Callum sails off with local Sailing award

A teenager has sailed off with a top regional award. Callum Doyle, from Wallsend, has won the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) North East Young Club Sailor of the Year Award 2014. The 16-year-old was presented with the Trident Trophy by Grace Metcalfe, skipper of the Ocean Youth Trust (OYT) North vessel James Cook at a surprise school assembly. Callum, who attends Burnside Business and Enterprise College in Wallsend, began sailing at Tynemouth Sailing Club in 2010. He and a group of school friends joined the James Cook in 2013 for a voyage from Newcastle to Inverness and The Orkneys. Grace said: “Callum was an asset on the voyage right from the start. Always cheerful, never daunted by seasickness, he was quick to learn and 100 per cent reliable even in the most challenging situations.” Callum has since sailed nine times with OYT North and already has his RYA Powerboat level 1 qualification and has his sights set for his Safety Boat and his Day Skipper qualifications next year.