40 yachts for Langkawi regatta

LANGKAWI, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Forty local and foreign yachts have confirmed their participation in the five-day 'Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2011', beginning here on Jan 11.

The chairman of the championship's technical committee, Ahmad Zailani Bashah, said among the countries taking part were Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Thailand, Germany and Malaysia.

A new event in the Hobie16 class was the 16-foot yacht handled by two yachtsmen and so far, six yachts had already registered for this event, he told Bernama, here Tuesday.

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Kharulnizam Menepati Sasaran Ungguli Laser Standard

LANGKAWI, 31 Jan (Bernama) -- Pelayar kebangsaan Kharulnizam Mohd Afendy menepati sasaran mengungguli kategori Laser Standard selepas menamatkan 12 perlumbaan pada hari terakhir KFC Regata Perdana Antarabangsa Langkawi 2010 ketujuh di sini Ahad."Saya berpuas hati dengan pencapaian ini, walaupun Laser Standard baru bagi saya", katanya selepas perlumbaan itu.Tiupan angin yang agak baik antara 12 hingga 15 knot, kata Kharulnizam membantunya menamatkan dua perlumbaan hari ini dengan selesa sekaligus meraih kejuaraan.Jurulatih kebangsaan Abdul Rani Idris berkata kesungguhan dan komitmen yang ditunjukkan Kharulnizam turut membantu kejayaannya. Dua rakannya Harrithammry Nassution kekal dengan kedudukan tangga kedua dan ketiga Nik Ashraf Qaedi Nik Azizan. Pelayar elit negara Mohd Romzi Mohamad pula kekal ditangga kedua selepas menghadapi kesukaran mengatasi Juara dunia, Kee Rai Bualong dari Thailand menjadi yang menjuarai kategori Laser Radial.Dua pelayar negara Mohd Amirul Shafiq dan Kharuneeta Mohd Afendy, masing-masing kekal tempat pertama dan kedua acara Byte CII manakala Muhamad Syahril dari Pulau Pinang di tangga ketiga.Gandingan pelayar elit, Ku Anas Ku Zainal dan Muhammad Hafizuddin Mazelan menjuarai acara Internasional 420 manakala Navee Thamsoontorn/Atiwat Chomtongoee (Thailand) tangga kedua dan Muhamd Zambri dan Muhammad Hanafi menduduki tempat ketiga.Tiga pelapis negara Ahmad Latif Khan, Ahmad Shukri dan Muhammad Faizal Norizan membuktikan kemampuan apabila menguasai tempat pertama hingga ketiga kategori Optimist.Pelayar Al Mustakim Mutrin (MSN/paralimpik) menjuarai kategori paralimpik yang buat pertama kali dipertandingkan dengan enam pelayar paralimpik Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) mengambil bahagian.

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Khairulnizam On A Roll

LANGKAWI, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- National elite sailor, Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy continued with his winning ways Saturday and took the overall lead after six races in the laser radial category of the Australian Junior Championships taking place in Adelaide.Khairulnizam, 16, the sole Malaysian competitor in the championship, has now accumulated 17 points and has five more races to go before knowing who will emerge champion.

Malaysian Yachting Association general manager (MYA), Mohd Afendy Abdullah said Khairulnizam did not face much problems today despite windspeeds being below 10 knots."We are hoping he can sustain his performance over ther next five races," he told Bernama.A total of 43 sailors from Singapore, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, France, Malaysia and Australia are competing in the championship.

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