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Tom Needham and Joel Turner © Australian Sailing Team / Sailing Energy For the first Adventures Weekly of 2021 we caught up with Tom Needham and Joel Turner, who were part of the winning team on IRC at the Bartercard Australia Sail Paradise Regatta last week. The pair are also training for the 2024 Olympics as part of the Australian Sailing Development Squad, so we cover the issues they are facing, their training and just what is ahead for this Gold Coast and Brisbane local QLD duo...

Crankstar - IRC Division Winners at the 2021 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta © Nic Douglass / www.AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com The twelfth edition of the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta concluded today in a strong and gusty southerly, with the sporty conditions testing the sailors who did take to the water to race. "Its called Sail Paradise, not Survive Paradise" commented Race Officer, Southport Yacht Clubs own Mark Dingley at the skippers briefing ahead of racing, where the org...

THE NATIONS Jeet Heer & Argentine Director Juan José Campanella Up Next On Tom Needhams SOUNDS OF FILM Worldwide listeners can tune into the SOUNDS OF FILMs internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST.by BWW News Desk The director of the Academy Award winning SECRET IN THEIR EYES, Juan José Campanella, and THE NATIONS Jeet Heer are Tom Needhams special guests on the next SOUNDS OF FILM. THE WEASELS’ TALE tells the story of a group of four long-time friends, including a beautiful actress f...

49ers - Sail Sydney © Beau Outteridge Sail Sydney rounded out with a bang today, with friendly fire forcing an early end to the regatta for Australian Sailing Team (AST) pair Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin. It was their Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) teammate Lucy Copeland and skipper Jake Liddell who did the damage in close quarters before the start of the first Nacra 17 class race today. "Its been pretty intense competition here at Sail Sydney and weve had some tight pre-star...

A Cook County judge on Thursday upheld the firing of a Chicago police officer for his role in the alleged cover-up of police actions in the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Matt Wearn at Sail Sydney © Beau Outteridge / Sail Sydney The Australian Sailing Team are going to have to wait another day for their return to competitive action, as Day One of Sail Sydney was called off after a southerly buster hit Sydney Harbour shortly before racing was scheduled to commence. Sail Sydney will be the first taste of Olympic class racing for many of the athletes since before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown in early 2020. "The athletes have bee...