Youth and Great Grand Master Meet with Worldwide Success
Kirk Marcolina
Over the last few days, the 2017 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships were held in Niuewpoort, Belgium. Congrats to all our DBSC sailors who made the massive trip overseas to compete on the world stage and to learn so much with international competition.
Here are the results:
Boys - 234 Competitors
Zac West in Action
Gold fleet
7th Zac West - Huge Congrats!
28th Jack Littlechild
51st Mark Louis
Silver Fleet
53rd Daniel Costandi
Girls - 115 Competitors
Gold Fleet
21st Sylvie Stannage
Not to be outshined by the youth, the top end of our fleet dominated closer to home. In April, Mark Bethwaite competed at the World Masters Games, held at the Torbay Sailing Club in Auckland, NZ. Mark performed wonderfully in a very competitive fleet and outsailed many competitors who were decades younger. He came home with the Laser Standard Great Grand Master Gold Medal, adding to his suite of many world titles. Congratulations Mark on your well-deserved win.
Congested mark roundings at the 2017 World Masters Games were no problem for Bethwaite