Congratulations to all of the sailors who competed at the 2023 WA Optimist State Championship on Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 March. A fantastic weekend of sailing at the beautiful Nedlands Yacht Club. Awesome conditions with the fleets completing 9 races over 2 days!

Results as follows:

State Champion – Perpetual Trophy

Open Fleet Boy Murray Duthie
Open Fleet Girl Lucy Graham
Intermediate Fleet Alexander Eyles

Open Fleet – Girls

1. Lucy Graham

2. Victoria Chernoff

3. Jemima Lane

Open Fleet - Boys

1. Murray Duthie
2. Thomas Cooper
3. Orlando Ligovich

Intermediate Fleet – Girls

1. Olive Hooper

Intermediate Fleet

1. Alexander Eyles

2. Sebastian Buckley

3. Charlie Purt

Green Fleet

1. Asher Williams

2. William Whitehead

3. Bryn Gordon

Best 10 Year Old: Alexander Eyles
Best 11 Year Old: Nicholas Cooper
Best 12 Year Old: Seth Till
Youngest Competitor: Harry Cooper
Spirit Award: Celina Trinh
Furthest Travelled: Xavier Potter

Thank you to everyone at Nedlands Yacht Club for hosting such a fantastic weekend, your hospitality was wonderful!

Special thanks to:

• Race Officer Rob Hubbard
• Jury Christina Heydon and Brendan Green
• Mark Layers Rick Fairey and Murray Pennifold
• Nedlands Yacht Club Graeme Pennifold and Jared Eyles
• Thank you to North Sails for sponsoring the event and providing prizes for our raffle
• Special thanks to Monkeyfist Marine for supporting WAIODA with prizes
• Finally, a huge thanks to all of the volunteers and parents for supporting all of the sailors at this event!