Skandia Team GBR Pre-Olympic sailors announced

Winners from Sail for Gold get the ticket to the Pre-Olympics

Following the conclusion of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland on Saturday, the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic Selection Committee has today named the sailors who will compete for Skandia Team GBR at the 2011 Weymouth and Portland International Regatta – the official test event for the London 2012 Olympic sailing competition

The 2011 Olympic Test Event will run from 29 July-11 August at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Skandia Team GBR selections:

Star
Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson

Laser Radial
Charlotte Dobson

Laser
Paul Goodison

RS:X Men
Nick Dempsey

RS:X Women
Bryony Shaw

Finn
Ben Ainslie

49er
Stevie Morrison & Ben Rhodes

470 Men
Nick Rogers & Chris Grube

470 Women
Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark

Women’s Match Racing
Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush & Kate Macgregor

Chris Atkins, Chairman of the RYA Olympic Selection Committee, commented: “It’s been a great week’s competition at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, with a strong British performance across all ten Olympic classes.

“The RYA’s Olympic Selection Committee is confident that the teams which delivered the top British performances at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta will present at strong challenge at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta in just under two months’ time.”