Countdown for Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) and Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (NED) in the voting for the 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards which ends later this month.

Having been announced as nominees for the 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards on 28 September 2010, our outstanding 470 sailors are now counting down to 9 November 2010 when the winners for the male and female awards will be announced.

“Their nominations mark a sensational conclusion to the 2009-2010 Olympic class sailing season”, said Stanislav Kassarov, 470 Class President. “Both 470 teams have displayed enormous talent and ability and it is due credit to the sailors that they have been shortlisted for the prestigious ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards.”

The teams have shared some personal stats and facts on their success and sailing background:

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