Southern Districts Teams Racing Yachting Training Regatta - 2009

Southern Districts Teams Racing Yachting Training Regatta competing teams photo

Recently, 35 sailors from Christchurch, Timaru and Wanaka competed in the Southern Districts Teams Racing Yachting Training Regatta at Lake Aviemore held over four days. Conditions were at times challenging and all sailors demonstrated good seamanship handling their boats in rough water with strong winds gusting at over 25 knots. The first two days included coaching from Ross Sutherland of the New Zealand Team Racing Association and Joe Foster who has previously represented New Zealand at the World Team Racing. All sailors gained much from such expert coaching and a marked improvement in the skill level of the sailors was evident. 

The final two days were spent racing in a round robin series between all schools and for the Lund-Conroy trophy contested by schools from Timaru and Wanaka. TBHS dominated the competitions winning both the round robin series and the Lund-Conroy Trophy, sailing through undefeated.

The winning team: Graham Shivers, Chris Tulley, Clarke Hegan, Hayden White (captain)(holding the trophy) , 
Tom Charteris, James Mehrtens, Jacob Pilcher.

The Team from Timaru Boys' High School: Hayden White, Tom Charteris, Clarke Hegan, Chris Tulley, Jacob Pilcher, James Mehrtens, and Graham Shivers are looking forward to representing the South Canterbury Region at the 420 National Secondary Schools Team Racing Regatta which will be held at the Naval Point Yacht Club in Lyttleton during the second week of the April school holidays.