11/3/2015
Sailors
competing at this summer’s Optimist
European Championships 2015 in Pwllheli will have the chance to win a range
of World Class performance sailing gear after Harken UK were unveiled as an
official Championship event partner.
Around
250 of the World’s top young Optimist sailors from over 45 countries will do
battle on the waters of Cardigan Bay in North Wales from 17-24 July in what
will be the first event staged at the new Plas Heli Welsh Sailing Academy and events
center.
Harken
UK have come onboard in supplying £1,000 worth of prizes for the event, while
sailors also had the chance to check out Harken’s latest gear on display at stand
G8 during the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show.
Harken
join Olympic Sails, official event sailmakers, and locally-based company Jones
O Gymru crisps, who will be supplying packed lunches for all volunteers and
event staff, as official Optimist European Championships 2015 event partners.
Tom
Peters, sales manager at Harken UK, said:
“Working with sailors from grassroots through to Grand Prix level is what
Harken is all about.
“Some of the
greatest sailors of our time have started in Optimist dinghies and we are
delighted to sponsor the Optimist Europeans 2015 to show our support for the
future generation of promising sailors.
The Optimist
Europeans are the perfect platform to show our support for grassroots sailing and the future
generation of British sailors.”
David Baddeley, Chairman of the
Organising Committee, added: “We are attracting some top class partners,
both from the marine industry and local to Pwllheli, for the Optimist European
Championships 2015, which is testament to the prestige with which the event is
viewed both internationally and at home.
“We are
delighted to welcome Harken onboard and are sure that all the sailors, coaches
and supporters attending the event will get a lot out of their expertise.”
For
more details about the event visit www.optimisteuros2015.com
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