Christchurch School wins CJ Buckley Team Race

Race report – CJ Buckley Regatta – Club 420 Association National Junior Team Race Championships
East Greenwich, RI – August 5, 2015
Thirty-six junior teams comprised of 216 sailors in 108 Club 420s team raced through more than 230 separate races in three days in beautiful weather in East Greenwich, RI to determine the National Team Race Championship.

The Christchurch team of Hector Guzman, Jack Elkin, Andy Burns, Erik Demario, Thomas Walker and Sally Wilmot went 22 -1 over the three day event to win in consistent breeze and blazing blue skies.  The second place went to the Milton Mustangs with Eli Burns, Kevin Gallagher, Henry Burns, Emily Grace, Peter Barron and Ginney Alex sailing.
The CJ Buckley Regatta is an annual event started in 2003. It is held in memory of CJ Buckley who passed away December 2002 from brain cancer. The Regatta is hosted by the East Greenwich Yacht Club and Greenwich Bay Sailing Association.
For further information and results please go to the CJ Buckely website http://cjbuckleyregatta.net/
For information on the Club 420 Association see our website at www.club420.org