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Dalian holds Olympic security test - CCTV

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Dalian holds Olympic security test
CCTV, China - May 11, 2008
Some vessels at the port will join the security efforts for the events that will be held in Qingdao in Shandong Province. ...


Dorset firefighters win 2012 funding boost - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Dorset firefighters win 2012 funding boost
7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 19 hours ago
All events will be held in Weymouth Bay, Dorset. There will be 61 teams, 15 days of competition, 400 competitors and 54 medals. 3. ...


Cityview Qingdao: Sailing Into The Sunrise - e-Travel Blackboard (press release)

e-Travel Blackboard (press release)

Cityview Qingdao: Sailing Into The Sunrise
e-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia - May 11, 2008
... one that will soon be taking centre stage among the world's élite sportsmen as it hosts the events in scenic Fushan Bay. ...


ISAF gives Qingdao high praise - China Daily

ISAF gives Qingdao high praise
China Daily, China - 59 minutes ago
By Zhang Ying (China Daily) QINGDAO: The Center received top marks from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and International ...


Breezy Start To IFDS Qingdao Regatta - International Sailing Federation

International Sailing Federation

Breezy Start To IFDS Qingdao Regatta
International Sailing Federation, UK - 52 minutes ago
The IFDS Qingdao International Regatta is being held at the Qingdao Centre and provides an ideal opportunity for competitors, ...


Venue Hosts ISAF Mid-Year Meeting - International Sailing Federation

International Sailing Federation

Olympic Sailing Venue Hosts ISAF Mid-Year Meeting
International Sailing Federation, UK - May 7, 2008
The members of the ISAF Council will have an opportunity to see first-hand the spectacular Qingdao Centre, when they make a site visit to ...


Work starts on facilities - Building.co.uk

Work starts on Olympic sailing facilities
Building.co.uk, UK - May 2, 2008
The upgrading of the facilities is expected to be complete in 2008, and the venue will be used for Olympic and Paralympic sailing events in 2012.


Canadian Olympic Committee Event: Time: Venue: Athletes: Open Single-handed Dinghy-Laser - Races : 13:00 - 14:00 : Agios Kosmas Centre : Bernard Luttmer : Women's Keelboat Yngling - Races ...

Committee (OSC) The Committee (OSC) is responsible for the selection of the Team, the Paralympic Sailing Team, the Pan American Games ...

Olympics: Canadian Sailing Team: Canadian Yachting Association Olympics. The 2008 Beijing events will be held in Qingdao, China. Visit www.sailing2008.org . Stay tuned to this page for continuing updates on Olympic ...

ISAF : Competition 2008 ISAF is the governing body for the sport of sailing. It provides information on World Standings, Race Officials, Sailors, Olympic Classes

SUCCESSFUL STOPOVER AT CENTRE @ Yachte.com.au The race restart marked the end of a successfulstopover in Qingdao’s Centre, which acted as a dressrehearsal for the sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Direct Link. Comments.

Recruitment of volunteers launched (BEIJING, February 25)-- The organizers of the volunteer program for the sailing events of the Beiji...

SUCCESSFUL STOPOVER AT CENTRE @ Yachte.com.au The race restart marked the end of a successfulstopover in Qingdao¹s Centre, which acted as a dressrehearsal for the sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Direct Link. Comments.

China’s City signs up for next two Clipper Races ... Clipper Ventures Plc has signed an agreement with the Committee of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for the Chinese city of Qingdao to host the Clipper 09-10 and Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Races in its Olympic ...

Recruitment of volunteers launched The organizers of the volunteer program for the sailing events of the Beijing Olympics launched a project to recruit 10000 “social volunteers” in Qingdao on Sunday. The social volunteers will join Games-time volunteers and city ...

China. City Qingdao to host next two Clipper Round ... Clipper Ventures Plc has signed an agreement with the Committee of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for the Chinese city of Qingdao to host the Clipper 09-10 and Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Races in its . ...

Traditional Majorca Regatta Focal Point of 2008 Year The 39th Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia-MAPFRE regatta will be held from March 15th to the 21st this year just prior to the 2008 Olympics. All eyes of the sailing world are on this regatta heading up to the competitions of this Olympic year. ...

