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Wightlink Isle of
Wight Ferries, the market leader in cross Solent ferry
services, is to sponsor the Royal Lymington Yacht Club’s
Thursday Evening Keelboat Series for the third year running.
The weekly series of
races, which take place between April and September each
year, are one of the most popular events in the Club’s
racing programme and attract over 120 boats and between 600
and 700 sailors. Amongst the classes taking part are X
Boats, Folkboats and yachts complying with the Lymington
Handicap System.
The series is hotly
contested with some of Lymington’s top sailors regularly
taking part and overall prizes are awarded for each
individual class. With Wightlink being so much part of the
Lymington River scene, it is appropriate that it should be
involved in close co-operation with local yachts clubs, and
this sponsorship is an example of such an arrangement.
Commenting on
Wightlink’s continuing sponsorship of the Thursday Evening
Keelboat Series, Ian Gawn, Secretary of the Royal Lymington
Yacht Club, said: -
“We are delighted to
have Wightlink as sponsors of this popular series of races
for the second year running. “
“We value the close
co-operation we have between the Club and Wightlink and this
sponsorship will enable us to run a successful series for
the benefit of our members and the racing programme as a
whole.”
Kerry Jackson,
Wightlink’s Marketing Manager, said: -
“We at Wightlink
have enjoyed a long and beneficial relationship with the
Royal Lymington Yacht Club and we are pleased to be able to
assist the Club with its racing programme by way of this
sponsorship. With both Wightlink and the Club as major
users of the Lymington River, we work closely together to
ensure the safety of those sailing in the river and the
clear passage of our car ferries.”
ENDS
8th May 2007
For more
information, please contact:
Kerry Jackson,
Marketing Manager, Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries
Tel. 02392 855427,
e-mail
kerryjackson@wightlink.co.uk
or
Chris at Christopher
Clode Public Relations,
Tel. 01243 431343,
e-mail
chris@chrisclodepr.com |
