SPORT & OUTDOOR

2006 Lipton Challenge Cup

Venue: Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town. Tel: (021) 439 8646.
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Performances: 27 Aug - 1 Sep 2006

Considered South Africa’s premier sailing event, The Lipton Cup was born in 1911 when the Point Yacht Club in Durban took up Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge and beat the Table Bay Yacht Club (now Royal Cape Yacht Club) to win the inaugural event.

Since then, the contest has evolved over all the decades to become one of the most glamorous in the world of sailing.

On Saturday the 26th of August, a promotion day and the opening ceremony will be held at the V&A Waterfront. There will be Lipton promotions, apperances by crew members from Team Shoholoza, fun interactive workshops presented by the NSRI and a Celebrity Sailing Challenge! A special feature is the relaunch of the Voortrekker which is being used to train a development team in tandem with South Africa’s Americas Cup entry “ Team Shosholoza”

The program for the Promotion day is as follows: Opening Day on 26 August and will be held at V&A Waterfront.

Activities taking place on the day are:

• Water Wise program by the NSRI 10:00 – 12:30

Other Highlights:

For furter information visit www.liptoncup.co.za

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