Great Britain's team outline Qingdao plans at RYA ... It was standing room only as a packed audience at the 2008 RYA Dinghy Sailing Show were given an exclusive insight into life on the Road to Beijing by the stars of Great Britain’s China-bound sailing team. Grilled ...

Great Britain's team outline Qingdao plans at RYA ... It was standing room only as a packed audience at the 2008 RYA Dinghy Sailing Show were given an exclusive insight into life on the Road to Beijing by the stars of Great Britain’s China-bound sailing team. Grilled ... Direct Link ...

Johansson, Stittle win spot on Canadian team ... International Sailing Federation. (more…) Tags: seagoing.

Youth and Experience join NZ Team OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Sailing Team 2008 was announced last night at a presentatio... Team announced. The first members of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team were announced at a press conference in Sydney ...

Youth and Experience join NZ Team - Sail World Youth and Experience join NZ Team Sail World, Australia - 47 minutes ago The youngest sailors ever to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games have been selected to the New Zealand Olympic Team to Beijing 2008. …

hopeful needs to shed ballast - Toronto Star Sail World. (more…) Tags: sailing.

hopeful needs to shed ballast - Toronto Star Sail World. (more…) Tags: helmsmanship.

boat DSM Composite Resins has developed technology that will optimise performance of the Dutch team’s 470 class racing dinghy at this summer’s Beijing games. New application method reduces weight and improves stability. ...

Danes protest to ISAF - The Men Submission from Danish Sailing Association. Men/Open Events for the 2012 Competition. Proposal:. That the decision on the selection of Men / Open Events for the 2012 Olympic Regatta be re-considered in accordance with ...

Volunteers for competition in training - Xinhua Volunteers for competition in training Xinhua, China - 35 minutes ago … and 45 degree handshakes are required skills for the 110 Chinese girls training to be volunteers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sailing ...

Green Qingdao “The environment in Qingdao meets the requirement of a green Olympics - blue skies, clean water and harmonious city that all present a comfortable environment for the competition and the life of residents,” said Xia Geng ...

Volunteers for competition in training - Xinhua Xinhua. (more…) Tags: voyaging.

Traditional Majorca Regatta Focal Point of 2008 Year With the Olympic Games just months away, the Majorca Regatta in March provides an opportunity for yachtsmen and women to show they should be selected. More: continued here.

Barcelona Week 2008 It has taken Seychellois Laser sailor Allan Julie just two competitions this year to get a top-10 finish and it came in the Barcelona Week 2008 competition raced from March 6 to 11 at the Forum Port Marina. ...

Launching Dreams of All Proportions This July, as he rids himself of jet lag and acclimates to the living conditions at the venue in Qingdao, China, Dane will celebrate his 58th birthday. Yes, at 58, he will be pinching himself about coming so close to ...

Qingdao offers multi-language services during Olympics Foreign visitors troubled by language problems during events will be provided with information and translation services in their mother tongues simply by dialing a specific telephone number in Qingdao, ...

ISAF is currently accepting applications ISAF is currently accepting applications from nations for Unused Quota Places at the 2008 Competition. The application deadline for Unused Quota Places (UQPs) is 1 June 2008, although ISAF is encouraging early ...

Clark completes line-up Royal Naval Officer Penny Clark has been officially selected for the Laser Radial berth in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games along with eight other sailors, completing the sailing team line-up.

Tether or Apart Council will also be given the opportunity to address the selection of events for the 2012 Competition. By the close of the submission deadline for the 2008 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting, submissions had been lodged by 15 ISAF ...

by Kent Sailing (watch show) 1. Video: Ben Ainslie Promo (Kent Sailing) 2. Video: Skandia Team GBR' (Kent Sailing) 3. Video: team racing (Kent Sailing) 4. Video: Mirror Worlds 2007 (Kent Sailing) ...

Verbruggen hails Qingdao's preparation for - Xinhua Canada.com. (more…) Tags: oceangoing.

