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19th Annual Food World Senior
Bowl Regatta Set For January 19
Senior Bowl Week 2008
kicks off with this premier event that attracts sailing enthusiasts from
throughout the Southeast to the waters of Mobile Bay.
MOBILE, Ala. (December 30, 2007) --
The waters of Mobile Bay will once again be filled with sailing
enthusiasts from throughout the Southeast during the 19th annual Food
World Senior Bowl Regatta, set for Saturday, January 19.
The event, which serves as the official
kickoff to Senior Bowl Week 2008 festivities, is also one of the premier
sailing events held along the Gulf Coast each year.
Over 50 boats are expected to take part
in this year’s event, which also serves as the first two races of the
Mobile Yacht Club’s Winter Racing season.
“While we are always pleased to have
the distinction of officially kicking off Senior Bowl Week festivities
in Mobile each year, the Food World Senior Bowl Sailing Regatta has also
developed into a premier sailing event in its own right over the past 18
years,” said Regatta Chairman Tex Harper. “We’re looking forward to
putting on another outstanding event for the many participants who come
from throughout the Southeast to take part in this race each year.”
Zane Yoder captained “Wild Cherry” to
first place in the PHRF category in last year’s Regatta, while Scott
Godbold aboard “Wind Nuts” won the Portsmouth Cruising Class for the
third straight year.
This year’s Food World Senior Bowl
Regatta once again featured spectacular trophies and prizes for the
winners of the two divisions – the Performance Handicap fleet and the
Portsmouth Cruising fleet – and the overall winner will also receive
tickets to the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl football game, scheduled
for January 26 in Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
The Regatta winner also receives the
Perpetual Senior Bowl Trophy, a grand silver wine cooler engraved with
all of the past winners of the Food World Senior Bowl Regatta.
Regatta registration will take place
from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18 at the Mobile Yacht Club,
with a skipper’s meeting slated for 7:30 p.m.
The Regatta will start at 11:30 a.m. on
January 19, with the Awards Party, featuring live music, set for 7:00
p.m. that evening.
For more information or to register,
contact the Senior Bowl office at 438-2276, the Mobile Yacht Club at
471-3131 or access the bowl’s website at
www.seniorbowl.com or the Yacht
Club’s website at
www.mobileyachtclub.com. |
