A Pembrokeshire sailor has made waves by winning becoming a European sailing champion.

Micky Beckett, of the British Sailing Team, took the International Laser Class Association European title last month.

Solva local, Micky Beckett, learnt to sail at the age of five at a small sailing school his dad ran in the village.

The 26-year-old now sails Laser class for the British team and won his first European championships last month after a lot of hard work over recent months.

“Over the summer I’ve really pulled apart a lot about my technique, fitness and general approach to try and make myself better and more consistent in regattas like this,” he said.

This week he is competing in the world championships in Barcelona and said the support from Pembrokeshire keeps him going during competitions.

“The support I get from home is fantastic,” said Micky. “I have to spend a lot of time abroad. In the last five years I've spent a lot of time in far-flung places like Miami or Tokyo training and competing.

“It can feel pretty far from home sometimes, but there's genuinely nowhere I look forwards to going to more than Solva. I can't describe how nice it is to go home, hang around at the harbour and catch up with people I've known since I was a kid.

“People are always really interested in my sailing and want to know the latest about what I've been up to, it's fantastic to always have that kind of support.”

Micky is going to do his best in an extremely competitive world championships.

“It would be just incredible to be World and European champion, but the task is enormous,” he said.

“It takes something pretty special to get to the top, I promise I'll keep trying my best though.”

His dream would be to compete in his class at Olympic level in Paris 2024.

“For me to qualify for the Paris Olympics I have to beat my fellow country-men, which is obviously no small task,” he said.

“That said though I'm really determined to do it, I would love to represent not just the UK but Wales and Pembrokeshire at the Olympics.”