Artemis Offshore Academy hopefuls announced

The latest crop of Figaro potentials

Candidates for the 2011 Artemis Offshore Academy Selection Trials, to be held over 26 September to 1 October at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, have now been announced. The Academy has had applications to attend the Selection Trials from a diverse group of sailors ranging from the youngest round-the-world sailor, British Keelboat Academy sailors, dinghy sailors, match-racing sailors, and inshore sailors.

The Selection Trials will be split into two groups with Group A attending the Selection Trials from the 26-28 September, and group B attending from 29 September to 1 October.

The Selection Trials are a chance for aspiring solo sailors from any discipline of sailing to try short-handed racing and see if they have what it takes to join the Development Squad. The chosen 2011 Development Squad will train with the Artemis Offshore Academy in the south of France this winter leading into a summer of short-handed training and events based in the UK and France.

The Artemis Offshore Academy have invited the below candidates to attend the Selection Trials this year.

Group A
- Ben Daly, 27
- Lizzy Foreman, 21
- Luke Yeates, 27
- Thomas Taylor, 22
- Jake Jefferis, 30
- Robert Gullan, 26
- Andrew Sinclair, 18

Group B
- Henry Bomby, 20
- Mathew Lingley, 26
- Mike Perham, 19
- Katherine Whitley, 25
- Oliver Bond, 32
- Aaron Cooper, 22
- Robin Elsey, 19
- Chris Books