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Open soon: Sports Leadership Grants and Scholarships for WomenCraig Heydon, Tuesday, 9 March 2010The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and Australian Government Office for Women (OfW) are looking to develop more Australian women in leadership and decision making roles in sport. Applications open 1 March for the 2010–11 round of the ASC and OfW’s Sports Leadership Grants and Scholarships for Women. These Australian Government grants and scholarships are offered to inspire and assist women in the sports industry to reach their full potential in leadership, through education and development opportunities.
The ASC invites women from all areas and levels of the Australian sports community to apply, including women involved in sport as managers, administrators, media and communication officers, coaches, officials, and women in sport governance.
Women from culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women in rural and regional areas and women with disability are encouraged to apply.
The grants include scholarships for women in upper sports management of up to $10,000 a year for three years, one-off grants of up to $5,000 for individuals and up to $10,000 for approved organisations.
Last year’s grants supported 132 projects across the country in developing women’s leadership skills in their sport. Now in its ninth year, these grants have supported more than 16,000 women around Australia.
Applications close on Friday 30 April 2010. Terms and conditions apply.
For more information, visit ausport.gov.au/women or call 1800 224 412
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Australian crews finish top two at New Zealand Women’s Match Racing ChampionshipsCraig Heydon, Tuesday, 9 March 2010The Australian Women’s Match Racing Team has finished top of the table at the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships with Katie Pellew winning the 2010 title ahead of fellow Australian Nicky Souter. The Australian crews dominated the round robin stages of the regatta with Souter and crew of Jessica Eastwell, Amanda Scrivenor and Rayshele Martin recording 17 wins and just one loss, ahead of Pellew and crew Nina Curtis, Lucinda Whitty and Stacey Jackson with 16 wins and two losses. Souter kicked off the semi finals against New Zealand’s Stephanie Hazard and progressed to the final with a two to one victory while Pellew and crew defeated Sam Osborne of New Zealand two-nil.
Pellew took victory in the opening race of the all-Australian final by 46 seconds and was declared the regatta winner after the race committee was unable to complete any further final races in the allocated time.
“For my team and I to be able to win the Leith Mossman Memorial Trophy again and have our name on there for a third time is a great feat,” said Pellew who had previously won the regatta in 2003 and 2006.
“This year the event was scheduled with an extra day, to assist in completing the format,” she said. “We sailed a double Round Robin, Semis and almost completed a full final, so the Race Committee did an excellent job getting all the races off.”
“For this event we sailed with four crew rather than the three person Olympic format, which made for a crowded boat! Luckily Nina, Lucinda, Stacey and I are good friends and we had a great event and really enjoyed sailing together as a team,” said Pellew.
The Australian Women’s Match Racing Team will next be in action at the Harken Women’s International Match Racing Regatta at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia before the squad packs up and heads to round three of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Spain.
“As a squad we were very proud of our results, to again sail in a different team combination and go through the regatta neck and neck, and clear ahead of the other teams was a good step in our progression as a squad towards 2012,” said Pellew.
“Nicky and I have now stepped straight into the Louis Vuitton Series in Auckland, where we have joined the Umpire Team as observers on the back of the AC Boats, which will help increase our rules knowledge and awareness and allow us to learn from some of the top sailors in the world,” she said.
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Changes to your IRC ratingCraig Heydon, Tuesday, 9 March 2010Yachting Australia is advising owners to take care in declaring changes to your boat and is helping to explain changes to IRC ratings. Getting an IRC certificate in the first place is one thing, but keeping it valid and up-to-date for racing is another. Any changes made to the boat may affect the boat’s rating and/or invalidate the certificate entirely. Fortunately dealing with this is straightforward.
To apply for an amended or trial certificate(s), contact your local IRC Measurer or Yachting Australia. The IRC Measurer will help clarify the requirements of IRC and check any measurements to accompany your application.
The IRC Measurer will provide instructions and new measurements to Yachting Australia in writing and payments for applications can be made via cheque or credit card, with those applications for 2009 IRC certificates, received from 1 March to 31 May 2009, receiving a 50 per cent discount.
Any changes on the boat may affect your IRC Rating, and if so you will need to apply for an amended certificate. Any number of changes can be made for the price of one amendment.
For those unsure whether a change will require an amended certificate, please check with Yachting Australia. In some cases you may just be asked to write a note about a change which can be kept on file.
