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With a gold medal in the Laser Radial Class from Beijing under her belt, Tunnicliffe is back competing both on her Radial in 2010 and also lining up in the fiercely competitive Women's Match Racing class at Weymouth. Commenting ahead of the event, Anna said, "I'm very excited to come to Weymouth. We had a great time last year and it was such good sailing. I think the venue and sailing area are great, what more could we want! The racing will be close, but if we sail smart and minimize the mistakes then we have a good chance at doing well overall".
Other notable British entries include double Olympic gold medallistSarah Ayton competing in the 470 with crew Saskia Clark, they recently won the last ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta in Kiel and have high hopes for a podium finish. In the RS:X class, Beijing Bronze medallist Bryony Shaw will be looking for a good performance on home waters, however she will have to keep an eye over her shoulder for recently crowned RS:X silver medallist at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship Isobel Hamilton. World and Olympic Laser champion Paul Goodison will be looking to make his mark in the largest fleet of the event (160 entries so far), whilst recently crowned World Champions in the Paralympic Skud class Alexandra Rickman and Niki Birrell are looking forward taking on the compeition, "Racing on the Olympic courses will be very interesting for us, it will be an opportunity to see what the competition is like on the future 2012 site and we can't wait to take on the rest of the world on home turf!".
The international field is a depth of talent including Australian 470 Beijing gold medal-winning crew Malcolm Page, fresh from winning the World Championships with Mathew Belcher. Olympic veteran, quadruple Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt (BRA), and recently crowned Women's 470 World Champions Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (NED).
Claire Leroy (FRA) and crew, currently ranked third overall in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Women's Match Racing standings (view standings here) will be battling it out with just one point separating the top three boats led by Skandia Team GBR's Lucy Macgregor and crew. Elsewhere the Finn class is equally as close, with just seven points seperating the top three sailors. Britain's Ed Wright will be looking to defend his ISAF Sailing World Cup title, but with Finn heavyweights including Beijing silver medallist Zach Railey (USA), Ivan Kljakovic gaspic (CRO), Jonathan Lobert (FRA) and Ben Ainslie's return to the circuit, it is clear there will be a well fought battle for the overall title.
ISAF Sailing World Cup 2009-2010 Final Regatta - Runners and Riders coming soon...