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Archive for July, 2010

Full of Easterly challenges at Laser Radial Worlds, Day 2.

Sunday, 11 July, 2010

Largs delivered the Laser Radial World Championships competitors a testing measure of its notoriously difficult offshore, easterly breeze for the second day of competition on the Clyde estuary.   With the breezes gusting and swirling off the heather clad hills and down the glens at the back of the town of Largs the sudden changes [...]

Laser Radial Worlds’ Day 1

Friday, 9 July, 2010

Olympic gold medallist Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) proved she has lost nothing from her speed and guile for her break this season from the Laser Radial class as she returned to a first and second place from the first two races of the Laser Radial World Championships which opened today on the Clyde estuary off Largs [...]

Keeping the powder dry, Laser Radial Worlds start Friday!

Thursday, 8 July, 2010

After nearly a week of blustery Scottish winds, many of the competitors preparing for tomorrow’s start to the Laser Radial World Championships elected to rest, to sail only briefly or to participate in only part of today’s official practice race. The Clyde Estuary off Largs offered great racing conditions. Twelve to 15 knots of SW’ly [...]

British crew set for sailing world title defence in Holland

Thursday, 8 July, 2010

British Paralympians Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell are looking forward to defending their SKUD World Championship title when the Delta Lloyd IFDS Worlds get underway in Medemblik, Holland, on Friday (9 July).   Rickham and Birrell are among the seven-strong Skandia Team GBR squad set to compete across three Paralympic Classes over six days of [...]