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ARB Surf Ski World Cup 2007: Prize Money Doubled! |
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Written by Rob Mousley
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
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 ARB Electrical Wholesalers confirmed today their sponsorship of the South African Surfski World Cup, to be held over the period 29 June-1 July 2007 in Durban, South Africa.
Alan Burke of ARB announced that prize money will be doubled this year and the winner of the race will walk away with R80,000 (approx $11,000). This is the biggest prize purse in surfski history.
"By giving the race a three-day window, we hope to ensure optimum conditions," Butch Murray head of the South African National Surf Ski Committee said, "and there will be relay and celebrity races on the other two days. We aim to increase participation to at least 400 paddlers."
Pre-race events will be held in all the major centres in South Africa, also sponsored by ARB to market this year's World Cup.
ARB are adamant that this will be the world's premier surfski event and they aim to ensure that the top paddlers from the rest of the world will be in Durban to compete with the best South Africa has to offer.
"This race just came became a whole lot more serious!" - Dawid Mocke, Cape Town's star surfski paddler on hearing about the increased prize money.
Further details will be posted on www.surfskiworldcup.com and entries will open soon.
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