WEST Kirby Warriors have proved they are the team to beat after being crowned winners of a National Windsurfing Championships for the third year in a row. 

The squad was among more than 190 sailors who took part in the Team15 Champions Cup  at Grafham Water.

Light winds on the opening day saw racing delayed and eventually cancelled, but as the wind filled in on Sunday morning all fleets completed at least four races on day two of the Championships.

Arun Brunskill (West Kirby Warriors) led the chasing pack in second with Charlie Bennett (Pugney Pirates) just one point behind Brunskill in third.

In the 5.8M fleet, West Kirby Warriors' Oliver Lloyd's six consecutive scores inside the top three secured him the overall win. Aoife Calnan from Oxford Zoomers won the final races of the day and finished second.

Joshua Carey topped the Techno 7.8 fleet, with a clean sweep of race wins whilst Ben Tweedle took the Techno 6.8 honours.

Chris Blackburn, the Royal Yachting Association's high performance manager for the North and Midlands said: "This year’s windsurfing nationals was a huge success.

"It's great to see British Sailing Team members competing alongside new windsurfers at their very first event.

"Once again, operations ran smoothly combining the Champions Cup and Windsurfing Nationals and I am looking forward to next year’s event."

At the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, sailors were on the water for the second of three Olympic National rankers.

The third and final event in the RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series will be held at WPNSA from October 17–18.