Page 8 - Malcolm Page News Today

Men's 470 sailing gold medallist Mat Belcher will have the honour of carrying the Australian flag in the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

Mat Belcher will be the nation's flagbearer at the closing ceremony for the Tokyo Games.

Les Australienes Will Ryanand et Mathew Belcher, champions olympiques de voile en dériveur 470, le 4 août 2021 aux Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo à Enoshima / AFP Les Australiens Mathew Belcher et Will Ryan sont devenus champions olympiques de voile en dériveur 470 mercredi aux JO de Tokyo après avoir remporté largent en 2016 à Rio. Dans un vent modéré dune dizaine de noeuds, le duo australien, qui a remporté lultime régate, a devancé les Suédois Anton Dahlberg et Fredrik Bergströem, ...

Mat Belcher has become Australias most successful sailor in Olympic history after teaming up with Will Ryan to win the mens 470 gold medal in Tokyo. Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have secured Australias second sailing gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in style, winning the 470 medal race that served as a ceremonial victory lap. Belcher and Ryan held an unassailable lead at the start of Wednesdays finale, as was the case when fellow sailor Matt Wearn secured one of Australias four gold medals on a re...

Mat Belcher © Australian Sailing Team Australias recent Olympic sailing success has been no accident. Our Olympic champions have accessed quality coaching from the time they learned to sail at their home club up to the work they are doing now with their Australian Sailing Team preparing for this years Tokyo Olympic Games. It takes a team of coaches to produce an Olympic medallist. The Australian Sailing High Performance program supports a "coaching chain" where each coach contribut...

Salvation Army calls for spending on homelessness ‘to match scale of crisis’ The Salvation Army has published a new report on homelessness in Scotland (Nick Ansell/PA) Thousands of Scots could become “trapped” between homelessness and “unsuitable” bed and breakfast accommodation, charity campaigners have warned. The Salvation Army spoke out as a survey of local councils it carried out revealed a £34 million “black hole” in their homeless budgets. That comes at the same time as ...

Opti sailors at Australia Day at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club © Australian Sailing Team Australia Day at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) was filled with Opti sailors for the second day of the Buxton Cup and Couta Boat sailors for the RT Edgar Three Piers Race. One highlight for those who attended was the special guest appearance by Alistair Murray from Australian Sailing and Malcolm Page OAM who interviewed our Australian Sailing Team and Tokyo Olympians: Tess Lloyd, ...

Executive Director Dawn Riley © Oakcliff Sailing The road to the Olympics is a hard one, and the road to an Olympic medal ceremony is appreciably tougher. Attaining the podiums top step is easily one of the hardest goals that a young sailor can set for herself or himself. But as with all journeys, the road to the Olympics needs to start somewhere, and it needs to have realistic checkpoints along the way to help ensure that valuable time, resources, and opportunities are not acciden...

Two of reasons for the incredible 128-year success of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour are the competitors attitude towards the sport and the clubs which have conducted the racing, together with the ability to uphold the tradition of producing the most spectacular racing for supporters. From the early 1970s, sponsorship also became just as critical to the future of the class as a high-performance racing sport. By the early-1990s, the escalating costs had put so much pressure on individuals w...

‘It’s just a big hole in my heart.’ Family mourns Jackson man who was fatally shot Updated Dec 22, 2020; JACKSON, MI – Malcolm Page’s death has left a huge void in his family, less than a week before Christmas. Page, 22, of Jackson, could light up every room he walked into and was always there to protect his family and friends – even if they were older than him, family members said. “When Malcolm loves somebody, he loves them, he’ll do anything for you, no matter what it is,”...