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New Zealand Olympic kite foiler Lukas Walton-Keim (C). Photo: International Kiteboarding Association

When kite foiler Lukas Walton-Keim was finally named in New Zealand's Olympic team, he expressed relief at the conclusion of a "stressful" process. The drama and emotion was exactly what a windsurfing veteran, and former lawyer, had warned would happen two years earlier.

Even allowing for the fact it was written in the particular language of a legal opinion, Bruce Trotter's view was clear.

Yachting NZ's Olympics selection criteria "renders our sailors powerless and lacks psychological safety", the former lawyer wrote.

Trotter, a "grandmaster" windsurfer, was asked to provide a legal opinion to the Windfoiling NZ class association in July 2022 on behalf of its athletes.

In the interests of being constructive, the document, which warned of "significant problems" with the policy, was later shared with Yachting NZ.

Nearly two years on, Trotter is more forthright.

"The nomination criteria is dogshit," he tells RNZ.

Trotter alleges the poor drafting of the document, along with "deeply troubling process issues" and a "complete disregard" for best practice, are the root cause of several messy selection disputes that have played out behind the scenes.

Late last month the Sports Tribunal upheld an appeal by kite foiler Lukas Walton-Keim , finding the selectors had relied on "one or more errors of fact" in their deliberations. While the tribunal found Yachting NZ had implemented its criteria properly, it ordered the national body to reconsider its decision in light of the corrected facts.

Yachting NZ eventually reversed its decision late last week, after further to-ing and fro-ing between Walton-Keim's team and the selectors to reach an 11th hour resolution.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) on Monday confirmed the selections of Walton-Keim and women's kite foiler Justina Kitchen , rounding out the NZL Sailing Team for Paris.

RNZ understands Kitchen, who suffered a serious knee injury in September 2023, also had a lengthy behind-the-scenes battle to secure selection.

Women's kite foiler Justina Kitchen will also compete in Paris after a late selection. Photo: Sailing Energy

While the selection battles reached a positive outcome for both sailors, the issues exposed will likely reverberate beyond this year's Olympics.

There remains widespread disillusionment within the sailing community about Yachting NZ's handling of its selections for the Paris Games, after leaked documents suggested one of the star crews picked for the Games had not met the required performance standard.

Several past and present members of the NZL Sailing Team also allege there are "glaring inconsistencies" in the way the national body initially applied its "emerging talent" criteria.

Trotter says the groundswell of people speaking out is borne out of frustration that Yachting NZ do not appear to have heeded the lessons from the string of reviews into New Zealand's high performance environments over the last six years.

"We got the right outcome in the end; all classes that qualified will be going to the Olympics - that's brilliant," says Trotter, a leading figure from windsurfing's heyday.

"But this kind of debacle, it can never be repeated. Nobody wants to see this happen again in 2028."

'Suspended disbelief'

As the NZOC steadily drip-fed the selection announcements for the sailing team, there was a growing sense of bewilderment in sailing circles.

The chatter first began with the selection of the star pairing of Jo Aleh and Molly Meech in the 49erFX class.

While there was no doubting the pedigree of the duo, who between them have three Olympic medals, there had been concerns they may be a casualty of Yachting NZ's traditionally hardline approach with its nominations.

New Zealand's sailors must clear an even higher bar than the NZOC's already lofty "top 16" criteria to be nominated for selection. Under its primary selection criteria, Yachting NZ will only nominate athletes deemed capable of winning a medal.

Sailors must achieve a top 10 placing in at least one selection regatta or a medal placing in a world championship during the current Olympic cycle to be eligible for consideration under this criteria.

Aleh and Meech, who teamed up at the beginning of 2022, recorded a 34th and 12th placing in their two designated selection regattas. Their best placing at a world championship - and only top 10 finish at the time of selection - was a sixth at the 2023 world championships in The Hague.

So, when the pair were named in the team in April, there was confusion about how Yachting NZ's selectors had managed to "shoehorn" the 49erFX crew in under the criteria .

"It's absolutely the right thing to do to select Jo and Molly," says one former top sailor, "but no one can understand how [the selectors] managed to get around the criteria."

