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The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for invitation to the 2013 New Zealand Youth Match Racing National Championships. Competitors will be competing for the Warren ‘Wolfie’ Williams trophy, with past winners including Olympic silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, NZL Sailing Team member Josh Porebski and Red Bull Youth America’s Cup competitor Matthew Steven.
The regatta is to be held from the 2nd – 6th October 2013 and is open to teams of 3 or 4 sailors all of whom must be under the age of 21 years on the 7th of October 2013. Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club will invite teams from yacht clubs completing an application for invitation and returning it by Sunday 1 September 2013.
The event will be sailed in a fleet of four identically matched Elliott 6m yachts provided by the Wellington Youth Sailing Trust and will be an ISAF grade 3 event.
The Notice of Race and Application for Invitation form are available at http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/club/youth-scheme/news/577-2013-notice-of-race-available-here
Should you require further information on the regatta feel free to contact:
Chris Jones
Email: youth.scheme@rpnyc.org.nz
Phone: +64 4 939 6702
Fax: +64 4 939 6704
