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Bishop Wordsworth’s School enter the Rolex Fastnet Race
Pupils from Bishop Wordsworth School in Wilshire, visit RORC to sign up for the 2009 Rolex Fastnet RaceBishop Wordsworth's School were the first to team to register their entry into the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race.  This is also the first time a school has put together a team for the Race.  The 17 students ranging from Year 11 to Year 13, with the aid of Mr Terry Gilmour, Mr David Bell and Dr Kevin McBride, will be entering 3 qualifying races in July and then the Rolex Fastnet Race in early August aboard a Farr 65 racing yacht.  The yacht, which will be chartered from Ondeck, will have a professional skipper and first mate on board for all the training, qualifying races and Rolex Fastnet Race itself.  All of the boys completed a competent crew course last term and will be doing a number of further courses including the RYA First Aid and RYA/ISAF Offshore Safety Course to enable them to participate in the race. All of the boys are excited by this great adventure and opportunity.  The boys are now busy fundraising and looking for potential sponsorship to increase training days onboard the yacht as well as to cover the costs of the campaign.
 

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