Blind Match Racing - New format debuts in Perth in 2011

9:19 PM Wed 17 Nov 2010 GMT

'2010 IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championships Italy' David Staley Click Here to view large photo

IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship 2011 - Royal Perth Yacht Club has now released the Notice of Race for the IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship, 2011, Homerus Blind Match Racing. The event will be held on the Swan River from 19- 26 March 2011. In July, the International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) formally requested the International Paralympic Committee to introduce blind match racing as a new discipline within the Paralympic Sailing Competition commencing in 2016. While this is yet to be confirmed, the IFDS Blind Match Racing Championship next March will be the first opportunity that teams have to ...

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by Yachting Western Australia