2020 Tokyo Olympics Quest

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In November 2019, the Trust sponsored experienced sailors Tess Lloyd and Jaime Ryan in their campaign to represent Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Trust contributed to the costs of their sails and masts to compete in regattas to qualify to represent Australia, which they completed successfully.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021, and Jaime and Tess trained in Europe and then competed in Enoshima, Japan. They finished 13th overall, with New Zealand 12th and USA 11th . They competed heroically and did Australia proud.

After some thought, they decided not to pursue the Paris Olympics in the same format, and instead have become involved in Waszp (an individual single-handed, hydrofoiling sailing boat), wing foiling, public speaking through the Australian Sports Museum's 'Meet an Olympian' program and coaching young female sailors.