-- Sean, Alex, Jack, Connor and Ryan finished 6th out of 16 teams at the lauderdale YC Team Race Regatta. Great job everyone. -- Busy weekend with both the NY and CT State Champs. Great practice and training for the whole team. -- The team had a good South East Championships in Naples FL. Three days of competitive racing at a great venue. -- Congratulations to Ryan who was 5th overall and 2nd in the Blue Fleet at the Leukemia Cup at Larchmont YC. --Team Gnarly just concluded a very successful "Hurricane Irene" clinic in Moriches on Long Island, NY. The clinic was run by coaches Marek Valasek and Rio Gordon. Gnarly welcomes back Marek who was our very first Head Coach. The team had a great four days of training once the hurricane passed through. --Congratulations to the Gnarlies on the US Team at British Nationals in Wales - a very strong showing. Mehvish 31st Senior Gold; in senior silver - Connor 1st, Sebby 3rd, Arianna 6th and Gerard 9th. In Junior Gold - JC 4th and Ryan 9th. Owen was the sole US sailer in the "regatta fleet" finishing with a 14th. --Congratulations to Elizabeth Hansen who was part of Team USA at the IODA Asian Championships in Singapore. Well done. --Gnarly joined forces with Team FOR from Florida at the Scotiabank Regatta in St, Thomas. The sailors were treated to beautiful beaches, strong winds and big ocean waves. Great job by Ariana, Antonia, Connor and Ryan. -- The team traveled to the Buffalo Canoe Club for the USODA Great Lakes Champs June 18 & 19. 8 races were sailed over the two days in light wind. The Canoe Club were great hosts and PRO Ron Hopkins did a great job getting the races off. The team had some outstanding results. Overall the highlights were JC Hermus 9th, Mehvish Khan 11th, Emma White 12th, and Chrissie Klingler 18th. JC was also the 1st white fleeters joined in the top five by Tomas Rice and Walter Henry. We dominated the female division with 1st through fourth being Mehvish, Emma, Chrissie, and Sebby Turner. The following sailors qualified for Team Trials 2012: JC, Mehvish, Emma, Chrissie, Will Gallagher, and Gray Benson. Nice job everyone.
-- Congratulations to the 14 Gnarly sailors who raced at San Francisco Yacht Club for the 2011 USODA Team Trials. It was a long tough week in San Francisco but the team worked hard and came out with some solid results. Our top finisher was Alexander Hanna in 30th. JC Hermus was the top White Fleeter in 70th (39 places ahead of the 2nd White Fleeter). 8 of 14 in top 100 boats, and 4 more just outside. Also, congrats to Gerard, 59th, Emma, 60th, and Mehvish, 66th. Very impressive showing by all of our first time Trials sailors that did so well. A very big thanks to coaches Peter and Soren who lead the team. -- Several members of the team headed down to Clearwater, FL for the inaugural Team FOR Invitational, hosted by Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The regatta was limited to Team Trials Qualified sailors, which lead to some great competition. Sailors, coaches, and spectators were all impressed with how tight the racing was. Like at Team Trials, very small mistakes lead to significant losses. Ryan(15th), Mehvish (21st), Connor, Sebby, and Ariana, all gained a lot in preparation for Team Trials.
-- Gnarly Sailors just finished up a great week in training in Clearwater. Ryan, Connor, Gerard, Mehvish, Sebby, Antonia, Chrissie, Elizabeth, and Dave Hein along with guest sailor and honorary Gnarly Alex were treated to beautiful sailing out of Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The sailors had three days of joint practice with Team FOR and their guest coach Danielle Soriano including a mini regatta on the third day in 15 knots and nice waves in the Gulf of Mexico.
-- Gnarly had a fun time at the Valentine's Regatta in St. Petersburgh FL. Great job by Ryan (15th overall), Alex, Thomas, Jack, Megan and Lydia who competed in the Gold Fleet. Also, congratulations, to the Gnarly silver fleeters Maddie and Owen. -- Gnarly had a strong showing at the USODA Team Racing Mid-Winters in Jensen Beach, FL. Gnarly Purple (Antonia, Connor, Ariana, Alex) finished second in the silver fleet. Gnarly Green (Emma, Mehvish, Gerard, Ryan) finiashed third in silver while sailing with only three sailors for the first day. Great sailing all around.
-- The team had a great clinic and regatta in Miami over the holidays. Head Coach, Peter Strong, led a clinic before Christmas where the kids had some excellent practice. The highlight probably was the long sail to Stiltsville on the far side of Biscaynne Bay. The team had a good regatta in difficult conditions. The first day was 20+ knots of wind which then died down for the remainder of the regatta. Congrats to Ryan (23rd overall and 9th in Blue), Chrissie (27th Blue), Gerard, Ariana and Connor who all had a great regatta. Team Gnarly dominated the White Fleet with four sailers in the top ten! Congrats to JC Hermus (3rd White), Mikey Wolman (6th White), Thomas Rice (9th White) and Jack DeNatale (10th White). Awesome job to all. Team Gnarly also had four brave Green Fleeters who all had a great regatta. Maddie, Owen, John and Gage had a lot of fun and continued to hone their racing skills. A really big congratulations goes to Maddie Rice who won the overall Sportsmanship Award for the entire Orange Bowl!! Using her French, she assisted a non-English speaking sailor
who had difficulty on the race course - it's surprising when language skills can come in handy. -- The team had a successful trip to New Orleans over Thanksgiving for the USODA Mid-Winters at Southern Yacht Club. The sailors faced difficut conditions. Coaches Peter Strong and Leigh Kempton did a great job helping the kids navigate the challenging conditions. Results were: Emma - 35 (6th Female), Jack - 44, Chrissie - 56 (9th Female), Mehvish - 57 (10th Female), Ryan - 74, Gerard - 85(with a 2nd and 5th), Elizabeth - 107, Sebby - 112, AK - 119, Connor - 130, Ariana - 148, Antonia - 153, Eric - 181.
