New Fall Sailing Program
The MSA will offer a sailing program at the Manitoba Sailing Centre at the Gimli
Yacht Club every Saturday and Sunday from September 6-28 from 11:00am - 2:00pm.
The program will be run in four Club 420s and eight spots per session are available.
Booking will be taken on a first come - first served basis. Instruction will
be given by certified CYA instructors. The fee is $30 per session. Call the
MSA office at 925-5650 for more information or to book your spot.
Greetings from Cruising in BC
MSA's Cruising Instructor George Bush is sending his greeting
from the West Coast. Check out his website http://www.islanddreamsailing.com.
RACING NEWS
LOWISA
The 43 rd annual Lake of the Woods In ternational Sailing Association
regatta, held August 3 - 9 , was a great success! For reports and
results visit http://www.lowisa.org/Results.html.
CYA Youth Championships in Halifax
This year's Youth Championship was held at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
from August 7-12. The regatta was attended by 12 Manitoba sailors; four in the
29er, four in the Laser Radial and four in the Laser 4.7 class. Congratulations
to:
1. Austin Ross Laser 4.7
3. John Gray Thompson Laser 4.7
For all other results click on http://www.2008cyanationals.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=27
Power Smart Manitoba Games in Carman
The sailing event for the MB Games took place from August 14-21
at Lake Stephenfield . 30 sailors, 8 coaches, 8 managers, 8 mission
staff, 4 race officials and many enthusiastic parents were on hand
to witness the birth of a new generation of Opti racers. A big
thank you to sport chair Darrell Friesen and his volunteers who
helped to make this event a huge success. For more information
about the games and for all other results visit http://www.manitobagames.ca/.
Congratulations to our medal winners:
Male Gold - Austin Dorn, Westman Region
Male Silver - Harrison Jones, Interlake Region
Male Bronze - Matthew Neirinck, Interlake Region
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Female Gold - Ellyn Waschuk, Central Region
Female Silver - Heather Boyle, Westman Region
Female Bronze - Emily Campbell, Westman Region
CORK in Kingston
Three of our high performance 29ers attended the 29er North Americans held at
the Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston from August 16-20 Congratulations to:
Gold fleet - 11 th Katja Smutny
Gold fleet - 21 st Dylan and Rory McMorris
Silver Fleet - Vanessa Stewart and Scott Brousseau
For all results visit http://www.cork.org/results_2008.html
Little Bird Regatta at Pelican Yacht Club
A nice season end regatta took place on August 23 at the Pelican Yacht Club.
The little bird regatta is an annual dinghy regatta and was very well attended.
Congratulations to:
1. Emily Campbell
2. Heather Boyle
3. Emma Williams
For results go to http://www.pycmb.ca
Commodore's Cup at the Gimli Yacht Club
The annual Commodore's Cup at the Gimli YC took place on Sunday, August 31.
Although it was a long weekend, nine young sailors from all over the province
came out on Saturday for the training and 18 sailors came out on Sunday for
the regatta. Congratulations to:
1. Nicolas Couture - pram class
2. Emily Campbell - pram class
3. Emma Williams - pram class
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1. Mike Couture - open class Laser
2. Kevin Stewart - open class Albacore
3. Jocelyn McLaren - open class CL 16
For complete results go to www.sailmanitoba.com
New date for the Provincial Championships
The Provincials in the 29er, Laser, Radial and 4.7 classes will be held
on Sunday, September 7 at the Prairie Wind Regatta at the Manitoba Sailing Centre
(Gimli YC)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fall Racing Training at the Manitoba Sail Centre
We are still offering race training (weather dependant) every Saturday
and a regatta every Sunday at the Manitoba Sailing Centre at the Gimli Yacht
Club. We will start at 10:00am and will finish around 15:00. If you have your
own boat come out and join the sailing team. For Opti sailors we will have the
Prams from the Mobile Opti School available. The fee per session is $20
per boat for non team members. The dates are:
September 6/7 Training/Prairie Wind Regatta and Provincials
September 13/14 Training/Viking Cup
September 20/21 Training/Frozen Tears Regatta
September 27/28 Training/Bitter End Regatta
October 5 Pumpkin Regatta
October 13 Equipment Day
Upcoming Bingos
Tuesday, September 9 @ 9:00pm - 11:45pm
Thursday, September 25 @ 4 :30pm - 6:45pm
All Bingos will take place at McPhillips Street Station. Please book your spot
through the MSA office, 925-5650.
Next Board Meeting
The next board meeting is scheduled for September 8 at 5:30pm
at Sport MB. The
minutes from the board meetings can be found at www.sailmanitoba.com/about/minutes.htm
MSA Office Information
Manitoba Sailing Association
409-145 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2Z6
Executive Director Brigitte
Smutny phone (204)
925-5647
Administrative Assistant Jordan
Crowley phone (204)
925-5648
Summer Student Kayla
Klassen phone
(204) 925-5650
Fax (204) 925-5792
Email sailing@sportmanitoba.ca
The office hours are Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm
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