Common changes which may require an amended certificate are:
· new sails, either larger or smaller
· addition or removal of sails (e.g. additional spinnakers for a passage race)
· new or changed rig details
· added or removed internal ballast
· keel change
· hull change, e.g. fairing of IOR crease
· weighing/measurement
· alterations to interior/fit out
When any of these changes are made, Yachting Australia requires that official verification of the new measurements is made by an IRC Measurer. Please note that sails must be completed before measurements can be taken and the application submitted.
Please keep in mind that Yachting Australia and the RORC Rating Office reserves the right to refuse to amend a certificate if they believe that the amendment is intended to take advantage of specific race conditions (e.g. rating with a No.3 only, two days before a weekend when it is forecast to be windy!)
If you wish to see the impact changing your boat will have on your rating before committing to the costs, you can run a trial. Running a trial certificate allows you to see what the rating effect would be if you made proposed changes to the yacht, rig or sails. Any number of changes can be made on each trial certificate but trial certificates are not valid for racing. If you decide to implement the change you will need to apply for an amended certificate. Please make sure you give full details of the proposed changes, to avoid any misunderstandings.
No more than six trial certificates will be permitted in any one calendar year for any existing boat, of which not more than three may concern modifications to the hull and appendages. The RORC Rating Office reserves the right to refuse to run trial certificates without stating a reason.
If you decide to go ahead with the amendment, Yachting Australia requires official verification of the new measurements by an IRC Measurer.
Owners should note that as you revalidate, your rating may go up, down, or stay exactly the same, depending on how it is affected by changes to the IRC calculations. It will not automatically go down each year due to age allowance, although this is an integral part of the TCC calculation. Please remember that IRC is a live rule, meaning that the mathematics behind the calculation of TCC is continually adjusted on an annual basis to reflect changes in elements such as design and sailing practices. The changes affect generic types and characteristics, not individual boats or designs.
This is an important facet of IRC to understand. Each year a number of boat owners, whose ratings have increased after revalidating, contact Yachting Australia seeking an explanation. In most cases no changes have been made to the boat, as people generally accept a larger spinnaker will mean a higher rating. Great care is taken to explain what has changed is the mathematics controlling the calculation of ratings, and these changes are applied across the entire fleet of IRC boats worldwide, not just theirs.
Those planning towards the 2010 IRC year can see the 2010 IRC Rule Changes as outlined in the IRC Yearbook and on the IRC website. The IRC Yearbook and revalidation packs will be mailed to all eligible boat owners during April 2010. Yachting Australia will provide copies of the 2010 IRC Yearbooks to major yacht clubs for the benefit of their members from May 2010.
For more information please contact Amy Howie at amy.howie@yachting.org.au or by phoning 02 8424 7410.
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Australian Sailing Team crew hitting the water for Wangi Cruise for CancerCraig Heydon, Friday, 5 March 2010The Australian Sailing Team’s Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen are taking part in a sailing event of a different kind, leaving their 49er on the shore and being auctioned off as celebrity crew members for the annual Wangi Cruise for Cancer. Organised by the Wangi Amateur Sailing Club, the Wangi Cruise for Cancer will be held on Sunday March 21 with all proceeds raised on the day being donated to the McGrath Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
Outteridge and Jensen both began sailing with the Wangi Amateur Sailing Club and will be auctioned off to sail on different boats on the day. Joining the pair in the auction will be Haylee Outteridge and Lauren Jeffries, meaning that four of the world’s top 49er and 29er sailors will be sailing on different boats all competing against each other.
In 2009 Nathan Outteridge paired up with Jeffries to finish second at the 29er World Championships with Jensen and Haylee Outteridge finishing just two points further back in third.
All four sailors are looking forward to taking part in the family orientated event on their home waters.
“I’m taking part because Wangi is my home club and I like to be able to help out where I can,” said Outteridge.
“The Wangi Cruise for Cancer provides us with a really good opportunity to put something back into the local community and also help out a really good cause,” he said.
The Australian Sailing Team pair will certainly make a healthy addition to any crew on the day, having recently finished second in the 2010 49er World Championship in the Bahamas, following up from their 2009 49er World Championship victory.
Outteridge and Jensen have had a great start to their 2012 London Olympic Games campaign, winning six of the seven regattas they’ve competed in together, including three ISAF Sailing World Cup rounds and will be back in action aboard their 49er at the Delta Lloyd Holland Regatta in the Netherlands in May.
