The weekend of sailing at the Hua-Hin Regatta brought home some mixed results despite the wet and very windy conditions. Asian U’s sailors were proud to successfully complete the races, as many of the other competitors failed to do so due to the extreme weather conditions.
Asian U's sailing team
Sinsupa Wannasuth or Mink (a second year BBA student) was holding an excellent third place run in to the finish line in her second race, which included sixty other boats, when the weather got the better of her and she capsized losing her advantage. It must be noted, that of the sixty-one boats taking part in this particular race, only eleven managed to finish because of the inclement weather, so well done to Mink and commiserations on your stroke of bad luck.
Piak and Mink
In other news from the sailing, Piak (Sports Instructor) managed to finish in the top 50% of the competitors which was a marvellous result as he has only been sailing twice before and the other teams were 'Old Salts' from Thailand and other South East Asian countries, with many such competitions under their belts. A great effort from Piak and a truly great effort from all our competitors and Asian U looks forward to taking part in, and maybe winning, future events.
Mink has recently returned from two weeks in Olympia, Greece, where she attended the International Olympic Academy for young participants. She represented Thailand at the seminar, which was to prepare the youngsters for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
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