Trust Patron Shirley Robertson takes Gold
Shirley
Robertson finished her first Yngling regatta since Athens on a high,
winning the Sail for Gold Regatta, at the Weymouth and Portland
National Sailing Academy (13th to 15th October 2007). This event also
marked the first outing on the race track for Shirley and her new team,
of Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor, in their campaign for Beijing 2008.
Shirley and the team are very happy with the result at this
international Regatta, which saw over 260 competitors from over 20
nations, race on Weymouth Bay in 13 Olympic classes. The double gold
medallist, Shirley said “It really feels fantastic to win our first
event outing together but it was a bit of a surprise in some ways.”
“We sailed well in some cases but at other points we made some bad
choices, which we will have to work on. But as we had a Medal race
today it allowed us to take back some of our previous mistakes. We knew
this morning we just had to grasp the opportunity and pull it out of
the bag. We started in a good position on the line and dominated the
whole way round so we are very happy tonight.”
“Having not
raced in the Yngling since the last race of Athens I am pleased with
the result and so proud of my new team, Annie and Lucy. We had an
exceptional performance this weekend.”
Annie added, “I’ve had
a great time these three days and it’s been topped of by winning, but
at some points I thought we had lost it, especially yesterday. I’m so
glad we managed to pull it back. It makes all our hard work worth it
when you see the results but we still have a long way to go in our
campaign but this is a great racing start.”
For full regatta results: www.ryaevents.org.uk/sailforgold
For information on Team Shirley Robertson: www.shirleyrobertson.com
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