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EUROSAF Match Racing, Youth Open European Championship
24.-28.September 2013
www.eurosaf.org - Übersicht Matchraces
Monday 25th March, 2013
The highly successful EUROSAF Match Racing, Youth Open European Championship, moves to Lake Constance (Bodensee) in 2013.
E0UROSAF have announced that the 2013 European Youth Match Racing Championship is to be
organised by the Konstanzer Yacht Club (GER) in co-operation with the Jugend Regatta
Förderverein, the Schüler Segelclub Konstanz (GER), Jugendsegeln Steckborn (SUI) and the Yacht
Club Bregenz (AUT), a truly international line-up of yacht clubs.
From 24th to 28th September, and sailed from the City of Konstanz itself, this ISAF Grade 3
championship will crown the best youth match racing skipper and crew as the Champions of
Europe. In the two previous years, the championship has been won by Valerio Galati (ITA) in
2011 and by Guillaume Pirouelle (FRA) in 2012, in what was a very closely fought final with the
2011 champion. Twelve teams will be invited to compete in 2013 and in a change to the rules,
the age limit has been increased from under 22 on 31st December in the year of the
championship, to under 23. The event winner also gains an automatic invite to the 2014
EUROSAF Match Racing, Open European Championship, where they will pits their wits against
the top EuropeanMatch Racers, such as the 2012 Champion Pierre Antoine Morvan from France.
Chairman of the EUROSAF Match Racing Committee, Yana Dobzhitskaya, said “we are delighted
to have teamed up with Konstanzer Yacht Club and Jugend Regatta Förderverein, who between
them, and their sister clubs around Lake Constance, will be organising and managing this
important Championship on our behalf. EUROSAF are committed to developing match racing
within Europe and having a strong and viable youth event is a key component in achieving this
objective”. She continued “this youth championship is now in its third year and going from
strength to strength. The quality of the racing has improved even in this short time, so we are
confident we are on the right track and that Europe will be producing some of the best young
match racing sailors in the world as we move forward”.
Felix Somm, Event Director, from Jugend Regatta Förderverein said “We are excited to be
hosting the European Youth championship this year. Our Teams have participated in the last two
championships and are highly motivated to organise a great event on Lake Constance for teams
from all over Europe, and to compete on their home waters against the best youth match racing
teams of Europe.“
Entry to the EUROSAF Match Racing, Youth Open European is by invitation. Skippers and teams
wishing to apply for an invitation should do so through their National Authority for Sailing. The
Notice of Race is available from www.eurosaf.org or http://europeanchampionship.matchracebodensee.
com/
25.03.2013 - Youth Open European Championship, moves to Lake Constance (Bodensee) in 2013
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