The News Review:
- St.Maarten Heineken Regatta: Swan 53 Katrina wins IGY Commodore’s …
- Stevens vows to return ‘better’
- Flop Skinner back on top
- The Long and the Short of It – St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
- Don’t go down that route Wales
St.Maarten Heineken Regatta: Swan 53 Katrina wins IGY Commodore’s …
BYM News (press release)
Maarten to contest the IGY Commodore’s Cup a separate day of racing for the flat-out racing yachts prior to the three-day St. Maarten Heineken Regatta which begins on Friday March 6th. In other news due to a weekend forecast of strong northerly winds and accompanying heavy swells the organizers of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta in collaboration with the St. Maarten Maritime Police have announced a schedule change to the on-the-water racing on Saturday and Sunday. The change will not affect any of the shore-side activities in Marigot previously scheduled for Saturday. Sunday’s award ceremonies and parties will also proceed as previously scheduled.
Stevens vows to return ‘better’
BBC News
“I hope with every grain of my soul that I’ll be able to come back and be a better rugby player than I was and I think I will be” he told BBC 5 Live. “There’s a sense of relief that I can get fixed and stop abusing myself. It emerged on 21 January that Stevens tested positive following Bath’s Heineken Cup game against Glasgow in December.
Flop Skinner back on top
The Sun
Now they stand on the threshold of what could be their most successful season in the professional era. Victory today against Sarries could propel Skinner and Co into second place in the Premiership. They also won two unforgettable Heineken Cup battles with Paris aristocrats Stade Francais to hand them a quarter-final spot and a home battle with Irish province Leinster on April 12. But Skinner believes the real turning point came in Llanelli last ctober. He added: “We were on a serious learning curve last season. Not one win in our Heineken Cup games but a massive education. Dean kept telling us we were a work in progress and to be patient.
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The Long and the Short of It – St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
Sail World
So if we get the right wind conditions I think we?ll have a very good chance. ‘ And what one wonders will Harrison do if he earns his third straight title at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta? ‘My joke’ he said smiling ‘is if we win a third time we get to keep the island!’ For full information on Budget Marine Match Racing the IGY Commodore?s Cup and the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta as well as entry lists entry forms and much more visit.
Don’t go down that route Wales
Telegraph.co.uk
I can scarcely believe it. Surely after holding out for so long and refusing to follow the same pathway as many of the English clubs and those in France too Welsh rugby is not going to bid for European glory by increasing the number of non Welsh qualified players. f course the regional owners will argue for evermore that winning the Heineken Cup and grabbing the financial security that comes with it is of paramount importance to the very survival of their individual concerns. However taking a broader look at the scene in Wales and evaluating what damage such additions make it is clear to see that such an influx of foreign players in key positions like half back and no. 8 will undermine the national bid for glory at the next World Cup. Under the guiding influence of Warren Gatland Wales forced their way into the top four of the world rankings early this year thanks to a second Grand Slam in three years and their autumnal success against the touring Wallabies in Cardiff. It has been a success story built on stability and consistency.