Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern have attained an excellent 3rd place in the Australian 49er National Championships. The racing was over four days and the boys were consistent, in 4th place up until day four, when they sailed two excellent races and gained a place to finish in the top three.
The boys left home in November to train in Australia with the World Champions and this result proves that it has been worthwhile. Their next event will be in Sydney in December when they will compete against the World's best. Yachting NSW, the organisers of Sail Sydney, are pleased to announce that at the close of entries they had received 222 applications for their annual event to be held from December 5-8 on Sydney Harbour.
Hosted by Woollahra Sailing Club, the second event of the Sail Downunder series is one of only two ISAF Grade 1 events in the southern hemisphere and a strong level of commitment has come from the Olympic classes which is not surprising considering the next summer Olympic Games is less than three years away. Event website
http://www.sailsydney.org.au/ Matt & Ryan will then return home on 22nd December, it will only be to celebrate Christmas as they will head off to the World Championships in the Bahamas at the end of the year.
You can follow the progress of Ryan & Matt on their website
www.irish49er.com
