Hi Guys

What an awesome year 2016 was for wind in NSW, especially during winter. We had some really big West and South Westerlies that saw plenty of PBs at places like Budgewoi and Primbee, but also other places up and down the East coast. It's really great to see most of the top 10 scores in each category were achieved on NSW waters. We definitely have some of the best sailing in the World.

GPS sailing is well and truly alive with 133 competitors in NSW during 2016. A massive congrats to Byron, Steve Walsh and Matty D who placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd overall... I take my hat off to you gents. GPSTC has been a great way to get to know lots of other sailors and share a common bond of going fast.

Here's a wrap-up of the final 2016 results.

**2 SEC**
1. Steve Walsh 42.57
2. MT 42.47
3. Byron Mcilveen 42.12
4. Boss Man 41.9
5. bushfire 41.53
6. Hugh 41.47
7. Windsurfunstu 41.1
8. Matt D 40.44
9. Jetlag 40.2
10. Greg Kiskarpati 40.02

**5x10**
1. Steve Walsh 40.95
2. Byron Mcilveen 40.1
3. MT 39.82
4. Boss Man 39.25
5. Hugh 38.98
6. Matt D 38.29
7. Is that you man? 38.08
8. bushfire 37.54
8. Jetlag 37.44
10. Windsurfunstu 37.1

**1hr**
1. Byron Mcilveen 26.6
2. Is that you man? 25.25
3. Hugh 23.18
4. Matt D 23.05
5. Remi Dunoyer 23
6. Steve Walsh 22.94
7. TERRY 22.22
8. Windsurfunstu 22.11
9. conan 22.03
10. Andrew Haigh 22

**Alpha 500m Racing**
1. Byron Mcilveen 26.72
2. Ben Flood 26.52
3. Steve Walsh 25.62
4. Is that you man? 25.36
5. Atomic 25.25
6. Remi Dunoyer 24.91
7. Matt D 24.9
8. Mehore 24.71
9. TP 24.69
10. Andrew Haigh 24.53

**Nautical Mile**
1. Hugh 35.34
2. Byron Mcilveen 35.01
3. Steve Walsh 34.49
4. nudist 33.91
5. Nigel 33.54
6. Matt D 33.22
7. Jetlag 33.07
8. conan 32.28
9. Windsurfunstu 32.15
10. Mike 32.05

**Distance**
1. Byron Mcilveen 242.31
2. Is that you man? 163.39
3. Steve Walsh 163.24
4. Matt D 135.36
5. Windsurfunstu 130.24
6. Andrew Haigh 125.4
7. Troy Botting 124.08
8. rob 120.86
9. Artur Kowalski 120.73
10. Nigel 120.53

**Individual Overall**
1. Byron Mcilveen
2. Steve Walsh
3. Matt D
4. Is that you man?
5. Hugh
6. Windsurfunstu
7. Andrew Haigh
8. bushfire
9. Nigel
10. MT

**NSW Teams Overall**
1. Lake Macquarie
2. Central Coast Marauders (Budgie Smugglers)
3. Illawarra Speedsters
4. Double Demerits
5. Mid-North Coast Marauders
6. ACT Gustbusters
7. The Breakaways
8. Stormriders
9. Far South Coast GPS
10. Cockroaches

A big thank you to all those involved in keeping the GPSTC going (you know who you are and so do we) and thanks also to James F and Byron for running the NSW GPS/Slalom events up and down the coast.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the water in 2017. Wishing everyone a windy and injury-free 2017

I hope this winter is as good as the one I missed last year
The GPST certainly makes you strive to improve.. Dezza your going great - doesn't sailing regularly make a difference?

hope we see you back in SP this summer powersloshin, we can reserve you a car spot

powersloshin said..
And what about us oldies with one foot in the footstrap and the other in the grave?
Bruce has been exceptional, first in NSW and 3rd for all Australia in the legends group.
Bring it on 2017 !

Bruce Almighty!!