The British Sailing Team’s riders continued their run of kite medals taking gold and bronze at the 2020 Formula Kite Mixed Team Relay European Championships in Traunsee, Austria. Connor Bainbridge and Ellie Aldridge followed up their individual Euros success to take team gold with Guy Bridge and Katie Dabson joining them on the podium taking
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
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
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
British Youth Sailing is launching its new Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) supporting talented and committed young athletes with the potential to be high achievers in sailing. The Level 3 diploma, worth 64 UCAS points, combines sailing and full-time education so participants have the skills, knowledge and competence to pursue sporting excellence alongside education and
The 15 sailors already named to represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will remain the same for the rescheduled Games in 2021, the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) have today confirmed. The announcement follows the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Tokyo 2020
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