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Sponsors

Title sponsor

Volvo Cars (UK)

Helena is a member of Volvo Car (UK)’s sponsorship initiative, ‘Team Volvo for Life’, an inspirational team of individuals who represent the very best of British sailing talent.
Their wealth of experience covers everything from Gold Medalists to Round the World Sailors. ‘Team Volvo for Life’ is supported by Volvo Car UK to attain their ultimate sailing goals, and will also help future sailing stars to hone their own talents in the Volvo RYA Keelboat Sailing programme and Volvo’s grass roots activities with Volvo RYA Champion Clubs and Volvo Musto Optimist Sailing programme.

Volvo has been involved in sailing since 1997 with the pinnacle of Volvo’s global sponsorship being the Volvo Ocean Race. For more information on Team Volvo for Life and the Ocean Race visit www.volvocars.co.uk

Supporting sponsors

Charles Russell

Charles Russell LLP is delighted to be supporting Helena in her bid for Paralympic sailing success in Beijing for 2008. Charles Russell will be providing legal advice to Helena on commercial and sponsorship agreements, to enable her to progress towards and compete at the event. As Jason Saiban, Head of the Sports Group at Charles Russell has said,’ Helena is an extremely talented yachtswoman and we are delighted to be able to support her as she prepares for Beijing.’

As a top 50 full service City law practice with offices in London, Cheltenham, Guildford and Oxford, with a strong sports practice, this is a really good fit all round. For further information on Charles Russell, please visit www.charlesrussell.co.uk

Suppliers

Harken

Harken is pleased to be supporting Helena’s Paralympic campaign for Beijing. We have been supporting Helena since 2004 and have a close relationship with many of the top Olympic sailors, who we work with, offering them technical advice, service and support. In return they play an important role in our product design, developing and testing innovative new products.

Also as an official supplier to Skandia team GBR we aim to provide support and technical advice to all the team, helping them along the road to achieving their ultimate goals. For further information on Harken and our products please visit www.harken.co.uk

Super Spars

Superspars are the Worlds No 1 Performance Dinghy Mast and Spars and are one of the major spar suppliers to the 2.4mR class. I have been working with Superspars for a number of years now as they were my choice of mast manufacturer when I was competing in the 470. Since switching classes Superspars have supported me in the 2.4mR and have been helping me develop the rigs further to suit sail development and achieve weight savings. For more information on Superspars please visit www.superspars.com

Other sponsors

UK Sport

UK Sport and their support from the National lottery, has had a huge impact on our sport and the performance of the sailors. The funding I receive from UK sport allows me to focus on my sailing and do the training necessary to win medals. For more information on UK Sport please visit www.uksport.gov.uk

RYA

The RYA, through the funding they receive from UK Sport and the team sponsors, support my campaign with programme funding enabling me to attend regattas and training. They also help out with equipment costs. For more information on Skandia Team GBR and the RYA please visit www.rya.org.uk