2009 Canadian Sailing Team has Montreal Sailors

Below is the announcement from the CYA website of this year's national sailing team. Many of the top sailors who already are Olympic medal contenders are there. In particular though Montreal Sailing has noticed all the Montreal sailors who have made the list! It is encouraging to see the depth of Montreal sailing improving not just on the CST, but with more and more competitive sailing. It should make for some exciting sailing for all of us and some great reports to come!
- Ralph, Montreal Sailing

Announcing the 2009 Canadian Sailing Team

The Canadian Yachting Association is pleased to officially announce the members of the 2009 Canadian Sailing Team.

Athlete	Class	Hometown Club
Oskar Johannson	Tornado	RCYC
Kevin Stittle	Tornado	RCYC
Chris Cook	Finn	RCYC
Paul Tingley	2.4 mR	RNSYS
Bruce Millar	2.4 mR	NYC/RVYC
John McRoberts	SKUD	RVYC
Stacie Louttit	SKUD	RVYC
Brenda Hopkin	SKUD	RVYC
Mike Leigh	Laser	RVYC
Abe Torchinsky	Laser	RVYC
Bernard Luttmer	Laser	RCYC
David Wright	Laser	RCYC
Chris Dold	Laser	RCYC
Lisa Ross	Radial	RNSYS
Keamia Rasa	Radial	RVYC
Jen Spalding	Radial	RVYC
Danielle Dube	Radial	RNSYS
Gordon Cook	49er	RCYC
Ben Remocker	49er	RVYC
Billy Gooderham	49er	RCYC
Ian Hogan	49er	RCYC
Nikola Girke	RS:X W	RVYC
Zac Plavsic	RS:X M	RVYC
Dave Hayes	RS:X M	RCYC/TWC
Brian Cramer	Star	RHYC
Tyler Bjorn	Star	RstLYC
Matt Johnston	Finn	RCYC
Eric Holden	470 M	RVYC
Oliver Bone	470 M	RNSYS/BYC
Lee Parkhill	Laser	RCYC
Luke Ramsay	Laser	RVYC
Isabella Bertold	Radial	RVYC
Brendan Wilton	Laser	RNSYS
Claire Merry	Radial	RCYC
Alanna Vittery	Radial	RVYC
Jon Ladha	49er	RNYC
Daniel Inkpen	49er	RNYC
Matthieu Dubreucq	49er	RstLYC
Trevor Parekh	49er	RstLYC

This year’s team was determined by the 2008-2009 Carding Criteria.

With the latest ISAF World Rankings released on February 4^th, Canadian Sailing Team members were prominently represented at the top level. Canada currently has 7 athletes in the top twenty on the World Rankings.

Canadian Sailors are making their mark with hard work and dedication to their program and their country. Special mention goes out to Michael Leigh, in the Laser, who leads the Canadian team with a ranking of #1 in the world. The next ranking release date is scheduled for March 25^th, 2009 at www.isaf.org.

The Canadian Sailing Team has many funding partners to acknowledge for their contributions and support in our quest for excellence. Special thanks are extended to our funding partners at Canadian Heritage - Sport Canada, Road to Excellence, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the PJ Phelan Sailing Foundation. We would also like to thank our dedicated sponsors Gul, Fogh, Rolex, Mercury Marine, McLube, and Harken. Much of the success of the team can be attributed to the ongoing support of our funding partners and sponsors.

Click on the above athletes to view their bios.

Stay tuned as the exciting international results unfold throughout the year!