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SPORT & LEISURE - WATER SPORTS
 UK to host Abu Dhabi ocean racing's public and competitive debuts
Posted on 07/08/2011
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority's (ADTA) Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12-contesting outfit, and its state-of-the-art Volvo Open 70 racing yacht, Azzam, meaning 'Determination', will make its public and competitive debuts in the UK next week.
The striking black Azzam, adorned with a flying falcon logo, and her 11-strong intercontinental crew, will be unveiled to crowds at the UK's Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - one of the world's most famous and longest running sailing
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![]() Sail Ras Al Khaimah takes Silver in the F18 World Championships
Posted on 12/07/2011
Lake Balaton in Hungary was the venue for the 2011 F18 Multi Hull World Championships, this year saw a new name on the block, "Sail Ras Al Khaimahâ€, a sailing initiative founded earlier this year at the Royal Yacht Club of Ras Al Khaimah in Al Hamra, by Alan Linnitt of Al Hamra Marina and Royal Yacht Club.
"It is our aim to put Ras Al Khaimah on the map as a sailing destination, we have the best venue in the Middle East when it comes to sailing, we have the infrastructure, the weather, the
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![]() Sail Ras Al Khaimah takes Silver in the F18 World Championships
Posted on 12/07/2011
Lake Balaton in Hungary was the venue for the 2011 F18 Multi Hull World Championships, this year saw a new name on the block, "Sail Ras Al Khaimah", a sailing initiative founded earlier this year at the Royal Yacht Club of Ras Al Khaimah in Al Hamra, by Alan Linnitt of Al Hamra Marina and Royal Yacht Club.
"It is our aim to put Ras Al Khaimah on the map as a sailing destination, we have the best venue in the Middle East when it comes to sailing, we have the infrastructure, the weather, the
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 ADTA - IWC Schaffhausen set sail on landmark Abu Dhabi ocean racing partnership
Posted on 28/06/2011
IWC Schaffhausen has signed up with Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) to become the first major sponsor of its Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12 team, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.
The landmark deal, marking the luxury Swiss brand's debut in top-tier global team sport sponsorship, will run throughout the entire Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12 campaign, which ends in Galway, Ireland in July 2012, after visiting nine stopovers, including the UAE capital on New Year's Day.
Under the agreement, the partners will
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 Abu Dhabi Corniche to get 'Destination Village' for Volvo Ocean Race hosting
Posted on 14/06/2011
A specially-designed 55,000 m2 ‘Destination Village' is being built on the Abu Dhabi Corniche breakwater to host the Volvo Ocean Race yachting fleet and its many thousands of fans expected to descend on the UAE capital when the city welcomes the flotilla this New Year. Plans for the Destination Village, which will be adjacent to the Heritage Village and overlooking Abu Dhabi's impressive city skyline, have been unveiled by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), which is behind the two-week fleet
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 Emiratis claim maiden victory
Posted on 26/04/2011
Adil Khalid and Butti Al Muhairi, the Emirati stars of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, clinched their first competitive offshore racing victory in the San Fernando Race on Saturday.
The completion of the biennial 488 nautical mile TP52 sailing regatta from Hong Kong to the northern Philippines enabled the Emirati duo to top up their log-book as they up the tempo for training towards the 2011/12 international Volvo Ocean Race.
Sailing aboard the TP53 ‘Freefire' owned by Hong Kong businessman Sam
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 ADOR'S Emirati stars ready for first competitive race in Hong Kong
Posted on 20/04/2011
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Emirati sailing stars, Adel Khalid and Butte Al Mohair, are in the final throes of preparation for this week's biennial San Fernando Race in Hong Kong - the first competitive event the duo will undertake since joining the Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12 contesting team.
