[Yknot-list] ***SPAM*** Fw: CORRECTION - Mobility Cup 2008 release

[Steve Mintz]

Mateys,

Fair winds a'blowin!  Keep this in mind over the winter.  I'm definitely in...at least in spirit.

Let's crowd the start line with Y-Knoters.

Cap'n Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Matthew Wild<mailto:matthew at disabilityfoundation.org> 
To: president at yknotsailing.org<mailto:president at yknotsailing.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: CORRECTION - Mobility Cup 2008 release


CORRECTION - DATES AMMENDED
Mobility Cup 2008



Rebecca Stanley
Y-Knot Sailing


Yesterday's announcement about Mobility Cup 2008, North America's biggest
and longest-running adaptive sailing event, contained incorrect event dates.

It will actually run Monday, Aug. 25 to Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. The following
release has been updated to amend this error.

Please accept my personal apology for this.

For more information about the 2008 event, regatta chairperson Paula Stone
can be contacted at: pstone at videotron.ca<mailto:pstone at videotron.ca>

Background about this regatta: www.mobilitycup.org/<http://www.mobilitycup.org/>




Announcement: Mobility Cup 2008

Mobility Cup, Canada's annual international regatta for sailors with
disabilities, will be in Montreal next year.

The AbleSail Network (ASN) board unanimously voted at its annual general
meeting - held Monday, Aug. 27 in Halifax - to accept AQVA Montreal's bid to
host the event.

According to that submission, the event will be held at Pointe Claire Yacht
Club, between Monday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. This will include
one training day and four days of racing.

The goal is to have a fleet of 20-25 Martin 16s, allowing 40-50 sailors to
take part in gold and silver fleets. Venues have already been lined up to
provide accessible accommodation.

Longtime volunteer Paula Stone will be regatta chairperson.


* * *


Annonce : Coupe Mobilité 2008

La Coupe Mobilité, la course internationale annuelle pour les personnes
handicapées s'adonnant à la voile au Canada, aura lieu l'an prochain à
Montréal.

Lors d'un vote tenu à l'assemblée générale annuelle du Réseau de voile pour
les personnes handicapées qui avait lieu le 27 août à Halifax, les membres
du Conseil ont accepté à l'unanimité la soumission de l'Association
québécoise de voile adaptée (AQVA) de Montréal pour être l'hôte de la coupe
en 2008.

La soumission de l'AQVA prévoit que l'activité aura lieu au Club nautique de
Pointe Claire entre le 25 - 29 août 2008. L'événement comprendra une journée
de formation et quatre jours de course.

L'objectif de l'événement est de réunir une flotte de 20 à 25 Martin 16, ce
qui permettrait à une cinquantaine d'adeptes de la voile de participer aux
courses or et argent. Des dispositions ont déjà été prises pour assurer un
hébergement accessible en fauteuil roulant.

La bénévole de longue date Paula Stone assumera la présidence de la coupe.




Matthew Wild
Communications Coordinator
Disability Foundation
Suite 207 - 3077 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC  V6H 3J9

604-688-6464 ext. 110
Toll-free: 1-877-688-8762
matthew at disabilityfoundation.org<mailto:matthew at disabilityfoundation.org>
www.disabilityfoundation.org<http://www.disabilityfoundation.org/>

(BC Mobility Opportunities Society, ConnecTra Society, Disabled Independent
Gardeners Association, Disabled Sailing Association of BC, Tetra Society of
North America and Vancouver Adapted Music Society)




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