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9 May 2007, 09:29 am

New Event In Rome Joins World Tour

World Match Racing Tour

Fiumicino, Italy

A new stage on the World Match Racing Tour, the Latium Match Cup, was announced at a press conference in Rome, Italy. 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 26 km west of the city of Rome.

The Latium Cup is being organized by the 'Civitavela Organizing 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 six-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-finals and finals.

World Match Racing Tour Leaderboard
(After Stage 6)

Pos	Skipper	Nation	ISAF World Match Race Ranking	Team	Pts
1	Ian WILLIAMS	GBR	4	Team Pindar	62
2	Mathieu RICHARD	FRA	6	Saba Sailing Team	50
3	Jesper BANK	DEN	57	United Internet Team Germ	45
4	Paolo CIAN	ITA	2	Team Viano Mercedes Benz	41
5	Ed BAIRD	USA	22	Alinghi	40
6	Peter HOLMBERG	ISV	75	Alinghi	37
7	Peter GILMOUR	AUS	3	PST	35
8	Sébastien COL	FRA	1	Areva Challenge	33

World Match Racing Tour Schedule
(2006-2007 Season)

Stage	Event	Venue	Date
Stage 1	Portugal Match Cup	Cascais, Portugal	18-23 July 2006
Stage 2	Danish Open	Copenhagen, Denmark	9-13 August 2006
Stage 3	St. Moritz Match Race	St Moritz, Switzerland	15-20 August 2006
Stage 4	Bermuda Gold Cup	Hamilton, Bermuda	10-15 October 2006
Stage 5	Allianz Cup	San Francisco, USA	24-29 October
Stage 6	Monsoon Cup	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	28 November-3 December 2006
Stage 7	Match Race Germany	Langenargen, Germany	23-28 May 2007
Stage 8	GKSS Match Race	Marstrand, Sweden	2-8 July 2007
Stage 9	Portugal Match Cup	Cascais, Portugal	24-25 July 2007
Stage 10	Danish Open	Copenhagen, Denmark	8-12 August 2007
Stage 11	St. Moritz Match Race	St Moritz, Switzerland	14-19 August 2007
Stage 12	Latium Match Cup	Fiumicino, Italy	11-16 September 2007
Stage 13	Locman Cup - Elba Island	Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Italy	25-30 September 2007
Stage 14	Bermuda Gold Cup	Hamilton, Bermuda	9-14 October 2007
Stage 15	Brasil Sailing Cup	Angra dos Reis, Brazil	23-28 October 2007
Stage 16	Monsoon Cup	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	28 November-2 December 2007

The World Match Racing Tour is an ISAF Special Event. Skippers earn points towards the World Championship at the nine events of the World Tour and the highest scoring skipper at the end of the season is the ISAF Match Racing World Champion.

The World Tour Partner and Official Car is BMW AG (Munich, Germany). World Tour sponsors include Sebago (Rockford, USA), the Official Footwear Supplier, Travel Places (West Sussex, Great Britain), the Official Travel Partner and Wedgwood (Cheshire, Great Britain) the Official Trophy Supplier.

For more information on the World Match Racing Tour, its competitors and events, visit the official World Tour website - www.WorldMatchRacingTour.com. World Match Racing Tour television programmes may be viewed on demand by clicking on the television icon on the home page of the website.

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Sean MCNEILL (As Amended By ISAF)