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August 18, 2010 
NCYC: The Perfect Setting For A Fundraiser
Photo: (c) Joanna Tunnicliffe, August 2010
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evening began with us attending an end of the season awards banquet
for local Monroe County Special Olympians. It was fabulous to meet
with them and hear about their success in their chosen sports. They
wowed us with the number of medals they had won (the biggest count was
141), and they were very excited to see the the Olympic Gold medal. We
chatted with them about their sports, took pictures with them, and
signed autographs. We even got some of their autographs for us to take
home.
After that, we went back to NCYC for a cocktail hour and dinner. After dinner, we did a short presentation about our campaign - what we are doing, where we are going, and how. We answered questions and told stories. It was a fabulous night, and we are very grateful to everyone for their support - NCYC, AYC and I-LYA commodores and their representatives. Even though we are the ones out on the water sailing, it is everyone behind the scenes that helps us achieve our goals; we couldn't do it without all of you. Thank you. Specifically, we would like to say a big thank you to Duane and Dar Burgoyne, Leslie Hill, Ken Karnia, and all the other volunteers, especially the youth team, who organized and helped at such a great evening. We are now in Detroit at Bayview YC for the Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup. Today was the practice day to re-acquaint ourselves with the boats (Ultimate 20's) and the asymmetrical spinnaker. We start racing tomorrow morning at 10am. You will be able to check out the results at the regatta website. We would like to thank Carmeuse and Trinity Yachts for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympics in London. We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their support. Sail Hard, Anna Team Tunnicliffe
PS:
In an attempt to make these updates and this website more
user-friendly, if you have any question regarding terminology etc about
match racing that cannot be answered in the MR Simply Put section, please email us, via the Contact Page and we will do our best to explain. We really do want you to understand how it works and why we enjoy match racing so much.
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Team Member
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 & 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. Now Anna, skipper of Team Maclaren, 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 and the team is currently ranked #1 in the ISAF WMR rankings.
