HOW TO FOLLOW - The 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championship

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 65 nations sailing in more than 260 boats across nine disciplines will compete in New Zealand.

Past notable winners include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Ben Ainslie (GBR), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Iain Percy (GBR) and Elise Rechichi (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN). The most successful Youth World Champions are Great Britain’s Sally Cuthbert and Poland’s Zofia Klepacka having won four successive titles in the Laser II and Mistral respectively.
 
Australia is the current holder of the Nations Trophy, awarded annually to the top performing nation at the Youth Worlds. The Nations Trophy was first introduced in 1991 and in 1999 became the Volvo Trophy until 2010. France is the most success nation through the history of the Championship, winning the Nations Trophy on a record eleven occasions and holding a record 76 medals: 28 gold, 30 silver and 18 bronze.
 
Information on how to follow the event is below:

RESULTS / ENTRIES
A full list of sailors registered to sail in Auckland is available to view here – http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/entries/auckland_entries.php. Results are available via the results centre here – http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/results/index.php

PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of the Youth Worlds. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here – http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/home.php

PHOTOGRAPHY
High resolution imagery free for editorial usage will be provided throughout the Youth Worlds by Sailing Energy. Imagery will be available to download via – http://worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/2016-Auckland-New-Zealand/C0000lLWadd27MCU. The password to download is WSimages

TELEVISION
Racing and action shots plus interviews in English and native language will be available daily on the FTP server from Friday 16th December-Tuesday 20th December.
For further information please contact: richard.aspland@sailing.org / marketing@sailing.org

SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks and get involved in the conversation using #yw2016
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YouthWorlds/
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – @youthworlds
Snapchat – Follow our Story on Snapchat, search for worldsailing

LIVE BLOG
Follow the Youth Worlds through our live blog which will have regular updates from around the boat park and on the water. You can find the blog at http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/multimedia/live_blog.php
 
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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 65 nations sailing in more than 260 boats across nine disciplines will compete in New Zealand.
 
Website – www.isafyouthworlds.com/home.php