Finally: Chance at Olympic Revote Therefore, the Executive Committee has decided to put forward Urgent Submission M06-08, which invites Council to reaffirm or otherwise their decision on the events for the 2012 Competition made in November 2007. ...

2008 Spring Cup - Day 1 Day 1 brought big breeze and big waves. After spending all morning rigging and tuning a new mast we made it out 50 minutes before the first race. After a few quick tuning runs a one general recall, we were off. We had decent speed, ...

Navy officer picked for GB team Royal Naval Officer Lieutenant Penny Clark has been selected for the British sailing team that will compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Photo: Lieutenant Penny Clark sailing. You find this article in the Online Magazine: „Women ...

470 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT @ High Octane One Designs The International 470 Olympic class and Balint Perjes are doing a little R & D on what it takes to be an 470 Olympic class sailor. There is a constant research factor for analysing the preparation of sailors in the Olympic games. ...

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China Olympics ticket info Qingdao is emerging from hidden-treasure status as it prepares to host the 2008 regatta. A seaside city with a beautiful crescent-shaped harbor opening onto the Yellow Sea, Qingdao has long been one of the top Chinese ...

Spring Cup 08′ The 2008 Spring Cup finished rather uneventfully. The last 2 days were completely blown out and unsailable. Nigel and I even tried to take out the coach boat to check it out, and almost managed to flip backwards off a wave even at half ...

SilverSpar While taking our mast down at the spring cup our goldspar now dubbed the black spar for its dark anodizing, we noticed it had a slight bend around the hounds. Dont know how this could have happened. I figured nothing was wrong as the ...

Soft Water Only This Time Brenner being the tough-minded volunteer chairman of the US Committee who has made it his mission "to maximize US medal chances" in the Games and to get his charges to Qingdao in good order. Brenner has also been voted ...

2o Knot Club Today while waiting for our sail designer Kei to arrive from North Sails Japan, the breeze was increasing. By the time we were rigged and ready to go we were kinda second guessing ourselves with a new mast up and slightly new sails. ...

Notice of Race - 2008 Competition final version of the Notice of Race for the 2008 Competition is now available to download.

Notice of Race - 2008 Competition final version of the Notice of Race for the 2008 Competition is now available to download. Original post by Tillerman and software by Elliott Back. Related Posts. Race Officials for 2008 Olympic Games ...

Notice of Race - 2008 Competition - Sail World Notice of Race - 2008 Competition Sail World, Australia - 22 minutes ago The Notice of Race states the key conditions for the 11 sailing events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Included in the Notice of Race are ...

Notice of Race - 2008 Competition @ Sail World UK final version of the Notice of Race for the 2008 Competition is now available to download Direct Link. Comments.

host to enhance landscape (QINGDAO, April 15)-- Qingdao, the host city of the events, is stepping up its effor...

ISAF : Competition 2008 (International Sailing ... The 11 sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will take place in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao. The Competition will take place from the 9-21 August, with the Medal Races to decide the 2008 medallists ...

Still Sick No sailing, just internetting out all day and watching everyone else train in the classic Hyeres conditions. Jealous you might ask? No way. We had 6 days of nastiness and 2 days in Hyeres. We have all our settings dialed and fell good ...

French Week: Paul Goodison and Yngling trio Team ... After a solid start to the European regatta season in Palma last month, British sailors have made their next stop on the European circuit at the French Week in Hyeres, where racing gets underway on Sunday (20 April). ...

Sailing: Golden buoy's a born winner Olympic selection offers the 31-year-old an opportunity to overtake Rodney Pattison's haul, which is the same as his own: two golds and one silver. If Ainslie continues to 2012, he could equal the four golds of his hero, ...

Hyeres Racing Day 1 We were all set to go having Kei, the North Sails 470 sail designer riding with Nigel. We got a great start near the boat end in the first race, and carried our lane across the fleet. About when we were ready to tack, a big waved popped ...

French Week: Boom and bust for Skandia Team GBR in ... Skandia Team GBR’s sailors endured mixed fortunes on a breezy opening day of racing at the French Week in Hyeres on Sunday (20 April). With wind speeds reaching up to 25 knots and with big waves hitting ...