Jo Aleh and Molly Meech at the 49er FX Sailing World Championships in 2023. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

In response to questions about Aleh and Meech's nomination, Yachting NZ chief executive David Abercrombie told RNZ last month that the organisation does not comment on individual selections, but confirmed "all sailors and/or crews nominated by Yachting NZ to the NZOC met the requirements of the nomination criteria".

The selection of Aleh and Meech was not in itself considered controversial. But when further perceived inconsistencies began to arise, particularly with application of the "emerging talent" clause, whataboutism began to take hold in sailing circles.

The "emerging talent" clause provides a secondary pathway for athletes who do not meet the primary objective, but are considered a good prospect of winning a medal at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Under this criteria, sailors need to finish in the top 16 nations at one of the selection regattas to be eligible for consideration.

Walton-Keim, who finished 12th country at the European Championships last year after recovering from a knee injury, was seeking selection under this clause. He was initially denied by Yachting NZ, despite his results being of similar standard to others who had been nominated under the secondary objective.

Those other "emerging" athletes included his 35-year-old training partner Kitchen, who reignited her Olympic dream in 2019 after a seven-year hiatus from top-level sailing.

Trotter was "thrilled" to see the clause used to select the likes of Kitchen, board sailor Veerle ten Have and Greta Pilkington in the Ilca 6, but says those selections highlighted "obvious inconsistencies".

"YNZ has expected everyone in the sport to suspend their disbelief with the selection of some sailors, so no one can quite work out why they were so hard-headed in their approach with Lukas," he says.

Another member of the sailing community, who did not want to be identified due to their close relationship with a current athlete, says they have some sympathy for Yachting NZ's position.

"I feel a bit sorry for [Yachting NZ] to be honest. They're probably feeling like they're damned if they do, damned if they don't. You know, previously they've been very harsh with their criteria and people have complained. Now they're showing some flexibility and people still complain.

"What YNZ's got is a trust problem and unfortunately, once you've lost that, it's hard to get back."

Lukas Walton-Keim with partner and fellow Olympian Eliza McCartney Photo: Andrew Cornaga / Photosport

A lack of consistency in approach was among several grounds for appeal put forward by Walton-Keim's team at the Sports Tribunal last month, but the tribunal panel did not entertain this argument.

In its full written decision published last week, the tribunal said it was not its role to "embark on a collateral enquiry into what may have occurred" in other cases, rather it was charged with determining whether the selectors had correctly followed the criteria in Walton-Keim's case only.

"If other athletes were given special consideration going beyond what was permissible under the Criteria, it could not be an answer for the appellant to say that he should have (wrongfully) received the same special consideration," the decision read.

"A further point is that the Tribunal did not hear from the other athletes named by the appellant. They were not parties to the proceeding, and they were not called to give evidence. In circumstances such as that, the Tribunal would normally be very hesitant to embark on a collateral enquiry into what may have occurred in their cases."

The decision noted that Yachting NZ denied "that any special consideration was inappropriately given to other sailors".

It was also argued by Walton-Keim that the selectors were not experts in kite foiling, they did not attend any selection regattas, they did not keep minutes or give written reasons for their decision, and did not adequately inform Walton-Keim on the subjective factors he would be judged on.

The tribunal, for the most part, rejected these arguments outright.

Rather, Walton-Keim's win hinged on a very narrow point on the strength of the fleet in the event in which he met the required performance standard. The tribunal referred the decision back to the selectors to review its decision in light of the corrected facts.

"The Tribunal's overall impression of the evidence … is that the YNZ High Performance team wanted to give the appellant every opportunity to improve his results, so that he would have the best chance of qualifying for the Paris Olympics. YNZ had invested time and resources in the appellant, and it is hard to see why they would want to keep him in the dark about what he would need to do to achieve his goals," the decision read.

Yachting NZ CEO David Abercrombie Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

In a statement provided to RNZ, Abercrombie says the tribunal decision validated the approach taken by selectors.

"Yachting New Zealand is satisfied that proper process was followed during the Olympic nomination process, a view shared by the New Zealand Olympic Committee and the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand in its recently published decision, which concluded that Yachting New Zealand did not fail to implement or follow any express provision of the selection criteria."

Sound policy or canine excrement?

