From Gothenburg to Miami
With a cracked hull but determined spirits, the all-girl South African Olympic Qualifiers in the Yngling Sailing Class Team Isigungu finish off their European Women’s Yngling Championships in Germany. Here’s skipper Dominique Provoyeur:
Isigungu in Final Euro Event
The all-women sailing Team Isigungu (middle) compete in the Yngling Class in their final event in a nine-month tour of Europe. All pictures courtesy Team Isigungu. The South African Olympic Qualifiers in the Yngling Sailing Class have written to gsport to report back on their progress in the European Women’s Yngling Championships in Germany. Here’s […]
Personal Account: Dominique Provoyeur
Isigungu means ‘a team working together towards a common goal’. A translation which we received from a previous employee of one of my previous crew…. so it may not be exact or true, but we like it and believe in it!
Good Dutch Finish for Isigungu
It’s the final Day in the Yngling Open World Championships at Medemblik, the Netherlands, and Team Isigungu makes great progress to improve their overall standing, as team Skipper Dominique Provoyeur reports in their latest newsletter:
Team Isigungu Toughs it Out
It’s Day 5 in the Yngling Open World Championships at Medemblik, the Netherlands, and Team Isigungu is toughing it out in the stiff headwinds, as team Skipper Dominique Provoyeur reports in their latest newsletter:
Team Isigungu Sails On
Following Team Isigungu’s dramatic entrance to qualification at next year’s Olympic sailing events in the Yngling-class category, team Skipper Dominique Provoyeur has sent in their latest newsletter:
Team Isigungu On Olympic High
Dominique Provoyeur (Team Manager/Skipper) of the all-girls’ Sailing Team Isigungu has written again with her report on how they steered their Yngling-class boat to 2008 Olympic qualification: Well, you might have already heard but after a very long day on the water yesterday (over 7 hours) we are so excited to say […]
Team Isigungu Crack Olympic Entry
Dominique Provoyeur (Team Manager/Skipper) of the all-girls’ Sailing Team Isigungu has written again to gsport, this time with the best possible news: In case things get a little crazy tonight – just thought I would let you all know that we made it! We won the last race and qualified South Africa […]
Team Isigungu – Day 5
Dominique Provoyeur (Team Manager/Skipper) of the all-girls’ Sailing Team Isigungu has sent their latest newsletter to gsport: The game plan for the day was just to go out and do what we have been doing, change nothing. Well, call it nerves or whatever but we got nailed on the line completely, both times […]
Team Isigungu Fairs Well
Yesterday was the first day of racing for the South African Yngling team, competing for a spot in the Olympic Games.
Team Isigungu Races off Cascais
Dominique Provoyeur (Team Manager/Skipper) of the all-girls’ Sailing Team Isigungu wrote to gsport, here’s their latest newsletter: Pinch and Punch for the 1st of the month! And with that the beginning of July, the month of truth….!
Team Isigungu Looks to Portugal
Here is the day 5 report of Dominique Provoyeur, from all-girl sailing Team Isigungu, following their completion of the Breitling Dutch Championships: Today, we woke up to the rustle in the trees and the dripping rain on the roof, the tension was a little different as there was breeze and the top ten weren’t […]