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AS well as recognising the astonishing
feats Britain’s gold medal winning sailors
achieved in 2008, this year’s New Year’s
Honours List also recognised the voluntary
contribution given to the sport by two RYA
British
Volunteers.
RYA Thames Valley Chairman Michael
Shefras, receives an MBE for ‘voluntry ser-
vice to boating in the Thames Valley’ after
completing 25 years service sitting on vari-
ous River Thames consultative committees
working with organisations including the
DUNCAN Truswell admits Truswell appreciates the
Environment Agency and British Waterways.
he is relishing the challenge task at hand to ensure that
talent
Michael is current RYA Regional Thames
of continuing Britain’s success continues.
Valley Chairman and has been involved with
unprecedented success in He said: “Having worked so
the RYA for many years including sitting on
producing young world closely with Simon for the
RYA Council.
class sailors after being past eight years there is a
Shefras comments “I am absolutely delight-
named as the new RYA clearly defined vision as to
camp
ed to receive this it’s such an honour and
Youth Racing Manager. what we want the Youth and
surprise. You just get on with things and do
Truswell, RYA Junior Junior programmes to deliv-
the work which is rewarding enough without
Racing Manager since 2004, er and how we can achieve
imagining or aiming for anything like being
BOILED rice and leeks eaten mand and team-building tasks.
succeeds Simon Wergan as those goals.
given an MBE. It’s great to be recognised
with chopsticks for breakfast? With day two designated
‘A Day
head of the RYA’s Youth “Winning medals at Youth
alongside our amazing gold medallists and
That was just one of the treats in Beijing’, the hopefuls
were
Programme following and Junior level is a great
to see work that goes on in the back ground,
that welcomed 80 of Britain’s also exposed to many of the
Wergan’s move to work for fillip for the programmes
as well as, the front end of the sport, being
top young elite athletes, includ- things Britain’s record-breaking
the Youth Sport Trust. and an indicator of sailor ing 16 sailors, at the third Youth Olympians experienced in China
recognised.”
In a revised version of the development but it is not the
Sport Trust National Talent last summer, including high-pro-
An MBE also went to Peter Haigh a 2004
Youth Manager role, be-all-and-end-all of what
Orientation Camp at file media interviews as well as
RYA Community Award winner for ‘volun-
30-year-old Truswell will be we want to achieve in terms
Loughborough University. the Chinese breakfast!
tary service to sailing in West Yorkshire and
responsible for leading both of feeding sailors onto the
The youngsters, all budding RYA Youth Squad 420 helm, the Scouts’. Peter received his RYA Commu-
the RYA’s highly successful Olympic programmes or
Olympian and Paralympians of Phil Sparks, admitted the camp nity Award after promoting sailing to young
the future from six sports - sail- was an awesome eye-opener.
Junior and Youth pro- helping the individual young
and disabled people through Huddersfiled
ing, hockey, rowing, canoeing, The 16-year-old from
grammes. sailors make the right life
Scout Sailing for over 30 years.
cycling and wheelchair basket- Christchurch said: “The camp
Born in Sheffield, Truswell decisions for them at the
ball – received a fascinating was a fantastic experience where
has worked with the RYA right times. I am very excit-
insight into what it takes to be I met loads of new people from
for eight years in the roles ed by the challenges ahead
the very best at the four-day different sports, improved my
of coach, High Performance and cannot wait to get to camp. planning, time management and
Manager and Junior Racing grips with the dual role of
Sailor Joe Glanfield, two-time my understanding of what it
Manager. A former Laser overseeing both the Youth
470 class silver medallist, and takes to get to the very top. The
sailor, he spent three years and Junior programmes.”
Athens 2004 gold medallist wealth of Olympians there was
in the RYA Youth Squad Wergan, who has been with
sprinter Jason Gardener were awesome and it was a great four
before attending the the RYA Racing Division
among the sporting stars on hand days.”
to pass on their knowledge, 29er class crew Alex Groves, 17
University of Wales, since the inception of the
experience and expertise to help from Surbiton, added: “We
Swansea where he studied World Class Programme in
the young pretenders to their looked at topics such as our own
Economics and Politics on a 1999, joins the Youth Sport
crowns get a better idea of get- abilities, determination and also
full sports scholarship for Trust tasked with leading
ting to the top of their game. how to plan a campaign span-
sailing. their talent programmes,
The athletes, aged between 14 ning several years. This was
Last year was Britain’s most which play a key role within and 18, enjoyed a combination especially useful for me as I was
successful ever at Youth school sport, as well as
of high-quality training sessions able to look at the bigger picture
level with RYA Team GBR identifying young sportspeo-
with workshops, keynote speech- and see how to plan for major
winning three medals - two ple for governing body tal-
es on education and lifestyle events, not just in my sailing but
golds and one bronze - to ent development pro-
planning and advice on drugs- also in education and personal
top the medal table at the grammes.
free sport while a British Army life. The knowledge I have
Unit put the youngsters through gained from these experiences is
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF John Derbyshire, RYA
their paces in a series of com- invaluable.”
The most popular single
World Championships in Racing Manager and
Denmark as well as winning Performance Director, said:
handed keelboat in the world
the Volvo Trophy for the top “Simon has made a huge
rust
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performing nation at that contribution to Youth sailing
event for the first time since in Britain over the past eight
No crew problems
Sports
1996 and the third time in years. He has been with the
outh
total. RYA throughout a period of
At class Youth World and significant of evolution and
No capsizing
European Championships, has always been passionate
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the Youth Squad sailors also and highly motivated about
accrued 15 medals including delivering the best support
No agility problems
four World champions and to our athletes.
two European champions “We wish him all the best at
while the Junior sailors con- the Youth Sport Trust and A boat for everyone!!
tributed a further 13 medals are extremely confident that
including three World cham- in Duncan we have the per-
pions and one European fect successor to take the
www.24metre.org.uk
champion. Youth programme forward.”
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