Trotter believes the tribunal process could have been avoided entirely with a more well-defined policy written in plain language.

He says the emerging talent clause stood out as being problematic from the outset. RNZ has seen correspondence between Trotter and Yachting NZ officials in October 2022, which shows he highlighted potential issues that could arise.

"It was plain as day two years ago this was where we would end up," says Trotter, who stresses he is no longer a practising lawyer.

He describes the emerging talent clause as "a massive circular nonsense".

"There's never been an explanation on what the factors are that make you an emerging talent," says Trotter.

"If you get selected then by definition you must be an emerging talent, but if you don't then they say you're not and therefore ineligible to be selected. It's a Blackadder plot."

In his evidence to the Sports Tribunal, Yachting NZ selector Grant Beck said he took emerging talent to mean "an athlete who, upon entry to an Olympic event, has shown quick progression through the ranks, and has demonstrated an ability to produce strong results, such as winning individual races in a world class event, or gaining a podium place on occasion".

Trotter's key concern with the Olympic nomination criteria was that, in his view, it breached Yachting NZ's duty of care to its athletes as it provides the selectors with absolute discretion.

"If you look at the criteria as a reflection of how Yachting NZ is communicating to its sailors, they're kind of saying, 'We can do anything that we want, good luck,'" he says.

In his correspondence with the national body in October 2022, Trotter explained the criteria presented a legal problem for Yachting NZ due to the lack of accountability and transparency.

"There is no practical right of appeal because the selectors have so much discretion they can never be wrong. In short, it is nearly impossible to win an appeal - and that means the selectors can never be held to account," Trotter wrote.

Citing the findings of an inquiry into Cycling NZ and High Performance Sport NZ in 2022 , Trotter wrote that the problem was further compounded by the fact "the Sports Tribunal is viewed as being over deferential to selectors".

The "one-sided criteria, drafted entirely in YNZ's favour" creates a lack of transparency, he added.

"There is too much potential for bias and favouritism to invade a selector's decision-making, not to mention the possibility that some sailors (or even entire classes) can be 'ghosted' or 'lifed' if they are seen to be difficult."

Yachting NZ high performance director Ian Stewart Photo: Supplied

In response to Trotter's email, Yachting NZ high performance director Ian Stewart acknowledged the concerns raised and said he would share the document with the organisation's selection committee.

Stewart said the subjectivity component of the policy "supports sailor welfare and recognises our duty of care".

"We recognise that selection, no matter how well it is carried out, is a 'wellbeing' pinch point in all sports. Sailor and coach engagement with the Olympic selectors, drafting and consulting on the Criteria document, defining the selection timeline and identifying selection events are all key elements in conveying transparency and clarity," Stewart wrote.

"Our programme challenge is to always stay well connected to our sailors and coaches. We recognise a lot of issues can be avoided with good, open, and regular communications. Our objective is to create a safe environment for sailors where they can be heard."

In response to questions raised by RNZ, Abercrombie says Yachting NZ "strongly refutes" any suggestion it has failed in its duty of care to athletes.

"The current nomination criteria were developed following an athlete-led review after the Tokyo Olympic Games and will again be reviewed after Paris," he says.

"Deeply troubling" processes

Several members of the sailing community have contacted RNZ to raise issues with how the selection process was managed, pointing to "serious conflicts of interest".

Grant Beck, whose son Logan Dunning-Beck was campaigning in the 49er class, was serving as a selector. Beck is also on the Yachting NZ Olympic Committee - the sub-committee set up to provide a check and balance on the selectors' decisions.

Yachting NZ avoided a potentially messy situation after Dunning-Beck suffered a broken leg in March just two days out from the final selection regatta, ending his and his teammate Oscar Gunn's Olympic hopes.

A Yachting NZ press release says Dunning-Beck and Gunn were at the time "neck-and-neck" with rival crew Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie in the race for the sole Olympic berth .

While Beck was not a selector in the 49er class, one former top sailor says his presence on the selection panel showed a "gob-smacking lack of insight" from Yachting NZ into what constituted proper process.

Trotter says he warned the national body about potential problems that may arise with "some of the selectors that had been appointed" but was reluctant to single out individuals to RNZ.

