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Barbara Kendall is the best of the kiwis in 8th, with Kate Ellingham in 18th and Steffanie Williams at 42nd. There are no kiwi men competing.
2008 RS:X EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS & 2008 BREST OPEN INTERNATIONAL
1-10 May 2008 Brest-France
Yachting New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2008 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team today. This team of ten sailors will travel to Arhus, Denmark in July to represent New Zealand at the ISAF Youth World Championships. The 2008 ISAF Youth World Championships is set to be one of the biggest ever with 59 nations and 250 sailors already signed up to compete in Denmark from 10-19 July.
The New Zealand team includes…
Profile on Tom Ashley in NZ Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10506437
The results are available as a MSWord document
A silver and a bronze, but not for windsurfing.
RS:X Women (59 boards), Steffanie Williams – 24th, Kate Ellingham – 29th. RS:X Men (92 boards), Mike Kilduff – 74th
A mass of international Olympic class sailors including around ten kiwis are in Hyeres, France for the start of the 40th French Olympic Sailing Week. Racing starts on Sunday 20th April and runs through until Friday 25th April. The New Zealand contingent includes five sailors who will represent us later this year at the Olympic Games, as well as one pair who will try to impress the Olympic selectors with a good performance in Hyeres. 3 kiwis will be racing in the RS:X class.