National Schools Sailing Championships
A report from Ari Hayman (8Andrewes) about the National Schools Sailing Championships at Itchenor Sailing Club.
The School Sailing Championships were a great event that really boosted my confidence sailing a Feva in strong winds, and it was fun to be able to represent my school.
We arrived at Itchenor Sailing Club on Sunday with our Fevas – the type of dinghy we were sailing – and, after putting our boats away, we went home before returning early on Monday morning.
On Monday and Tuesday, we had a briefing – which explained how the event would run – and were given a free snack before heading out on the water. At first, I was quite nervous because it was gusting over 20 knots (around 23 mph), but I soon came to enjoy it, and my crew and I had lots of fun.
We completed six races in total – three each day – with 86 boats competing, seven of which were from Luffa. The highest-placed Luffa team came 16th: Isla Hill and Lucy Pitts. There were lots of capsizes, but overall, everyone had a great time!
After sailing, we had pasta before heading home – with some of us sailing back to Bosham on Tuesday.
The students who took part were Ollie Fillery (7Andrewes), Dylan Allen (7Andrewes), Orla Jones (9Story), Alice King (9Burrows), Tom Mealing (9Otter), Ted Probee (9King), Isla Hill (10Otter), Lucy Pitts (10Sherborne), Noah Chisnall (9King), Henry Fraser (9King), Benjy Gardner (10Otter), Zac Robst (10Wilson), Oscar Stephens (7Story), Oliver Rutter (7Story), George Phillips (10Andrewes), Ben Stewart (10Andrewes), Olaf Storton (10Ridgeway), Freddie Wakeling (10Wilson), Ollie Robst (9Wilson), Louie Faulkner (9Sherborne), Ari Hayman (8Andrewes) and Sienna Weller (8Andrewes).
All in all, School’s Week was an amazing opportunity, and I think I speak for the whole Bishop Luffa Sailing Team when I say that we all had a lot of fun.
Here are some videos from the sailing event
Sailing Video (credit Rich Kershaw)
