10:56 AM Sun 9 Jan 2011 GMT
Australian Arrow titles - Queenslander Robbie Lea won in commanding style at the Australian Arrow Championship sailed on Lake Macquarie from 28 December to 3 January. After first winning the Championship at Rosebud, Victoria in 2009, Lea was surprisingly beaten by multi-championship winner Steve Short (Victoria) in a lighter regatta at Victor Harbor, SA in 2010. The invitation race, sailed in an 8 to 12 knot breeze, provided no indication of the one-sidedness of the racing to come as New South Welshman and 15-times champion Frank O?Rourke celebrated his first outing in a new boat with a win from Short.
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by Warwick Graham
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