Tasmanian Laser Radial Sailors dominate OAMPS Queensland Youth week

5:43 AM Thu 9 Jul 2009 GMT

'George Jones 1st Overall Radial - OAMPS QLD Youth Week regatta' Qld Yachting

Tasmanian Laser Radial sailors George Jones, Elliot Noye, Rohan Langford and Zac Pullen and Hugh Jones (4.7 rig ) have just taken part in the Queensland OAMPS Youth Week regatta at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.

The event attracted 162 entries from a variety of classes. These were Laser Radial, Laser 4.7. 29er, 420, Bic Windsurfer, Hobie 16, Optimist, Sabot and Pacer.

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Overall Results
George Jones 1st,
Elliot Noye 3rd,
Rohan Langford 6th,
Zac Pullen 10th
Hugh Jones 4.7 rig 11th

In the Radial fleet there were 28 entries from NSW, WA, QLD, VIC, NT and New Zealand. All but one of the top placed Youths in the country were at the event. For the sailors gearing up for the national and youth titles in December this year, this event was a great chance to see how their training was going and how they were rated against the current crop of youth sailors.

Tasmanian Sailing Academy and Tasmanian Institute of Sport members Jones, Noye, Langford, Pullen and Jones have come away from the event with very encouraging results. Over the past four months, with their coach Richard Scarr, they have been training four mornings a week at 6.30am - whilst it is dark.

It is about five degrees when they leave the shore, and some times it's less!! They then go off to school at 8.20am. During their lunch times at school they are doing boxing or circuit sessions with Scarr three times a week and the afternoons three times a week they are in the Tasmanian Institute of Sport Gym with their TIS trainer Tim Mosey. Other times they are on their bikes with Scarr doing hill sessions and interval training on the flat.

Rohan Langford 6th Over all Radial - OAMPS QLD Youth Week regatta - Qld Yachting .

Racing in Queensland was in a mixture of conditions, which tested both the fleet and the officals. The last race of the event was very tense with all four Tasmanians having to stay out of trouble and fight off the other competitors. Sailing to the finish line was so close, it was not clear what the final result would be until they looked up the results on the Notice board.

TSA/TIS members George Jones , Elliot Noye, Rohan Langford and Angus Barton will be taking part in the World Laser Radial Youth Championship 2009 Mon 3rd August 2009 - Mon 10th August 2009 in Karatsu, Japan. events.laserinternational.org/en/events/overview/100z35

Series Results [Laser Radial] up to Race 10 (Drops = 2)

Place Ties Sail No Skipper From Sers Score Race 10 Race 9 Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1

1 181887 George Jones TAS 25.00 7.00 [8.00] [27.00R] 2.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 6.00 3.00 1.00
2 192624 Mitchell Kennedy QLD 27.00 4.00 7.00 2.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 [7.00] 3.00 1.00 [28.00Q]
3 193036 Elliott Noye TAS 29.00 [19.00] 9.00 [27.00R] 3.00 3.00 1.00 4.00 2.00 5.00 2.00
4 166791 Andrew Torpelund QLD 30.00 5.00 1.00 [27.00R] 1.00 7.00 7.00 3.00 1.00 [7.00] 5.00
5 123233 Ben Franklin QLD 31.00 2.00 6.00 [27.00R] 7.00 6.00 [13.00] 1.00 4.00 2.00 3.00
6 170509 Rohan Langford TAS 37.00 [9.00] 2.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 [8.00] 7.00
7 193116 Mark Whittington WA 46.00 3.00 [14.00] 1.00 8.00 2.00 10.00 8.00 10.00 [28.00O] 4.00
8 192576 Martina Ciotti WA 65.00 1.00 5.00 6.00 13.00 [14.00] 12.00 [18.00] 9.00 9.00 10.00
9 193384 Luke Elliott WA 67.00 [15.00] [13.00] 7.00 11.00 9.00 5.00 9.00 12.00 6.00 8.00
10 163194 Zac Pullen TAS 78.00 6.00 10.00 [27.00R] 5.00 10.00 6.00 14.00 14.00 [28.00S] 13.00