WEST Kirby Warriors have been crowned Team15 champions for a second consecutive year after taking part in a national windsurfing championships.

The reigning champions topped their T15 Inter-Club Series to secure their berth in the national final and continued their fine form across the four windsurfing classes during the competition at Rutland Sailing Club.

The team's Isaac Bradley-Baker wrapped up the 5.8m crown with a consistent set of scores across the 12 race series.

With four race wins to his name, the North West Zone sailor finished top of the pile by three points ahead of Libby Rodgers from the Axbridge Animals. Julian Tait from the Oxford Zoomers took the bronze.

In the T15 Techno 6.8 fleet Finn Hawkins from the Polkerris Pirates had a flawless day taking a clean sweep of race wins.

The junior windsurfer from the RYA South West Zone clinched the T15 6.8 title by four points in front of Axbridge Animals sailor Mollie Densley-Robins. Ben Tweedle took the 6.8m National Junior Windsurfing title.

Simon Moore, West Kirby Warriors Team Coach, said: "I am extremely proud of the team’s efforts this weekend, to win the T15 Champions Cup for the second year on the trot is a fantastic achievement. The team have worked really hard in the build up to the event, they have put so much effort into the their training and it is great to see all their hard work pay off.”

Andy Brown was in scintillating form in the Techno 7.8 cementing his position at the top of the leaderboard with four race wins to finish seven points clear of James Barnwell from the East Zone who raced the larger 8.5 rig.

The RS:X leaderboard remains the same from day one, with overnight leader Dan Wilson asserting his authority across the course of the weekend to take event honours ahead of Lewis May.

In the larger Raceboard 9.5 class, Louis Morris wrapped up the weekend victory while Jason Clarke took the title in the Formula class.

Chris Blackburn, RYA High Performance Manager and RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championship Event Director, said: “Today we’ve seen another fantastic day of racing at the RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championships.

"We have had a bit more breeze than yesterday which has pushed the junior sailors in the smaller fleets, but all have responded magnificently well – we’ve seen the young sailors progress and develop their windsurfing skills over the course of the weekend which is extremely pleasing see.

“Congratulations must go to all of the competitors taking part as well as the winning team, as we’ve been witness to some great, close racing with lots of happy young windsurfers here at the RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championships and the RYA Team15 Champions Cup.”