Date change

Trials for British American Cup team racing to be held in April

Following consultation with and representation from the team racing community the Organising Committee for the British American Cup Selection Trials has agreed to move the trial dates to the 9th and 10th April 2005

in addition the closing date for entries will now be March 31st 2005

Full details are available from the RYA website http://www.rya.org/racing/teamracing as well as the BUSA site http://www.busa.co.uk, the Royal Yacht Squadron site http://www.rys.org.uk and the Royal Thames Yacht Club site http://www.royalthames.com.

The committe are very much hoping that as many active team racers as possible will now be able to apply to participate in the selection trials.

The British American Cup is a team racing match between a British team and an American team from the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club on Long Island, USA. The dates for this year’s event are 7th to the 10th September and a team of 12 plus one reserve will be selected to represent GBR.

ree accommodation is provided by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club and the Organising Committee is subsidising all other costs including travel and insurance. The individual cost per team Member will be limited to a contribution of £200.