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June 2004

We have had a hugely busy but successful few months. We have competed in 3 international events, and won a medal in each. We took Gold at the Princess Sofia, bronze at Hyeres regatta and a bronze at the 470 World championships. This has been the most consistent in the fleet so we are obviously very pleased, next week we have our last event before the Olympic games, the 470 European championships in Germany.

There are still definite aspects of our sailing we need to improve on before the Olympics, but with the training time we have in Athens we are confident we can tie up the loose ends. We used our Olympic boat at the Princess sofia trophy which we won then switched back to our older boat for the next two so we don't give the Olympic boat too much use.

On top of our good results another huge boost to our campaign has been signing up with Panasonic not only have they provided us with money but also equipment that will aid our training. The partnership has worked very well with both parties getting a huge amount from it.

The trip to Hyeres and the World championships was very long and it was a real test as to how well we could stay focused on the job. It is easier now however to push out longer training sessions and trips away without getting stale in the last 6 months before the Olympics, the ultimate goal is fast approaching and at the end of each day you want to feel as though another improvement has been made. We are very fortunate in the fact that Hamish (coach) and us share a very clear vision of where we need to get to in order to win a gold in Athens, this is making our training very efficient. We are all looking forward to getting out to Athens and getting out on the water to put our ideas into practise.