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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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Tags: 2011, 2012 Olympic Games, London, Team GB, Video

4th at the Nations Cup

Sunday 18th September, 2011

After our day off on Friday, having qualified directly to the semis by finishing third in the round robin, the last two days have seen some pretty epic wind and waves at the Nations Cup in Sheboygan.

Yesterday we lost our semi against Laurie Jury (NZL) who went on to win the event. We raced for third today against Henrique Haddad (BRA), though unfortunately despite winning both starts our lack of 60 something kilos meant we couldn’t hold off the Brazilian boys upwind and lost the petit finals 2–0 to finish 4th.

The video below shows just how brutal the conditions were today. Unfortunately it only highlights the finals matches — our petit final matches were interleaved with the finals — but you can see how exciting the match racing is when the breeze is up, especially in the Women’s Elliott 6m which we usually sail and will be the boat used at at the Olympics next year.

We’ve had great racing against the guys in the Open division this week, and some very close matches… we’re bruised and battered, but it’s been a lot of fun!

Mad dash to the airport now to get flight back to London… stay tuned as we have an exciting week in store!

Lucy x

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Tags: 2011, ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, Sheboygan, Sonar, Video

Through to the semis at Nations Cup

Thursday 15th September, 2011

Today we finished the round robin in the Open division at the ISAF Nations Cup with a win against Peter Wickwire (CAN) and a loss to #2 seed Laurie Jury (NZL).

Tied on a 6–2 score with Jury, we qualify directly for the semi finals. Tomorrow the 4th to 7th placed teams will sail a round robin to determine the 4th semi-finalist, and then there are knockouts for the lower places.

So we have a day off tomorrow, and will resume with the Semis on Saturday… follow the action at matchracingresults.com

Video round-up of today’s action below.

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Tags: 2011, ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, Sheboygan, Sonar, Video

5–1 start to the Nations Cup

Wednesday 14th September, 2011

A great day’s racing on the first day of the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, where we’re the only women sailing in the Open Division up against the all male teams.

Today we won 5 matches and had only one loss against the #1 seed Mads Ebler (DEN) in some pretty close battles as you can see in the video round-up below!