S ailing
U19 schools national champions
The sailing team enjoyed another fantastic year of success,
culminating in the defence of their U19 schools national
championship title. Other highlights included the girls winning the
U19 ladies national title for the third year in a row and the U16s
finishing third overall at the schools nationals. Sevenoaks sailors
also competed on the RS Feva circuit including the nationals in
North Wales and the world championships in Italy.
In a year that saw 78 pupils take part in school sailing sessions,
along with the Navy CCF section moving their sessions from
Chipstead Lake to Bough Beech, sailing experienced another
bumper season across the age groups.
In the Summer term we competed at the 30th anniversary BSDRA
national finals. The A team defended their South East Area schools
championship title, and, in a very impressive team performance,
they defeated long-standing rivals Magdalen College School in
the final to win the schools U19 national title, with the B team
finishing fourth.
The U16s enjoyed another year competing in fleet racing on the
RS Feva circuit, including events down in Weymouth and up in
Abersoch in North Wales. In July, five Sevenoaks boats competed
in the World Championships at Follonica in Italy, against 200 boats
from 14 different countries. Becky Caiger and Jamie Elder, Ali Macun
and Ferdinand Beier achieved commendable top half finishes and
the experience was enjoyed by all. The U16s finished off the year by
taking third place at the BSDRA national finals in Oxford.
Results
For the U19s, the first big competition was in October, when the
A and B teams competed at the UK Youth and Junior Team Racing
Championships. The A team were looking to defend their title and
came incredibly close to doing so, losing out to Rugby School by a
matter of inches right at the finish of the deciding race. The B team
put in an incredible performance. Leading the event standings for
much of the weekend, they ended in fourth place, meaning the
school had two of the top four U19 teams overall.
The teams trained hard over the winter, and in February the girls
went to the RYA Ladies Team Racing nationals at Southampton,
where they achieved a great fifth place overall, defeating a number
of senior and university teams along the way; this meant for the
third year running they were U19 Ladies Champions.
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U19A
Winners BSDRA national finals
Winners SE Area schools championships
Runners-up UK U19 nationals
U19B
Fourth overall UK U19 nationals and
BSDRA national finals
Ladies
U19 national champions
5th overall national finals
U16
3rd BSDRA national finals
Fleet Racing
William Caiger won the RS Aero 5 UK
National Championships