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Topper Training day 2010
RYA Coaches: Topper Training Day – Saturday 18th September 2010 – Notts County Sailing Club
This in support of the topper Zone Squad selection process. The format for the day will probably be a briefing at 1000, boats rigged but not changed into sailing gear, on the water exercises interspersed with shore based debriefs, including video footage. The day will end around 1630.
To take part there is a cost, £20, and entry is required via the NE Zone Rep. I attach the application form or it can be found via the following link:
http://www.gbrtopper.co.uk/page.php?50
See below for how this ties in to the RYA Zone Squad training system.
RYA Junior Training – Zone Squads
The RYA has a training programme for dinghies and windsurfers that takes junior sailors from the starting out in racing through to youth levels. The coaches are generally of very high quality and almost all who take the opportunity to be part of the programmes benefit immensely; a number of junior sailors from Notts County having done so over the years. The sailors can start in the scheme from 11 years old, although 12 or 13 is the norm, and good basic skills, and enthusiasm, is all that is needed.
To organise the training the RYA splits the UK up into ‘Zones’ and we, NCSC, come under the North East Zone. They provide coaching in a specific set of boats / boards; for dinghies the relevant ones being Oppi’s and Toppers. The training is run year by year with a number of weekends at sailing clubs around the Zone areas, North East Zone being clubs such as Northampton , Carsington, Pennine, Sunderland , Derwent, Beaver, Ogston, etc. The weekends are generally spread over the winter, November though April.
The best place to go to find out all the details is the RYA website, and there is some info posted on the club’s notice boards, but there is a selection process to get a place as the Zone squads are of limited size at around 12-15 sailors per Zone per boat class. The process is essentially:
1. Apply for a place in a squad via the RYA website
2. Attend the relevant training day (Toppers: NCSC on 18th Sept, Optimists: Staunton Harold on 18th Sept)
3. Take part in the North East Zone Championships (Yorkshire Dales SC, 25th/26th Sept, all classes)
4. Attend the relevant Open Meeting (Toppers: Scaling Dam on 2nd Oct, Optimists: Staunton Harold on 18th Sept)
(Windsurfers dates/venues: see RYA website, or talk to Dave Eberlin. Also, you will also need to be a member of the relevant Class Association, eg Topper, Optimist, etc)
If you need to know more, or wish to chat about the training please call.
Current NCSC sailors involved in Zone squads are:
Lawrence Logan (Topper)
Andrew Kilburn (Optimist)
Emily Hall (Windsurfer)
Cameron Coghill (Windsurfer)
It is worthwhile noting that the Topper training day is at NCSC and even if you do not intend applying for a squad place this will be a really worthwhile event for those sailors just starting out in Topper racing, and equally those more experienced. See above.
James Logan
e:logan.notts@btinternet.com
T-01509 889193