Taupō secondary schools in the mix at 2022 Central North Island Team Sailing Regatta

Lake Taupō Yacht Club was host to the 2022 Central North Island Team Sailing Regional Championship held from March 27 to 29.

The event attracted secondary schools from New Plymouth, Napier, Tauranga, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, plus two local teams, one from Tauhara College and a combined Taupō-nui-a-Tia College/Tauhara College team.

Altogether there were 91 sailors and 13 teams competing in 108 races over the three days with 40-plus volunteers.

The first day of racing cut the competing teams into two camps, with Tauhara College in the Gold Fleet event and the combined Taupō-nui-a-Tia College/Tauhara College team racing in the Silver Fleet event.

Results

Gold Fleet
1st: Napier Boys', 2nd: Tauranga Boys', 3rd: New Plymouth Boys' Amber, 4th Tauhara College.

Silver Fleet
1st: Katikati/Mount Maunganui Colleges, 2nd: Cambridge combined, 3rd: Taupō-nui-a-Tia College/Tauhara College combined, 4th Ōtūmoetai College.

Lake Taupō Yacht Club hosts the the 2022 Secondary Schools' Sailing Regatta CNI regional championships. Photo / Rachel Canning

Day two of the 2022 Secondary Schools' Sailing Regatta Central North Island Regional Championships in Taupō. Photo / Rachel Canning

Day two of the 2022 Secondary Schools' Sailing Regatta Central North Island Regional Championships in Taupō. Photo / Rachel Canning

Day two of the 2022 Secondary Schools' Sailing Regatta Central North Island Regional Championships hosted by Lake Taupō Yacht Club. Photo / Rachel Canning

Battling it out at the 2022 NZ Secondary Schools' Sailing Regatta Central North Island in Taupō, March 2022. Photo / Graeme Robinson