Hyeres Week - Day 1 GBR going great guns.

French Week: Boom and bust for Skandia Team GBR in ... Skandia Team GBR’s sailors endured mixed fortunes on a breezy opening day of racing at the French Week in Hyeres on Sunday (20 April). With wind speeds reaching up to 25 knots and with big waves hitting ... Direct Link ...

Day 2 Hyeres Day 2 of racing brought great breeze again but from the opposite direction. After a few recalls and a postponement, we finally got our first race off. We had a decent start at the pin end, and sailed off into clear breeze on the left ...

Hyeres Week day 2 Thompson shines.

Guide: Team Skandia All the British crew who will be competing in Beijing. Original post by BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition and software by Elliott Back.

host to enhance landscape (QINGDAO, April 15)– Qingdao, the host city of the events, is stepping up its effor… Taken from en.beijing2008.cn.

Women’s Team - Going For Gold When we think of Britain in the Olympic Games certain images come to mind and they are usually on the track. But it's in the water where Great Britain has been most prolific.

Hyeres Week day 3 Strong winds upset day.

French Week: Skandia Team GBR's Rogers and ... British sailors remain in five podium positions at the French Week on Tuesday (22 April), after the third days’ racing was abandoned due to strong winds sweeping across Hyeres. The 470 men’s fleet, currently led by ...

Hyeres Week day 4 Sonars stay strong.

Hyeres Week day 5 Brits scoop Sonar gold.

Hyeres Conclusion The last 2 racing days at Hyeres week went extremely well. We had only 4 finals races and we finally stepped up our game and finished just shy of the medal race. In the final 4 races we scored a 31-1-8-9 to bump us from 31st, ...

ISAF President Draws Equipment For Olympic Games The supply of equipment and the equipment draw is one of many tasks the International Sailing Federation will undertake in the run up to the 2008 Competition in Qingdao as part of its role “to assume the responsibility ...

Hyeres Week overall Rogers & Glanfield scoop gold.

Aussies gold at French pre- regatta NZL off to good start at Hyeres Olympic Regatta. The New Zealand team have made a solid start at the ISAF Grade One French WeekOrigin... Mixed fortunes for NZL on Day 2 SOF Hyeres Regatta ...

French Week (Semaine Olympique Francaise) A silver and a bronze, but not for windsurfing. read more.

Aussies gold at French pre- regatta @ Sail World ... The Australian Sailing Team has won two classes of the Semaine Olympique Francaise at Hyeres, France. Direct Link. Comments.

Aussies gold at French pre- regatta - Sail World Aussies gold at French pre- regatta Sail World, Australia - 45 minutes ago … on this year's European sailing circuit, attracting more than 1000 competitors from over 50 nations as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games draw ...

Images from Hyeres Olympic regatta Images from the French Week in Hyeres. Original post by admin and software by Elliott Back. Related Posts. Mixed fortunes for NZL on Day 2 SOF Hyeres Regatta. Andrew Murdoch was the best performer of the kiwis on day two ...

French Week: US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members ... After six days of racing at the French Week in Hyères, France, sailors from the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics clinched silver medals in three classes. Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.) and Chris Rast (San Diego, Calif. ...

2008 US Junior Festival - Midwest The Lake Saint Louis Sailing Club is pleased to present the 2008 USA Junior Festival - Midwest, on June 20-22, 2008, in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri. We plan to race fleets of Sunfish (singles and doubles), Lasers, ...

Sailor/Model Or as a friend put it, a mag for people with horses and boats. Never thought i would be featured in a mag for such posh living. I dont know how exactly i’ll fit in with the magazine but hey, press is press. Sponsors US Sailing, Kaenon, ...

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Work starts on facilities Weymouth & Portland Academy will be first venue completed for 2012 Games.

London 2012 Sailing Competition Manager Appointed ANDREWS has spent a lifetime immersed in . He went to his first Olympic Games in 1984 as a coach for the British team in Los Angeles and has coached at subsequent Games through to Athens 2004. As part of this role he sits ...

