Mumbai To Host Week-long Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championship For Under-15 Boys And Girls On Cricketnmore
, 2022-12-11 10:22:04,
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Mumbai, Dec 11, The prestigious Optimist Asian and Oceanian Sailing Championship will be staged in India after a gap of 19 years at the Girgaum Chowpatty here. The week-long event, an international regatta in Optimist Class, will be held from December 13-20, 2022 under the aegis of the Maharashtra Gujarat & Goa Area/Army Yachting Node (AYN).
The event is the Continental championship for Asian and Oceanian member nations that are part of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA). This event was last hosted by India in 2003.
In all 105 sailors, boys and girls up to the age of 15, from 13 countries including the USA, Belgium, Mauritius and Turkey, in the Asian and Oceania region will be seen in action during the week-long event.
In addition to this, around 25 officials from Argentina, Thailand, New Zealand, South Korea, Turkey, Japan, Canada and India will form the core of the International Jury/Race Management.
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