Laser combat set to continue at 2011 Sail Auckland Regatta, next week

7:36 PM Wed 26 Jan 2011 GMT

'Andrew Murdoch - NZL Sailing Team - Medal Races, 2010 Skandia Sail For Gold, Weymouth' Natalie McDowell

2008 Olympic representative, Andrew Murdoch, has sent a message to his rivals in the Laser class, by winning a hard fought Laser National Championships which concluded on Tuesday off Torbay, on Auckland's North Shore. Within the NZL Sailing Team, New Zealand?s elite Olympic campaigners, the Laser class is the best represented with no less than five of the single-handed sailors meeting the performance targets required for inclusion. It was those five sailors who took out the top five places in the open fleet at this National Champs, with 2008 Olympic representative Andrew Murdoch coming through victorious on the final day ...

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