WATCH - The Emerging Nations Program visits Medemblik, the Netherlands

Heading in to the Aon Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand on 14 – 20 December, the Emerging Nations Program (ENP) continued its work in the lead up to the pinnacle Youth event by supporting sailors and coaches.

 
The second of the 2016 clinics took place in Medemblik, the Netherlands from 26 April – 2 May 2016 with four coaches and six sailors from Bulgaria, Latvia, Macedonia and Slovakia in attendance to gain more skills sailing in the Laser Radial.
 
From the six sailors, four have also gained scholarships from World Sailing which will help them towards attending the Aon Youth Sailing World Championships. Those sailors are:
Ivaylo Todorov (BUL),
Patrik Melis (SVK),
Mariela Nikolova (BUL) and
Estere Kumpina (LAT).
 
The World Sailing Nominated Experts for the second clinic of the year were Tim Cross and Christoffel van Hees who put the sailors and coaches through their paces.

Emerging Nations Program
 
The Youth Worlds Emerging Nations Program (ENP) aims to increase the number of sailors and MNAs participating at the Youth Worlds, with the aim to narrow the performance gap and promote worldwide competition. With this in mind the ENP clinics focus on coach performance, sailor ability and national training scheme development, with the goal to enhance sailing within the home nations, allowing future generations and sailing as a sport to benefit.
 
Youth Worlds
 
Auckland, New Zealand is hosting the Aon Youth Sailing World Championships, the 46th edition, from 14 to 20 December 2016. More than 380 sailors from 66 nations sailing in more than 260 boats across nine disciplines will compete in New Zealand.
 
Website – www.isafyouthworlds.com/home.php