Scotland’s Islay Watson scored a superb silver medal for the British Sailing Team at the iQFOiL European Championships in Silvaplana, Switzerland, as Finn Hawkins took home the men’s youth title. The European Championships was the first dedicated major championships for the iQFOiL since it was announced as the Paris 2024 windsurfing equipment. Watson, a former
British Sailing Team rider Ellie Aldridge took a silver medal from a ‘crazy and hectic’ final day at the 2020 Formula Kite European Championships in Puck, Poland – as Connor Bainbridge scooped bronze. The two medal haul marked a successful return to international competition for the British Sailing Team following a six month gap due
The British Sailing Team’s foilers will lead the charge for medals as international competition resumes for the first time in six months this week. In what will be a showcase of the new Paris 2024 foiling class equipment, five British Kiteboarders are in action in Puck, Poland, from 18-23 August, while 15 iQFOiL racers are
Record-breaking round-the-world yachtswoman Dee Caffari and young gun James Harayda will fly the flag for Great Britain at the EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship, the RYA has announced. Caffari and Harayda will go up against teams made up of Europe’s most talented offshore sailors in the next major step towards the Paris 2024 Olympics where
The iconic Eric Twiname Junior Championships will be a ‘homecoming’ in 2021 with the event hosted by Bassenthwaite Sailing Club, home club of the late Eric Twiname whom the regatta was named after. The much-loved annual event will take place over the Early May Bank Holiday on Bassenthwaite Lake near Cockermouth, Cumbria, for the first
Team Bath Tennis has been awarded the coveted ‘University of the Year’ accolade at the national LTA Tennis Awards. A unanimous choice by the judging panel, the award recognises the outstanding contribution of Team Bath coaches, players and support staff to promoting and supporting the sport during 2019. As well as a thriving student set-up
Young sailors aged between 18-24 can now apply to be part of the next cohort of British Keelboat Academy sailors. The British Keelboat Academy (BKA) supports sailors aged between 18 and 24 in developing the skills they need to take their keelboat racing to a professional level. The RYA has been running a programme for
The Team Bath Sports Training Village today began the first phase of reopening to the public in line with new government guidelines. Among the facilities in operation in phase one are the spacious Team Bath Gym & Fitness Centre and the Olympic-sized London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool. Doors reopened at 8am on Monday for gym
Today marks one year to go until the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games following the historic decision to postpone the event until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Team GB has reaffirmed its support for its friends and partners in Japan with the latest iteration of its ‘This is What Makes Us’ marketing campaign, which
To mark the one-year countdown to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the British Sailing Team has released a collection of iconic posters celebrating its selected sailors. The set of ten posters feature all 15 athletes picked to represent Team GB at Tokyo 2020, including defending gold medallists Giles Scott and Hannah Mills. Each image
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