SASI Athletes achieved exceptional results at the Sydney International Regatta held in Sydney Harbour from the 6th – 9th December.
Shane Hughes and Felix Patterson won the Men’s Open 470 class and James Paterson won the Finn class. SASI Athlete Catherine Shanks and her partner Georgie Kemp from Port Lincoln won the Women’s 470 Class.
Coach Brendan Todd was very pleased with results saying that it was quite and achievement for our sailors as the inland waters of Sydney Harbour are foreign to our athletes.
The SASI Sailing Program will provide world-class coaching, training, facilities, support services and access to domestic competition to improve athlete development with a view to:
Preparing athletes for best performance at Olympic and Paralympic World Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games
Key target Areas:
Athlete
Target Group:
Identified senior athletes in Olympic and Paralympic classes who may be eligible for National Squad selection.
Identified Elite Development athlete - including ISAF World Youth Championship athletes.
Key outcomes: Increase the level of participation and results of South Australian sailors in Olympic classes in Australia and overseas.
Strategy: At SASI we will provide high level of on water training and regatta support for SASI athletes. We will build and educate our developing sailors in areas of nutrition, strength and conditioning to a level that they have the ability to achieve their goals.
Coaching
Target group: Club and private coaches working with sailors in South Australia.
Key outcome: to increase knowledge and support within the South Australian coaching group.
Strategy: To provide regular coaching forums and mentoring of SA coaches.
The SASI Sailing Program is a partnership program funded and supported by the South Australian government through SASI in partnership with both National and State Sporting Organisation. A key partner in the program is Yachting Australia who contributes funding support to the program as part of its National High Performance Plan. The NTC endorsement of the program recognises the status of the program in the sports National High Performance Pathway and also the indirect funding contribution to the SASI program by the Australian Sports Commission through Yachting Australia.
Go for Gold
Black Rock, VIC
Sail Brisbane - QLD all classes
SIRS - Sydney, all classes
470 National Championship, Sydney
Laser National Championship
January 10 - 20
14 - 20
20 - 28
21 - 30
RSX World Championship -Auckland
Sail Melbourne - Melbourne
Finn Gold Cup - Melbourne
470 World Championship - Melbourne
February
7 - 17
Laser World Championships
March
Air Regatta
RSX National Championship
TRAINING PROGRAM
SASI training is held in the waters off the Gulf of St Vincent.
The SASI Sailing squad launches at Adelaide Sailing Club, West Beach.
If you would like to come out on the water, please contact Brendan to confirm times.
CALENDAR 2008/09
DATE
EVENT
April
6
19 - 20
27 - 28
Finn Training - Adelaide Metro area
Laser Training - ASC
470 Training - ASC
May
1
2
3 - 4
4
10 - 11
17 - 18
24 - 25
31 - 1
SASI Induction (6:30 - 8:00)
Fitness Testing (5:30 - 7:00)
Finn Training - Adelaide Metro area
ASC Winter Series
470 Training - ASC
Laser Training - ASC
Finn Training - Adelaide Metro area
470 Training - ASC
June
7 - 9
14 - 15
20-21
27 - 30
Laser Training – Frostbite
Finn Training - ASC
470 Training – ASC
Laser Training – Sydney
July
5 - 6
19 - 20
26 - 27
Finn Training - Frostbite
Laser Winter in Paradise
August
2 - 3
9 - 10
16 - 17
23 - 24
30 - 31
470 Training – Adelaide Metro area
Finn Training - Adelaide Metro area
Laser training – ASC
470 Training – ASC / Inland
Fin Training
September
6 - 7
13 - 14
20 - 21
24 - 1
Laser Training - ASC
470 Training – ASC / Inland
Finn Training – Adelaide Metro area
SASI Camp - RQYS
October
11 - 12
18 - 19
25 26
Laser training weekend
Finn training - Adelaide Metro area
470 Training – ASC / Inland
November
1 - 2
9
13
15 - 16
22 - 23
27 - 30
470 Class Training Camp
All SASI classes regatta day
Physiological Testing - SASI 5:30 - 7:30
Laser Training - Adelaide Metro area
470 Training - ASC
470 Class Training Camp
Sail Brisbane
December
7 - 10
16 - 21
26 - 5
SIRS - Sydney, all classes
Sail Melbourne
Laser National Championship
January
?
26 ?
Finn National Championship
470 National Championship, Port Lincoln, SA
February
March
?
Air regatta
TRAINING VENUES
Adelaide Sailing Club - ASC are providing the program an area to store our workshop container and our coach boat, rigging and launching facilities. ASC are very supportive of the program and the SASI team feel very welcome at the Adelaide Sailing Club.
Other clubs on the gulf have been very supportive of all the sailing programs, including the SASI or Yachting South Australia sailing programs.
This is the first year that the SASI sailing program has run. However, SASI has had sailing Program Scholarshoip holders, Talent Scholarship holders and High Performance Scholarship holders in the sport of sailing.
Past Sailing Program Scholarship Holders:
Andrew Darcey - 2005, 2006
Aaron Heritage - 2005, 2006
Nicholas Deusson - 2006
Ayden Menzies - 2006
Andrew Hughes - 2007
