Selection Criteria for NZ Optimist Sailing Team
At the 2021 TOYOTA Optimist Nationals, NZIODA will announce the Top 25 Ranked Sailors and the 2021 Optimist Worlds Team. All other Travelling Teams will be announced at a later date once Teams have been confirmed.
Selection for 2021 is as follows:
| Regatta | Allocated Places |
| IODA Worlds | Top 5 ranked sailors |
| IODA Europeans | Next top 4 ranked sailors (must include 1 from the opposite gender) |
| IODA North American Championships | Next 4 ranked sailors. Another 2 spots may be possible including gender requirements if notified by IODA as NOR published. |
| IODA Asians | Next top 10 ranked sailors (must include 3 from the opposite gender) |
| Japan Friendship Regatta | Next top 2 ranked sailors. This regatta is by invitation from the regatta organisers who may stipualte other criteria but traditionally the sailors must be 12 years old (not opti age 12). |
| Noumean Development Squad | Top 5 twelve year olds and top 5 eleven year olds or under based on National Championship Results. NOTE: Sailors can only go once to a development squad and if are or have previously been selected for an NZIODA travelling team they will not be eligible for a development squad. |
| Girls Development Squad | Up to 12 top ranked Girls inside #100 Ranking to compete in New Caledonian Nationals, Noumea. Note that for 12 and 11 and Under Year Old Girls, the Girls Development Squad takes precedence over the Noumean Development Squad. |
| Renaissance Junior Gold Cup, Bermuda | Top Ranked Sailor – This regatta is also by invitation from the organisers who may stipulate other criteria |
Renaissance Junior Gold Cup, Bermuda
Please note that the Committee will determine whether it is feasible to attend due to COVID 19 as developments unfold.
| Dates: | 2021 Dates to be confirmed (typically 1st week in May) |
| Venue: | Royal Bermuda Yacht Club |
| Sailors: | 1st Girl or 1st Boy ranked after NZIODA Nationals for the season 2020/2021 dependent upon criteria set by Royal Bermuda Yacht Club |
| Coach: | No coach |
| Manager: | Parent of sailor |
2021 marks the 19th year that Renaissance Reinsurance has sponsored the prestigious Junior Gold Cup in Bermuda.
Entry to the Renaissance Junior Gold Cup if by invitation from the regatta organisers.
This event is run in conjunction with the Argo Group Gold Cup professional World Match Racing Tour event, this mini “world cup” invitational brings some of the most accomplished youth sailors from around the world to Bermuda for a youth sailing event contested in International Optimist dinghies.
Renaissance Reinsurance provides in conjunction with the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club provides coaching, charter boats and equipment for competing. Sailors representing North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean attend.
Once in Bermuda local families host the young sailors. The backdrop of the Argo Group Gold Cup match racing event running concurrently with the youth event provides the real bonus for all the kids entered in the regatta with the young sailors attending the dailThe Renaissance Re Junior Gold Cup will conduct four fleet races per day on Great Sound. The event is run by volunteers from RBYC and BODA. The final day usually sees the championship sailed on Hamilton Harbour during the final rounds of the Argo Group Gold Cup if time and conditions allow.
NZ Optimist Sailors:
| Date | Sailors Name | Club | Ranking at Regatta | |
| 2021 | ||||
| Oct 2020 | Joe Leith – Qualified | MBSC | ||
| 2019 | George Lee Rush | WBC | 1st | |
| 2018 | Lucy Leith | MBSC | 21st | |
| 2017 | George Lee Rush | WBC | tbc | |
| 2016 | Joshua Hyde | WBC | 20th | |
| 2015 | Robbie McCutcheon | WBC | 12th | |
| 2014 | Jordan Stevenson | WBC | 16th | |
| 2013 | Henry Haslett | WBC | 26th | |
| 2012 | Leonard Tukahashi-Fry | MBSC | 4th | |
| 2011 | Leonard Tukahashi-Fry | MBSC | 11th | |
| 2010 | Olivia MacKay | NSC | 3rd | |
| 2009 | No results found | |||
| 2010 | Olivia MacKay | NSC | 13th | |
Past NZ Optimist Sailing Teams – IODA Events
2020
Sailors qualified but unable to attend due to COVID19
