Sailing Wins Big at Wits Sports Awards

The future of sailing is clearly in good hands – judging by the recipients at the annual Wits Sports Awards. The sport celebrated several major accolades, including Michaela Robinson being named as the university’s Sports Woman of the Year. Adding to that massive achievement, the Wits Yacht Club walked away with the Social Media Award while five sailors were awarded Full-Blue Cum Laude colours usually reserved for student athletes who have achieved senior national colours...
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Toppers Worlds 2019

The three sailors that attended the Topper World Championships 2019 are back and at their desks, catching up on their homework. What a privilege it was and an experience they will never forget. Bradon Kretzmann said: “It was an amazing experience meeting old and new friends. I manage to end up in the silver fleet and I learned a lot through the competition.”
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Qingdao DCAS WC Exchange Programme

The SA team recently returned from the 12th Qingdao International Sailing Week and Qingdao International Marine Festival 2019. This is their report from a successful event… To encourage fairness and transparency, an invitation was presented to the Chairperson of WC Optimist Association who in turn invited all of the WC members to participate by submitting a short CV. The submissions were sent to the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport who made the selection of the team
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Optimist Africans 2019

South Africa’s Sean Kavanagh just missed out on a podium place at the Optimist African Championships in the Seychelles by four points. Sailing against competitors significantly older, the 11-year-old Kavanagh enjoyed an excellent week of results, claiming wins in two of the 10 races, and never finishing outside the top 10.
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Walker finishes fifth at Optimist World Championships

South African teenager Ian Walker wrapped up a fantastic week of sailing at the Optimist World Championships in Antigua, just missing out on a podium spot. The 14-year-old was South Africa’s only representative at the championships and did the country proud, finishing in fifth place out of 255 competitors. This result ranks as one of the top achievements for South African sailors on the international stage.
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