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Picture by Chris Pain.
lEaDinG THE Way
pembrokeshire’s young sailors Ysgol Friars in Bangor were the top school Association, Tim Hall, was impressed with
helped the county to finish top in at the Welsh junior championships, with Port what he saw.
the Welsh junior championships on Dinorwic the top club, as school and club
home waters in Tenby, but north colleagues Lewis Roberts and Toby Morsley “The Beckett brothers showed how spending
Wales took the school and club led the way in both sections. as much time sailing as they do pays off,
titles. pushed by the Welsh rivals their fitness and
The prizes were based on the results of the boat speed in tough conditions got them to
Solva’s Micky Beckett was Pembrokeshire’s top three sailors in at least two categories, the front in each race,” said Hall.
top performer in one of the hardest fought Catrin Drake completed the trio in the
categories, along with success for brother school category and Toby Collinson for the “Tenby Harbour provides a superb sailing
Stevie and Ngaire Strawbridge as they picked club. venue, a squeeze to get in but it provided
up the best county award. great sailing conditions for the competitors to
17-year-old Roberts was the star of the prove their school, club and county the best
Ysgol Dewi Sant pupil Micky Beckett, aged show for North Wales, winning the general in Wales.
13, had close competition from Tom Piggott handicap category and dominating the youth
of Shotwick Lake in North Wales, but started fleets, Henry and Toby Collinson were third. “Many of these sailors will be the next Welsh
well in the first race and was able to maintain National and GBR Squad members, it is great
that advantage throughout the weekend. Morsley was third in the hotly contested to see such close racing and an increase
Optimist category, while Drake was 11th in in the junior regatta fleet, highlighting that
The smaller youth fleets were dominated by the Topper class of boat. thanks to the Sports Council for Wales our
16-year-old Stevie Beckett in the Radial class performance development and grass roots
of boat. He won the event with Neyland’s With over 100 young sailors taking part in are working well in Wales.”
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Strawbridge second. the schools, county and club championships,
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even a basking shark turned out in Tenby Best County: - Pembrokeshire (Micky Beckett,
Both brothers are in the British and Welsh harbour to see what the fuss was about, Stevie Beckett, Ngaire Strawbridge)
squads, with the county prize being judged which caused a brief interruption in the sailing Best School: - Ysgol Friars, Bangor (Lewis
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on the results of the top three sailors in a events. Roberts, Toby Morsley, Catrin Drake)
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minimum of two events, with the prizes being Best Club: - Port Dinorwic SC (Lewis
sponsored by Chevron. Director of sailing for the Welsh Yachting Roberts, Toby Moresley, Toby Collinson)

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