RSX / Techno Nationals 2011 – results
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RSX news update January 2011
We appreciate that you are very busy with a lot to get done so may not have time to check www.rsxclass.com for the latest news every day. To make your life simple, RS:X Class Assoc have put the January News Digest all together in one email for you. Our aim is to keep you up-to-date with what’s going on in our world. The world of RS:X windsurfing. There’s a lot happening and plenty more to come so click away…
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RSX Techno Nationals 2011 Update
The NOR for this event has been updated – if you have downloaded this please replace with the new copy.
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The RS:X Class is pleased to announce that it has joined the International Windsurfing Association.
The RS:X Youth Championships [U19] at World and Continental level will now be held together with the Techno 293 Class Championships when ever possible. Racing will take place in the following classes and divisions:
RS:X Youth Men -U19ISAF World and Continental Title
RS:X Youth Boy -U17 Class Prize Division
RS:X Youth Women – U19ISAF World and Continental Title
RS:X Youth Girl – U17 Class Prize Division
Techno 293 Boy -U17 ISAF World and Continental Title
Techno 293 Girl -U17 ISAF World and Continental Title
Techno 293 Boy -U15 ISAF World and Continental Title
Techno 293 Girl -U15 ISAF World and Continental Title
Techno Open – O17 Class Prize Division
IWA President, Ezio Ferin, commented: ” Once again the circle is complete . We are pleased to accept the RSX class into the IWA , the windsurfing family of classes. Without the Olympic class under the umbrella of IWA we were incomplete… Welcome.”
RS:X President, Mike Dempsey, commented: “The RSX Class is pleased to join the IWA and once again offer our 12 year old Techno Juniors clear sight of the pathway to senior competition, world travel, and for some, Olympic glory.”
Our collective aim is to ensure that the logistics and costs faced by ISAF Member National Authorities wishing to develop youth and junior windsurf racing are reduced to a minimum.
This move will also maximize the MNA’s opportunities to build up experienced development squads capable of making the transition to the Olympic Windsurfing Class.
Future championship venues will be jointly agreed between the Techno 293 Class and the RS:X with contracts signed between the IWA and the Local Organizer.
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RS:X Nationals update
Notice of Race and Entry form are now available online here
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RS:X Q&A session – travel, preparation, routine
The LIVE Q&A Session with Christine Johnston [GBR] who is a qualified RYA Olympic Classes Coach who raced at the 2000 Olympic Regatta in Sydney, Australia and then went on to finish 14th at the 2006 RS:X World Championships so she knows a thing or two about racing at the top level.
It’s all happening at 6.30am Wednesday 6th October NZDT sharp.
Here’s what you’ll learn
Planning Your Travel – Arrive in The Best Shape
Planning Your Race Day – Develop The Best Routine
Planning Your Pre-Race Routine – Getting Ready to Race?
AND
Looking After Yourself – In-Take of Carbs & Liquid
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Much Much More…
Get YOUR questions answered…
Clear your schedule now, so you can get on the
phone with Christine and I LIVE…
Here are your access details for TOMORROW’S LIVE Q&A
Session:
Date: Tuesday, October 5th
Time: 5:30pm GMT [UTC] – NOTE TIME CHANGE
http://AttendThisEvent.com/?eventid=15306573
Here’s a Time Zone Converter so you can figure your local time
During today’s LIVE Q&A Session, you’ll be able to ask
questions so come prepared…
I’ll get back in touch asap to remind you of the log in details for
the LIVE Q&A Session. In the meantime, make sure you clear your
diary so you can spend one hour of your time with us from 1730hrs
on Tuesday October 5th
Reach 4 The Top!
Rory
PS Go here to attend http://AttendThisEvent.com/?eventid=15306573
If you need help figuring out what time 1730hrs GMT on Tuesday
October 5th is for you, use the Time Zone Converter here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
PPS… If you know someone who would like to attend this limited
seat LIVE Q&A Session, Now is the time to forward this email to them.
SEE YOU ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 5TH AT 1730hrs GMT
1 KIngs Close, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 9LU, UNITED KINGDOM
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Sail Auckland 2011 NOR published and entry open
New Zealand’s top Olympic campaigners will be in action on home territory and organisers extend a warm invitation to their trans-Tasman and other international rivals to take part in some exiting racing in our world class sailing waters.
Racing commences on Thursday 3rd of February at 1100 hours off Auckland’s North Shore beaches on three separate course areas for all but the Paralympic classes, which will get underway the following day on a course on Auckland’s Waitemata.
The regatta runs until Sunday 6th February when the winners will be decided and awarded at a prize-giving to be held as soon as possible after racing on Sunday at the Takapuna Boating Club.
Sail Auckland 2011 will feature racing in the following Olympic classes: Laser, Laser Radial, RS:X , Finn, 470 and the 49er, and will also include two invited classes – the 420 and the 29er.The 2.4mR and the Skud 18 Paralympic classes are also in the line-up.
Entry is on-line at www.sailauckland.org.nz and must be completed by 28th January 2011.
