*2012 Youth Match Racing Opportunities in the U.S.* *Compiled by Dave Perry, Chairman, US Sailing Match Racing Committee*
Match Racing is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the sport of Sailing. It is fast-paced, very combative tactically, and it demands you to be pushing the boat, your team and yourself to the highest limits of boat handling and boat speed at all times. Some of the very best U.S. sailors in our sport are former or current match racers, such as Paul Cayard, Ed Baird, Anna Tunnicliffe, Terry Hutchinson, Sally Barkow, John Kostecki and many many others. And Match Racing is both an end to itself if one chooses to go that route, or a tool to sharpen one’s fleet and team racing skills and to help a sailor get to the next level in their sailing career. The US Sailing Match Racing Committee is actively working on ways to get the more advanced 16-22 year old U.S. sailors into match racing, and this letter will let you know some of the opportunities we are working on. * * *1) **A National Youth Match Racing Event…which is a qualifier for The Governor’s Cup * *(an international youth match racing event)* We are organizing a national youth match racing event this summer, called The Rose Cup, which will be hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 20-24. It has been held the last two years at the Balboa Yacht Club in southern California. The event will be in Sonars with four to a boat, and the ages are 16-20. Ten skippers from around the country will be invited based on requests for invitation; and *requests received by April 25 will receive preference*. The Request for Invitation form and the Notice of Race are available on the St. Petersburg Yacht Club website (www.spyc.org) or by phone at 727.892.6893. The winning skipper of the Rose Cup will receive an invitation to the prestigious 2012 Governor’s Cup, a premier international youth match racing event, held at the Balboa Yacht Club in Newport Beach, Calif. on July 17-22. *2) **Regional Youth Match Racing Clinegattas* *(a clinic and regatta in one event)* * * June 1-3 – Youth Match Racing Clinegatta – West - in J/22’s San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, California (www..sdyc.org/juniors) July 5-8 – Youth Match Racing Clinegatta – East - in Swedish Match 40’s Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY (www.oakcliffsailing.org) Fall (date tba) – Youth Match Racing Clinegatta - South - in Ideal 18’s St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, Florida (www.spyc.org) *3) **Information and Resources for Match Racing, including Dave Perry’s new Match Racing Playbook and free DVD Welcome to Match Racing, which explains how match racing works and what the tactics are* * * US Sailing Match Racing Resources website: www.ussailing.org > Racing > Match Racing - *Welcome to Match Racing* DVD on line - Calendar of match racing events in U.S. North U Match Racing website: www.northu.com > All Things Match Racing! - Dave Perry’s Match Racing Playbook; a comprehensive book on how to match race, and drills to do - *Match Racing* – a CD with video shots by Henry Menin and John Cutler - Dave Perry’s *Welcome to Match Racing* DVD -- Alice Manard Leonard [email protected] 415-902-5076 ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
