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The Queen Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh Visit The
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
12 June 2009
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The
Duke of Edinburgh, visited the Weymouth and Portland National
Sailing Academy (WPNSA) on June 11th. The Academy provides access
to the best small boat sailing waters in the world and is the first
venue to be completed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
The Royal Party met Bronze Medallist, Chris Draper and Olympic
hopefuls in training, including Peter Greenhalgh, Andrea Brewster,
Alison Young, Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes, as well as local
people who are learning to sail as part of WPNSA's programme with
the Chesil Trust - which offers subsidised Royal Yachting
Association sailing courses many of which are run in conjunction
with SailLaser for children and young people who are disabled or at
a social disadvantage.
The scheme is just one of the WPNSA's and SailLaser's many
community involvement initiatives including the opportunity for
individuals to 'Sail for £5',or for family groups of up to four
people to have a sail for £10 and which will be available to the
public again on July 11th as part of the 'Spirit of the Sea'
Festival.
John Tweed, Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland
National Sailing Academy, said: "It is an enormous honour for the
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy that both Her
Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh have
seen firsthand the completed Olympic Delivery Authority works and
the Chesil Trust 'Sail for a Fiver' programme. We have given The
Royal Party a real flavour of how important this facility is for
the whole community, not just the competitive sailors".
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Notes to Editors
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SSE has been the Gold sponsor of the WPNSA since July 2006. This
£300,000 partnership will continue until 2014 and is designed to
enable the Academy to maximise its renewable energy potential and
to support a strong youth development programme. Scottish and
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Electric and Atlantic. It transmits and distributes electricity to
over 3.6 million customers in central southern England and the
north of Scotland.SSE is the largest non-nuclear electricity
generator with over 10,000 megawatts of capacity from the most
diverse portfolio of power stations. It is also the leading
generator of electricity from renewable resources. www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet.
Contact:
Julian Reeves
SSE Corporate Communications
Julian.Reeves@scottish-southern.co.uk
T +44 (0) 1738 455 103
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Musto
Musto offers support to a wide range of sailing projects from
grass roots with the Volvo International Optimist Sailing to big
offshore adventures such as the Vendée Globe and Volvo Ocean Race.
A recent initiative, the Musto Academy also looks to develop young
sailors' potential into becoming future medallists. www.musto.com.
Brian Pilcher, BPPR
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+44(0)1243 839 384
Amy Smith, Musto
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