Freshie Racing set for big summer in Europe

The Freshie Racing Team made up of Peter Nicholas, Travis Keay, Jay Halligan and Luke Payne are embarking on a match racing tour of Europe. This is a great opportunity for them all to try and reach the top level of world match racing. The team is supported by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Zhik and the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation. This is the first team from the yacht clubs youth squad to head to Europe after the squad had impressive results over the Australian summer.

The Freshie racing team had a great summer also with a 2^nd in Collin Mullins and 4^Th in the Warren Jones regattas. The most recent event was the state match racing championships where they finished 2^nd behind Team Gilmour. With the recent ISAF rankings being released last month puts the team in the top 100 in the world. The first event that the team is competing in is the Estonian Open Match Race, which begins next weekend in Parnu.

The other events programmed include:

Event name	location
Estonia Open Match Race	ESTONIA
Trapani Match Race	ITALY
ROYAL SAINT GEORGE YACHT CLUB INVITATIONAL	IRELAND
DANISH YOUTH MATCH RACING NATIONALS	Denmark
POLISH MATCH TOUR ACT 3, GIZYCKO MATCH RACE	Poland
Moss Raymarine Match	NORWAY
RYA YOUTH NATIONAL MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS	Great Britain
MIPC MATCH RACE CUP	Slovenia
OPEN SCANDINAVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RACING	Finland
LA FUGA SAIL CUP	ITALY
AMERI'CAST CUP	FRANCE

Thanks to Zhik, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Ron Tough Foundation

Follow our progress on www.freshieracing.blogspot.com