Outstanding website about US http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html Worth checking out, especially the videos.....

Australian Yachting Awards The Australian Yachting Awards were attended by 11 former medallists, including Colin Beashel and Tom King, and current Australian Sailing Team members Iain Murray and Andrew Palfrey (Star), Karyn Gojnich (Yngling), ...

Sailing: O'Leary and Milne secure Beijing spot That said, it has to be remembered that the venue is notorious for its light summer winds, whereas the Irish teams in the Star racing in Florida were thriving in notably big breezes. ...

Back to Europe Dan Cooney of US Sailing has helped organize the event, and has invited Dean Brenner to help with the event. We are really looking forward to it and it should be a great night. In other news, NBC has finally launched the sailor portion ...

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Rob Andrews appointed 2012 Manager Keelboat to go from for 2012? ISAF Events Committee recommends the two keelboat classes should be dropped from Olympic regatta fro... SCIBS appoints new Assistant General Manager. Mark Jensen has been appointed the ...

Rob Andrews appointed 2012 Manager Rob Andrews appointed London 2012 Sport Competition Manager for Sailing for 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Rob Andrews appointed 2012 Manager @ Sail World UK Rob Andrews appointed London 2012 Sport Competition Manager for Sailing for 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Direct Link. Comments.

USA Team Profiles ... which both officially qualified at Worlds in early 2008, the team was solidified following the October trials. By NBC Olympics. http://www.nbcolympics.com/teamusa/meettheteam/newsid=120009.html#meet+u+s+sailing+team.

NBC Site Up and Running @ Andrew Campbell The NBC Olympic website is up and running in full force with their sailing database updated and firing on all cylinders. I had an interview with Washington DC’s NBC4 studio last week that should go online after it airs sometime next ...

Venue Hosts ISAF Mid-Year Meeting Meetings for the ISAF Audit, Events and Executive Committees and the ISAF Council take place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Qingdao, the host city of the 2008 Competition, from 8-12 May. The members of the ISAF Council will ...

Time to Do the Right Thing We ask that IOC intervene to ensure that the 2012 Regatta include a Multihull Event so that it genuinely presents “the wide range and diversity of sailing” as claimed by ISAF’s President, Goran Petersson. ...

Welcome to the Family, Iran Is obligated to represent every corner of the sport, or is it an opportunity to shape and promote high-end sailing? If the former, then we are failing. If the latter, why isn't anybody in the driver's seat? ...

Parry's Sail To the Baltic / Kiel Village Headed a few miles north of BKYC to the Olympic (1974) Yacht Marinas and settled in for our first anchorage in the Baltic just outside near a beach. Started to do our tide calculations but realised it doesn’t do anything here so got out ...

Nice city:Qingdao-No office time College Position Qingdao is an important economic central city, in Shandong Province , it is a famous tourism port city, the third biggest container po.

Events Finalized for 2012 Competition ... International Sailing Federation. (more…) Tags: cruising.

Parry's Sail To the Baltic / Kiel Village Parry's Sail To the Baltic / Kiel Village. Fetched from TripSailor: Recent Journal Updates 7 hours, 6 minutes ago.

Historic win for Joao Rodrigues in RS:X Euro By winning in Brest, he has clearly laid his marker down as a serious contender for the forthcoming Competition in China. Julien BONTEMPS (FRA) finished second overall with world #1 Przemyslaw MIARCZYNSKI (POL) in third. ...

Britain vows to be competitive in all events QINGDAO, May 12 (Xinhua): Stephen Park, Britain's sailing team manager, said here Monday his team was trying to be as competitive as they could in all.

Dorset firefighters win 2012 funding boost It will work in close liaison with UK Fire and Rescue Service Olympic Group (UKFRSOG), Dorset Local Resilience Forum (DLRF) and Dorset Strategic Partnership (DSP). 2. All events will be held in Weymouth Bay, Dorset. ...

Britain vows to be competitive in sailing events Qingdao: Stephen Park, Britain's sailing team manager, has said that his team was trying to be as competitive as they could in all the classes when the events are held here in August.


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