A 60-strong squad from Australia is in Hyeres, France preparing to take part in the 2023 Semaine Olympique Francais, colloquially known as the ‘Hyeres Regatta’, with a Practice race to kick off proceedings on Sunday and the first races to follow on Monday.
It was a breakthrough kind of day for Australian sailors in Palma today, with Zoe Thomson (ILCA 6) and Tom Burton OAM and Max Paul (49er) both claiming silver medals
Twenty-five young sailors from across the nation will form the inaugural 2023 Youth Squad which will meet to train and compete together for the first time this month.
After two days of waiting on good weather it was more than fitting that all got their just deserts for Wednesday’s racing in Palma at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta.
As Australian Sailing continues to ‘supercharge’ coaching under our high performance strategy, we initiated the inaugural NEXTLEVEL coaching program in 2022 and are excited to announce the extension and expansion of this support for 2023 NEXTLEVEL coach program intake.
An armada of Australians is set to descend on Palma’s famous Trofeo Princes Sofia Regatta, where the best Olympic Class sailors from around the world will lock horns to kick off the 2023 European summer season.
On 23 February 2023, Wing Commander Paul Simmons Commanding Officer 77SQN, presented to the Australian Sailing Team at their high-performance training camp in Sydney.
After acting in the role of WAIS Head Sailing Coach multiple times since 2016, former World Champion Matt Jerwood has become the latest star to join the Australian Sailing Performance Pathways team.
Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Matt Wearn (AST) has finished best of the Australians competing at the ILCA European Championships in Andora, Italy, while Tokyo Olympian, Mara Stransky (ASS), has come out the top Australian in the ILCA 6 in what has been a difficult week of sailing.
Having previously represented the Australian Sailing Team (AST) internationally in the ILCA 7 class for several years, Mitch Kennedy is returning to his coaching roots as the State Performance Pathway Manager – QLD within the Performance Pathways Team.
Light airs with a big swell returned on Day 5 of the ILCA European Championships in Andora, Italy, where two races were held in the ILCA 6 (Women’s) and ILCA 7 (Men’s) fleet on a day when an unprecedented protest was held ashore and Matt Wearn (AST) retained his lead.