Good luck

Portland sailor Megan Pascoe has wished her Paralympic teammates the best of luck and pledged to keep Sailing the 2.4mR despite missing out on selection.

Pascoe said: “I found out on Saturday, May 5 that I have not been selected for the 2012 Games.

“I will still keep sailing my 2.4 this year and there are still some big events to win.

“My goal for the year is to go to the Open Worlds in September and get a good result.

“It should be a good summer of sailing at home and abroad and I wish all our Paralympians the greatest success.”

Follow Pascoe’s progress at pascoegb.co.uk/

Show support

SHOW your support for the Olympic and Paralympic sailing events with a free Bring on the Games window sticker.

So far 15,000 stickers have been snapped up by people wanting to celebrate the Weymouth and Portland’s role in this once-in-a-lifetime event, and now a final batch has been produced.

A further 10,000 stickers are available from the Dorset Echo offices in Weymouth and Dorchester, Weymouth council offices and newsagents including Castletown Stores on Portland, Weymouth’s Filmspotting at Lodmoor Hill and Lyndale Spar on Portland Road, Wyke Regis.

The stickers have been produced by the Dorset Echo, the borough’s 2012 Operations Team and NHS Dorset’s Team Dorset Challenge.

Larger stickers are also available for youth and community groups.

Send a picture of yourself with a sticker and a few words about your support to feature here in our Going for Gold pages.

Email laura.kitching@dorset echo.co.uk

Prizes

FACEBOOK fans of the Maritime Mix Cultural Olympiad by the Sea are being offered a different prize each week as part of the Olympic countdown celebrations.

This week, in honour of the next big event, free tickets are up for grabs for The Chalk Legends at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

This Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and local school children and dancers will be telling a story inspired by the tragic discovery of the decapitated Viking skeletons, found during the construction of the Weymouth Relief Road in 2009.

Maritime Mix is inviting Facebook fans to find out their Viking name using a fun name generator at www.wirralmbc.gov.uk/OnlineGames/history/FunNameGenerator.asp The most entertaining name who comments on the Facebook link will win the tickets.

Find out more at facebook.com/maritimemix2012