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Ladies Laser Training Day on Lake Macquarie in Sunshine 17/18 Sept

What: Ladies Laser Training (FREE!) – Improve your skills or demo a Laser

Where: South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club, Sunshine

When: 17 / 18 September

Time: 10am-4pm

Free training from former Olympian and NSW Emerging Talent Squad Coach, Laura Baldwin and two times Laser Radial Youth World Champion, Gabrielle King.

All you need, is to be female! You don’t even have to own your own Laser as PSA is kindly sponsoring the event with free use of Laser 4.7’s and Laser Radials. Bring your own boat if you have one so you can be shown the correct set up.

Improve your Laser sailing skills, get talent spotted or have your first sail in one. Limited places available so register HERE today.

Sponsors: PSA, YNSW, the NSW & ACT Laser Class Association and SLMASC

Congratulations to Tom Slingsby for winning Gold in the Laser Standard Class and Krystal Weir for finishing a promising 8th overall in the Laser Radial Class at the 2011 Test Event in Weymouth and Portland, the venue of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Event.

Webiste link

What: 2012 World Laser Masters Championship
Where: RQYS, 578 Royal Esplanade, Manly QLD 4179, Australia
When:

Friday 9 March: Registration/Measurement
Saturday 10 March: Registration/Measurement & Practice Race
Sunday 11 March: Race 1&2
Monday 12 March Race 3&4
Tuesday 13 March: Race 5&6
Wednesday 14 March: Rest Day
Thursday 15 March: Race 7&8
Friday 16 March: Race 9&10
Saturday 17 March: Race 11&12

Girls (51 boats):
9 – Milly Bennet
22 – Sophie Chesterman
30 – Emma Barton
40 – Anna Vaughan

Boys Gold Fleet (56 boats)
23 – Nicholas Connor
24 – Ben Walkemeyer
40 – Dylan Gore
49 – Kailas Johnson
50 – Max Vos

Boys Silver Fleet (56 boats)
16 Jock Calvet
21 Nelson Brown

Full Results

What: London 2012 Olympic Test Event
Where: Weymouth and Portland, UK
When: 31 July – 14 August

Laser Standard Class Australian representative: Tom Slingsby

Laser Radial Class Australian representative: Krystal Weir

Program:

4 August – Practise Race
5 August – Race 1 and 2
6 August – Race 3 and 4
7 August – Race 5 and 6
8 August – Reserve Day
9 August – Race 7 and 8
10 August – Race 9 and 10
11 August – Reserve Day
12 August – Medal Race

Website Link

The calendar for the 2012 Laser World Championships is available on the ILCA web site at:

http://www.laserinternational.org/info/yearviewcalendar

World Laser Masters Championship
Where: Brisbane, Australia
When: 12th – 19th March (Subject to agreement of the contract)

World Laser Standard Senior Championship
Where: Boltenhagen, Germany
When: 4th – 10th May

World Laser Radial Women’s Championship
Where: Boltenhagen, Germany
When: 15th – 20th May

World Laser Radial Youth Championship
Where: Brisbane, Australia
When: 1st – 7th July

World Laser Radial Men’s Championship
Where: Brisbane, Australia
When: 11th – 17th July

The venue for the World Laser 4.7 Youth & World Laser Standard Junior Championships has been selected as Buenos Aires, Argentina. The dates for the championships are not yet confirmed. As soon as the dates are finalised we will update the calendar and send a further circular.

What: 2011 Laser 4.7 World Championship
Where: San Francisco
When: 26 July to 2 August

Best of luck to our team members;

Emma Barton
Milly Bennett
Sophie Chesterman
Anna Vaughan
Nelson Brown
Jock Calvert
Nicholas Connar
Dylan Gore
Kailas Johnson
Max Vos
Ben Walkemeyer

Event Website Link (Click Here)

What: European Championship
When: Friday 1 July to Friday 8 July 2011
Where: Helsinki, Finland

Australian Laser Radial Team Results:
* Krystal Weir (VIC) – 12th Gold Fleet
* Alex South (NSW) – 43rd Gold Fleet

Australian Laser Standard Team Results:
* Ryan Palk (QLD) – 18th Gold Fleet
* Tom Burton (NSW) – 39th Gold Fleet
* Ashley Brunning (NSW) – 47th Silver Fleet
* Jared West (QLD) – 11 Bronze Fleet

Regatta Website Link