200 days to go!

Monday 9th January, 2012

The countdown continues… today there are exactly 200 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Having been working towards the Olympics for many years, it now seems really rather close! Time is going by very quickly, we’re really excited but there’s still plenty to do. People keep saying ‘You can win it’ but the pressure is really from ourselves, we know we can do it.

At the moment we’re in Miami for two weeks training ahead of the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, the first stop on the 2012 Sailing World Cup tour. All the top teams will be competing, so it’ll be another valuable test for us in working towards our goal of gold in Weymouth later this year.

In other news today, we’re delighted that our fellow Skandia Team GBR team mates Luke Patience and Stu Bithell have officially been selected as the Men’s 470 team representatives for Team GB, and will be joining us at the Games in Portland and Weymouth. Woop! :)

Sunset in Miami...

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Match Race Girls selected for 2012 Olympic Games

Tuesday 20th September, 2011

We’re delighted to announce that today we’ve been named as some of the first British athletes to be officially selected to compete for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

At a live press conference in London 11 sailors have been confirmed as the first athletes selected for Team GB in 2012. Annie, Kate and I are incredibly proud to stand alongside reigning Olympic Champions Ben Ainslie (Finn), Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (Star) and Paul Goodison (Laser), and joining Nick Dempsey (RSX Men), Bryony Shaw (RSX Women), and Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark (470 Women) to be part of what is such a strong team. Kate and I are also apparently going to be the first two sailing sisters ever to compete for Great Britain at the Olympics!

Live interview on BBC News —

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The announcement of our selection is an exciting and important step on the road to 2012. After many years of hard work the realisation that our life-long dream of representing the country at the Olympic Games is going to happen is still sinking in. However it also focusses the mind on the task ahead, there’s a lot of work still to do — our goal has always been not just to go to the games, but to go and win a medal!

Read the full press release on the Skandia Team GBR website and more info about the selections on the Team Volvo for Life blog, and the Match Race Girls Facebook page.

Lucy, Annie and Kate x

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One year to the 2012 Olympic Games

Wednesday 27th July, 2011

With the news headlines dominated by the fact that there is exactly one year until the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, today marks a significant milestone in our campaign to represent GBR on our home waters next year.

As part of the celebrations in the run-up to the Olympics next year, the National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a series of inspirational portraits depicting British athletes. We were delighted to be asked to “sit” for world-renowned photographer Finlay MacKay and spent a day with him and his team last month. The following video interview shows a little more about our portrait, and gives an update on our training and progress.

Find out more and see the other portraits on the Road to 2012 website, the collection is on display at the National Portrait Gallery until September 25th. Entry is free!

The year ahead promises to be exciting, though we’re under no illusions about the amount of dedication, training, fitness, preparation and competition it will involve. We still have a long way to go, though you can be sure we have one of these firmly in our sights :)

Stay tuned and follow us on our journey, starting with the Olympic Test Event next week!

Lucy, Annie and Kate x

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