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OUTTERIDGE TURNS THE LIGHTS OUT ON THE MOTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

He admits it started as a bit of fun, but today Lake Macquarie’s Nathan Outteridge became world champion in sailing’s moth class.

During a week of competition, Outteridge won plenty of races, but 6th in today’s 3rd race was enough to claim the overall title.

“I’ve encouraged a lot of my mates to do it so we’ve been training pretty hard together for the last year and it was meant to be a bit of fun but when you go sailing it’s never just fun it’s always pretty serious.”

He’ll now turn his attention back to the 49er class, where he’s also a world champion.

“Back up here on the lake doing a 49er training camp before at the end of February we’ve got the far 40 worlds so I could probably count about 5 days off between now and about June.”

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Mitchell Hughes

Mitchell Hughes started as a tape editor in Newcastle in 1999. He became a reporter in 2004, working in Lismore and on the Gold Coast. Since moving back to the Newcastle office in 2006, he's taken on various roles, such as producer and chief of staff. He became the head sport reporter in 2011 and the main sport presenter in 2015.

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