"There are deeply troubling process issues here," he says.

"When you look at the issues going on in Yachting NZ, it fundamentally always boils down to poor leadership."

Trotter says he was concerned to learn that several selectors were also on the YNZOC.

"The YNZOC's purpose is to review the decision-making of the selectors. If there are selectors who are also on the YNZOC, how can there be an effective check and balance when they are also in the room?" he says.

"In other words, how can the system review the system?"

Abercrombie did not address questions about process issues and failure to implement best practice guidelines with its selections.

But the issue of the two kite foiling selectors - Beck and former Finn sailor Andy Maloney, who is now a member of Team New Zealand - also serving on the YNZOC was raised at Walton-Keim's Sports Tribunal hearing.

Former Finn sailor Andy Maloney is one of two kite foiling selectors. The other is Grant Beck. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Both selectors attended a YNZOC meeting in April this year, in which Walton-Keim's non-nomination was discussed. The tribunal did not find anything in the attendance of the two selectors to warrant a finding of a breach of natural justice.

"The Tribunal accepts that best practice may have been for the selectors to have left the meeting room immediately after they had spoken to their recommendation and answered any questions, but there is no evidence of any impropriety on their part that could potentially have affected the validity of YNZOC's decision," the decision read.

The human cost

Trotter says while sailing officials may feel attacked by his public comments, the real casualties in the fallout of Yachting NZ's "poor policy and poor process" are the athletes.

"[Walton-Keim and Kitchen] have arrived in Marseille, potentially battered and bruised from the selection process, and are now having to rely on the very organisation that has caused these issues."

Others, like Aleh and Meech, have unwittingly been caught in the crossfire as their selections were called into question due to a lack of transparency.

Then there are former members of the NZL Sailing Team still clinging to "historical hurts" at having missed out on Olympic selection for past Games due to a hardline approach previously taken by Yachting NZ.

At Monday's announcement Walton-Keim, while careful with his words, hinted at the toll the past few months have taken on him.

"I haven't felt like a kiter for the last few weeks, so to get back into sailing and doing what I actually like to do is exciting," he told media over a video conference from the Olympic sailing venue.

"It's been stressful, but it's not the first thing we've had to overcome."

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The New Zealand team for the 20 24 Paris Olympics at a glance:

• 195 athletes
• 98 men, 97 women
• 17.4% of the team is Māori
• Luuka Jones (canoe slalom), Ali Riley (football) and Emma Twigg (rowing) all attending their fifth Olympic Games
• Youngest athlete: 18-year-old footballer Milly Clegg
• Oldest athlete: 45-year-old equestrian athlete Tim Price

New Zealand will compete across more sports than ever before at the 2024 Olympic Games , with athletes to contest 23 sports, including NZ’s Olympic debut in kiteboarding and speed climbing.

The team is close to gender equal, made up of 98 males and 97 females. Auckland has produced the largest number of athletes, with 58 team members hailing from the region. Canterbury is next with 24, Wellington 18, the Waikato 17, and Bay of Plenty 14.

The team members come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, including athletes with Samoan, Tongan, French, Australian, Fijian, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Indian, South African and American heritage. Māori athletes make up 17.4% of the team (34 athletes).

New Zealand’s youngest athlete is footballer Milly Clegg who is 18, while equestrian athlete Tim Price is the oldest team member at 45.

Attending their first Olympic Games, will be 101 athletes, while the other 94 have already competed at one or more Games. Luuka Jones (canoe slalom) , Ali Riley (football) and Emma Twigg (rowing) are the most capped team members, attending their fifth Olympic Games.

New Zealand team Chef de Mission Nigel Avery said New Zealand’s athletes are looking forward to arriving in Paris and performing at the Games.

“I’ve spoken to a lot of our athletes recently and the overwhelming feeling is that they are prepared and ready for this challenge.

“Paris is also ready, there’s a real buzz in the city and the venues are looking amazing. We’re expecting a fantastic Games in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.”

Avery and the advance team have been in the Olympic Village, preparing for athlete arrivals.

“We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to create an environment which allows our athletes to perform to the best of their abilities.

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“We have our first arrivals to the village later this week and we’re looking forward to supporting our athletes as they wear the fern and represent New Zealand on the world’s biggest sporting stage.”