| Worlds | Joe Leith, Sean Kensington, Noah Shirley, Jasper Camenzind, Noah Malpot | Italy |
| European Championship | Alex Norman, Will Leech, Louie Poletti, Hermione Aris | Estonia |
| North America’s Team | Tom Rebbeck, Fred Burrage, Valentine Kayrouz, Tom Pilkington | Mexico |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Oli Stone, Miro Luxford, Liam Richards, Winston Liesebach, Joshua Ferrissey, Ben Catton, Cameron Brown, Charlotte Palmer, Nicola Hume, Jessica Redpath | Sri Lanka |
2019
| Worlds | George Lee-Rush, Lucas Day, Harrison Loretz, Hugo McMullen, Amelia Angus | English Harbour, Antigua & Barbuda |
| European Championship | Noah Malpot , Noah Shirley, Rowan Kensington, Vivian Webster-Chung | Crozon-Morgat, France |
| North America’s Team | Valentine Kayrouz, Jasper Camenzind, Tian Lo, Louie Poletti | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Alex Norman, Sean Kensington, Liam Richards, Joe Leith, Ashton Williamson, Ethan Fong, Fred Burrage, Hermione Aris, Isabelle Letcher, Charlotte Palmer | Mussanah Sport City, Oman |
2018
| Worlds | George Lee-Rush, Joshua Hyde, Amelia Angus, Mason Mulcahy, Hugo McMullen | Famagusta Nautical Club, Cyprus |
| European Championship | Lucas Day, Robbie Wooldridge, George Pilkington, Naiomi Ferrissey | Sheveningen, Netherlands |
| North America’s Team | Ned Bacon, Lucy Leith, Noah Shirley, Stella Bilger | Singapore |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Tom Pilkington, Harrison Loretz, Sean Sun, Nicholas Drummond, Jasper Camenzind, Noah Malpot, Hermione Aris, Katie Hadfield, Teaghan Denny, Isabelle Lecher, Zachary Fong | Ngwe Saung YC & Resort, Myanmar |
2017
| Worlds | Seb Menzies, David Buchanan, Monty Alderson, Josh Gilmore, George Lee-Rush | Royal Varuna Yacht Club Thailand |
| European Championship | Mason Mulcahy, Josh Hyde, Thomas Mulcahy, Greta Pilkington | Yacht Club Port Bourgas Bulgaria |
| North America’s Team | Lizzie Shapland, Robbie Wooldridge, Brayden Hamilton, Nathan Vince, Luc Gladwell | Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto. Canada |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | William Beauchamp, Jordan Dakins, George Pilkington, Max Scott, Sean Sun, Freddy Wright, Ruby Baynes, Amelia Angus, Sydney Cunliffe, Carrington Brady | Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. Hong Kong |
2016
| Worlds | Henry Wilson, Campbell Stanton, Gavin Ninnes, David Buchanan, Seb Menzies | Portugal |
| North America’s Team | Thomas Mulcahy, Sophia Fyfe, Josh Schon, George Lee-Rush, Caleb Armit, Will Hadfield | English Harbour, Antigua |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Luke Cashmore, Robbie McCutcheon, Brayden Hamilton, Ashton Guy, Greta Pilkington, Rebecca Morgan, Joel Kennedy, Harry Edwards, Emily Overend, Lachlan Dillon | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka |
2015
| Worlds | Sebastian Lardies, Sam Bacon, Craig Keenan, William Shapland, Sam Morgan | Poland |
| European Championship | Robbie McCutcheon, Oliver Cowley, Pat Morgan, Ben Paterson, Alice Haslett | Italy |
| North America’s Team | Zachary Scheiwe, Albert Stanley, Josh Berry, Francesco Kayrouz | TBC |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Campbell Stanton, Henry Wilson, Ben Nathan, Will Wright, Harry Corston, James Barnett, Ben Baynes, Nina Mannering, Emily Overend, Kaya Tobin | Qatar |
2014
| Worlds | Scott McKenzie, Sam Bacon, Lewis Anderson, Jackson Keon, Kerensa Jennings | Argentina |
| European Championship | Sam Morgan, Jonathon Weston, Sebastian Lardies, Greta Stewar | Ireland |
| North America’s Team | Jordan Stevenson, Pat Morgan, William Shapland, Josh Armit, Craig Keenan, Xanthe Copeland | Mexico |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Albert Stanley, Robbie McCutcheon, Jack Tripe Joshua Berry, Campbell Stanton, Nina Mannering, Tess Paterson | Bahrain |
2013
| Worlds | Nick Egnot-Johnson, Alastair Gifford, Henry Haslett, Leonard Takahashi, Jackson Keon | Italy |
2012
| Worlds | Leonard Takahashi, Tim Adair, Isaac McHardie, William McKenzie, Cameron Moss | Dominican Republic |
2009
| Worlds | Taylor Burn, Naomi Mannering, Erica Dawson, Keith Inglis, Jack Collinson | Brazil |
