Over the weekend a team from the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy competed at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club for the opening round of the 2018 Interclub Challenge.
Over the weekend, Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club hosted the opening round of the 2018 Interclub Challenge. The ‘Interclub Challenge’ is a fleet racing series contested by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron & Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club to promote youth sailing. It was created in 2001 as a way to help identify & build youth sailors experience in fleet racing events who participated in a youth sailing program.
Each club hosts one round of the series, with one or two teams from each yacht club competing. Sailed on-board NCYC’s fleet of four Force 24s, six races were complete in a gusty 7-16 knot S-SW breeze inside Newcastle Harbour. The CYCA Youth Sailing Academy were represented by one team skippered by Nathan Gulliksen & Angus Malcolm with Chelsea Williams, Tom Warne and Hugo Leeming as crew. After a slow start, the team improved throughout the day, finishing with a 1,2,1 to shoot up the leader board to finish 2nd overall behind the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron team.
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The next event, this Sunday 10 June, will be hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia with two teams from each yacht club competing. The CYCA Youth Sailing Academy are the defending champions from the 2017 Interclub Challenge.
Full Results:
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron – 7pts
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia – 10pts
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club – 13 pts
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club – 14pts
