Last chance to enter 2010 RYA Volvo Zone and Home Country Championships 

One week left to get your entries in

With just seven days left to get your entries in, the 2010 RYA Volvo Zone and Home Countries Championships are yet again gearing up to be a hotly contested affair with organisers expecting more than 1,000 young sailors and windsurfers to battle it out for event titles and squad places at eight venues around the UK on 25 – 26 September.    

Entries are open online here to any young sailor under the age of 16 in the Laser 4.7 class and under 15 in the remaining RYA Junior supported classes; Mirror, Cadet, RS Feva, Dragoon, Topper, Optimist and Techno Windsurfer.  

The entry deadline for the six Zone Championships, Scottish and Welsh Home Country events is Saturday 18 September 2010 - no entries will be accepted after this date. It is recommended sailors who have already entered check their name is on the entry list on the racing events website to ensure they have fully completed the process. If your name is not on the list you are not entered for the event.  

With Volvo continuing their support of all nine events, having done so for the first time last year, the Championships traditionally mark the end of the Junior racing season and the start of a hard winter’s training. They are a key event for any young sailor wishing to be selected for the RYA Zone and Home Country squads.  

The 2010 RYA Volvo Zone and Home Countries Championships will be staged at the following venues: ·

South Zone – Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Dorset ·        

South West Zone – Plymouth Mountbatten Centre, Cornwall ·    

South East Zone – Queen Mary Sailing Club ·        

East Zone – Combined Clubs of Burnham, Essex ·        

West – Ullswater Sailing Club, Cumbria ·        

North – Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club, Yorkshire ·        

Wales – Pwllheli Sailing Club, Gwynedd ·        

Scotland – Helensburgh Sailing Club, Argyll and Bute ·        

Northern Ireland – Strangford Lough Yacht Club, Co. Down  

ALL sailors wishing to be considered for a National Junior Squad OR a Zone Squad place are also requested to complete an online application form. This can be found at www.ryaracingevents.org.uk and following the links to Junior Squad applications.