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Real Club Náutico Calpe will hold the Grade 1 VIII Open de España from 3-7 May and XIII International Women Match Race Criterium from 4-8.

The VIII Open de España de Match Race, that will take place in Calpe, Alicante, Spain from 3-7 May, will see some of the world's top ranked match racers.

Four of the world's top ten match racing sailors will compete. World #5 Ian Williams (GBR), World #6 Bjorn Hansen (SWE), World #8 Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) and World #9 Philip Robertson (NZL) are all set to compete. Warren Jones Regatta winner and World #43 Evan Walker (AUS) is also set to compete.

XIII Criterium Internacional Femenino will start on 4 May and will last until 8 May.

An equally impressive women's field is also set to compete with World #10 Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA), who is currently eighth in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Women's Match Racing Standings, signed up to sail. World #11 and compatriot Julie Bossard is also set to sail.