Australian Match Racing Championships title to Evan Walker



7:22 AM Wed 17 Nov 2010 GMT
'Close racing between Evan Walker and Nick Rogers in the final of the Australian match racing championship - Australian Match Racing Championship' Peter Campbell &copy
Australian Match Racing Championships - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Youth Sailing Academy graduate Evan Walker yesterday stamped himself as one of the nation's outstanding young match racing helmsmen with a hard-fought victory in the Hardy's Australian match racing championship. Sailed on Hobart's River Derwent in blustery westerly winds with chilly mountain gusts of up to 33 knots, Walker came from behind to win his semi-final against young fellow Sydney sailor David Chapman. He then held off the tenacious veteran Tasmanian yachtsman Nick Rogers in a final that could have gone either way. Sailing four-up, with Olivia Price, Jack Hubbard ...


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by Peter Campbell





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