The Supercity regatta has just finished. We have an Asia Pacific champion and the traveller series has also been completed. We had two International sailors, Joel Turner from Queensland and Tanus Henry from Rarotonga both of whom made a special trip to New Zealand to sail in this regatta and both of whom could have done with a good deal more breeze, which probably never got above 10kts at any stage. 8 of the 9 scheduled races were completed in beautiful weather off Torbay SC, with once again the Starling class having the most entries.

Mahia Pepper from Murrays Bay is the new Asia Pacific champion, with Oscar Rorvick second and Romano Chung third.

In the traveller series there was an incredibly close finish amongst the top places. Only half a point separated first and second place with James Roberts on (173.5) and Mahia Pepper on (173). Romano Chung was clear in third (155), and then  Matthew Kempkers 4th (135), Elise Beavis 5th and first female (133), Josh Salthouse 6th (131.5) and Trent Jones 7th (130). With points being x 1.5 for the Supercity regatta those who made the effort to come were usually rewarded with a boost to their overall score.

There is already talk of repeating the Supercity regatta next year. It was realy good having the focus on the Youth sailors for a change. Your feedback on this regatta and on the traveller series would be welcomed. We have been invited by Hamilton YC to include their Towson regatta in the traveller series next year.

It has been great to see the Starling still the most popular youth class at regatta after regatta this year and we hope to make next year even more successful for the Starling. For those in the area outside of the North of the North island we would be delighted to help you build the regattas in your area through this email list and the website.

Finally if you know of any new sailors to the Starling class who should be on this mailing list please let us know so that they can be kept informed.

Richard Brown,

Chairman,

Starling Class Association