Entries now open for 2014 RYA Team Racing events
by Matt Carter, RYA 7 Dec 2013 11:16 GMT
7 December 2013
Sailing action in Fireflies at the 2013 RYA Eric Twiname Youth and Junior Team Racing Championships at Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Reservoir © Paul Wyeth / RYA
The RYA is delighted to announce that online entries are now open for the 2014 RYA and BUSA Ladies Team Racing Championships and the 2014 RYA Team Racing National Championships.
The 2014 RYA and BUSA Ladies Team Racing Championship will be heading to West Kirby Sailing Club on the 22-23 February while Spinnaker Club, near Ringwood, will welcome teams competing for the Prince Phillip Trophy in the RYA Team Racing National Championships on the 22-23 March 2014.
Racing across two days of competition, the RYA Ladies Team Racing Finals will see some of the UK's best female sailors competing for the overall championship title, as well as for the BUSA (British Universities Sailing Association) Women's Trophy. Teams are being welcomed from clubs, class associations, alumni societies and schools, in addition to universities. Each team requires six women, with sailing taking place in Fireflies provided by the event organisers.
The RYA Team Racing National Championships will welcome teams competing in Fireflies, again each team with six sailors with a maximum entry number of 24 teams. The event will be fully umpired and is seen by many as excellent preparation for the BUSA Team Racing finals.
David Campbell-James, RYA Match Racing Chairman, commented: "We are very much looking forward to the two premier events of Team Racing at West Kirby Sailing Club and Spinnaker Club in the new year. Both regattas are set to be popular affairs with a number of top teams who are regulars on the team racing circuit as well as some fresh faces who will also be vying for Championship honours. I am sure we will see a number of teams who competed at the 2013 regattas back in action after such successful events last time around."
Entries for the 2014 RYA and BUSA Ladies Team Racing Championships can be made here. Entries along with payment must be made by Monday 3 February 2014.
Entry forms for the 2014 RYA Team Racing National Championships can be found here.
For further information on each event please visit www.rya.org.uk/racing/teamracing