We are very excited to share with you our brand new Team Australia MUSTO clothing range. We're super proud to have MUSTO as our partners, not only on the water for the team, but also as license partners for you. They're generously giving everyone 10% off all their range when you sign up to their newsletter so head over to the shop and support your team!!
We are delighted to announce the first winner of our Simulator Experience is Doug Murchison and we can't wait to give him a ripper of a sailing experience in the fastest one design on water – the AC40 - but on screen.
Fans - please sign up again on our easy entry form below to go in the draw this month for the next experience.
Our athletes were on show to represent this exciting new challenge at the Sailing Women’s Network event at our Base Camp where Lisa Darmanin and Nina Curtis shared their stories and aspirations alongside Patron John Winning with some insights from the Deep Sphere profiling tool from Founder Katharina Kuehn.
Olivia Price also represented us on stage with high profile sports stars at the 2023 Annual Sports Review Lunch in Sydney hosted by Tony Squires. She was a popular participant who helped the sports mad crowd revisit the magic of the Australia II win and the new opportunity our campaign is presenting to compete in the Cup next year.
TRAINING GOES GLOBAL
The squad have been enthusiastically embracing the simulator for training plus getting together to develop tactics, building skills and team bonding. They have also been racing – the simulator connects us with the other America’s Cup Women’s and Youth teams on simulators, enabling us to race in real time. There have been competitive races with Canada, USA, The Dutch and Germany to date.
We are sharing a profile on our squad athletes in each newsletter, so next up please meet Tom Needham and Annie Wilmot.
Tom Needham, Qld from the RQYS
Tom is a member of the Australian Sailing Squad campaigning for the Paris Olympics as a helm in the 49er class He is currently ranked 8th in the world in the class. He was named Queensland Youth Sailor of the Year in 2018 and Open Male Sailor of the Year in 2022. Tom competed in World championships scoring 2nd place in Sail Sydney in 2019 which he topped with a first place in 2021. During 2022 and 2023 he has competed highly at the North American Championships and on 49er European and World Championships and the Oceanic Wing Foil Championships. In 2023 he placed 2nd at the Sailing World Cup Netherlands.
He currently works as a hydraulic engineer for SailGP and is completing a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering degree at the University of Queensland.
Annie Wilmot, NSW from RSYS
Annie has an impressive track record of securing world titles and multiple Australian titles. Annie is a member of the Australian Sailing Squad, currently campaigning for 2024 Paris Olympics in the 49er FX class.
Last year she placed 4th at the Allianz Regatta World Cup and achieved 16th at the World Championships in 2022. She won Sail Sydney in 2021 and Sail Melbourne in 2022. In 2018 she rated 11th at the ISAF World Championship which secured a quota spot for Australia for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In her youth career Annie was named Youth World Champion in the 29er class in 2016 and secured multiple first-place titles, including All Female Australian National, Australian Youth, New Zealand National and German National Champion in the same year. Annie was named Australian Female Sailor of the Year in 2017 and followed with a win in the U23 World Championship in 2018 and 2020.
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