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  • A strong westerly pruned sailing’s debut on the first day of the NZCT AIMS Games in Tauranga but the Anchor-sponsored racing that did happen on the water proved spectacular.

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  • Egor Terpigorev (RUS) is featured on the cover of the August edition of FINNFARE, the magazine of the International Finn Class. He was taking part in a Rule 42 clinic held in Valencia before the Finn Silver Cup (Junior World Championship).  Though too old to compete in the Silver Cup, he went on to represent Russia at the Aquece Rio Olympic test event in August.

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  • Entries have opened for the 2016 Bay of Islands Sailing Week, scheduled to take place over the final week of January next year. Registration will take place on 26 January, followed by three days of intense, exciting and colourful racing from 27 to 29 January

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  • The year is rolling on. The 2016 NOR and Entry Form are now on line. It will be so exciting if there are lots of early entries.  2016 is year fourteen for Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand’s most popular three day regatta.  Keep up the support and book your berth at Far North Holdings Opua.  enquiries@boimarina.co.nz

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  • New Zealand Olympic Committee CEO Kereyn Smith has been elected to the position of Vice President to the Commonwealth Games Federation Board.

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  • This year's NZCT AIMS Games has cracked another milestone, breaking through the 8000-athlete barrier for the first time.

    With late entries providing a final burst, 8007 intermediate-aged competitors from 261 schools across New Zealand will be in Tauranga from this weekend (September 6-11), battling it out across 19 different sporting codes.

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  • It was yet another day of challenging light air conditions and multiple delays awaiting breeze in Day Three of the Detroit Cup, but race managers had just enough wind to make progress on the double Round Robin and have options on how to move forward in the format for the final day of racing tomorrow. The light conditions have prompted race managers to plan the start for one hour earlier tomorrow, at 0900, for the final day of racing.

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