AYF High Performance Update

by Katie Culbert on 5 Apr 2002 The latest AYF High Performance Update is posted in its complete form. The provides detailed news on the Youth & Senior High Performance sailors and their recent activiites.

Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta, Spain

The Princess Sofia Trophy regatta ended in tragedy last week, with the death
of an Austrian Tornado sailor. The remainder of racing was cancelled on the
final day after the Austrian was caught under his hull and drowned, leaving
everyone in shock and deeply saddened. For most of the Aussie's the regatta
was the chance to reacquaint themselves with the big fleet racing typical in
Europe. Final Australian standings were - 470-M Wilmot/Page 6th,
Belcher/Belcher 23rd, Smith/Chew 32nd, 470-W Armstrong/Stowell 5th,
Charlson/Rooke 24th, 49er Lazich/Jackson 23rd, Rollerson/Edwards 46th,
Europe Slingsby 43rd, Laser Casey 17th, Tornado Bundock/Forbes 11th,
Yngliing Dennison/Herbert/Aders 8th. Full results can be found at -
http://www.oninet.es/fbv/SofiaIng.htm

Sail Sydney review

Sail Sydney was held over the Easter long weekend. This year the event was
sailed on Botany Bay, hosted by Georges River 16’ Skiff Sailing Club.
Classes to be sailed are Mistrals, Europes, Finns, Lasers and Laser Radials,
49ers, 470s, Tornados, Stars, Ynglings, 29ers, 420s, Hobie 16s, 2.4mR and
Sonars. There were plenty of National Olympic Squad members in action over
the weekend including Olympic 470 gold medallist Mark Turnbull in the 49er
class, and Australian champions in the Mistral and Yngling classes. Also
competing was the members of the Australian Youth Team for the 2002 ISAF
World Youth Sailing Championships who were in camp in Sydney over the Easter
long weekend. For the first time in a long time the event had a formal
sponsor - full story -
http://www.yachting.org.au/news/news_article.asp?Site=AYF&Tr=&ID=2240. Get
all the news and results from Sail Sydney online at -
http://www.nsw.yachting.org.au

Barcelona Olympic Week, Spain

Olympic silver medallists and current World Champions Darren Bundock and
John Forbes have finished the Barcelona Olympic Week in 5th place overall.
In their first European regatta for the year, Bundock & Forbes did not sail
the first race and finished with placings in the 7 races of DNC, 8, 9, 6, 8,
7, 5. The Tornado class was won by Swedes Martin Strandberg/Kristian
Matisson. Full results can be found at http://www.fcv.es/bosw/home_eng.htm



AIS SQUAD NEWS

As mentioned above the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta was held last week in
Palma de Mallorca in Spain. Eight members of the AIS Squad competed in this
regatta. The Princess Sofia Trophy was the first regatta of the European
season for most of the Squad members. Tornado crew Bundock & Forbes
contested the Barcelona Olympic Week the week before where they finished 5th
overall. At the end of the regatta 3 of the 4 AIS crews finished in the top
ten of their fleets (470-M - 6th, 470-W - 5th and Yngling - 8th) with the
4th crew (Tornado) just outside in 11th place. Full results can be found by
checking the regatta web site - http://www.oninet.es/fbv/SofiaIng.htm

The AIS Yngling sailors Melanie Dennison and Fiona Herbert (with crew member
Caroline Aders) spent the week before the Palma regatta training in Spain
with the Danish Yngling crew.

Over the Easter long weekend AIS sailor Kristen Kosmala is expected to
compete in the Sail Sydney regatta in the Yngling class with her crew mates
Nicky Bethwaite (skipper) and Jenni Bonnitcha.


