Over 100 clubs and classes from across Australia have registered to compete in the Zhik Australian eSailing Challenge.

Those clubs and classes are now in the midst of holding their Club Championships on the Virtual Regatta platform, with the winner of those regattas going on to represent their club in the next stage of the challenge.

Competition will be hot, with representatives from clubs big and small set to battle it out on the virtual waters to compete for the crown of Zhik Australian eSailing National Challenge champion. Each club champion will go on to their appropriate Australian Sailing eSailing State Championship, with those regattas to be held in one week’s time, across the weekend of 22-24 May with schedule as per below.

Each regatta will be live streamed on the Australian Sailing Facebook page, ensuring all of our registered clubs listed below can cheer on their representatives live.

The top two finishers in each State Championship will go on to represent their club and state in the Zhik Australian eSailing National Challenge final at 7pm Eastern on Thursday 28 May, where they will also be joined by stars of the Australian Sailing Team including Tokyo Olympic selection Matt Wearn.

Australian Sailing would like to thank our partners at Zhik for their support of the Zhik Australian eSailing National Challenge and for their ongoing support of sailing in Australia.

The schedule for the State Championships is as follows (all times listed as AEST):

There was no requirement for ACT or NT State Championships, so those Club Champions will move on to the National eSailing Challenge Final.

Competing clubs and class associations are reminded that they are required to complete the Club Champion nomination form emailed to them earlier this week in order for their representative to take part in the State Championships.

The top six finishers in the Zhik National eSailing Challenge Final will go on to represent Australia against the best New Zealand eSailors in the Zhik trans-Tasman eSailing Championships on the weekend of 5-7 June.

The clubs and class associations registered include:

ACT:
Australian Defence Force Academy Sailing Club    
Canberra Yacht Club

NSW:
Australian Impulse Association    
Balmoral Sailing Club    
Belmont 16ft Sailing Club    
Blues Point Yacht Club    
Coffs Harbour Yacht Club    
Concord and Ryde Sailing Club    
CPSC    
Cranbrook School    
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia    
Double Bay Sailing Club    
Drummoyne Sailing Club    
Gosford Sailing Club    
Greenwich Flying Squadron    
Greenwich Sailing Club        
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Sailing Club    
Lake Jindabyne Sailing Club    
Lane Cove 12 ft Sailing Skiff Club    
Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club    
Manly Yacht Club    
Middle Harbour Amateur Sailing Club    
Middle Harbour Yacht Club    
Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club    
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club    
Northbridge Sailing Club    
Port Hacking Open Sailing Club    
Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club    
RANSA    
Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club    
Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto    
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club    
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron    
Sailability NSW    
St George Sailing Club    
Sydney Amateur Sailing Club    
Toronto Amateur Sailing Club    
Woollahra Sailing Club    

NT:
Darwin Sailing Club    

QLD:
Brisbane 18 Footers Sailing Club    
Brisbane Sailing Squadron    
Cairns Yacht Club    
Cruising Yacht Club of Hamilton Island    
Keppel Bay Sailing Club    
Mooloolaba Yacht Club    
Port Denison Sailing Club    
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron
Sandgate Yacht Club    
South Brisbane Sailing Club    
Southport Yacht Club    
Townsville sailing Club
Townsville Yacht Club    
Wynnum Manly Sailing Club    

SA:
Adelaide Sailing Club    
Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club    
Christies Sailing Club
Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
Goolwa Aquatic Club    
Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Inc    
Henley Sailing Club    
Largs Bay Sailing Club    
Meningie Sailing Club    
Milang Regatta Club    
Port Vincent Sailing Club    
Somerton Yacht Club    

TAS:
Bellerive Yacht Club    
Burnie Yacht Club    
Derwent Sailing Squadron    
Leven Yacht Club    
Port Dalrymple Yacht Club    
Sandy Bay Sailing Club    
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania    
Wynyard Yacht Club    

VIC:
Albert Sailing Club    
Albury Wodonga Yacht Club    
Bendigo Yacht Club    
Black Rock Yacht Club    
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron    
Chelsea Yacht Club    
Davey's Bay Yacht Club    
Elwood Sailing Club    
Frankston Yacht Club    
Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club    
Hobsons Bay Yacht Club    
Melbourne Trailable Yacht Club    
Mordialloc Motor Yacht Club
Mornington Yacht Club    
Mount Martha Yacht Club    
Parkdale Yacht Club    
Patterson Lakes Radio Model Yacht Club    
Port Fairy Yacht Club    
Port Melbourne yacht club    
Royal Brighton Yacht Club    
Royal Geelong Yacht Club    
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron    
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria    
Safety Beach Sailing Club    
Sandringham Yacht Club    
Somers Yacht Club    
Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club    
Yarrawonga Yacht Club    

WA:
Dunsborough Bay Yacht Club (DBYC)
East Fremantle Yacht Club
Fremantle Sailing Club    
Geographe Bay yacht Club    
Geraldton Yacht Club    
Jervoise Bay Sailing Club    
Perth Dinghy Sailing Club    
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club    
Royal Perth Yacht Club    
South of Perth Yacht Club    

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