| North America’s Team | Jayvee Buchanan, Trent Rippey, Olivia McKay, Mahia Pepper | Dom. Republic |
| European Championship | Charlotte Corston, Oscar Rorvik, Ryan Amlehn, Ben Caundle | Slovenia |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | William Linkhorn, Liam Banks, Liam Closey, Jamie Middleton, Ellie Copeland, Markus Somerville, Michael Hayton | Malaysia |
2008
| Worlds | Logan Dunning Beck, Sam Mackay, Andrew McKenzie, Erica Dawson, Naomi Mannering | Turkey |
| European Championship | Jayvee Buchannan, Vicki Callinicos, Alex Munro, Henry Wilkinson | Lake Garda |
| North America’s Team | Keith Inglis, Olivia Mackay, Nicholas Gunn, Alex Dyett | Curacau |
| Asian & Oceanian Team | Taylor Burn, Jack Collinson, Alice Noyer, James Roberts, Charlotte Corston, Trent Rippey, Cole Rippey | Qatar |
2007
| Worlds | Logan Dunning-Beck, James Turner, Alexander Maloney, Chris Steele, Sam Mackay (Andrew McKenzie withdrew with an injury) | Uruguary |
| North America’s Team | Sam Mckenzie, Ashleigh Lamberg, Naomi Mannering, Tomer Simhony, Paul Hazard (Marcus Hansen withdrew) | Mexico |
2006
| Worlds | Marcus Hansen, Chris Steele, Luca Hyatt-Brown, Thomas Saunders, Jamie Dawson | Uruguay |
| North America’s Team | Alexandra Maloney, Logan Dunning-Beck, George Kool, James Turner | Porto Rico |
NZIODA Girls Development Squad (GDS)
This started as a new initiative by NZIODA in approximately 2015 the GDS team and has gone from strength to strength. Now in its 6th year the aim of this squad is to provide the top 10-12 girls ranked in the top 100 a chance to race and make friends with other female sailors around New Zealand and further afield. The squad has proven to be one of NZIODA’s success tories in producing marked gains in skills and lasting relationships among sailors. There is a high percentage of Girls who have participated in GDS who go onto represent NZ at IODA events and are still strongly supported by NZIODA at seasons end, even when anticipating moving out of the class.
Currently the team now travels annually to Noumea for the Noumean Nationals in October. The team bases itself out of Casa del Sole.
Indicative cost for travel is around $5,000.00 to $6,000.
The team manager and coaches put together a programme of activities from the end of Nationals through to the team departing.
| 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Noumea | Katie Mulcahy, Freya Caisley, Jess Redpath, Chloe Armstrong, Eden Amos, Miya Prescott, Tessa Thornley, Frances Wright, Zoe Mains, Isabel Shannon |
| 2018 | Hobart, Australia | Hermione Aris, Lucy Leith, Izzy Lecher, Vivien Webster-Cheung, Teagan Denney, Niamh Shannon |
| 2017 | Sydney, Australia | Hermione Aris, Lucy Leith, Katie Hadfield, Grace Still, Teagan Denney, Stella Bilger |
| 2016 | Melbourne, Australia | Greta Pilkington, Lizzie Shaplan, Chloe Boyce, Sydney Cunliffe, Helena Sanderson, Annabel Limbrick, Ella Wilcox, Ruby Baynes, Sophia Higgott, Stella Bilger |
NZIODA Development Squad
The team now travels annually to Noumea for the Noumean Championships in October. The team bases itself out of Casa del Sole.
Indicative cost for travel is around $5,000.00 to $6,000.
The team manager and coaches put together a programme of activities from the end of Nationals through to the team departing.
| 2019 | 12 Year Olds | Miro Luxford, Sam Clarke, Joshua Ferrissey, Marcel van der Voot, Jed Potbury |
| 11 Year Olds | Ben Catton, Will Leech, Blake McKinnon, William Mason, Oli Stone | |
| 2018 | Joe Leith (1st U13) 4th overall, Sean Kensington (2nd U13) 5th overall, Cam Brown (3rd U13) 8th overall, Jack Parr, Tom Rebbeck, Louie Polletti, George Cole Baker, Alex Norman, Karl Mashall, Danni Wooldridge | |
| 2017 | tbc | |
| 2016 | Sean Sun, Suede Cowley, Wilbur Stanley, Luc Gladwell, Luke Armstrong, Robbie Woolridge, Lizzie Shapland, Amelia Angus, George Pilkington, Ned Bacon | |
| 2015 | Thomas Mulcahy, Mason Mulcahy, Josh Hyde, Nathan Vince, Suede Cowley, Luke Armstrong, Luke Cameron Smith, Monty Alderson, Tim Roper, Josh Schon |
Uniforms
NZIODA are working with suppliers to provide an on-line service this coming season. Details will be posted once available.