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Team Volvo for life sailors bound for Olympic Test Event

The Olympic dream is burning stronger than ever for Team Volvo for life as all the Volvo supported Olympic sailors were selected this weekend to represent Team GBR at the Pre-Olympic Test Event next month (29 July- 11 August) in Weymouth and Portland. ?It?s been hard work; I won?t hide from that fact. It was one of the toughest events I think I?ve ever done physically, harder than the Olympics.? Said Ben Ainslie on the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta.

Following the conclusion of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland on Saturday (11 June), the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic Selection Committee has annouced Ben Ainslie (FINN) Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills (470) Paul Goodison (Laser) Nick Dempsey (RS:X) and Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor (Match Racing) will be joining Skandia Team GBR team members to compete at the Pre Olympic Test Event in August. 

The 2011 Olympic Test Event will run from 29 July-11 August at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Skandia Team GBR selections:

Star

Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson

Laser Radial

Charlotte Dobson

Laser

Paul Goodison

Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011- Paul Goodison

Paul Goodison Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta

RS:X Men

Nick Dempsey

Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 Nick Dempsey

Nick Dempsey Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, Weymouth and Portland Credit Richard Langdon

RS:X Women

Bryony Shaw

Finn

Ben Ainslie

49er

Stevie Morrison & Ben Rhodes

470 Men
Nick Rogers & Chris Grube

470 Women

Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark

Women’s Match Racing


Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush & Kate Macgregor

Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 Match Race Girls

Match Race Girls Credit onEdition



Chris Atkins, Chairman of the RYA Olympic Selection Committee, commented: “It’s been a great week’s competition at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, with a strong British performance across all ten Olympic classes.

“The RYA’s Olympic Selection Committee is confident that the teams which delivered the top British performances at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta will present at strong challenge at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta in just under two months’ time.”

For the latest news and information from the British camp, visit www.skandiateamgbr.com
 

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