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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jan Harley, Media Pro, 401-849-0220
QUALIFYING EVENTS FOR 2005 YOUTH WORLD TEAM
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (March 11, 2004) – The Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) of
US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, has announced the
qualifying events to select the team which will represent the U.S.A. at
the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF (International Sailing Federation) World
Championships. The championships, open to sailors who will not have
reached their 19th birthday in 2005, will feature competition
in five classes (seven events): Hobie 16 (open multihull); Laser (boys singlehanded) and Laser Radial
(girls singlehanded); International 420 (boys and girls doublehanded); and
the board chosen for the 2008 Olympics (boys and girls boardsailing). The 2005
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will be held from July 14-23
in Busan, Korea.
The US Youth World Team is sponsored by Rolex Watch, U.S.A., Vanguard,
and West Marine.
Suppliers to the Team are Extrasport, Gill North America, and Sperry
Top-Sider.
Qualifying Events for USA’s 2005 Youth World Team:
Girls Singlehanded Entrant:
The 2004 U.S. Jr. Women’s Singlehanded Championship (Leiter Cup), July
31-August 6, 2004, at Bay Head and Mantoloking Yacht Clubs, Bay Head, N.J.
Boys Singlehanded Entrant: The
2005 Laser Midwinters West, *March
11-13, 2005, at California Yacht Club, Marina del Rey, Calif.
Girls Doublehanded Entrants: The
2005 Club 420 Midwinters, dates and location t.b.a.
Boys Doublehanded Entrants: The
2005 Club 420 Midwinters, dates and location t.b.a.
Open Multihull Entrants: The 2004
U.S. Youth Multihull Championship (Hoyt-Jolley Cup)
scheduled for June 24-27, 2004, to be sailed in Hobie 16s at Sea Cliff
Yacht Club, Sea Cliff, N.Y.
Boys and Girls Boardsailing Entrants:
Qualifying event to be held at the US Sailing Center-Martin County in 2005
using equipment determined at the November 2004 ISAF Annual Meeting.
Additional information on the U.S.
Youth World Team can be found at: www.ussailing.org/Olympics/YouthWorld/
*Dates and host were confirmed after this release went to
press.
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