Pembrokeshire sailors took advantage of home waters to produce a series of strong performances in the BYS Welsh Regional Championships at Pembrokeshire Yacht Club.

The youth and junior event in the waters off Milford Haven was the first of the new look RYA regional championships, with around 1,000 competitors taking part in eight venues around the UK. Competitors ranged from 6-18 year olds.

Tenby pair Oscar Thompson and Iolo Shaw held off Llandudno’s Freddie MacClaverty and Kiera Luke in the RS Feva, while Saundersfoot and Llangorse pair Aled Llewellyn-Jones and Ben Willett won the 29er class, with Lou Boorman and Miles Everett of Dale and Llangorse in second.

Finn Roberts of Fishguard Bay won the Laser Radial, with Dale’s Jake Scott second and Pembrokeshire’s Ioan Davies in third. Shotwick Lake’s Kieran Lewis held off Pembrokeshire’s Robbie Smart in the Laser 4.7.

In the OnBoard fleets there were wins for Pembrokeshire’s Liam Evans, Optimist, Rowan Joseph of Pembrokeshire Performance Sailing Academy, Optibat, Neyland’s Sean Reynolds, Topper, PPSA’s Sirene Le Petit, RS Tera Sport, and Pembrokeshire’s Gareth MacLachlan in the Laser Pico.

There were other All Afloat sailors who started sailing this year in the regatta fleet, Keira Edwards and Liam Reynolds, Pico, Neyland, Sean Reynolds, Topper, Neyland , Obaidullah Khorsand, Topper, Mumbles, and Gareth Machlachlan, Pico, Pembrokeshire.

For more about Welsh sailing and watersports, go to www.rya.org.uk/rya-regions/rya-cymru-wales.