IOCA Nationals 2025

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing academy played host to the IOCA National Championships over the week of 26th July to 31st July.

The event had 243 entries over the 3 fleets and a range of international sailors coming to comptete against the British fleet.

CBYC Sailors

Coached Regatta

Logan Allsopp – 26th overall

Elle Bourke – 35th overall

Carys Harding – 38th overall

Racing Regatta

Martha Hughes – 15th overall

Xenia Hudson – 21st overall

Main Fleet – Silver

Alice Atkin – 2nd overall & 1st Girl

Hugo Thomas – 3rd overall & 2nd Boy

Roisin Epstein – 23rd overall

Ayla Griffiths – 25th overall

Sienna Watts – 34th overall

Eleanor Hughes – 37th overall

Jack Harding – 45th overall

Sam Bourke – 48th overall

Main Fleet – Gold

Gracie Allsopp – 43rd overall

Tomos Martin – 58th overall

 

Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/event-results.php?event=265


CBYC Dragon Series 2025

Last Saturday, July 12th, CBYC hosted their leg of the South Wales Dragon Series. The series is hosted by South Wales clubs, allowing for newer sailors to get to some new and interesting venues to compete whilst giving regular sailors a chance to practice against local competition. The event saw 24 entries from a variety of South Wales clubs, across the 3 fleets, Training handicap, Junior Handicap and General Handicap. With light breeze for 3 races in the morning the afternoon was adapted to become paddle races once the wind had gone.

 

CBYC Sailors

Training Handicap Fleet

Annabelle Costello - 3rd overall

Sofia Komianos - 5th overall

Emrys Agius - 7th overall

 

Junior Handicap Fleet

Griff Attrill - 1st overall

Rhys Doyle - 2nd overall

Max Attrill - 3rd overall

Emily Kinsella - 5th overall

Alekos Komianos - 6th overall

Zelda Abney-Hastings - 7th overall

Dafydd King - 8th overall

Daisy Abney-Hastings - 9th overall

 

General Handicap

Ollie Atkin - 1st overall

Alexa Atkins - 2nd overall

Alice Atkin - 3rd overall

Eleanor Hughes - 4th overall

Xenia Hudson & Martha Hughes - 5th overall

 

Link to results : CBYC Dragon Series 2025


Welsh Open Topper Championships 2025

July 5th and 6th saw Llandegfedd Sailing Club host the Welsh Open Topper Championship and OnBoard Regatta. With great sunny conditions combined with some breeze there was fantastic racing had by all.

 

CBYC Sailors

Max Attrill - 5th overall

Rhys Doyle - 9th overall

Sienna Watts - 13th overall

Eleanor Hughes - 14th overall

Emily Kinsella - 15th overall

Dafydd King - 20th overall

Griff Attrill - 23rd overall

 

Link to results: https://www.llandegfedd.org.uk/results/2025/monex-marine-welsh-topper-championships-and-onboard-regatta


RYA Pathway Club

We have recently been recognised as one of four RYA Cymru Wales Pathway Clubs. You'll see our new plaque next to the front door of the clubhouse.

 

Read about how this new inititive works: https://www.rya.org.uk/news/cw-pathway-clubs-announced


New Club Flag

Under glorious sunshine, our Commodore, Huw Bumford, and Rear Commodore, Peter Askew, proudly raised our new Club Flag!


RYA CW Regional Junior Championships 2025

Last weekend, June 21/22nd, saw sailors from all over Wales take to the water to compete in the RYA CW Regional Junior Championships. The event serves as an selector event for those looking to gain a place in the RYA CW Welsh Sailing Squads for the year.

