Great Scot - The Scotch Family Magazine - Issue 151 September 2017 GreatScot_Internal_Sept_2017_FA | Page 59

Strong sailing season
The 2017 Scotch sailing season has arguably
been the strongest performing year since the
sport’s introduction. Our boys experienced some
significant highs, with the senior team finishing
in first position to win the Victorian School Team
Sailing Championships, held at St Kilda Royal
Yacht Squadron from 23 to 25 March.
The Scotch team followed this huge
achievement with a strong performance at the
nationals, held at the Nedlands Sailing Club in
Perth during the Term 2 holidays, finishing in a
creditable 17th position. Amazingly, we had three
sets of brothers representing Scotch – Lachlan
(Year 10) and Joshua Copeland (Year 12), Finn
(Year 11) and Lachie Hartnett (Year 9) and Henry
(Year 10) and Thomas Johnston (Year 7).
The boys won five of the 12 rounds over the
five days of sailing, and fell just one win short of
competing in the finals. As a young team, the boys
are hopeful of further opportunities at this level,
and benefited greatly from the experience.
Huge thanks must go to the TICs and coaches
– Mr Mark Williams, Ms Amy Christensen, Will
Llewelyn (‘11), and George Davies (‘12) – for their
support of the boys and the sailing program at
Scotch throughout the season.
Our current Captain of Sailing, Hugo Llewelyn
(Year 12), and former team member Nick Joel
(Year 10) have also been achieving great things
away from the school program, and were recently
awarded the 2017 youth sailors of the year at the
Victorian Sailing Awards.
This award capped off a great season for the
boys, who competed in the international 420 class,
with results including first place in the Victorian
state championships, first place in the Sailing
World Club in Melbourne, and second place in the
Australian national youth championships. (They
were the first placed Victorians.) The boys also
qualified to represent Australia in 2016 at the 420
world championships in San Remo, Italy.
STUART POWELL – DIRECTOR OF SPORT
www.scotch.vic.edu.au Great Scot
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