The RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, held over the weekend of 3-4 March 2012, Alexandra Palace, London will have an added attraction this year in the form of an exciting virtual regatta. The regatta, powered by the inshore sailboat racing and training game SailX.com, will be open to all show visitors, with heats will taking place in the seven weeks leading up to the Show, culminating with finals at the Show on the Volvo Main Stage.
Nikki Birrell, together with helm Alexandra Rickham, have won gold at the IFDS Paralympic Sailing World Championships in the Skud 18 Class. Together with his brother Christian, Nikki is a past Junior Mirror European Champion.
For further information follow http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/disability_sport/16570286.stm
The Mirror Class have three ex-Junior sailors who feature in the YJA Pantaenius Young Sailor of the Year Awards. Megan Brickwood, who was sailing Mirrors in the mid 2000's, received the Young Sailor of the Year Award, together with helm Annabel Vose, after they won the 420 Ladies World Championship in Argentina at the beginning of last year.
Ben and Matt Lulham-Robinson had great success at the Mirror Worlds, being crowned Junior World Champions in Australia at the beginning of last year, and they are Regional Winners in the YJA Pantaenius Young Sailor of the Year Awards.
For further information please check the following links
http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/ANNABELVOSEANDMEGANBRICKWOOD.aspx
Congratulations to Rosie and Anna Watkins, Matt and Ben Lulham Robinson and Mali Harnett on being selected for the 2012 Transitional Squad in the 420 Class. All have been members of Zone / National Squads in the Mirror Class in very recent years. You can follow their progress in the 420 Class through the link http://www.420sailing.org.uk/.
Many congratulations to Stuart Bithell who, together with helm Luke Patience, has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Mens 470 Class at the forthcoming 2012 Olympics.
Stuart sailed in the Mirror fleets of the early 2000's and was singularly successful with crew Holly Scott, who herself went on to crew the winning British boat to victory in the 2007 Mirror Worlds in South Africa, with helm Anna Mackenzie. The Class is currently fortunate in now having three Olympian sailors selected for the 2012 Olympics (Lucy and Katie Macgregor and Stuart Bithell) and shows the levels to which young sailors can aspire through their association with the Class.
We wish them all good luck.
