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. […]
BYS Junior sailors bush fire fundraising efforts
Two of our junior sailors, Lockie and Riley Ward, recently competed in the minnow state titles. As part of the regatta these two sailors undertook to raise money for the bushfire relief. Their efforts involved them walking the deck and asking senior members to sponsor them for sailing and competing in the regatta. They raised […]
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 […]