On the weekend of the 12th and 13th there is a club sailing day on the saturday with Winter Series club race at 2pm, and on sunday from 1 – 4pm Week 1 of the 4 Week Block 3 VIODA Winter Coaching program.
The August club committee meeting is on tuesday 15th. Another online Zoom meeting. Members welcome to attend or raise an item through our secretary Tim Falkiner – secretary@albertsc.org.au.
On the international front the World Championships for all 10 Olympic sailing classes will be sailed from the Hague, Netherlands 10 – 20 August. This is the most important sailing regatta in 2023 with 900 boats from over 90 countries entered, and 51 Australian sailors. They are vying to qualify their country for the sailing events in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Australian contingent is lead by Matt Wearn the Men’s Laser gold medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There are two Victorians- Casey Imeneo, the Victorian ILCA6 (Laser Radial) champion in the ILCA 6 women’s and Laura Harding in the 49erFX skiff. Both have sailed in regattas at Albert Sailing Club in recent years. Updates on the leadup and results for the Aussie sailors on the Australian SAiling Team . https://www.facebook.com/AusSailingTeam/?ref=embed_page
Rod Thomas Rear Commodore sailing@albertsc.org.au
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Thursday Snippets, 10 August
On the weekend of the 12th and 13th there is a club sailing day on the saturday with Winter Series club race at 2pm, and on sunday from 1 – 4pm Week 1 of the 4 Week Block 3 VIODA Winter Coaching program.
The August club committee meeting is on tuesday 15th. Another online Zoom meeting. Members welcome to attend or raise an item through our secretary Tim Falkiner – secretary@albertsc.org.au.
On the international front the World Championships for all 10 Olympic sailing classes will be sailed from the Hague, Netherlands 10 – 20 August. This is the most important sailing regatta in 2023 with 900 boats from over 90 countries entered, and 51 Australian sailors. They are vying to qualify their country for the sailing events in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Australian contingent is lead by Matt Wearn the Men’s Laser gold medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There are two Victorians- Casey Imeneo, the Victorian ILCA6 (Laser Radial) champion in the ILCA 6 women’s and Laura Harding in the 49erFX skiff. Both have sailed in regattas at Albert Sailing Club in recent years. Updates on the leadup and results for the Aussie sailors on the Australian SAiling Team . https://www.facebook.com/AusSailingTeam/?ref=embed_page
Rod Thomas
Rear Commodore
sailing@albertsc.org.au