About The Event
Entry for the Northern Junior Championships 2024 at Ullswater YC on 21/22 June.
There will be main fleet racing, a coached regatta fleet and a rookie club for sailors who are not yet experienced enough for the regatta fleet.
You can stay on site and there will be some social activities in the evenings. The organisers are putting together an information pack to support the notice of race with information about shore practicalities (camping & catering etc), this will be published to the website event notice board as soon as it is available.
Entry is prioritised for sailors from the North region or sailors who are participating in the NE & Yorkshire or NW Youth Traveller series. Please see the NoR for more info on entry criteria and contact NEYYSA for more information.
This event is being organised as a partnership by North East & Yorkshire Youth Sailing and with the support of a large team of volunteers from the region, more volunteers are needed and information on how to volunteer will be issued shortly. Capacity at the event is limited by the safety fleet so if you have, or know of, a RIB that could potentially be loaned for the event please contact us via info.neyysa@gmail.com.
For sailors and families who aren’t familiar with this event, this event is being organised to replace the RYA Regional Junior Championship and will reflect many of the core values of British Youth Sailing but will also hopefully encompass the enthusiasm and joy regional sailors and their clubs have for the sport and will have a fun, festival atmosphere weekend on and off the water as well as offering competitive sailing for the main and regatta fleet participants.
The main fleet will provide fleet racing for all the main junior classes and will be closely fought at the front with many of the “regional names” already indicating their intention to compete. This fleet is suitable for anyone who is racing regularly in the North East & Yorkshire or North West Youth Traveller series main fleets, at national events or regularly racing at their home club. It will also be a welcoming and supportive place for those venturing into the main fleet for the first time, the front runners were newbies once too.
For sailors under the age of 16 who are still learning the racing basics, the regatta fleet is the place to be. The regatta fleet will have an experienced race officer over-seeing the racing but there will be a coach providing input and support to improve skills. Several of the region’s young adult race coaches will also be supporting the regatta fleet.
Clubs are encouraged to bring all their youth & junior sailors for a weekend of competitive sailing, fun on the water, camaraderie, friendships old & new and the opportunity to celebrate our great sport together. Please consider how you can help your club get as many young sailors to the event as possible and if you have space on your trailer for someone else’s boat, extend the hand of sailing friendship and bring them along with you and support a newer to sailing family as they clock their first travelling miles to this event.
We look forward to seeing you all at Ullswater YC in June for this event.
If you have any questions or queries about the event, please email NEYYSA.
Ulley will support this event and will let youths borrow club boat to enter the event with, these will have to be transported up to the event by parents.
There will be some club presence at the event as George P will be there with his RIB under his own brand GP Marine, you may not see to much of him though as he’ll be one of the first on the water.
Ulley Sailing Club 