 

CBYC Sailors

Coached Regatta Fleet

Elle Bourke - 10th overall

Emrys Agius - 11th overall

Link to results: https://www.sailwave.com/results/Welsh%20Regional%20Junior%20Championships%202025%20-%20Coached%20Regatta%20Fleet.htm

 

ILCA 6

Alexa Atkins - 5th overall

George Davies - 9th overall

Topper 5.3

Griff Attrill - 4th overall

Max Attrill - 5th overall

Rhys Doyle - 8th overall

Dafydd King - 11th overall

Optimist

Tomos Martin - 1st overall

Hugo Thomas - 2nd overall

Ayla Griffiths - 3rd overall

Roisin Epstein - 4th overall

Eleanor Hughes - 5th overall

Sienna Watts - 6th overall

Xenia Hudson-Evans - 7th overall

Jack Harding - 8th overall

Sam Bourke - 9th overall

Martha Hughes - 10th overall

 

Link to results: https://www.sailwave.com/results/Welsh%20Regional%20Junior%20Championships%202025%20-%20Single%20Handers.htm


IOCA Early Summers 2025

Last Weekend, June 14/15th, Brightlingsea Sailing Club hosted the IOCA Early Summer Championships. As a part of the Optimist class' rolling ranking system, the event draws lots of competitors keen on improving their standings in the national ranking. Over 3 fleets there was a total of 124 boats attending.

CBYC Sailors

Coached Regatta Fleet

Elle Bourke - 9th overall

Logan Allsopp - 10th overall

Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Coached_Prov_R6.html

 

Regatta Fleet

Martha Hughes - 14th overall

Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Regatta_V9Final.html

 

Main Fleet

Gracie Allsopp - 13th overall

Tomos Martin - 32nd overall

Roisin Epstein - 40th overall

Hugo Thomas - 44th overall

Sam Bourke - 59th overall

Eleanor Hughes - 73rd overall

Link to results: https://iocauk.ourclubadmin.com/docs/276/Main_Fleet_R7_Final.html


Llandegfedd Dragon Series 2025

Last Saturday, May 24th, Llandegfedd Sailing Club hosted the second part of the South Wales Dragon Series. The forecast showed that it would be a cloudy day with a building wind. With the conditions in mind, the Training fleet were given their own course and were supported by the RYA CW coach throughout the day. All fleets managed to complete 5 great races.

CBYC Sailors

Training Fleet

Eleanor Hughes - 1st overall

Martha Hughes - 6th overall

Xenia Hudson-Evans - 7th overall

Optimist Fleet

Elle Bourke - 3rd overall

Topper Silver Fleet

Emily Kinsella - 1st overall

Dafydd King - 2nd overall

Topper Gold Fleet

Rhys Doyle - 3rd overall

General Handicap Silver Fleet

George Davies - 3rd overall

Sam Bourke - 7th overall

General Handicap Gold Fleet

Dan Powell - 1st overall

Alexa Atkins - 2nd overall

 

Link to results: https://www.llandegfedd.org.uk/results/2025/llandegfedd-sailing-club-dragons-2025


HISC Optimist Open 2025

Magic Marine and Hayling Island hosted an Optimist Open Meeting on May 10/11th 2025. With over 100 Optimists over the 3 fleets, there was fantastic racing had by all.

CBYC Sailors

Gracie Allsopp - 12th overall

Roisin Epstein - 32nd overall

Jack Harding - 37th overall

Tomos Martin - 46th overall

 

Link to the results: https://www.hisc.co.uk/media/18609/hisc-optimist-open.html


Tata Steel Dragon Series 2025

Last Saturday, May 10th, over 26 sailors took part in the first event of the South Wales Dragon Series at Tata Steel Sailing Club. The Dragon Series is a regional set of events hosted by Welsh clubs in their regions, providing sailors opportunities to race outside of their home club. For the South Wales series the clubs involved are; Tata Steel, Llandegfedd, Mumbles and Cardiff Bay. These events are supported by RYA Cymru Wales with the provision of a qualified coach in attendance to help and encourage those taking part in their first sailing event. With fantastic weather and wind, a total of 4 races were completed during the day for all the fleets.

CBYC Sailors

Training Handicap Fleet

Annabel Costello - 3rd overall

Sofia Komianos - 5th overall

Junior Handicap Fleet

Max Attrill - 1st overall

Sienna Watts - 3rd overall

Griff Attrill - 4th overall

Martha Hughes - 6th overall

Xenia Hudson - 7th overall

Alekos Komianos - 8th overall

Dafydd King - 10th overall

General Handicap

Dan Powell - 1st overall

 

Link to results: https://tatasteelsailing.org.uk/?page=results&year=2025&target=6_Dragon_Series.htm