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ALMACO sponsored sailors have a successful year 2011

 

 

ALMACO has sponsored two teams and two individuals during their 2011 season, and they have all had a great year.

 

Erika Reineke from Fort Laudedale, USA, won the 2011 Laser Radial Youth World Championship held July 24-31, in La Rochelle, France. Erika won the title second year in a row. Less than two weeks prior to the World Championships she won a silver medal at the ISAF Youth Worlds in Croatia.

 

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Erika crossing the finish line of the final race at the Laser Radial Youth World Championship. Photo credit Larry Kennedy.

 

Also sailing in very competitive waters: Brad Funk (Fort Lauderdale, FL) represented the United States in the Pre-Olympics in Weymouth UK in August. He sailed 15th and will be sailing in the 2012 Olympics qualifying race in Perth, Australia in December 2011.

 

Mac Agnese and Antoine Screve paired up to compete in the 29er skiff in the 2011 Volvo Youth Worlds in Zadar, Croatia. The young men, living on opposite coasts of the United States, worked hard to qualify and get ready: it all paid off and the finished 2nd in the prestigious race in July.

  

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Mac and Antoine in Kieler Woche in June 2011, where they finished 8th  

 

 

The Finnish H-Boat team (captain: Bobi Casén, crew: Ville Kurki and Jari Saarinen) had an excellent summer:  

  • Lahti Regatta, #1
  • Helsinki Regatta, #1
  • Hanko Regatta, #2
  • World Championships (Neustadt, Germany), #7
  • Tampere Regatta, #1
  • Finnish Championship, Tampere, #7
  • Short Course Finnish Championship, Naantali, #1 (Kaj Casén replaced injured crew member Ville Kurki for this race)
  • National Ranking, all races combined, #1
  • Best crew member, Ville Kurki

 

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Photos from the short course Finnish championship in Naantali, September 2011, where the team landed the title 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALMACO donates to Abo Akademi University 

 

In April 2011 ALMACO has made a donation to Abo Akademi University to support top class education, teaching and pioneering research. Abo Akademi is a multi-disciplinary, academic and international university (www.abo.fi).

 

“With this donation we want to support the continued success and high quality of Finnish higher education also in the future. At the same time it is an investment in terms of our recruitment” says Vilhelm Roberts, President & CEO.

 

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ALMACO Tennis Sponsorship

 

ALMACO Group sponsored the Tennis Europe Junior Tournament for Boys & Girls 12 & Under in Finland in October 2009. This was the first time in history that a Tennis Europe (boys and girls 12 tournament)·was arranged in Finland.· ALMACO supports the·willpower and ambition of young athletes dedicated to their sport.

The tournament lasted one week and participants for seven countries took part in the tournament: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Russia, Germany and Great Britain. The tournament was a great success and we received feedback highly encouraging the arrangement of·another tournament again next year.  

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ALMACO Group proud to be a sponsor of the Natwest Island Games XIII Laser Standard Class competition

The sails of 38 participants in the Laser Standard Class sailing competition featured ALMACO Group's logo, with Oscar Dannström from the Aland Islands taking the lead and winning the gold medal.

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03.07.2009 Photographs: Sebba Södergård at Ålandstidningen

 

 ALMACO Group is proud to be associated with the talented group of young sailors who gave an outstanding performance during the Natwest Island Games this past July 2009.