Interview Angus Galloway & Joshua Dawson - 470 Draft

We caught up with our new Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) Men's 470 crew of Angus Galloway (QLD/QAS) & Joshua Dawson (NSW). Gus & Josh were offered a 2015 ASS membership after successfully completing Australian Sailing's first 470 draft program. In this interview they tell us more about the draft program, their events ahead as well as what it means to be part of the Australian Sailing Squad and to train with 470 World Champions Mat Belcher & Will Ryan. About the 470 Draft: Over Australian summer, Australian Sailing ran a 'Draft Program' for the 470 Men’s class. The purpose of this pilot program was to identify athletes with the potential to develop into Gold Medal winning athletes on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After a series of camps & regattas four athletes were offered Australian Sailing Squad membership for 2015: Angus Galloway (QLD) & Josh Dawson (NSW) and Tom Klemens (VIC & Tim Hannah (VIC) Australian Sailing is the performance arm of Yachting Australia in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and with support from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC). The Australian Sailing Team is the national representative team for Olympic and Paralympic class sailing. The Australian Sailing Squad is the development program of the Australian Sailing Team and provides the pathway from elite youth to Olympic level competition. Find out more about Australian Sailing's Team & Squad athletes here: http://www.australiansailing.org/team-members/