| Portimão FW World Championship with top competitors |
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| Written by Editor |
| Friday, 22 August 2008 16:28 |
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Portimão Formula Windsurfing World Championships 2008 will concentrate the elite of worldwide windsurfing in Portugal, from the 8th to the 14th September. This ISAF [International Sailing Federation] event joins the best athletes from the 5 continents, to award the best of them the titles of World Champion both in the Men and Women leagues. The International Jury is presided by Pedro Rodrigues - an ISAF jury with a lot of experience in the area - who will work with fellow jury members Andrus Polski from Estonia, Walter Mielke from Germany, César Sanz from Spain and Abel Nunes from Portugal. This Committee is responsible for interpreting and applying the regulations in order to assure the sportive truth. The Regatta Committee will be presided by Claudio Alessandrello from Italy, who will assure the technical management of the regattas, as well as the team coordination of the markers, measurers, scorers and beach marshals. His most direct collaborators are the Race Officers Manuel Marques and Pedro Guimarães from Portugal, Thomas Michaelis from Germany, and Krysztof Jaszczynski from Poland. In the technical and organizational area, the Overpower Club will be the LOA [Local Organizer Authority], by delegation of IWA [International Windsurfing Association], FPV [Portuguese Sailing Federation] and ISAF [International Sailing Federation]. José Guimarães [President of Overpower Club], the local organizer, doesn't hide his satisfaction, stating: “We are very happy that IWA has trusted us the organization of its major event... we promise to do everything in order to assure the success of these Championships.” Portugal sure can be proud of having been designated as the organizer of such an important event, for these World Championships always count with numerous contestants from countries that are influent within this sport. Portimão, where the event will take place, is the heaven for the practice of nautical sports. It has 8km of beach and the wind conditions are normally side off-shore or off-shore of constant 12 to 20 knots. The water temperature is about 22ºC and the air temperature is of around 25ºC. Besides the undeniable connection of this city to the sea, the visitors will be able to find here the most emblematic nautical events: World Jetski Championships, World Kitesurfing Championship, Med Cup Trophy, World F1 Powerboat Championship, among others.
SOURCE: IWA |
