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TV Coverage Tornado World Championships

by Richard Gladwell on 22 Feb 2008
Brett and Rex Sellers (NZL) have teamed up for the 2008 Tornado Worlds at Takapuna Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Yesterday was a Media day at the 2008 Tornado World Championships which get underway off Takapuna Beach on Sunday, with the Practice Race.

The two major TV channels in New Zealand both ran stories on the event last night.

Television NZ's yachting reporter and commentator Martin Tasker filed this report http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_windows_skin/1594568!click_here

TV3 picked up on the Rex and Brett Sellers, father and son story - where the 1984 Gold Medallist and 1988 Silver medallist has combined with his son Brett to contest the World Championships http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/.SportsNews/YachtingClearsailingforfatherandsonSellers/tabid/415/articleID/46927/cat/70/Default.aspx!click_here for the full story or http://www.tv3.co.nz/VideoBrowseAll/SportsVideo/tabid/317/articleID/46927/cat/70/Default.aspx#video!click_here for the broadband video version
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