The Real Club de Regatas de Alicante (RCRA) presented officially the Platu 25 World Championship that will take place in Alicante from the 18th to the 24th of July 2010. Everything is ready in order to welcome this very high level sailing competition, which will convert Alicante into an International sailing centre.
More than 125 boats and 600 yachtsmen will compete in the Platu World Championships which will be the pinnacle event of the year.
The President of the RCRA, Juan Rodríguez Marín told us that the Organisation he leads is very proud to be organising this event and he underlined the involvement in this World Championship of the Town Hall of Alicante, of the Culture and Sport Department and of the Port Authority. “It wouldn’t be possible organizing this event without their cooperation” the RCRA director said. Thanking also Caja Mediterráneo, one of the supporters of the World Championship. “It’s a small miracle, in these times, to bring a World Championship into our waters, but we got it” concluded Rodríguez Marín.
Ignacio Campos, in charge of logistics, said that the RCRA will install a seesaw pier, permitting boats to dock as near as possible to the City in order to involve the inhabitants and the visitors as much as possible. “Considering how numerous the boats are, it will be complicated to keep the regatta in only one fleet, so we are doing everything possible not to split it into two fleets. We’ll try to keep it as one in order to maintain the spectacular impression of the event.
Miguel Campoy, President of the Port Authority, underlined that the contribution of the Port of Alicante to this event is “a duty and an obligation that we perform with big pleasure”. Campy noticed that with events like this, Alicante keeps the World Sailing flag very high.
The Culture and Sport Adviser, Trinidad Miró revealed that when the President of the RCRA urged her support for the celebration of the event “we didn’t think twice for saying yes, because the Municipality, as well as staying close to the people, keeps a determined bet for the nautical sports. Miró underlined that Alicante is a city able to organize very well events as important as this and she made it clear that Alicante will rise to the occasion as it always has and it will gain high visibility in the International landscape.
Sonia Castedo, Mayor of Alicante, remarked that Alicante is getting again “in the centre of the nautical sport at an International level”. “Alicante has already proved to be able to organize big events” specified the Mayor who made the point that “our city is going to become the centre for International navigation.
The Mayor announced the celebration of some complementary activities together with the regatta, whose goal is to increase the touristic feedback (in the sense of earning power) for the city and she gave thanks to the supporters for their involving in the project.
The RCR of Alicante emphasized that, besides the local Administration, represented by the Culture and Sport Department, the World Championship will be possible thanks to other institutions and people who were present during the press conference: three departments of the Municipality of Alicante – Tourism, Sport and Trade made a big effort in order to support this event.
Sabrina Bonaiti: Platu 25 International press: sabrinabonaiti@libero.it
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