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Siese wins Youth Olympic Berth
15-year-old Owen Siese won the right to represent Bermuda at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Sailing, on the final day of the four-day YOG Selection Trials. The Trials were run by the Byte Class of Bermuda in the Great Sound and hosted by the Spanish Point Boat Club. Siese was able to beat out 5 other hopefuls with a strong performance throughout the trial’s 16 races, which were sailed in varied conditions over 3 weekends.
Siese, representing the Sandys Boat Club, started the second half of the trials tied with Kalin Hillier, both with 16 points. Saturday's weather tested the boys with 14 -18 knot northerlies. Siese was able to post three 1st place finishes and a 2nd to enter the final day with a comfortable 17 point lead after Hillier unfortunately found himself saddled with equipment problems which kept him from finishing the first 3 races of the day.
Sunday's conditions were quite different from the previous day with a light winds from the northwest, testing the sailors' patience and skill as the breeze scattered sparingly across the course. Dimitri Stevens was the top sailor of the day while once again Siese and Hillier found themselves tied on points for Sunday's racing.
Final Results - 2010 Youth Olympic Selection Trials
1st Owen Siese – 22 points
2nd Kalin Hillier – 33 points
3rd Dimitri Stevens – 35 points
4th Raheim Steede – 48 points
5th Mackenzie Cooper - 65 points
6th Alex Davis - 69 points
Siese will join young local athletes from triathlon and athletics plus 3 officials to form the Bermuda Youth Olympic Team for the first ever Youth Olympic Games. The games will take place in Singapore and will run from August 14 to 26. The Warwick Academy student will compete against 34 sailors in the Boy's Sailing Competition in the Byte Dinghy and will be accompanied by sailing coach Pablo Weber who has been training the local Byte sailors for the last year. Siese has attended the CORK regatta, North American Championships and two World Championships over the last 12 months along with other local Byte Class sailors and Coach Weber.
Comet Round Up
Comet Kings Stephen Dickinson and Martin Finnagan continued the reign on the water, this time off the West End Sailboat Club.
Dickinson and Finnagan finished the first race of the Marsha L Trophy Regatta in second place behind Rudy and Anthony Bailey, while Gladwin Lambert and Greg Proctor finished the first race in third place.
Dickinson and Finnagan then won race Two and Three on their way to the Series victory with 4 points, while the Bailey’s finishing second with 5 points and Lambert and Proctor finished third with 11 points.
Marsha L Trophy Regatta Final Standings
04 Stephen Dickinson & Martin Finnagan – Kitty Hawk
05 Rudy Bailey & Antony Bailey – Temptation
11 Gladwin Lambert & Greg Proctor – Melody
13 Scott Fox & McLashlan – Get the Cat
14 Jamie Harvey & Peter McLashlan
16 Quinton Simons & William Paynter - Alice
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