Long Distance Windsurf Race
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| The International
Windsurfing Rally |
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Dates: January 16th - 19th, 2008
Venue: Nai Yang, Surin, Patong, Kata and Nai Harn
Beach
Contact: Thanit Raksanaves, Tel: +66 (0) 81 859 1234
or email: ewc@loxinfo.co.th
World-beating windsurfers from 21 countries have been invited
to take part in a long-distance competition that will take them
right along most of the west coast of Phuket, as part of nationwide
events to celebrate the 80th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej
The International Windsurfing Rally for His Majesty the King will
start from Nai Yang Beach on January 16 and finish at Nai Harn Beach
on January 19. Each day the windsurfers will race for 2½
or three hours.
The four legs of the race are as follows: Day 1 - Nai Yang Beach
to Surin Beach, 12:00 to 3pm. Day 2 - Surin Beach to Patong, 12:30
to 3pm. Day 3 - Patong to Kata Beach, 12:30 to 3pm. Day 4 - Kata
to Nai Harn, 12:30 to 3pm.
Tanit Raksanaves, the event manager, told Phuket.com, We
have invited windsurfers from 21 countries including gold,
silver, and bronze Olympic medallists as well as legendary
local windsurfers such as Sa-ard Panyawan and Anan Homraruen. In
all, we should have about 30 competitors. All of them will be required
to use identical equipment.
The competition and related events will be beamed to the world
by major TV networks such as Star Sports, Extreme Sports, Fox Sport,
Espanol and Sky Sports, as well as dedicated tourist-oriented networks
such as TPS, NOVA, ONO and Global TV.
The organisers hope that the event and the TV coverage will help
establish Thailand as a world centre for competitive windsurfing.
For further information, contract Thanit Raksanaves, Eastern Windsurfing
Club, Tel: + 66 (0) 81 859 1234 or email: ewc@loxinfo.co.th, or
contact the Tourism Authority of Thailand at Tel: + 66 (0) 76 212
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