The Wangi Cruise for Cancer is open to boats of all sizes with a cruise organised for yachts and a treasure hunt around the lake for power boat owners.
The activities aren’t limited to the water with the day kicking off with registration and a champagne breakfast at the Wangi RSL from 9.30am.
To help raise funds for the McGrath Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia the event will include auctions for dinners, overnight accommodation and plenty more.
Throughout the day children not taking part in the cruise will be entertained with a jumping castle, bingo, face painting and a dunking machine.
For more information please contact Jody Shiels on 0407 499 214 or jshiels@bigpond.com.au
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End of season discounts offered for 2009 IRC CertificatesCraig Heydon, Monday, 15 February 2010Yachting Australia is offering a 50 per cent discount on all 2009 IRC applications lodged by Australian boat owners, a substantial saving for those owners wishing to race in the closing months of the current IRC year. The special offer is applicable on applications received between 1 March and 31 May 2010 and only on 2009 IRC certificates.
The discounted prices for certificates obtained during this period are as follows:
There are a number of regattas which will take place around Australia between now and the end of the current IRC year on 31 May 2010. These include; the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, the Queensland IRC Championships, Sail Port Stephens, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, and the Melbourne to Port Fairy and Melbourne to Apollo Bay yacht races.
Please note that this offer is applicable for 2009 IRC applications only. Regular prices will apply to any applications received for 2010 IRC ratings during this time.
For further information please contact Amy Howie at Yachting Australia on (02) 8424 7410 or email amy.howie@yachting.org.au.
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Feedback invited on Special Regulations Audit FormsCraig Heydon, Tuesday, 9 February 2010Yachting Australia is seeking feedback on the draft Yachting Australia Special Regulations Audit Forms which are designed to be used to perform equipment inspections on yachts and off the beach boats. The forms are based on those used, and supplied by, Yachting New South Wales. The Yachting New South Wales auditor model is used to service events ranging from Category 7 weekly inner harbour International Etchell racing to the Category 1 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and is well recognised nationally. A boat wishing to be inspected for equipment may use the appropriate form and the forms may be used as a guide to boat owners checking that they have the right gear on board. The forms may also be used by race committees when inspecting boats in accordance with Yachting Australia Special Regulation 2.02 - Inspection.
Boat owners must understand that an audit is carried out only as a guide to owners and organising authorities. An auditor/inspector cannot limit or reduce the complete and unlimited responsibility of the owner or owner’s representative as defined in regulations 1.02.1, 1.02.2 and 1.02.3 - Owner’s Responsibility.
The forms will be provided in Word.doc format and future editions may be converted to Excel.xls formats.
Persons wishing to provide feedback should do so in writing to glen.stanaway@yachting.org.au prior to 15 March 2010.
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Funding available for International ClassesCraig Heydon, Wednesday, 3 February 2010Yachting Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Sports Commission, is offering financial support to skippers and crews who competed successfully in recent World Championships of International and Recognised Classes. Limited funding is available to support Australian athletes competing in ISAF International and Recognised Classes World Championships. The grants are paid retrospectively based on Class World Championships held between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. The purpose of the funding is to assist athletes with the cost of their World Championship campaign. Support is calculated using criteria that considers the athlete’s performance and where the World Championship was held.
Other criterion that the applicant must satisfy includes being a member of a Club affiliated to a MYA and a member of their class association.
The eligible classes are any ISAF International or Recognised Class, and that class must be affiliated with Yachting Australia at the time of the event. Crews must have competed in an ISAF recognised World Championship.
Recipients of the funding during the 2008/2009 year included athletes such as Marcus Hamilton and John Harris, winners of the International Contender and International Moth classes respectively, the team of Jason Muir, Bucky Smith, Paul Wyatt and Matthew Chew, International Etchells World Champions, and Steve Brewin who was second in the International A Catamaran World Championship.
Athletes intending to apply should check their and the class’ eligibility against the policy documents on the Yachting Australia website.
This policy does not apply to Olympic, Paralympic, ISAF Youth World’s participation or for World Championships where the Australian representatives are contracted members of the Australian Sailing Team, or if they have already received funding, either through direct funding or class based coaching support, from Yachting Australia.
Applications for funding must be submitted to the Yachting Australia office by 7 May 2010.
For more information contact Susan Veal by phoning 02 8424 7441 or emailing susan.veal@yachting.org.au.
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