Minnow State Championships at BYS
Last weekend (29 Feb – 1 March) BYS hosted the 2020 Minnow State Championships. Sam Backwell was 1st overall and Will Hailes was 3rd. BYS had 9 boats in the top 10. We had 20 boats on the novice course. Emily Hailes was 1st overall and 1st female, with Abby Young 2nd and Lucas Hailes placed 3rd. […]
49er/49fx World Championships Geelong
Great competition opportunity was enjoyed by BYS sailors competing in World Championships on local waters Corio Bay, Geelong! Congratulations to all BYS women and men who competed in the 49er and 49erFX World Championships this past week. Pictured left – BYS Boys waiting for wind with their support boat (photo credit Martyn Sly)
2020 Sabre State Championships
BYS was very well represented at the 2020 Sabre State Championships over this last weekend 15-16 February. From Youth through to Veteran category. Congratulations to everyone for participating and enjoying what looked like competitive weekend of racing and challenging weather conditions! Photos and results are available here: https://www.mmyc.org.au/mmyc-regattas/vicsabres2020/
2020 Australian Open Skiff Championships
Over 4 days (18-21 January 2020), 64 sailors from around Australia and New Zealand gathered at Mordialloc Sailing Club for the 2020 Australian Open Skiff (formerly Open Bic) Championships. BYS was represented by Lucas James and Ellie Cowell (Gold Fleet) and Will James (Silver Fleet). The regatta featured a range of sailing conditions and very […]
29er & Nacra 15 National Championships recap – 4-8 January
Last week the club hosted the Australian National Championships for the 29er class and the Nacra 15 class. Whilst neither of the classes are currently sailed at BYS, they are both exciting high performance youth classes and rapidly gaining in popularity across the country. Teams came from across Australia, as well as Singapore, Hong Kong, New […]
BYS Youth Members Sailing in Qingdao, China
On Thursday 8 August, two BYS youth members, Hannah Danks and Ethan O’Brien, will be flying to Qingdao, China to represent the University of Melbourne in the annual International Top University Regatta. This regatta is held at the venue that hosted the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sailing events, and welcomes some of the best universities […]
ACO 10th MUSTO Skiff World Championship 2019
There have been some great results over the last week with many BYS sailors competing in World and National Championships. BYS are very proud of our sailors and congratulations to everyone competing this winter. Congratulations to Jon Newman for finishing 2nd at the Musto Skiff World Championships in Medemblik, Holland. See below links for more […]
41st Minnow National Championships
Chloe Warner, Sam and Hugh Backwell competed in the 41st Minnow National Championships held in Darwin between 6 – 12 July 2019. Tom Warner helped the Race Management Team on the Open Course and Ed Warner was our coach. Making up the Victorian Team were the Hailes family from McCrae with 3 boats and the […]
