Quick Search
Details
Description:
National Sailing Academy hosts International Sailing Regatta !The 2012 Olympic sailing venue in Dorset was used for first time in a major international sailing regatta.
The annual Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta ran until Saturday in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) was one of the first UK venues to be ready for the 2012 Olympic Games.
More than 700 competitors in 500 boats battled it out in 10 Olympic classes over the six days of the regatta. They included about 100 Skandia Team GBR members who competed against their international rivals.
Beijing gold medal winners Paul Goodison, Andrew Simpson, Iain Percy and Pippa Wilson were among those taking part.
Other international names at the regatta included Australia's Beijing 2008 gold medallists Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson.
Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Olympic manager Stephen Park, said In sailing there is no substitute for experience in the venue when it comes to winning medals.
The regatta provided Skandia Team GBR with a fantastic opportunity to line up with the best in the world and gain that all-important knowledge and racing time in the venue where we hope to be successful again when the Games are upon us in less than three years' time.
Dorset Info
Accommodation
Business
The Udder Farm Shop is a food hall similar to Fortnum and Mason teeming with aisles of mouth-watering local produce and located in a picturesque village called East Stour in the Blackmore Vale Dorset.
Calendar
MAY 2012
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
