AIS camp for Australian Womens Match Racing Team Italy 9-16 April 2010
PRESS RELEASE 12.04.2010
By Angela Farrell
The Australian Womens Match Racing Team are mid-way through their first European tour for 2010, having taken Silver and 5th place at the recent Tropheo Princessa Sofia Event in Palma Mallorca, and will compete at another World Cup Event in two weeks in Hyeres, France. With a short break in between these events, the ten-woman squad has taken up the opportunity to spend an intensive two week block at the Australian Institute of Sport European training centre in Varese, Italy, to improve their strength and fitness as they work towards Gold in London 2012.
The AIS European Training Centre (ETC) was set up to give athletes who do most of their competitions in Europe access to world-class facilities and expertise from the Institute in Canberra so they can train as they would at home – without the 30 hour flight. The base is used exclusively by Australian athletes, giving them a level playing field (if not an edge) on their European rivals. State of the art facilities include ice-bath units to aid in recovery after heavy training days, access to a fully equipped gym and pool, a live-in Physio, an in-house restaurant preparing nutritious meals, and plenty of hills and lakes for Cross-Training. Varese sits 400m above sea level – which makes cardio training here even more valuable to Aussie athletes.
