Australian Sailing Team members were the big winners at a star-studded Australia Institute of Sport Performance Awards dinner at Sydney’s Star Casino last night.
As Australian Sailing Team athletes prepare for an important summer of world championships and Olympic qualification battles, they are also being duly rewarded for an outstanding 2019 season at awards ceremonies right across the country.
Australia has secured a bronze medal at the Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland, despite Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin finishing last in the medal race.
The much-anticipated duel between the Aussies in the Nacra 17 at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland lost its lustre today, with Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin enjoying a podium position in second place while the Outteridge siblings, Nathan and Haylee, are languishing in twelfth.
The first day of gold fleet racing brought mixed results for Aussie teams chasing the podium at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland.
A battle royale is brewing between high-flying Aussie sailors in the Nacra17 Class at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. Â
A couch potato existence is paying big dividends for the brother and sister combination fighting to secure a ticket to the Olympics next year in the Nacra 17 class.
Day one of the 2019 Hyundai 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships was a waiting game for athletes, coaches and fans alike with wild winds welcoming them at Auckland’s Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
As an Olympic gold and silver medallist, a world champion and an America’s Cup skipper Nathan Outteridge is currently one of the highest profile Australian sailors.
The Sail Melbourne – Summer of Sailing 2020 count-down is on with only just over three weeks to go to the start of an exciting series of world-class sailing in Australia this summer.
Reigning Men’s 470 World Champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan and back-to-back Laser European Champion Matt Wearn have today been announced as the first athletes selected to the Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team.
“It is the nature of the habit, a winning spirit, and the will to win.†This is how the inspirational Australian Sailing Team (AST) coach of the Men’s 470, Victor Kovalenko distilled the victory of his champions - Mat Belcher and Will Ryan – after their latest win in Enoshima.
Punishing conditions prevented all bar one of the Australian Sailing Team from competing in the Hempel World Cup in Enoshima, Japan yesterday. The only athlete who did manage to get on the water was big man Jake Lilley in the Finn.
The Answering Pennant may have hoisted this morning at Enoshima Harbour on Day One of the first Sailing World Cup to a bare flutter, but capricious conditions ultimately proved no barrier to the Australian Sailing Team (AST) with strong performances across the board.
Australian Sailing is thrilled to announce that Hamilton Island will be continuing their major partnership with Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team.
Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan won Gold in the Men’s 470 and Tom Burton Silver in the Laser at the Ready Steady Tokyo Test event in Japan today. With no breeze on the final day, the final day’s medal races were cancelled and the outcomes thus pre-determined.Â