A key facet of their intensive, multi-continent training regime - which is designed to get them physically and mentally prepared for the gruelling, 39,000 nautical mile Volvo Ocean Race, beginning in Spain
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 Al Gharbia Water Sports Festival 2011 kicks off tomorrow
Posted on 23/03/2011
Director General of Al Gharbia Watersports Festival Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei said the third edition of the event will kick off tomorrow. This came at a press conference attended by Hamad Bin Azzan Al Mazrouei, Director General of the Western Region Development Council.
The Al Gharbia Watersports Festival will be organised for 10 days in its third edition in Al Mirfa City on the coasts of Abu Dhabi's Western Region on Thursday, March 24 till April 2, 2011 under the patronage of H.H Sheikh
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 Impressive ceremony marks World Championships opening
Posted on 16/12/2010
The UAE threw its arms wide open to the swimming world as the 10th Fina World Swimming Championships (25m) got under way with an impressive opening ceremony at the brand-new Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sports Complex yesterday.
The opening, that was held in two parts, first witnessed the formal inauguration of the US$350 million (Dh1 billion) complex followed by the opening of the championships in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of
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 Swimming Emirati brothers enter record books
Posted on 16/12/2010
Faisal al Jasmi, dressed in black and green jammers identical to those of his three brothers, stood poised in anticipation over the 25-metre pool awaiting the signal to leap.
As he crouched, ready to complete the final leg of the 4x100-metre relay at the Fina World Short Course Championships, he vacated his mind of everything except the task at hand.
In doing so, the 19-year-old Emirati managed to block out the din caused by the few hundred vocal supporters that had filed into the Hamdan
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 Kiwis Victorious at Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai
Posted on 28/11/2010
Racing in its second home, Emirates Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai today, defeating the USA's BMW Oracle Racing in two straight races.
© Bob Grieser/ousideimages.com/Louis Vuitton Trophy
Today's victory concluded an incredible performance by the team from Auckland, New Zealand, which over two years won four of five Louis Vuitton Trophy events and finished second in the other.
Adding extra lustre to their performance, Dean Barker and his Kiwi team came from behind to
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 Emirati to Fly the Flag in 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race
Posted on 03/10/2010
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has initiated a nationwide recruitment campaign in search of at least one UAE national to join its Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team as it readies to tackle one of the world's toughest, most extreme sporting challenges, the Volvo Ocean Race, both on the high seas and on-shore.
In particular, an unprecedented opportunity of a lifetime awaits one successful candidate, who will fly the flag as part of an 11-strong crew for the ADTA-pioneered outfit in the ‘Everest
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 Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority appoints Farr Yacht Design to develop Team's State-of-the-Art Volvo Open 70
Posted on 02/09/2010
US-based Farr Yacht Design (FYD), has been appointed to develop Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Volvo Open 70 for the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, representing a major boost to the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA)-backed outfit's title ambitions.
With more than 25 years experience, FYD-designed racing yachts have won more than 40 World Championships and have achieved a multitude of successes at international grand prix events including the Volvo Ocean Race, America's Cup, Vendee Globe, Sydney Hobart
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 Double Olympic Medallist to skipper Abu Dhabi's Volvo Ocean race Title Push
Posted on 03/08/2010
Two-time Olympic medallist, Ian Walker of Great Britain, has taken the helm as skipper for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race title pursuit, as the emirate's newest sporting outfit readies for the 'Everest of Sailing'.
Appointed by the team's backer, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), Walker will lead an 11-strong crew hoping to stake its claim in one of the world's toughest, most extreme sporting challenges. And ADTA, which was behind the emirate's successful bid to become
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 Inaugural Abu Dhabi swimming festival set for October 16
Posted on 06/07/2010
The inaugural Abu Dhabi Swimming Festival is due to take place along the capital's Corniche on October 16.
It is organised by The Professional Sports Group, under the patronage of Abu Dhabi Beaches and supported by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and UAE Swimming Association.
A prize of Dh5,000 is up for grabs for the winners of both the men's and women's 1.6 kilometre main event, the Waha Capital Mile. While a Business Class ticket to any Etihad European destination goes to the first men's
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