WRCC 2013 Helsingborg!

Dress rehearsal for the WRCC organizing committee!

This Sunday and Monday, june 16^h-17^th, a delegation from the international rowing federation, FISA, in Switzerland will visit Helsingborg to go through the entire WRCC planning with the organizing committee.

That means among other things an inspection of the race course, all the side arrangements and other details to make sure WRCC Helsingborg fulfils FISA standards.

At the moment the last preparations is being taken care of before the weekend in Helsingborg. Event manager Mats Leo admits he is a bit tingly.

– Definitely, it is a lot of things to prepare and a lot of details that will have to be in order before Sunday, he says.

The FISA representatives are:

Colleen Orsmond, events manager,

Guin Batten chair of the Rowing for All Commission

Pasquale Triggiani, event manager during World Rowing Coastal Championships in Bari, Italy, in 2011.

Press conference: On Monday june 17^th we warmly welcome the press for a briefing about the WRCC preparation and interviews with the FISA representatives at 2.00 pm at the WRCC office at Norra Storgatan 8, Helsingborg.

Photo opt: As part of the inspection we will be testing the WRCC course at the main jetty at Fria bad, Helsingborg, on Sunday june 16^th at 3.30 pm.

For further information, please contact Mats Leo, event manager WRCC 2013, phone: +46 70 349 38 05.

About coastal rowing:

World Rowing Coastal Championships is held in Helsingborg august 15^th to 18^th 2013.

Coastal Rowing is a fast growing discipline within rowing. The first official World Championships were held in Cannes Mandelieu in 2007.

In coastal rowing there are three boat categories: single, double and the coxed quad.

The shells are wider than ordinary flat water shells, designed for rough conditions in open sea.

Coastal rowing is most popular in France, Italy and Spain.

Coastal rowing is an official rowing discipline approved by the International Rowing Federation, FISA.

To read more about coastal rowing, please visit www.worldrowing.com