Southport Yacht Club sailor’s success at National Regattas. A busy start to 2015 for Southport Yacht Club (SYC) sailors. Four (4) of SYC’s sailors travelled to Sorrento, Victoria for the 2015 International Moth Australian and World Titles Championships. Congratulation to Brian Sherring, second (2nd) in the World Championships for the Scow Moth division, Jack…
27th January, 2015 An Action-Packed Start to 2015 for Southport Yacht Club It’s a busy start to the 2015 sailing season for Southport Yacht Club, on the Gold Coast. The action started over the Australia Day long weekend with the Club hosting the start of a record fleet in the 22nd annual Surf to City…
Another great start to 2015 for SYC sailors at the Youth Nationals! 13 of Southport Yacht Club’s finest youth sailors, travelled to the Youth National Championships, held at the Fremantle Yacht Club, Western Australia to compete in many divisions of sailing. With all sailors achieving impressive results, two (2) of our finest sailors,…
Southport Yacht Club’s sailing division have been busy with a number of sailors heading Nationally for National Championships. Great results have been achieved with SYC sailors, Joel Tuner and Lewis Brake, winning the 49er National Championships in Western Australia along with Angus Sherring and Jackson Foort, Nationals Champions in the Sabot Nationals 2-Up Division, held in…
Southport Yacht Club sailor Joel Turner and crew Lewis Brake win the 2014-15 Zhik Australian 49er Championships. Based at Jervoise Bay, Western Australia, the 2014-15 Australian 9er Championships conducted five days of Olympic class sail racing. Southport Yacht Club were represented by Joel Tuner and Lewis Brake, competing in the 49er class. With five days…
Black Jack and Alive set for Southport Yacht Clubs Sail Paradise 2015 – March 6-8 Two of Australia’s best ocean racing yachts, both entries in next week’s Rolex Sydney Hobart race, have been confirmed as entries for Southport Yacht Club’s Sail Paradise series, which will be contested off the Gold Coast from March 6 to…
Based at Woollahra Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour, Sail Sydney conducted six days of Olympic class sail racing. Southport Yacht Club was represented by nine (9) of our best High Performance sailors. In the 49er class, Past Junior Commodore Joel Turner and crew member Lewis Brake competed to finish First (1st) overall. Another podium finisher…
Congratulations Southport Yacht Club Member, Olympic Gold Medallist and World Champion Mathew Belcher, named the Courier-mail Channel Seven 2014 Queensland Sport Star of the Year! The award has never been won by a sailor before, making Belcher the first in the awards 20 year history. A humbling honour amongst sports elite, yet completely deserved after…
Last Thursday several of the Southport Yacht Club (SYC) Hollywell JaM fleet sailed with the Thursday Twilight fleet for the inaugural SYC Charity Cup, being the first Club in Queensland to contribute and support the new state wide partnership Caithness, a charity race raising funds for Melanoma Patients Australia (MPA). MPA was co-founded by our…
Queensland’s Southport Yacht Club has today been awarded ‘Fish Friendly’ status by the Marina Industries Association. ‘Fish Friendly Marina’ accreditation is an information campaign and accreditation system focusing on marina fish habits and was developed initially by the Marina Industries Association (MIA) and the NSW Boating Industry Association (BIA) in collaboration and consultation with…