The majority of New Zealand’s athletes are already in France or Europe ahead of the Games. The canoe slalom team will be the first athletes welcomed into the village, arriving on July 18. The first athletes in competition are the men’s rugby sevens team and the men’s football team on July 24.

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• 2020 IODA World Championship – Lake Garda– cancelled due to COVID19

Orestes has over 25 years of coaching experience. He started sailing optis at age 6 and has participated in many IODA events as a sailor and as a coach.  Orestes has a big passion for working with sailors to accomplish their goals. 

Sailing has taken him around the world and now he’s super motivated about passing on his knowledge and experience to our young sailors.

• Optimist Peruvian National Champion 1991
• Optimist Worlds Cascais Portugal 1990 (27th)
• Orange Bowl Regatta, Miami USA 1991 (2nd)

Coaching experience:

• IODA South American team racing champions, Salinas Ecuador 1996
• IODA South American Fleet and team racing champions. Salinas, Ecuador 2002
• IODA World Champions, Sinclair Jones, Niteroi Brazil 2009
• Singapore Optimist team Coach for 5 years. Won many IODA events.
• Laser Youth World Champion with Singaporean team, Ontario, Canada 2015
• 2022 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships – Korea – cancelled due to COVID 19 
• 2019 IODA World Championship – Antigua
• 2018 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships – Myanmar
• Coached multiple national and world champions in Optimist, P-Class, Starling and Laser
• 3 World Champion Sailors sailing Etchells and Maxi Superyachts
• Coached internationally in the USA
• NZ Optimist World Champion Team which also included in the Women’s World Champion 2007
• Won over 50 National and Continental Championships including European and North Americans

Tiago has been coaching for a few years now, fueled by a strong passion for the sport. He approaches coaching with intensity, always aiming to bring out the best in his sailors and maintain a positive atmosphere. He started sailing at the age of 6, progressing through various classes like Optimist, 420, 470, and Snipe.

Currently, he serves as the Head Coach at Murrays Bay Sailing Club, focusing on the Optimist Open Class and 420 class, and also helps with the role of YNZ 420 coach.

• Optimist South American Overall Champion 2011
• 2nd Optimist Brazilian Nationals 2011
• 14th Optimist Worlds 2011
• 2x 420 Brazilian National Champion 2014,2015
• 420 ISAF Youth Worlds Champion 2013
• 2nd 420 Open Worlds 2013
• Snipe Junior Worlds Champion 2017
• 2x Snipe Junior South American Champion 2017, 2018

Coaching Career Highlights include:

• IODA North Americans Championship 13 sailors Gold Fleet 2021
• Malta National Champions 2022
• IODA Worlds Coach 2022
• IODA Europeans Coach 2023
• Euromed International Champions 2022
• 3rd 420 Open Worlds 2024
• 420 National Champions 2024
• 2023 NZIODA Girls Development Team – Noumea
• 2020 NZIODA Girls Development Team – Noumea – cancelled due to COVID19
• 2019 NZIODA Girls Development Team – Noumea

Other Coaching Roles:

• NZ Laser Association Coach
• Wakatere Opti Open and Green Fleet Coach 2018-2022
• Murrays Bay Sailing Opti Head Coach 2022 to present

Kim started his sailing career at the age of 10 in the optimist class with his first nationals sailed on his home waters in Lyttelton Harbour.  Throughout his career, Kim has competed in championships locally and overseas.  After sailing the optimist he continued to sail P Class, Starling multiple optimist and 420.  Kim’s siblings Jayvee and David were also highly successful optimist sailors.

• 2022 IODA European Championships – Denmark
• 2020 Preparation Training Camp Top 25 Sailors
• 2020 IODA European Championships – Estonia – cancelled due to COVID19
• 2019 IODA European Championships – France

Andrew has had 30 years coaching experience, starting of very much as an instructor and over the years becoming a coach of sailors.

Andrew has a real passion for sailing also working in the Sailing industry at Doyle Sails and also coaching a variety of boats as well as doing some yachting as well.

Sailing highlights includes 18 national titles from around the world and getting to the Olympics in 2004 in the 470 class.

