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Cimandis to Partner the Soccer Challenge
We are delighted to welcome Cimandis to the Le Tournoi fold in the capacity of Partners of the Soccer Challenge. As well as providing all of the supplies for the barbeque concession at preferential rates, they'll be providing significant amounts of water and other drinks on a gratis basis to quench the thirst of our younger players and have also donated two fantastic prizes for out Legends Dinner Auction.
Cimandis consists of five manufacturing and distribution businesses trading across the Channel Islands: Jersey Foodservice, Guernsey Foodservice, Warry’s, C.I. Bakery and Channel Rentals. The company supplies into the retail, catering and licensed trades with a wide range of products including fresh meat, produce and fish along with soft drinks and ambient, frozen and chilled items. Cimandis is also proud to operate the main bakeries in both islands and Over 40% of business is generated through retail markets.
We are delighted to have Cimandis on board and look forward to developing thr relationship across other events in both Jersey and Guernsey
We're To Host The European Championships!
You know you must be doing something right when the sailing powers that be get in touch and ask you if they can use the 2010 Sailing Challenge to host the Beneteau 40.7 class European Championships!!
The three legs from Guernsey to St Quay, St Quay to Jersey and the Jersey Inshore Racing will form the course for this prestigious event which is anticipated to attract a sizeable fleet from the UK, Channel Islands and mainland Europe. Sailing Challenge crew members will now be sailing amongst some of the most talented amateur crews around and will see first hand how prestige races are won and lost.
Having the European event not only brings a huge kudos to what we are doing but is attractive to potential corporate entrants given that a good number of these entries are crewed by city professionals, greatly improving the networking aspect of the week-long event.
World Cup Legends Help Celebrate Our 10th Birthday
A fantastic evening of soccer was had by all who attended our 10th birthday party at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel on 22nd May. Coinciding with the UEFA Champions League final, guests were joined by World Cup legends Carlos Alberto, Ozzie Ardiles and Kenny Sansom who shared their thoughts on world football and the upcoming finals in South Africa.
After dinner, the final was shown live on big screen before thousands were raised by way of a raffle and an auction.
Sincere thanks to Investec for sponsoring the event and to Cimandis for providing some excellent auction items.
2010 Soccer Challenge set for Success
The 2010 Soccer Challenge will be our 10th annual festival of soccer and we are immensely proud to have nurtured a simple idea into the biggest and most inclusive soccer event anywhere in the Channel Islands. Through your support we have also donated in excess of £60,000 to local good causes and will continue to increase this figure year on year.
We have now completed the jigsaw by this year opening the event up to U12 and U14 age groups, making it now possible for anyone between the ages of 5 and 65 to play! 1,200 joined us last year and we are aiming to grow even bigger still.
Don't delay - if you are interested in playing, or entering a team then e-mail us at admin@letournoi.org to register your interest.
Clipper '09-'10 Sets Off with Donna Atkinson Aboard
More that 100,000 people lined the banks of the Humber to watch the start of the Clipper '09-'10 Round the World Yacht Race on 13th September. Ahead lies a ten month long, 35,000-mile course that will take the race to France before crossing to Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, China, California, Panama, Jamaica, New York, Cape Breton Island, Cork and the Netherlands.
On board the Qingdao yacht is Jersey's own Donna Atkinson. Donna'a late husband Ian was a member of the successful Rawlinson & Hunter crew in our inaugural Sailing Challenge in 2006 before he was sadly taken from us at the tender age of 33 a year later. Donna vowed to take part in Ian's memory and will hopefully have enough sea legs remaining to join in our 2010 Challenge.
To follow Donna's progress and keep her spirits high, log onto http://donnaroundtheworld.blogspot.com
The fleet will make its triumphant return to the Humber on 17th July 2010, just two months before making its debut in the Le Tournoi 2010 Challenge.
To follow the race, log on to www.clipperroundtheworld.com
To find out more about sailing on a Clipper in the 2010 Le Tournoi Challenge, e-mail admin@letournoi.org