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Plantation, Fla - January 6, 2009 - Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and you are sticking to your resolutions. Its hard I know, and its only been six days. I have some fantastic news I want to share with everyone. Earlier today US Sailing announced the winners of the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. I was named the winner of the Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award. Terry Hutchinson, who like me graduated from Old Dominion University, was named the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. I was so excited when I heard the news. I was in the middle of moving house when I got the phone call from US Sailing President Jim Capron telling me I had won. It has been a long year but one of the best years of my life. This award tops it off. It's truly an honor to be nominated but to win this prestigious award and to be on the honor roll with so many amazing sailors is awesome! The awards luncheon will be held at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan at the end of February. Until then I will be training hard and sailing in a couple of regattas. My next event is the US Sailing Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta at the end of January. Up next though is a trip to Park City to be a keynote speaker at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Winter Meeting. From there I fly to San Diego to be a part of a panel discussion at the National Sailing Programs Symposium before I head back to Florida to start training with teammate Paige Railey. Thank you all again for your support throughout this past year, it truly means a lot to me. Sail hard, Anna P.S. GO MONARCHS!!!!! |
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Olympic Gold Medalist, World Class Woman Laser Radial Sailor And Now World Class Women's Match Racer
Representing the USA, Anna Tunnicliffe won the Gold Medal in the Women's Laser Radial dinghy at the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China. Anna was the ISAF world's Number One-ranked women's Radial sailor from April 9, 2008 to May 2010. She was voted 2009 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in November 2009. Now Anna, skipper of Team Tunnicliffe, has teamed up with Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi to take on the world and go for Gold in 2012 London Olympic Games in Women's Match Racing. To get a flavor of Women's Match Racing, check out Jobson Sailing Inc
