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Whether it's a high-performance sport or a small, local sporting club, to be successful, the organisation needs the support of commercial sponsorship or, at least, one major benefactor. Since the mid-1960s, the Australian 18 Footers League has been fortunate to benefit from the generosity of numerous large, and not so large, sponsors to help maintain the high level of competition in the club's 18ft Skiff fleet, and its attempt to promote the sport to the rest of the world. Travelodge Hotels was the first sponsor when it supported Bob Holmes in 1965 then continued its sponsorship of the 18s in...

Race start - 2021 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship © Frank Quealey I loved John Curnow's article on the 18s last week with the spotlight on Michael Coxon. I agree the 18s are still the most spectacular fleet on the Harbour too. Jess Crisp invited me to be part of the Protest Committee this season and we have been busy, particularly through the JJs series just completed... now it may be a coincidence but I think there might be more to it in that Smeg and Mr Coxon were not involved in any of the multiple Protests or Requests for Redress! Is it possible the blokes who won were th...

The tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake added another title to their already impressive 2020-2021 list of championship victories when it took out the Australian 18 Footers League's Club Championship series, which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. tech2 had won the NSW Championship earlier in the season, then last Sunday retained the Australian Championship after a wonderful battle with the Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Trent Barnabas. In the Club Championship, which has been sailed over 15 races during the season, tech2's consistently good performances ...

18ft Skiffs: Rookie team takes on the big guns by Frank Quealey 17 Feb 06:01 GMT 17 February 2021 The recent performances by the rookie Shaw and Partners Financial Services 18ft Skiff team may have come as a surprise to many casual observers but it is no surprise to those who know the individual members' sailing records and the obstacles the team has had to overcome earlier in their rookie season together in the 18s. Over the past four weeks, skipper Jim Colley, sheet hand Shaun Connor and bow man Harry Bethwaite have put together a series of top placings which has the team cu...