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Filey's Junior Sailors Impress in World Championship

Saturday, 27 August 2022 09:19

Four Filey Sailing Club members have been competing in the sport's world championship with impressive results.

Thomas Whitehead (Age 12), Daniel Whitehead (Age 10 of Hunmanby Primary School), Molly Wilson (Age 8 of Filey Junior School) and Harry Wilson (Age 6 of Filey Infant School) have spent the last few weeks at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy, an 2012 Olympic Sailing Venue, competing in World Championship Sailing events.

In the first week of racing, Thomas & Daniel competed in their two person RS Feva against 185 top Youth Sailors from around the World. They completed 14 races over 5 days which included a 1st place position in one race. Overall they brought home a Silver Medal for GBR in the Junior Category (Under 13).

In the second week, Thomas, Daniel & Molly competed in their RS Tera Sports. They raced over 4 days and completed 13 races. Thomas had some really close racing with his competitors and his brother. Thomas was lying 1st overall after 2 days of racing but had nail biting battles with a Lithuanian sailor and other GBR sailors to finish 4th overall.

Daniel had some excellent races with his best result being a 2nd place and beating his brother over the finish line. Daniel finished 9th place overall.

Molly was one of the youngest sailors in the competition and battled hard in the strong winds, always with a smile on her face. Molly’s best race result was a 19th place and finished the Championships in 39th position.

Harry took part in the separate coached regatta fleet in his RS Tera Sport, where he received race coaching from the professionals and enjoyed every minute of it.

Filey Sailing Club say they are extremely proud of their achievements.

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