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'Skandia Team GBR medal winners - L-R Paul Goodison, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson, Ben Ainslie, Sarah Ayton, Andrew Simpson, Bryony Shaw, Nick Rogers, Iain Percy and Joe Glanfield.'
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Skandia has confirmed that it is continuing to support the British sailing team up to the 2012 London Olympics. As Skandia Team GBR, the British sailing team in the Olympic and Paralympic Classes, were being honoured at London County Hall, Giles Elliott, Skandia’s Marketing Director announced - 'I’m delighted to confirm that Skandia will continue to support the British sailing team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes over the next four years.'
Britain’s podium-topping sailors were welcomed home to London, and to the news that leading long-term investments provider Skandia has confirmed its continued support of the British sailing team for the next four years.
Skandia Team GBR, the British sailing team in the Olympic and Paralympic Classes, was honoured at London County Hall, with Ben Ainslie, Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson, Paul Goodison, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, among those awarded keepsake trophies – bespoke models of their own boats – from Skandia. A number of young sailors hoping to gain selection to compete at London 2012 were also present.
Skandia Team GBR supports more than 70 sailors in the Royal Yachting Association’s World Class Performance and Development squads – 18 of those sailors were selected to represent Team GB at Beijing 2008, with a further six chosen to compete at the Paralympics next month.
Skandia has a long history of sponsorship in the sport of sailing, having sponsored Skandia Cowes Week for the past 14 years in addition to a number of other sailing projects. Having announced title sponsorship of Britain’s national sailing team competing in the Olympic and Paralympic classes in 2006, Skandia have today confirmed the continuation of this support until 2013.
RYA Olympic Manager, Stephen Park commented: 'We are proud to arrive home with our best ever result at an Olympic Regatta, and as the world’s most successful sailing nation.
'This success is not achieved overnight, but is the culmination of decades of work. For the team, preparation for 2012, as it did for 2008, started many years ago, and new challenges lie ahead as we prepare to compete on home waters in Weymouth in four years’ time.
'Other British sports have been keen to learn more about sailing’s performance programme, and how our ‘back room team’ structure works, with a view to emulating the year-on-year success of Skandia Team GBR in other disciplines.'
Iain Percy commented: 'The sporting success of Skandia Team GBR is dependent upon many factors. Talent alone isn’t enough these days, you need a good support network behind you, from logistics to physiotherapists, nutritionists to psychologists, Skandia Team GBR relies on a vast team of specialists in all fields to support us whilst we are on the water wherever we are in the world. Of course, much of this would not be possible without the support of the RYA and of our team title sponsors, Skandia.'
Giles Elliott, Skandia’s Marketing Director spoke at the event: 'Skandia is delighted to have played its part in the phenomenal success of the British sailors in China. Our support of the sailors goes back to 2002, when we first became Iain Percy’s long-term personal sponsor. Since then we have become personal sponsor of Bryony Shaw as well as of the team as a whole – the world’s most successful sailing team.
'This team has achieved success after success and I’m delighted to confirm that Skandia will continue to support the British sailing team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes over the next four years, when their hard work will continue to create further triumph on home waters.'
The trophies presented by Skandia to the Olympic medallists, are bespoke model boats, hand crafted by Astins of Somerset.
by Karenza Morton
3:39 PM Thu 28 Aug 2008 GMT
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