Sailors sought for Australian London 2012 Paralympic campaign

5:30 AM Thu 15 Jan 2009 GMT

'Paralympians sailing for Australia' Yachting Australia

Expressions of Interest are being sought from Sailors with Disabilities wishing to campaign for the London 2012 Paralympic Games and beyond.

Athletes chosen will form the Australian Paralympic Sailing Development Squad for 2009.

The 2012 Paralympic Games will be held in Weymouth, UK from 29 August until the 9th September 2012, just over 1,000 days from now. As we enter 2009, the Paralympic Sailing Program is focusing its attention on identifying athletes who could represent Australia in London and at future Paralympic Games.

Sailing appeared as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and in Sydney 2000 was included in the Paralympic Games Competition program as a medal sport. In 2000, Australia secured a Gold Medal in the Sonar Class, and in 2008 achieved Silver in the SKUD-18 Class, and Bronze in the Sonar.

The three classes sailed at the Paralympic Games in 2012 will be:
. 1 person keelboat - 2.4mR
. 2 person keelboat - SKUD-18
. 3 person keelboat - Sonar

Yachting Australia invite athletes who have the interest, drive and commitment to represent Australia and continue the success of Australian Paralympic Sailing to contact us regarding the opportunities and support that may be available.

Note: Sailors need to satisfy minimum disability criteria of the IFDS Functional Classification System (1st January 2009).

Athletes are asked to register their interest with Paralympic Program Co-ordinator, Sarina Macpherson (contact details below). Athletes should include the following information to Sarina by the 6th February 2009:

- Contact Details
- A brief sailing CV
- Training and/or regatta program if known.

Sarina Macpherson
Olympic & Paralympic Program Coordinator
Yachting Australia
Locked Bag 806, Milsons Point NSW 2061
sarina.macpherson@yachting.org.au
ph: 02 8424 7403
fax: 02 9906 2366

Requests for further information:
Greg Omay
Paralympic Head Coach
greg.omay@paralympic.org.au
0400 140 608

More information can be found at:
www.yachting.org.au
www.paralympic.org.au
www.sailing.org/ifds.php

by Craig Heydon

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