No racing in the final day due to light winds, which is hard to believe for windy Weymouth. John and I raced consistantly this week and just didn't break into the medal positions. It was tough but fun racing and we gave it our all. The leaders were just a bit sharper most of the time.
So now we pack up and head to London for the closing ceremonies, Sept 9. Coldplay is performing! My family and I will then head to France for 10 days before going back to Victoria.
Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support. It has been a fun and fulfilling journey!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
First Day of Racing - 3rd Place
ISAF Official Site: Paralympic Resultshttp://www.sailing.org/paralympics/london2012/results.php
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| International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS)'s photo.
Today was a solid day for us with a 4th and 3rd place finish. Did not not start as well as we'd like on both races but managed to recover throughout the races. USA passed us on the last leg of the first race to place 3rd in Race 1, and we passed Italy downwind for our 3rd place in Race 2. Looking forward to another day of racing tomorrow!
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Opening Ceremonies Were Amazing!
Yesterday several of us from the Canadian Sailing Team and other country' sailors traveled to London to attend the Opening Ceremony. It was magical and such a rush to walk in as Team Canada. Stephen Hawkings rolled right past us from the stage and the Royal Family was also in attendance. John stayed back in Weymouth to celebrate with his family. A good time was had by all.
Tomorrow is our practice race in preparation for Saturday's big start.
Tomorrow is our practice race in preparation for Saturday's big start.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Broadcast Coverage for Paralympic Games
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| Tower of London sporting a new look |
Canadian Paralympic
Committee Announces Complete Broadcast Schedule of London 2012 Paralympic Games
Coverage
CTV, TSN2, Sportsnet ONE, RDS, RDS2, AMI to share Opening and Closing Ceremonies and daily highlight shows
Television
The Games will kick-off with a
two-hour Opening Ceremony extravaganza on August 29, which will be carried live
on RDS2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST (plus an encore presentation on RDS on
August 30 at 6:30am EST), and later in the day at 9 p.m. EST on TSN2 and on AMI
with described video. CTV will also air the Opening Ceremony on Saturday,
September 1 at 1 p.m. (2 p.m. in Saskatchewan).
Online Streaming
As previously announced, for the
first time in history, Canadians can watch live multiple online streams of
Paralympic Summer Games throughout the 12 days of competition. Five digital
streams will offer a total of 580 hours of live coverage. Three feeds will
offer daily uninterrupted coverage of swimming, wheelchair basketball, and
athletics, while two additional channels will cover a range of sports and will
show a "best of" coverage from the day. All digital channels can be
accessed from CTVParalympics.ca and RDSparalympiques.ca.
A schedule for these digital
channels will be announced next week.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Windy Weymouth
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| Like the "Flying Nun" look? |
Hi Everyone,
The team arrived safe and sound. Yesterday we put the boat together and today we headed out for a nice sail. The winds picked up in the afternoon and the rains started. Tomorrow's weather calls for rain and wind but it will be nice after that (hopefully!).
It was nice to see all the teams from the other countries (80 sailors). The athletes' sailing village is nice and has everything we need: a gym, cafeteria, massage, dentist, chiropractor....you name it. It is a 3 hour bus ride from Heathrow.
As you can see, Weymouth/Portland is known for its wind.
Stacie
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Off to the Paralympics!
Our
training is complete, practice boats are put away, bags are packed, and the
team flies to London this evening. Upon arrival we will be transported to
the athletes’ village in Weymouth and given our Team Canada gear. Once we
rig our boat, it’s on the water for several shake down sessions in preparation
for racing. Then it’s Showtime!!
Our racing runs September 1-6.
Visit our
team website for recent local media coverage links and updates: http://www.teamucan2.blogspot.ca/
and through www.teamucan.ca.
The IFDS
website will provide some of the best coverage: http://www.sailing.org/paralympics/london2012/index.php
Paralympic TV
(you tube site) promises video: http://www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV
as does Paralympic.org: http://www.paralympic.org/.
The Brit
focussed RYA site also promises video. http://www.rya.org.uk/skandiateamgbr/Pages/default.aspx
There will
also be updates on the Canadian Sailing Team facebook page:
Thanks
to everyone for your support and well wishes.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Recent Local News Coverage
From Shaw TV:
We were also interviewed on CBC RadioOne. I will post that soon.
From Chek News:
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Olympic/Paralympic Send Off at RVYC
A great night with great friens from Royal Victoria Yacht Club to celebrate John and I as well as Richard Clark and Tyler Bjorn (Olympic Star Sailors).
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