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October 2009
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you can find it on our website visit us at http://www.nsya.ns.ca/
Wanted: NS Sailing
Team Coach
The Nova Scotia Yachting Association is seeking
applications for the position of Head Coach, Nova Scotia Sailing
Team. The role of the Coach is to provide leadership and expertise
to members of the Nova Scotia Sailing Team 12 months of the year.
The deadline to apply is Monday, October 5, 2009. More details here.
Wanted: RNSYS High
Performance Coach
The Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in partnership with
the Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic is seeking applications for the
position of High Performance Coach of the RNSYS Sailing Teams. The
deadline to apply is Friday, October 2.
More details here.
NS Sailors dominate
Fall CORK
Nova Scotia Sailors finished 1-2 in the CORK Fall Regatta 420 Class Regatta held on the weekend in Kingston, Ontario.
Daniel Baker & Adam Taylor from the Lunenburg Yacht Club won the event beating Henry Machum and Andrew Burns from the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron by 3 points.
There were 12 boats in the regatta representing three provinces.
Both teams were coached by Lesley Taylor from Windsor, NS.
Erin Rafuse, also from RNSYS finished 5th in the Laser Radial Class.
Full results can be found here
http://www.cork.org/results_2009.html
Wanted: NSYA Award Nominations
The NSYA is seeking nominations from Clubs for our year-end awards
which will be presented on Saturday, November 28.
Nominations are open for these awards
Youth Sailor of the Year
Male Sailor of the Year
Female Sailor of the Year
Sailor of the Year
Please forward your nomination to the NSYA no later than October 23.
Mobile Sailing School: Hosts Wanted
In June the NSYA launched it's mobile sailing school and delivered
the program in the communities of Arichat, St. Peter's, Mabou and
Dundee. We are now planning the 2010 program. If your Club,
Community, or Group is interested in the mobile school, please
contact the NSYA.
Full details about the program can be found on our website. Click
here.
Tipton & Kind
2nd at Fireball North Americans
Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club's sailing duo, Guy Tipton and Matt
King, placed 2nd this past weekend at the 2009 North American
Fireball Championships hosted by the Pointe Claire Yacht Club near
Montreal. More details here.
NSYA Sets 2009
AGM Date
The 2009 NSYA Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday,
November 28 at the Saraguay House in Halifax. The day will include
divisional meetings, the AGM, and the 2009 awards. Details to
follow.
The NSYA is pleased that the new CYA Executive Director Paddy Boyd
will attend the meetings and AGM to meet our members.
Proof it Pays to Sail 12 Months
a Year!
“We started out with the issue that New England sailors couldn’t succeed in national-level regattas,” Salk said. “Seven years ago, they were all finishing in the bottom half, and we figured out that what was going on was that the better sailors were sailing 12 months a year, whereas New England sailors - Rhode Island sailors in particular - were sailing eight weeks a year. They’d put their boats away in late August, and not sail again until the following June.
“So a group of us - three or four Jamestown families, a couple of families in Newport and Middletown, and some people from Connecticut - started the foundation to supplement the sailing opportunities provided by yacht clubs. We import the best coaches in the country to help young sailors achieve their personal goals, and we’ve been very successful at that.”
Just this year, Salk added, “We had one of our sailors, Nick Johnstone, place first in the National 420 Championship, and [last] week, we had a sailor take a second-place in the [singlehanded division of the] National Ladder Championship. We have so much enthusiasm for the kids – and seeing them sailing instead of possibly getting into trouble. We feel that how they do in regattas isn’t nearly as important as how they do in life.”-- Jamestown Press
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