Volvo Ocean Race Auckland Stopover News 11 - Race Village build begins
by VOR Auckland Stopover on 21 Feb 2012
Camper and the rest of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet start leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Sanya, China to Auckland, New Zealand. Ian Roman/Volvo Ocean Race
http://www.volvooceanrace.com
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has finished Leg 3 in Sanya (China), and are gearing up for the nest leg to Auckland. Read the latest news here on the Auckland Stopover
It's now just 15 days to go until the fleet is scheduled to arrive in Auckland and our e-newsletter Event HQ brings you the latest news from the Race, the Auckland Stopover and the Race Village.
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Issue 11
20 February 2012
After a controversial decision to delay the fleet and split Leg 4 into two
stages, the fleet is off and racing to Auckland! Read the latest news here
It's now just 16 days to go until the fleet is scheduled to arrive here and
our e-newsletter Event HQ brings you the latest news from the Race, the Auckland
Stopover and the Race Village.
The 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race
The Race features nine Legs with Stopovers in Cape Town (South Africa), Abu
Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Sanya (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Itajai
(Brazil), Miami (USA), Lisbon (Portugal) and Lorient (France) with the finish in
Galway (Ireland) in July 2012.
Six teams have entered the Race, including CAMPER with Emirates Team New
Zealand.
News from CAMPER
Keep up to date with the latest news direct from Emirates Team New Zealand
entry CAMPER by reading the ETNZ blog. Read more [Sorry, this link had a problem]s" href="http://etnzblog.com/#%21news" target="_blank">here.
Follow the Race
The organisers of the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race have made it easy to follow
the live action from the Race every minute of the day. There's live video
streaming, a Race Tracker, blogs, daily updates on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
in addition to global media coverage. Find all the links here
The Auckland Stopover
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is due to arrive in Auckland at the end of Leg 4
from Sanya (China) on Thursday 8 March 2012. The Pro-Am Race is on Friday 16
March and the In-Port Race on Saturday 17 March. The Start of Leg 5 will take
place on Sunday 18 March.
View the Race Village
Get a sneak preview of the the Auckland Stopover with our 3D flyover video
and see how Auckland's Viaduct Harbour will be transformed next March into the
Race Village. Watch it here
Website
Keep up to date with all the news from the Auckland Stopover on our new website . We are on Facebook and Twitter
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Race Village build begins |
The massive logistical operation to build the Race Village for the
Auckland Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race began in the Viaduct today.
Bob Harvey, Chair of Waterfront Auckland, welcomed the Auckland Stopover
Operations team, led by Kerry Ellis (Head of Venues & Operations) as they
started work on the Race Village site.
"I'm proud to see Auckland's waterfront space utilised for the Auckland
Stopover," said Auckland Mayor Len Brown. "Wynyard Quarter and Te Wero Island is
the natural home for such a prestigious and eagerly anticipated event and
thousands of New Zealanders and international visitors have vivid memories of
this area as the spectator home for previous international sailing events."
Over the next 16 days, the Auckland Stopover Operations team will construct a
Race Village with a footprint of more than 20,000 sqm, co-ordinate the arrival,
unloading and storage of 150 shipping containers, create six Team Bases for the
competing yachts, oversee the building of the Volvo Experience, sponsor
pavilions, the entertainment stage, public bars, the set-up of Race HQ, the
Media Centre and much more.
"As the owner of the Auckland Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race, we are
delighted to see the build get underway. There's been months of meticulous
planning to get to this stage," said Jennah Wootten, Manager, Major Events for
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development. "We have partnered with
Mayo& for this project, they have a great team of staff and volunteers in
place and we're looking forward to getting the job done ready for the opening of
the Village on 8 March and the arrival of the fleet."
Pictured above are Bob Harvey (fourth from right) welcoming Grant Calder,
Head of Commercial & Marketing (third from right) and the Auckland Stopover
Operations
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Stirring farewell for CAMPER |
Emirates Team New Zealand's CAMPER left the dock for the start of Leg
4 to Auckland with a stirring farewell from kapa haka group Pounamu.
Earlier, Maori culture mixed with Chinese dragons as kapa haka took centre
stage at the official handover ceremony from Sanya to Auckland as the Volvo
Ocean Race fleet prepared to leave China..
Auckland based performing group Pounamu made the trip to Sanya as part of the
Auckland Stopover delegation and featured in the global television coverage of
the Start of Leg 4 to Auckland.
The NZ delegation was led by Auckland Stopover chairman Sir John Wells and
Port Director Tom
Mayo. | | |
Sanya on TV One |
TV One will be screening the Leg 4 Start at 11.00pm tonight (Monday). If
you miss it, don't forget all programmes will be available on demand from www.tvnz.co.nz
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