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Team GBR on TV

by Nigel Cherrie 22 Jul 1999 22:56 BST

If you are near a TV set this weekend, tune into BBC Grandstand this Sunday (25th July) at 14.25 for the latest edition of the British Olympic Association's monthly programme, 'Insiders Guide to the Olympics'.

This weeks programme profiles two of RYA Team GBR's top windsurfers, Dominic Tidey and Christine Johnston, both International performers on the World Class Performance Programme.

If you are in the country, please tune in and show your support for the programme which the BOA and BBC SPORT have worked hard on to help raise the profile of Olympic Sports like ours in the run up to the Sydney Games.

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