Cadet Open European Championship 2020

23/12/2023

01/06/2021

And we’re off to a flying start! The first 10 entries for the 2021 Cadet Open World Championship came in late last night.

Within a few days the event page on our website will show an updated list of all entries to date. Keep them coming!

Please note that this page was created to inform you about the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship. For current information about the 2021 Cadet Open World Championship please switch to our dedicated Worlds page: https://www.facebook.com/CadetWorldChampionship

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30/07/2020

Some of us would have landed in Riva, Italy, by now to prepare for the Europeans. It would have started on the first of August, but sadly it was not to be. And then Australia has been canceled. For the first time in close to 75 years NO Cadet World Championship... Who would have thought...

With this lovely photo series, by Janet Neeson, we celebrate the Cadet, its sailors, coaches, parents, siblings, officials and fans. We'll be back! Hopefully next year in Italy perhaps?

Keep on training, stay safe, stay healthy!

03/05/2020

Dear All,

Over the past three months the International Cadet Class Association Executive Committee (ICCA EXCOM) has been carefully monitoring the impact of the coronavirus on our ability to hold international sailing events. I want to update you on our decision regarding the 2020 World Championship.

The global risk from coronavirus will be present until a vaccine is identified, produced, and administered worldwide. Governments agree there is only a remote chance of this being achieved within 12 months. Accordingly some restrictions are likely to remain in place worldwide to prevent an increase in fatalities. Unfortunately these will directly prevent us from holding a Worlds in Australia in 2020:
• Likely restrictions on international travel to Australia from all Cadet nations;
• An expectation that Australia will require incoming travellers to go into quarantine to protect Australia’s relatively low exposure to coronavirus;
• Restrictions on non-essential social gatherings;
• Restrictions on large assemblies of people (e.g. over 100).
Additional factors that make it harder to hold this event, or enter it, include: the collapse of sponsorship opportunities; changes to insurance policies eliminating cover for covid-19 related i.e. pandemic disruption; risk of uneven global restrictions preventing some countries entering; reduced personal incomes; and reduced opportunities for national selection events.

For all these reasons the Australian Worlds Organising Committee (WOC) has recommended to the ICCA EXCOM not to hold a World Championship in 2020. It has done so at this time because the WOC has a ‘point of no return’ in mid-May where it must make financial commitments that can only be recovered if the event goes ahead. The ICCA EXCOM has accepted the WOC’s recommendation; we will not hold a Cadet World Championship in 2020.

We know this will be a massive disappointment for the whole Cadet family. And we understand that there will be some sailors who have been working towards the 2020 Worlds for perhaps several years. We truly wish that the circumstances allowed us to make a different decision, but I am sure you will agree this is the only responsible course of action.

The ICCA EXCOM is continually reviewing the decisions from various national governments and the advice of national and international sailing governing bodies and is developing options to provide the Cadet Class with high quality international competition as soon as it is safe to do so. It is highly likely that this will include an event in Australia (with sufficient notice) as we are keen to take advantage of the superb sailing there. We are also exploring the possibility of a virtual regatta, which we know has had some success in other sailing classes.

We will keep you updated, including through your National Cadet Class Association.

Stay safe!

Jan Martin Wilschut
Chairman
International Cadet Class Association

04/04/2020

After careful consideration, the International Cadet Class Association and the Organizing Authority for the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship have mutually concluded that the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship is cancelled. We are grateful to the organizing team at Fraglia Vela Riva who have expended many hours preparing for our event.

We have reached this difficult decision today following input from the Italian government, Fraglia Vela Riva and a review of the extensive event guidelines set forth by World Sailing in light of the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Our primary concern is always the safety and well-being of our membership and volunteers and we and our Organizing Authority mutually concluded that cancelling the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship is the only viable course of action under World Sailing’s guidelines.

As always: stay healthy & stay safe!

19/02/2020

The Federazione Italiana Vela, the Italian Yachting Union, has kindly granted us permission “that athletes can participate [in the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship] according to the age rules of their respective Countries or Federations”.

The history to this permit: according to official Italian regulations (Italian) competitors under the age of 12 are not allowed to participate in a boat with a set of sails above a certain sail area. Kids of 6 years old may compete in an Optimist, but not in a Cadet. Hence the need for a special permit!

A copy of this permit will be posted on the official Notice Board.

17/02/2020

Entry to the best youth racing... Need we say more?!

Entry to the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship is now open. The best youth racing at one of the sport’s best spots, Lake Garda.

10/02/2020

We're happy to announce that 3 Cadet Teams from 2 countries—2 mixed teams, 1 female team—have already registered for the 2020 Cadet Open European Championship!

When we have a few more we'll publish an Entry List on the website. Good show!