LAUNCESTON sailor Imogen Sills is gearing up for the biggest week of her competitive sailing career so far as she prepares to represent Great Britain at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships. Sills, 17, flies out to Portugal today (Thursday) ahead of the championships which kick-off on Saturday, representing the British Youth Sailing Team in the girls RS:X windsurfing class. Over 365 of the world's top Olympic hopefuls of the future, representing 63 nations, are set to converge on Portugal's Clube Náutico de Tavira, located on the west side of the Algarve, for the eight-day regatta with multiple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie among the many high-profile Brits who have represented their country at the under-19 event. For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.





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