XXI World Festival On The Beach PALERMO - Italy  15-21  MAGGIO 2006

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Press Release n.2 del 7/4/2006

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21st WORLD FESTIVAL ON THE BEACH
Mondello – 15th –21st of May 2006
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Sailing/Golf
THE SPRING 2006 SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS GET GOING
VALID FOR THE THE FIRST COMBINATION OF GOLF/SAILING IN SICILY


On Saturday the 6th of May the first sailing race of the 2006 Spring Championships from Palermo – Terrasini will take place, organised by Palermo’s Rowing Club. The first four to arrive will be chosen to welcome aboard 4 professional golf players for the Palermo –Mondello race to be held on Sunday the 21st of May, bringing to an end the sailing/golf combination, organised especially for the World Festival on the Beach.

The two sports, golf and sailing, will be brought together in a single race which up until now has never took place in Sicily, and will finish with the sailing race Palermo – Mondello.
Professional Golf players will play against each other in a 9 hole golf course at the Villa Airoldi Golf Club. A prize will be given at every hole to the player who can hole the golf ball with the least shots. At the end of the ninth hole of the course the winner will be the person who has won the most money.

A draw will decide the placement of the first four professional golf players who will join the first four boats that arrive first in the race to be held on the 6th of May. The race on Sunday the 21st of May, valid as second race in the 2006 Spring Championships, will be the final race of this combination and will be used to establish the winner of the first golf/sailing challenges held in Sicily.
This sports event will be organised by Palermo’s Rowing Club, along with the collaboration from the Albaria and the Villa Airoldi Golf Club.

Statement from the President of Palermo’s Rowing Club Edoardo Traina: There couldn’t have been a better occasion than the World Festival on the Beach to bring together this combination of sailing/golf, using the classic Palermo-Mondello race, which has now reached its 16th edition. We’re sure that these two sports together will bring more attraction to the event.

Statement from the President of the Villa Airoldi Golf Club Umberto La Commare: Putting together two fantastic sports like sailing and golf, the first linked with the blue of the sea, the second with the green of the grass, is surely to be an innovation in Sicilian Sport. Palermo boasts a long and glorious tradition in the sailing sector but can’t say the same for golf. Given the possibility to participate in this event with the Albaria, who invented the World Festival on the Beach, will give the chance to many yachtsmen to see the beauty at the Villa Airoldi Golf Club and to come closer to the game. It’s a satisfaction for me to see an event included in the field of the 16th Spring Championships organised by the Palermo’s rowing Club, in which I have been a member for nearly 30 years.

Statement from the President of the Albaria Vincenzo Pottino: The commitment from the organisers has made it possible to make a unique event in Sicily, at the World Festival on the Beach. The combination of golf/sailing other than giving the opportunity to appreciate the event offered by the athletes of these two sports, is an evident signal of collaboration between representatives and fans from different sports and also an occasion to promote two important tourist activities in Palermo.

Statement from the Golf Federations Provincial Delegate Fabio Savagnone: There couldn’t have been a better sports combination of that of the Golf/Sailing, that sees two sports with the most antique and worthy traditions, in which those who practise these sports share not only a passion for nature, but also a particular spirit of competition, a challenge with ourselves, in which the opponent to beat is also a natural element, whether its the sea or the golf course. In thanking the well known organisers of the World Festival on the Beach for the opportunity given to us, I would like to hope that one day, not far away, in Palermo and in Sicily there will be as many golf players as there are yachtsmen.


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