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Tim Wilson (canoeist)
Tim Wilson is an Australian canoe sailor. Wilson was part of the Australian team (together with Hayden Virtue and Seth Dunbar) that won the 2008 International Canoe Challenge Cup by successfully challenging the current holders Great Britain, represented by Colin Brown, John Robson and Simon Allen. Career highlights ; 2008 : Port Phillip Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, ..., winner, International Canoe Challenge Cup References External links Australia have won the International Canoe Challenge Cup Australian male sailors (sport) Australian male canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoe Sailing
Canoe sailing refers to the practice of fitting an Austronesian outrigger or Western canoe with sails. Austronesian sailing canoes The outrigger canoe was one of the key technological innovations of the Austronesian peoples. Although there is little archeological evidence due to perishable building materials, comparative reconstructions indicate that Austronesians already had the distinctive outrigger and crab claw sail technology from at least 2000 BCE. These boats (as well as derivative technologies like the catamaran) enabled them to colonize the islands of Southeast Asia and then later on to Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand. Outrigger canoes like the ''va'a'', ''paraw'', '' jukung'', ''vinta'', and ''proa'' are still used today by traditional fishermen and traders in most of Southeast Asia and Madagascar, and in parts of Oceania. They are constructed from traditional materials, though most incorporate motor engines instead of a sail. In other regions like H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Virtue
Hayden Virtue is an Australian canoe sailor. Virtue became the 2008 World Champion in the international canoes event by finishing in front of American Bill Beaver and fellow Australian Seth Dunbar. Together with Dunbar and Tim Wilson he also won the International Canoe Challenge Cup by successfully challenging the current holders Great Britain, represented by Colin Brown, John Robson and Simon Allen Simon Allen (born 5 September 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played six List A matches for Wellington between 2007 and 2009. He was also part of New Zealand's squad for the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket W .... External links International Canoe Worlds at Port Phillip Bay, VictoriaAustralia have won the International Canoe Challenge Cup Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian male sailors (sport) Australian male canoeists 21st-century Australian sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Dunbar
Seth Dunbar is an Australian canoe sailor. Dunbar came third at the 2008 Canoe Sailing World Championships in the international canoes event by finishing behind American Bill Beaver and fellow Australian Hayden Virtue who was crowned as the new World Champion. Together with Virtue and Tim Wilson he also won the International Canoe Challenge Cup by successfully challenging the current holders Great Britain, represented by Colin Brown, John Robson and Simon Allen. Career highlights ; 2008 : Port Phillip Bay, 3rd, World Championships Canoe Sailing, International Canoe : Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip ( Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is comple ..., winner, International Canoe Challenge Cup External links International Canoe Worlds at Port Phillip Bay, VictoriaAustralia have won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Canoe Challenge Cup
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Internationalism (politics) * Political international, any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, largest European island, and the List of islands by area, ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west – these islands, along with over List of islands of the British Isles, 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a land bridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's List of islands by population, third-most-populous islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Brown (canoe Sailor)
Colin Brown may refer to: * Colin Brown (cricketer) (1878–1936), Somerset cricketer * Colin Brown (RAF officer) (1898–1965), World War I flying ace with 14 victories * Colin Brown (jockey) (born 1955), English National Hunt jockey active in the 1980s * Colin Brown (film journalist) Colin Brown (born 1962) is a British film journalist, based in New York City, who has been editor and editor-in-chief of the trade magazine ''Screen International''.''Screen Daily'', 31 July 2008. Brown was educated at St John's College, Cambrid ... (born 1962), British editor-in-chief of Screen International * Colin Brown (political journalist) (1950–2020), British political journalist * Colin Brown (American football) (born 1985), offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills * Colin Brown (artist) (born 1962), Scottish artist {{hndis, Brown, Colin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robson (canoe Sailor)
John Robson is a British canoe sailor. Robson became the 2008 World Champion in the asymmetric kite fleet event by finishing in front of German Tobias Kunz and fellow Brit Peter McLaren. Career highlights ; 2008 : Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip ( Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is comple ..., 1st, World Championships Canoe Sailing, Asymmetric Kite Fleet External links International Canoe Worlds at Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Living people British male sailors (sport) British male canoeists Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Allen
Simon Allen (born 5 September 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played six List A matches for Wellington between 2007 and 2009. He was also part of New Zealand's squad for the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in New Zealand from 19 January to 9 February 2002. A total of 16 sides competed in the tournament with Australia defeating South Africa in the final. It was the fourth edition of the Under-19 Cric .... References External links * 1983 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Wellington cricketers Cricketers from Wellington City 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Phillip
Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel (geography), channel known as The Rip, and is completely surrounded by suburbs and localities (Australia), localities of Victoria's two largest cities — metropolitan Greater Melbourne in the bay's main eastern portion north of the Mornington Peninsula, and the city of Greater Geelong in the much smaller western portion (known as the Corio Bay) north of the Bellarine Peninsula. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly , with the volume of water around . Most of the bay is navigable, although it is extremely shallow for its size — the deepest portion is only and half the bay is shallower than . Its waters and coast are home to Pinniped, seals, whales, dolphins, corals and many kinds of seabirds and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Sailors (sport)
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Living People
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