Third ENP Intensive Training Session Kicks Off

  • RS:X sailors racing at Inaugural ENP Regatta
  • Inaugural Emerging Nations Programme Regatta

The third Emerging Nations Programme (ENP) Intensive Training Camp kicks off today (February 8th).

From Fremantle Sailing Club, 11 athletes, 10 who have attended one or both of the previous training sessions, are back for another opportunity to learn from two of the sport's best – ENP Head Coaches Belinda Stowell (2000 Olympic Games Gold Medallist in the 470s) and Arthur Brett (2008 Beijing Olympic Coach for the Australian Sailing Team).

Both on and off the water, Stowell and Brett will impress upon the athletes the fitness, dedication, tactical knowledge and confidence required to ‘be the best’.

These athletes hail from 11 different developing sailing nations – Moldova, Colombia, Latvia, India, Malaysia, The Cook Islands, Chinese Taipei, Serbia, Pakistan, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.  Alexander Zimmermann, of Peru, will join the programme for the first time.  This ENP training session runs till February 25th, culminating in a regatta on Centre Course, which will be held in conjunction with the 2010 Australian RS:X Championships.