However, on the last day he led the silver fleet from start to finish for first place in race 11, thus gaining 11th place overall in the silver fleet.
Michael competed in the mens open fleet consisting of 71 competitors. Being the youngest in this fleet, Michael found the competition tough. However being young and fit had its advantages as the series wore on and the winds strengthened. His best day was in the heaviest weather where he finished 34th in race 7. Michael’s overall placing was 57th.
Paula, Matthew, Michael and their respective families would like to thank AMI for its sponsorship support. The three young sailors have returned to Christchurch with a commitment to maximise their potential in future national and international sailing events.
Joanne Glassford 02.04.08
March 2008
Naval Point Club Lyttelton hosted the Optimist Nationals over Easter. There were over 200 competitors. The Canterbury Yachting Association and Naval Point Club Lyttelton have the facilities, personnel and expertise to stage large regattas. Contact us if you would like us to host your next sailing event.
The rigging and launching area
Beautiful sailing conditions on Lyttelton Harbour. The prevailing Easterly is a consistent 12-18 knots on most sunny days
Fun on the start line!
Plenty of room for the coach boats...!
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