Pwllheli and Plymouth picked for 2020 and 2021 RYA Youth Nationals
The annual RYA Youth National Championships is the UK’s premier youth racing event. Perfect conditions for the fourth days racing. 29er Fleet downwind 2788, Freddie Peters, Elliott Wells, HISC, 29er Boy Images: Marc Turner / RYA For further information contact: Richard Aspland, RYA Racing Communications Officer (on site) E: richard.aspland@rya.org.uk m: 07469 854599Welsh sailing hub Pwllheli and Devon’s capital Plymouth will host the 2020 and 2021 editions of the RYA Youth National Championships, it has been announced.
The 2020 event will be staged at the Welsh National Sailing Academy at Plas Heli, while in 2021 the spotlight will shine on Plymouth Youth Sailing Club and the Mount Batten Centre Charitable Trust.
Held annually during the Easter holidays, the RYA Youth National Championships is the UK’s premier youth racing event and a must for young sailors looking to test their racing skills against the country’s best.
Racing takes place in British Youth Sailing Recognised Classes and the results are used to select the British Youth Sailing Team to represent Great Britain at international regattas as well as the domestic youth squad for the year ahead.
Pwllheli and Plymouth were picked following an RYA bid process in recognition of their world-class sailing waters.
The Youth National Championships is no stranger to Pwllheli, having been hosted there numerous times and most recently in 2016, however it will be the first time the event will have taken place in Plymouth.
The 2018 edition of the regatta was held in Largs, Scotland, and featured more than 225 young sailors, while in 2019 more than 300 competitors will do battle at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.