TEAMORIGIN to Appear at World Class Southampton and London Boat Shows
June 25, 2007 0 comments
National Boat Shows, organiser of the world-class Southampton Boat Show and the London Boat Show at ExCeL, is delighted to announce TEAMORIGIN, the British sailing team intending to bid for the 33rd and 34th America’s Cup, as an exciting new feature to both shows.
National Boat Shows, organiser of the world-class Southampton Boat Show and the London Boat Show at ExCeL, is delighted to announce TEAMORIGIN, the British sailing team intending to bid for the 33rd and 34th America’s Cup, as an exciting new feature to both shows.
TEAMORIGIN, which is making a ground-breaking British bid for the oldest trophy in international sport, the America’s Cup, will bring the newly liveried ‘GBR 75’ race training America’s Cup boat to the Southampton Show and will also deliver a team presence at the London Boat Show at ExCeL, to which TEAMORIGIN has pledged their exclusive support.
TEAMORIGIN, which is headed up by Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London’s victorious bid to host the 2012 Games and Paralympics Games, is aspiring to win the America’s Cup and bring the world’s longest running sporting event back to British shores for the first time since its inception over 150 years ago.
Andrew Williams, Managing Director of NBS, comments: “we are proud to be announcing this exclusive partnership between National Boat Shows, the British Marine Federation and TEAMORIGIN. The bid is a hugely exciting prospect for British sailing and we’re delighted to be supporting them at both the Southampton Boat Show and London Boat Show at ExCeL.”
Sir Keith Mills added: “Featuring our first fully liveried TEAMORIGIN race training boat at the Southampton Boat Show is the perfect platform to gain the public’s support behind our bid for sailing glory.”
At the Southampton Boat Show for the first three days, the TEAMORIGIN race boat will be moored on the spectacular Hydropool marina, with visitors to the show able to meet the crew both on the boat and at the feature stage at various times during the show.
This will be the first time a public feature has been dedicated to the team’s bid, since TEAMORIGIN’s launch in January at the 2007 London Boat Show at ExCeL.
