#OLYMPIC – Former Irish Star keelboat crew Anthony Shanks has joined one of Skandia Team GBR's top hopes for claiming Gold at London 2012 this year serving as a tuning partner crew to 2008 Gold Medallist pairing Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the final run in to the Olympic regatta.
Shanks is currently based in Seville, Spain for grueling ten day training camps with GBR stalking horse skipper John Gimson.
Previously Shanks crewed for Dun Laoghaire's Max Treacy for selection in the Star, a trials series won in 2011 by Peter O'Leary and David Burrows.