Barlo Plastics Sponsor Mumm 30
by Sue Warden-Owen 27 Apr 2000 10:21 BST
- BARLO PLASTICS TO SPONSOR MUMM 30 IN TOUR DE FRANCE A LA VOILE 2000
- BARLO PLASTICS TO SPONSOR 2 BOATS IN FORD CORK WEEK
Barlo Plastics, Europe's leading independent producer of
transparent plastic sheets, today announces their
sponsorship of Adrian Stead and his crew aboard the British
Mumm 30 in the Tour de France à la Voile 2000.
The Tour de France à la Voile is a one-design yacht race,
sailed in Mumm 30's, which takes place every summer along
France's three coastlines, the Channel, the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean. Along the route of the Tour, the yachts take
part in offshore races, coastal races, Olympic and
windward-leeward courses. The Mumm 30 is a world-renowned
high performance yacht, known for producing fast and close
racing.
The Tour de France à la Voile has become a truly
international event with past and present teams entering
from France, Great Britain, New Zealand, USA, Belgium, South
Africa, Germany and Switzerland. Among its competitors, the
Tour will play host to some of the biggest and brightest
names in world yachting, including Adrian Stead, Roy Heiner,
Bertrand Pacé, Luc Dewulf, Hamish Pepper, Christine Briand
and Ed Collins, the current Mumm 30 world champion from
America.
The 2000 Tour de France à la Voile will take competitors
from North to South, stopping in 16 ports and 3 countries,
France, UK, and Italy. Departing from Dieppe, the second
port of call for these boats will be Portsmouth in the UK
where the boats will contest 2 inshore races before setting
off across the Channel to Cherbourg and eventually
continuing down the Atlantic coast. This will be home
territory for the 7-man crew of the Barlo Plastics yacht,
skippered by Adrian Stead, who was the victorious Mumm 36
skipper in last year's Champagne Mumm Admiral's Cup. He
will be joined on the boat by helmsman Tim Powell, Stuart
Childerley, Gerry Mitchell, James Stagg, Peter Morton,
Julian Salter, Guy Salter, Simon Fry, Andy Hemmings and Ian
Walker.
Commenting on their involvement as sponsor of the Mumm 30,
André de Smet, Managing Director of Barlo Plastics said:
"Having taken a keen interest in sailing for many years, I
am delighted that Barlo Plastics will this year be
sponsoring Adrian Stead and his Mumm 30 crew in the Tour de
France à la Voile 2000. This is not our first entry into
sailing sponsorship, however this high profile international event links well
with the marketing strategy of Barlo Plastics since it
merged as a single pan-European operations last year."
Barlo Plastics also announces today its sponsorship of two
boats in Ford Cork Week, as well as becoming an official
regatta sub sponsor.
Ford Cork Week is one of the world's most popular sailing
regattas, and is hosted by the oldest yacht club in the
world, The Royal Cork Yacht Club, founded in 1720. The
event this year takes place from July 15th to July 21st and
promises to be one of the biggest yet.
Harold Cudmore will skipper the first Barlo Plastics
sponsored boat in the Class Zero competition at Ford Cork
Week. The boat is a one-off prototype designed for Oyster
Marine by John Corby. Harold and his team hope to repeat
their performance whilst sponsored by Barlo Plastics in the
1998 Ford Cork Week regatta, when they were the overall
winner of the Class Zero competition.
Among his team, Harold can count some of the UK's best names
in yachting, Olympian Andy Beadsworth, Lou Varney, Guy
Barron and Ian Moore.
The second Barlo Plastics sponsored boat "Barlo Plastics 2"
will be a Laser 28 skippered by Belgian, Marc Delbaere. This
former North Sea Champion hopes to rise to the occasion of
this big regatta and win their class. Skipper Marc Delbaere
commented, " We are not a professional team but a team of
people who always want to learn more and find new goals.
Competing in this regatta is a big challenge for us."
Route of the Tour de France à la Voile 2000:
June 29 - July 2 Dieppe
July 3 - 5 Portsmouth
July 5 - 7 Cherbourg
July 8 - 9 Trebeurden
July 9 - 10 Perros-Guirec
July 11 - 13 Le Crouesty-Arzon
July 13 - 14 Saint-Nazaire
July 14 - 15 Nantes
July 16 - 18 Ile de Ré - Ars en Ré
July 18 La Rochelle
July 18 - 21 Saint-Cyprien
July 21 - 22 Sète
July 23 - 25 Bandol
July 25 - 26 Port Grimaud
July 27 - 28 Imperia
July 29 - 31 Calvi
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