England coach Wayne Bennett has pledged Brisbane Broncos backing for the 2017 World Club Series.Plans for the annual clash between the leading clubs from Super League and the NRL were thrown into disarray earlier this week when Melbourne Storm officially withdrew.They were promptly followed by a host of other Australian outfits, who claimed it interfered with their preparations for the new domestic season.Wigan and Cronulla, the two 2016 Grand Final winners, will meet in the traditional World Club Challenge at the DW Stadium on the weekend of Feb. 16-17.However, uncertainty surrounds the other two scheduled ties in the recently-expanded World Club Series following the snub from beaten NRL Grand Finalists Melbourne, who were due to play Super League runners-up Warrington.Brisbane had offered to host Wigan if they had lost the Super League Grand Final and Bennett, a long-time advocate of the international game, says he has already been in touch with Rugby Football League chief executive Nigel Wood to reassure him of his clubs commitment to the series.We would be keen to travel, Bennett said in his first interview to English journalists since his appointment in February. I spoke to Nigel on Monday night and told him that the whole concept has got the clubs backing.We love coming over, weve enjoyed it in the last couple of years as a club and were also trying to host one here in the pre-season. But if that doesnt come to fruition and theres a vacancy to come over to England we will certainly go.The other clubs have all got their reasons Im sure, but we dont find it interferes with our season really. Weve played in a Grand Final, gone over for the World Club Series and started the following year well, so I cant find a fault with it. Personally Id be extremely disappointed if we shared the same view.Meanwhile, Bennett said he would have had no qualms about picking Australia-born players in his 24-man squad for the Four Nations Series, even though he opted not to in the end.Twins Brett and Josh Morris, who have both represented the Kangaroos, and Newcastle Knights scrum-half Trent Hodkinson were among a raft of players linked with a switch of allegiance.I was considering any player that was eligible for England, whether they were Australia-born, Australia-based or simply English, Bennett said. It didnt faze me in any way.The speculation got out of control though. It was purely media-driven in this country, I dont know what it was like in England.At the time I said nothing about it but Ill pick the best 24 players to play for England in my opinion. If theyre Australia-based, I would have stood by that. Nike Air Max Womens Sale . 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The competitor with the fewest points after the medal race (which counts double) is declared the winner.MILESTONES1660The first regatta is held on the River Thames in England, from Greenwich to Gravesend, between boats belonging to the Duke of York and Charles II.1851The New York Yacht Club (NYYC), founded in 1844, sends a boat, America, to participate in the Royal Yacht Squadrons One Hundred Sovereign Cup. In the presence of Queen Victoria, America wins comfortably ahead of 15 English boats. The Cup is later donated to the NYYC and renamed the Americas Cup.1895-1898American Joshua Slocum becomes the first man to complete a solitary round-the-world crossing, unaided, in his sloop Spray.1896The planned sailing events at the first modern Games are cancelled due to bad weather.1900Sailing makes its Olympic debut in Paris. After a brief absence at the 1904 Games in St Louis, sailing becomes a permanent fixtture of the Olympic programme.dddddddddddd1947Americans Clark Mills and Major Clifford McKay develop the Optimist, a boat which opens up the sport to a wider population.1988The first women-only event, the 470, is introduced at the Games in Seoul (the event was previously mixed).2016Changes to the Olympic sailing programme. The 49er FX is introduced for women, as is the Nacra 17 mixed event, on a 2-person catamaran. The keelboat events for men (Star) and women (Elliot) are dropped.STARSPaul Elvstrom (Denmark)The pioneer. 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals, in Firefly (1948) and Finn (1952, 1956, 1960). A remarkable 8 Olympic appearances between 1948 and 1988. In 1984, at the age of 56, he finished 4th in Tornado with his daughter Trine. An 11-time world champion in 7 different types of boat.Valentin Mankin (USSR/Ukraine)The all-rounder. 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