NZIODA Coaching Roles

• 2023 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships – Abu Dhabi
• 2022 IODA World Championship – Turkey

Coaching highlights include:

2019 USA Youth Champs winning 29er coach

2019 NZ 470 womens coach – 15 th  at Worlds 8 th  at World cup

2017-2019 470 Mens coach including 3 rd  atWorld Cup and top in the World

2016 – NZL Paralympic Sonar Coach 4 th  Overall at Rio

2014-15 Coach of Marco Grael and Gabirel Borges BRA Olympic 49er reps

2012-14 – 470 NZL Coach

2011-2012 – Martine Grael and Isabel Swan 470 coach 7 th  at each World Champs

2009-2011 – NZL 470 domestic coach

2011 – Pre Worlds Optimist Clinic Napier Head Coach

2009 – 2011 – Malaysian Opti, 420 470 coach Asian Games Silver and bronze medal in 420 class and 2 silver medals in Opti

2009 – Malay Opti Worlds Niteroi – Top nation and top sailor was 2 nd  overall

Andrew is really excited to be helping the future of sailing in New Zealand and loves to see the development of these sailors through the years.

Wade is originally from Napier Sailing Club.  He started coaching in 2007 and has recently been working with East Auckland yacht clubs to develop emerging optimist talent.

• 2022 NZIODA Boys Development Team
• 2020 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships-  Sri Lanka – cancelled due to COVID19
• 2019 Noumean Development Team – Noumea

Kerensa started sailing optimists when she was 8 at MBSC. She has been to two IODA events Asian Oceanian Championships and the Optimist World Championships in 2014 after placing 3 rd  at the New Zealand Nationals. Kerensa transitioned out of Optimist into P Class and came 2 nd  in the Tauranga Cup in 2015. Later that year she went to Youth Worlds in the 420 class. Kerensa has also sailed a 29er and is currently sailing a 470. Kerensa is currently the Head Optimist Coach for Open Fleet at MBSC.

• 2022 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships – Korea
• 2020 IODA Asians and Oceania Championships – Sri Lanka – cancelled due to COVID19

Thomas was a previous optimist sailor so know “what it’s like”. He always has the big picture in mind.

Coaching Experience:

• YNZ contracted coach since 2012
• Laser radial youth worlds coach 2016 
• Wakatere Opti open coach since 2019
• Laser Masters Worlds coach 2021
• Olympic campaigning since 2013

Xanthe started sailing Opti at Wakatere when she was 9 years old and competed at two IODA events, Asian Oceanian Championships, North American Championship, and a youth worlds in the 420.  She has competed in the Starling, P Class and E6’s, and currently is learning to Kitesurf and wing foil. 

Her approach to coaching is to uplift and work alongside sailors to enable them to have a hand in their own program. Strengthening thought processes and technical approaches to set solid foundations that will help on and off the water. 

• 2022 NZIODA Girls Development Team
• 2020 NZIODA Girls Development Squad – Noumea – cancelled due to COVID19
• 2019 NZIODA Girls Development Squad – Noumea

Craig has been sailing Opti since he was seven years old. He has competed in three IODA events: European, North American, and World Championships. Since sailing Opti’s, Craig has also raced internationally in the 29er and 49er fleets and is currently training in the 49er Skiff. Craig has been coaching since 2017 and is the current Lead Coach for Optimist Open and 29er at Royal Akarana Yacht Club.   Craig’s coaching is about creating a supportive environment where sailors can feel comfortable developing their understanding of the sport at the rate they want to achieve it. Craig uses this supportive environment to push the sailor’s Critical Thinking Skills, significantly developing sailors’ understanding of the sport and their abilities. Craig is passionate about mustering the independence and confidence within a sailor and greatly enjoys watching sailors rise to fulfil their goals. 

Blake has been coaching since 2019 in a variety of different classes including P class, 420, 29er and Opti. Over the past few years Blake has mainly coached at MBSC and WBC.

He has sailed a variety of boats with both national and international success and has national titles in the P class, 29er and 420.  He has also won 2 world titles in 420 and had a top 10 placing at the 49er junior worlds.

2023 NZIODA Development Team – Noumea

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