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BEN AINSLIE – From HA Calender, Sept 2010

Born in 1977 he began sailing at the age of 8 with his family in Restronguet, Cornwall. Within a few years he was winning sailing championships not only locally but at international level, culminating in a silver medal at his first Olympic Games in 1996, aged 19. Going on in following years to win Olympic Gold not once, but three times making him Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor ever! Ben has continued to achieve success as a world class sailor, receiving many awards and accolades including a CBE, ISAF World Sailor of the Year three times and British Yachtsman of the Year five times.

FROM OUR 2010 HA CALENDAR – JULY

Richard Trevithick
Born 1771 in Camborne. He was an inventor and mining engineer, his most significant success was the high pressure steam engine which he then used to build a full-scale working steam locomotive – the first car! ‘Puffing Devil’ carried several men through Camborne to Beacon, inspiring the traditional Cornish song ‘Camborne Hill’.
His inventions and business ventures took him all over the world, but he eventually died penniless aged 62 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Kent. A statue depicting Trevithick holding one of his small-scale models now stands beside the public library at Camborne.

Handstand have just released the new Away shirt for the Handstand Rugby team that we recently designed. We here at Hudson Armstrong Design are always happy to be involved with this charity appeal and think the black and white design is really striking.