-- The team was well represented at the 2010 Bermuda Nationals. Team Gnarly had six sailors in the championship fleet. Congratulations to Ryan (11th with 8 top ten finishes), Mehvish (17th), Chris (19th), Jack (23rd), Thomas (29th) and Alex (30th). Gage and Owen raced in the Green Fleet. Great job by all!
-- Team Gnarly had great success competing at the USODA 2010 Atlantic Coast Championships at Tred Avon YC in Oxford, MD. Congratulations to:
- Haddon Hughes (9th overall, 2nd girl). Gerard Eastman (13th overall, 5th blue), Ryan (18th), Jack B. (23rd), Chrissie (27th, 4th girl), Lenox (29th, 5th girl), Connor (35th)
- Sebby (46th), Antonia (49th), Truckie (50th), Mehvish (53rd), Jessica (59th), Elizabeth (74th), Alex (76th), Jack D. (5th white), Camille (7th whilte), Dave, (90th), Ariana (108th)
- Big congratulations to Gage DeNatale, John Eastman and Owen Hennessey for representing Team Gnarly in the Green Fleet!
-- Congratulations to all the Gnarlies who raced at Riverside YC for the 2010 CT State Champs. A great performance by all the kids.
- Red Fleet: Emma 1st with five top ten finishes; Connor 11th, Ariana 13th and Antonia 14th
- Blue Fleet: Chrissie 6th with two top ten finishes; Ryan 7th with a bullet; Will 8th with a 4th; Gerard 11th; Megan 18th, Truckie 22nd, Alex 24th
- White Fleet: Jack 4th; Eric 6th; Camille 8th
-- Great job by the Gnarly Team at 2010 CORK in Kingston Ontario. The team braved 20 - 30 knot winds and had some impressive finishes. Congratulations to Jack Budill (9), Ceci Wollman (13), Mickey Wollman (24), Chrissie Klingler (26), Ryan Hennessey (32) and Connor Hennessey (36).
-- At the '10 Canadian Nationals Team Racing event, Team Gnarly finished a strong fourth in very light and variable winds.
-- The team experienced both high winds and variable conditions at the 2010 Canadian Nationals In Hamilton Ontario. Congratulations and a job well done by John
Sipp, Emma Kaneti, Connor and Ryan Hennessey, Gerard Eastman and Mikey and Ceci Wollman. Team results: Ceci (8th overall & 3rd in Blue), Mickey (1st in White & 16th overall), Emma (4th in white), Ryan (27th), Connor (35th) and Gerard (38th). --Adele Whitmyer finishes 24 and Casey Klingler 31 at the IODA Oceania Champs in Adelaide, Australia --Roger Dorr finishes 27 overall and 17th American in 222 boat field with entries from 28 countries at Orange Bowl.
--TGOR financials for 3rd quarter now available. Income Statement. Balance Sheet.
--See Scuttlebutt report on Bermuda Optimist Nationals here.
--Gnarlies have great showing in Bermuda. Roger Dorr takes 1st place overall.
--Sometime Gnarly Sam Stan 2nd and Bermuda National Optimist Champion.
--Adele Whitmyer 4th overall and first girl.
--Chrissie Klingler and Ryan Hennessey 2nd and 3rd in silver fleet; Eric Hansen 6th in green fleet.
--Active Gnarly Optimist sailors Sean Cornell and Peter Sterflinger win High School 420 regatta at Oyster Bay Waterfront Sailing Center
--Congratulations to the Braasermermeer Gnarlies: Jack Budill and Chrissie Klingler.
--Congratulations to The Lake Garda Gnarlies: Roger Dorr, Russell Clarida, Jack McGuire, Maeve White, Emma White, and KB Knapp. --Congratulations to The IODA Oceania Gnarlies: Casey Klingler and Adele Whitmyer. --10 of 14 (an astonishing 72%) of Gnarly sailors at Midwest champs make USODA international teams! --Team Gnarly's Roger Dorr 6, Adele Whitmyer 7 and Matt Lyons 18 in their respective fleets at Irish Nationals.
--KB Knapp finished 6, Matt Harris 7 and Sean Cornell 9 at JSA Champs. --Casey Klingler wins USDT TopGun award at Cape Cod practice. --Team USA's Roger Dorr finishes 3 and Jack Budill 33 in Sr fleet, and Adele Whitmyer finishes 6 in Jr fleet at British Nationals. --Roger Dorr finishes 25 and Casey Klingler 27 at USODA Nationals --Antonia Bentel featured on Sailgroove --Adele Whitmyer finishes second at USODA Girls Nationals --Gnarly makes strong showing at USODA Team Race Nationals with three teams --Chrissie Klingler wins Larchmont Race Week Opti Day with straight bullets --KB Knapp wins Noroton Girls Regatta. Chrissie and Casey Klingler tie for third. --Casey Klingler has qualified to represent the USODA at the Flanders Youth Regatta in Belgium. --Roger Dorr, Adele Whitmyer and Jack Budill have qualified to represent the USODA at the British Nationals. --Team Gnarly off to fast start for 2009 season with 18 sailors and 4 coaches at USODA Team Trials. --Jack McGuire, Roger Dorr and Adele Whitmyer qualify for US National Optimist Team. --Jack Budill, Sean Cornell, KB Knapp and Casey Klingler qualify for US National Development Team. |
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