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Medemblik,
Sunday, 28 May 2006
SUPER SUNDAY
On the last day of this year’s Holland Regatta excellent weather
conditions brought a lot of excitement during the medal races that were
sailed in front of the harbour. First gold medal today was for Aussie
Tom Slingsby in Laser class. Tom has been sailing a super series
including 4 times first place.
Not only Tom but also surfer Nick Dempsey from GBR took the gold medal
after a series of 5 ones and first place in the medal races.
49-er fly so fast that sometimes they are hard to control and flip over.
Dutch world champions Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout were
unbeatable as they took the Gold medal home again. Congratulations
girls!
WEBSITE
Results
All final results have been published on our website during the Regatta.
Please take a look at www.hollandregatta.org for more information or
sweet memories.
Pictures
The pictures on our website can be downloaded and used free of rights,
with mentioning the name of our photographer Thom Touw.
More pictures will be published in the coming days.
LEARNING FOR LONDON 2012
The Holland Regatta is setting an example for 2012 Olympics. This week,
Rob Andrews, competition manager from the RYA, visited the Regatta site
to learn more about the organisation of such an international sailing
event. As competition manager of the RYA he is involved in a campaign
for Olympic races to be sailed at the Weymouth and Portland
Sailing Academy. They aim to be one of the venues to host the 2012
Olympic Sailing competition. Andrews: “We are looking to stage a number
of big world events each year. The Holland Regatta is a much respected
sailing event. We learn a lot which will help us in our preparations for
our Sail for Gold Regatta in 2012.”
DID YOU KNOW…
…240?? people made this year’s edition of the Holland Regatta
possible on the water and on shore.
…1924?? lunch packages were distributed this week
… that on Saturday a number of Dutch sailors had a black ribbon in
their sails respecting the funeral of Hans Horrevoets that day.
…that on Wednesday the number of laptops in use by sailors was
limited to the number of wall plugs ?
QUOTES OF THE DAY
"Without patience, a sailor I would never be".
-Lee Allred
"The sea finds out everything you did wrong".
- Francis Stokes
"He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave
danger"
-Hammond Ines
OUR SPONSORS
We would like to thank our sponsors Volvo, Tele 2 Versatel, Gaastra and
Danka for their continued support.
!! See you all next year !!
MEDIA COVERAGE
During the week we were pleased to host many media in our Danka Press
Center. Tonight’s NOS Sport Journaal starting at 20.45hrs will cover the
medal races.
Thank you Ron, for coordinating the press boats. Your men were always
standing by, and made sure we were taken care of.
We would like to thank all media, competitors, visitors who were present
here in Medemblik and we hope to see you all again next year!
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