Rome joins World Match Racing Tour

by World Match Racing Tour on 9 May 2007 A new stage on the World Match Racing Tour, the Latium Match Cup, was announced at a press conference in Rome.

The event, named after the central Lazio region of Italy (Latium is the Latin term for the region) will take place from 11-16 September in Fiumicino, approximately 26km west of the city of Rome.

The Latium Cup is being organised by the ‘Civitavela Organising Committee’, in partnership with Circolo Velico Fiumicino, the Regional Government of Latium, the Municipality and Provincial Government of Fiumicino, the Provincial Government of Rome, CNL-Consorzio Nautico del Lazio Spa, and APOF – Associazioni Operatori Porto Fiumicino. The CivitaVela Sail Show 2007 will take place in the Fiumicino darsena with a 50,000 square-metre exhibition area to be fully dedicated to sailing over the 6 day event.

The Latium Match Cup is presenting a significant prize purse of Euro 200,000, one of the highest on the World Match Racing Tour. Prize money will be split between the top eight teams.

‘I am delighted to announce the Latium Match Cup as a new stage on the World Match Racing Tour’, commented Scott Macleod, President of the Tour. ‘Italy has a very strong interest in sailing demonstrated by the three Italian teams competing in the 2007 America’s Cup. With the addition of a world class match racing event so close to Rome, the Latium Match Cup will attract a very large audience in September’.

The Latium Match Cup will invite 12 teams to the event, with an ‘America’s Cup’ style race format including a ‘Round Robin’ series, semi-fnals and finals.