Coaches for Diego's clinic

The Clinic's aim is to have world - class coaches. Five coaches have so far been signed up. Four of these are current and past National Coaches and have been coaching national teams at Optimist World Championships.

We are currently in discussions with two more high quality Coaches to bring the total number of coaches to 7. More details will be provided later. Our aim is to have a sailor / coach ratio of 8 sailors per coach.


Andrew Wills

- New Zealand National Coach (2005- )
- World Champion Coach 2007
- World Female Champion Coach 2007
- Miami Herald Trophy (Best Country Award) 2007
- New Zealand Optimist Clinic Director
- Yachting New Zealand High Performance Coach

Diego Figueroa

- Peru National Coach (1997-2006)
- 5 National Fleet Racing Championships
- 7 National Team Racing Championships
- 1 South American Fleet Racing Championship
- 4 South American Team Racing Championships
- 1 North American Fleet Racing Championship
- 1 North American Team Racing Championship
- 1 World Team Racing Championship

Fernando Alegre

- Singapore National Coach (2005-)
- Coached 6 different Worlds Teams (TRI, AHO, BAR,
VEN, PER, and SIN).
- 3 Asian Fleet Racing Championship
- 2 Asian Team Racing Championships
- 1 South American Fleet Racing Championship
- 3 South American Team Racing Championships
- 2 North American Fleet Racing Championships
- 2 North American Team Racing Championships
- 1 Worlds Team Racing Championship
- 1 Miami Herald Trophy(2006)


Bianca Hall

- Primary School Teacher
- 6 Years Coaching Experience
- Coached Learn To Sail Courses
- Head Coach Mandurah Offshore Fishing & Sailing Club


Andrea Giovannini

- South African National Coach 2008
- Australian Team Coach 2009
- 6 National Champions In IRL, RSA, UK
- Fleet Racng Championships IRL

Norwegian Optimist Champions to Diego's Clinic

Norway held their Optimist Nationals in mid August. Norwegian Champions were Harald Faste in the Boys Class and Line Flem Host in the Girls Class. More than 130 optimists took part in the event which was held for sailors between 12 and 15 years of age.

Both sailors have signed up for Diego's clinic and the Australian Nationals. We are looking forward to seeing them both here!

64 sailors accepted

The following 64 sailors have been accepted to participate at Diego's High Performance Clinic. Welcome!


Maia Agerup, AUS
Ragna Agerup, AUS
Samuel Ainge, AUS
Mats Bauer, GER
Milly Bennett, AUS
Sam Blackburn, AUS
Nicholas Buxton, AUS
Douglas Campbell, AUS
Harrison Campbell, AUS
Christopher Charlwood, AUS
Zandra Chew, SIN
Brendan Drew, AUS
Louise Evans, AUS
Ella Giudice AUS
Rebecca Goh, SIN
Stefan Golic, AUS
Freddie Grogono, GBR
Oliver Grogono, GBR
Jeremiah Guo, SIN
Joshua Guo, SIN
Line Flem Host, NOR
Dillon How, SIN
Lim TSE Howe SIN
Nia Jerwood, AUS
Ryushda Jumali, SIN
Fieke Koelemij, AUS
Ling Ying Koh, SIN
Bryan Lee, SIN
Jillian Lee, SIN
Jack Lidgett, AUS
Tom Lidgett, AUS
Joshua Matthew Lim, SIN
Kimberly Lim, SIN
Ryan Lo, SIN
Peta Luff, AUS
Ava Mannering, NZ
Naomi Mannering, NZ
Clement Muller, FRA
Alex Negri, AUS
Sue Shen NG, SIN
Rosa Nissen Hill, NZ
Suzanne Oliver, AUS
Jevyn Ong, SIN
James Parsons, NZ
Anna Philip, AUS
Sarah Philip, AUS
Malone Pun, SIN
Antonino Riolo, AUS
Freya Skipworth, AUS
Riley Skipworth, AUS
Mark Spearman, AUS
Alex Stephens, AUS
Rowan Stephens, AUS
Paris Stowell, AUS
Andrew Tan, SIN
Daniel Hon Zhi Tan, SIN
Daniel Norman Tan, SIN
Jen - E Tan, SIN
Nicodemus Tan, SIN
Andrew Tang, SIN
Georgia Thompson, UAE
Ben Walker, AUS
Elisa Yukie Yokoyama, SIN
Alistair Young, AUS