Takapuna Boating Club will be the host venue for all but the 2.4mR and the Skud 18 (who will launch from Westhaven Marina), and the change of race track is eagerly anticipated by sailors including Radial campaigner, Sara Winther who says, – “The sailing conditions off Takapuna are pretty reliable and this will be greatly beneficial to the regatta. Also, a lot of international sailors have raced off Takapuna before and hopefully this will entice them back to New Zealand next year.”
“Having international competition at this event is a huge boost to New Zealand’s sailors. It benefits not only the top campaigners, but also the younger sailors looking to progress. Often when sailors come to an event they also stay for training camps and other events during the same time period,” says Winther.
The regatta follows on from the Sail Down Under series of regattas staged in Australia during November and December 2010 which culminates in the opening 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup Event, Sail Melbourne where racing will take place between 13th and 18th December.
Here is the planned schedule…
[Please see the NOR for more detail]
Wed 2nd Feb – 4pm to 7pm Registration – 7pm Welcome
Thu 3rd Feb – 8am to 9am Registration – 11am Racing Commences
Fri 4th Feb – 11am Racing
Sat 5th Feb – 11am Racing
Sun 6th Feb – 11am Racing – Prize Giving follows racing
About Sail Auckland
Sail Auckland Regatta Inc has run New Zealand’s premier Olympic class event since it was established in 1996 to host and run the International Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta with the goal of promoting Olympic Class racing in New Zealand.
Attracting international sailors to compete in New Zealand, Sail Auckland gives our aspiring Olympic and Paralympics sailors the opportunity to compete locally without the expense of travelling overseas for essential international competition.
Sail Auckland’s main objective is to foster and promote Olympic Class sailing and assist our Olympic sailors achieve medals at the Olympic Games and World Championship level. The regatta was granted ISAF Grade 1 status five years ago.
For more information see www.sailauckland.org.nz or contact…
Sailors and coaches should contact…
Janet Watkins, Takapuna Boating Club
Email: info@takapunaboating.org.nz
From within NZ: (09) 483 9848
From International: +64 9 483 9848
Media enquiry to…
Jodie Bakewell-White
Yachting New Zealand Communications
Email: jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
Tel. 021 709 065
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Accommodation at Millennium Lodge
We have availability at the Lodge during the following Kendall Cup regattas:
North Shore Champs – Takapuna – 13-14 November
Sir Peter Blake Memorial – Torbay – 4-5 December
I’m unsure how familiar you are with The Lodge (and the Millennium Institute) but we are based in Mairangi Bay and are therefore very handy to both these locations.
We can take care of all the athletes needs from accommodation and catering to training and recovery facilities, all under one roof.
I am offering reduced rates for any bookings placed for the remainder of the year.
Please see attachment for more information. I am happy to send out quotes if you are interested.
Would it be possible for you to forward this to any athletes and/or teams who may be requiring accommodation over this time?
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind RegardsAnna
Anna Bramley
Lodge Sales & Marketing
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RS:X World Championships – Kerteminde, Denmark
A World Championship medal in 2010 eluded both Tom Ashley and Jon-Paul Tobin finishing sixth and eighth respectively at the RS:X Men’s World Championships which concluded in Kerteminde, Denmark on September 4th.
While both of the kiwis sailed brilliantly at times over the course of the six day regatta, in the end it was Poland that came to the fore with a gold – silver finish for team mates Poitr Myzska and Przemslaw Miarczynski. Israel’s Nimrod Mashiah took out the bronze medal.
Tom Ashley, who has returned to competition this year after a year-long break, was disappointed when things simply didn’t go his way in the quick fire medal race.
“Actually had a pretty disastrous race,” he reflects. “It was very shifty and gusty, and I spent most of the race between 1st and 4th although the lead changed many times.”
“Unfortunately the water was full of seaweed, and I hooked a huge piece of weed on my fin near the beginning of the last downwind which I couldn’t remove. I ended up falling from 4th to 9th by the time the race finished. I finished 6th overall.”
Despite missing out on the podium, it is encouraging that the medal race featured two kiwi sailors and from here they and the coaching team, will take the lessons and apply them to the ultimate goal of Olympic medals in Weymouth.
“Pretty disappointing after being in with a shot at a medal during the final race,” continues Ashley. “However, I learned a lot during the competition and I still feel that this result is ok after taking a year off. Overall it seems like I’m on track for 2012, which is the real target.”
Jon-Paul Tobin was eighth overall after placing 8th in last night’s medal race. The 33 year old Takapuna Boating Club sailor appears to be in career topping form this year, and he adds this result to a list of top ten placings this year.
2010 RS:X World Championships, 29th August – 4th September
New Zealand’s final results
Men’s Championship (111 sailors)
6th Tom Ashley
8th Jon-Paul Tobin
78th (22nd in silver fleet) Antonio Cozzolino
Women’s Championship (66 sailors)
34th (1st in silver fleet) Kate Ellingham
36th (3rd in silver fleet) Stefanie Williams
41st (8th in silver fleet) Natalia Kosinska
49th (16th in silver fleet) Alice Monk
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