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Semaine Olympique Francaise 2012

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Start Date	20 April 2012
End Date	27 April 2012
Venue	Hyeres
Country	France
Entry Name	Federation Francaise de Voile
Entry Address	17 rue Henri Bocquillon,
Tel	+ 33 1 40 60 37 03
Fax	+ 33 1 40 60 37 37
Email	christine.dayon@ffvoile.fr
Website	sof.ffvoile.net

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ISAF Sailing World Cup

The Semaine Olympique Francaise, or simply Hyères as it is commonly known, is one of the major regattas in the international Olympic sailing circuit and the fourth of seven reagttas in the 2011-12 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.

The SOF was created in 1968 with 60 sailors from 12 nations competing on Finn and 5.5m. In the early 1970s, they were 240 sailors from 16 nations, most of them being Europeans. In the 1980s, overseas countries began to join the European circuit. In 2008, for the 40th SOF, 930 sailors competed in Hyères, on 690 boats representing 61 nations. One hundred and forty-five coach boats were registered, and the event was run by about 300 volunteers, including 15 International Judges and nine International Race Officers.

Initiated and still organized by sailors for other sailors, the SOF has convinced by its rigorous organization and the quality of the racing area. When ISAF decided to change the racing format of sailing at Olympic Games, in the early 1990s, with smaller fleets on shorter courses, the SOF was among the first events to experiment group systems with qualifying and final rounds. This was the beginning of trapezoid courses, replacing the former "Olympic triangle". The new organization needed to have a solid headquarter onshore with experienced PROs, able to coordinate racing on five or six racing areas simultaneously and looking for consistency of the race management. In 2002, Paralympic classes were included in Hyères programme, allowing disabled sailors to join Olympic sailors on the same venue, competing and celebrating sport at the same time.

A new era for the SOF began in 2009, with the ISAF Sailing World Cup label and the support of the city of Hyères extended to TPM (Toulon Provence Méditerranée), community of cities around Toulon.

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Latest News

27 Apr, 15:38

China's Lijia Xu Hits The Right Note At Semaine Olympique Francaise

26 Apr, 18:28

Westerhof And Berkhout Turn Dominance Into Early Medals

25 Apr, 19:36

Westerhof And Berkhout Dominate As Light Wind Comes Into The Equation

25 Apr, 16:49

Polish Windsurfers Lead The Way

24 Apr, 17:06

Early Start For All In Hyeres

Events

Discipline	Type	Class	Grade	Results
Fleet racing	Disabled	2.4 Metre		view
Fleet racing	Men	470	200	view
Fleet racing	Women	470	200	view
Fleet racing	Men	49er	200	view
Match racing	Women	Elliott 6m	1	view
Fleet racing	Men	Finn	200	view
Fleet racing	Men	Laser	200	view
Fleet racing	Women	Laser Radial	200	view
Fleet racing	Men	RS:X	200	view
Fleet racing	Women	RS:X	200	view
Fleet racing	Disabled	SKUD 18		view
Fleet racing	Disabled	Sonar		view
Fleet racing	Men	Star	1	view

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Media

A Media Centre will welcome accredited journalists and photographers to the Semaine Olympique Francaise. Press realeases in French and English will be available and press conferences will be daily held with the competitors. ADSL and Internet acces will be organized for the accredited media.

During the last 14 years, the press and communication system used in Hyères has improved a lot, becoming one of the major objectives for the organizing committee. Beside a press centre providing journalists with facilities as press room with telephone and internet connexions, boats, direct results…, the event has his own video production team. Editing is transmitted daily to TVs and Press agencies, and footage are provided free of charge to TV companies not present on the spot or to teams requesting it.

For further details please use the contacts below.

Semaine Olympique Francaise

Fabienne MORIN
Agence Effets Mer
Phone : Espace Presse : +33 (0)6 87 25 83 15
Email : Click here to send an email
Website : http://www.effetsmer.com/

ISAF Sailing World Cup

The first ISAF Sailing World Cup launched at the end of 2008 bringing a new annual series of sailing to the international sports calendar. The fourth edition of the World Cup begins in Melbourne in November 2011. The World Cup is open to the sailing events chosen for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Competitions.

Incorporating existing major regattas, the series will kicks off with Sail Melbourne, Australia in November, followed by the Rolex Miami OCR, USA; the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE, Palma, Spain; Semaine Olympique Francaise, Hyeres, France; the Delta Lloyd Regatta, Medemblik, the Netherlands; Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, Weymouth, Great Britain; and Kieler Woche, Germany.

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