TAVISTOCK College windsurfer Saskia Sills, 13, from Launceston, picked up the girls 6.8 Techno class National title at the weekend.

She beat the cream of UK windsurfing talent competing on the Olympic waters of Weymouth and Portland at the annual RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championships.

Saskia wraps up a superb season of competitive windsurfing adding the weekend's National title to the World title she secured in August at the IWA world Championships held at the same venue.

The event, which traditionally culminates the competitive windsurfing season, saw 124 of Britain's best windsurfers fight it out for national titles across their respective classes including Saskia's twin sister Imogen, and fellow Tavistock College student, who was keen to secure the 6.8 national title for herself at the event after having had to settle for silver following an extremely tight battle between the pair at the world championships.

 The two-day regatta was hampered by strong winds gusting 40 knots on the Sunday meaning the contest was sealed by Saturday's results.

Battling with some pretty challenging shifty and light wind conditions on Saturday, both Imogen and Saskia posted good results in their first two races, Imogen beating Saskia with a two in the first race opposed to her sister's three but, fighting back Saskia posted a bullet in her second race with Imogen picking up a three.

Due to illness Imogen had to retire from the afternoons two races leaving her sister to scoop a further two bullets (first places) in the remaining races proving her world champion weight and sailing off with the 6.8 Techno class national championship title.