PRE-OLYMPIC TEST EVENT

The AYF has confirmed the Australian Team to compete in the Pre-Olympic Test
Event in Athens in August. The event is the first of two Test Events, and
the first Test Event for any sport for the Athens Olympic Games. The
following athletes have been selected:

Keelboat Men (Star Class)

Ian Walker & Nick Williams

Andrew Hunn & Michael O'Brien


Keelboat Women (Yngling Class)

Nicola Bethwaite, Jenni Bonnitcha, Kristen Kosmala

Melanie Dennison, Fiona Herbert, Jeni Whalan (tbc)


Double-handed men (470 class)

Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page

Mathew Belcher & Daniel Belcher


Double-handed women (470 class)

Jenny Armstrong & Belinda Stowell

Lisa Charlson & Lisa Rooke

High Performance Dinghy Open (49er class)

Emmett Lazich & Carter Jackson

Mark Turnbull & Nick Partridge

Catamaran Open (Tornado Class)

Darren Bundock & John Forbes

Robbie Lovig & Josh Fugill

Single-handed dinghy women (Europe class)

Sarah Blanck

Jo Dikkenberg

Single-handed dinghy men (Laser class)

Brendan Casey

Ben Lamb

Single-handed dinghy open (Finn class)

Josh Beaver

Dean McAullay

Boardsailing men (Mistral One Design)

Michael Lancey

Jonathan Bonnitcha

Boardsailing women (Mistral One Design)

Jessica Crisp

Allison Shreeve


ISAF WORLD SAILING GAMES

The AYF Board has confirmed the remainder of the Australian Team for the
ISAF World Sailing Games in July in Marseille, France. The men's and women's
keelboats, as well as the women's single-handed class were yet to be
announced. Those selected are:

Single-handed women (Laser Radial class)

Alison Casey-Hall

Cassie Buckley


Keelboat men (J80 class)

Hugo Ottoway / Jan Talacko / Russell O'Toole / Paul Newcommen

Rob Brewer plus 3 of the 4 crew - John McCuaig / Brendan Garrod / Arthur
Crothers / Simon Williams


Keelboat women's (J22 class)

Susan Walters / Heidi Gordon / Karyn Gojnich / Caroline Brisebois
Katie Spithill / Sarah Roberts-Thomson / Emma Bullough / Kelly Matthews


IOC NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS STUDY POINTS TO NEED FOR GREATER QUALITY CONTROL

Based on the results of a study of 634 nutritional supplements, the Medical
Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today reissued its
warning to athletes against their use and strengthened its call for industry
and government action to ensure their quality.

Out of the 634 samples tested, 94 (14.8%) contained substances, not listed
on any label, that would have led to a positive doping test. In addition to
these 94 samples, 66 others (10.4%) returned borderline results for various
unlabeled substance. The 634 non-hormonal nutritional supplements were
gathered from 215 different providers in 13 countries from October 2000 to
November 2001. 91% of them were purchased in stores or over the internet.

The others were obtained from the manufacturers. The IOC-accredited
laboratory in Cologne, Germany tested all supplements. For the full story -
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/publications/press_uk.asp?release=266


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday to National Olympic Squad member Daniel Belcher who
celebrated his 21st birthday on Sunday 24th March. Dan was in Spain for the
Princess Sofia Trophy on his birthday, hope you had a great birthday Dan!
Birthday wishes are also extended to Iain Murray who celebrates his 44th
birthday on Sunday week (14th April) and Matthew Chew who celebrates his
19th birthday two days later on April 16th. Hope you both have a great day!


NOTICES OF RACE

470 SPRING CUP - http://www.470.org
HYERES - available from AYF office - katie.culbert@yachting.org.au or
http://hyeres.ffvoile.net
SAIL SYDNEY - available from AYF office - katie.culbert@yachting.org.au or
http://www.nsw.yachting.org.au/nsw/default.asp?site=NSW
SPA - available from AYF office - katie.culbert@yachting.org.au or
http://www.SPAregatta.org
KIEL - available from AYF office - katie.culbert@yachting.org.au or
http://www.kieler-woche.de (click on Segelsport, then click on
Ausschreibungeng & click on Notice of Race 2002 - ENGLISH version)
FINN EUROPEANS - http://www.finneuropeans2002.org
FINN GOLD CUP - http://www.eio.gr/finn2002/
IFDS WORLD DISABLED SAILING CHAMPS -
http://www.sailing.org/disabled/2002worldsinvite.pdf


RESULTS
Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week - Barcelona, Spain - 16/3 to 20/3 -
http://www.fcv.es/bosw/home.htm
Princess Sofia