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Calendario:  International calendar 2010.pdf

The Europa Cup 2010 website and Notice of Race have been published and are available at:
Website: www.laserinternational.org/europe/europacup2010
Notice of Race: www.laserinternational.org/europe/europacup2010/noticeofrace
Important changes to the calculation of overall series scores:
Following decisions made at the European Annual General Meeting in November, the overall series scoring for the Europa Cup has changed. Previously, a competitor's best 4 results were counted to calculate the overall score, regardless of which events the competitor attended.
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From 2010, the overall series scoring will work as follows:
The overall series will consist of 14 events/regattas.
To be included in the overall series, a competitor must fulfil the following criteria:
   a)     attend at least 3 events
   b)     must attend at least one regatta of group A which is made up of:
                                                 Hyères (France)
                                                 Torbole (Italy)
                                                 Warnemünde (Germany)
 c)      must attend a second regatta of Group B which is made up of:
                                                Hyères (France)
                                                Torbole (Italy)
                                                Warnemünde (Germany)
                                                Lugano (Switzerland)
                                                Scheveningen (Netherlands)
                                                Wolfgangsee (Austria)
                                                Hvar (Croatia)
To calculate a competitor’s overall series score, 4 event results will be included as follows:
                  (1) a competitor’s best event result from Group A
                  (2) a competitor’s best event result from Group B (which cannot be the same result as in (1) )
                  (3) plus a competitor’s two further best event results from any of the series regattas (which cannot be the same results as in (1) and (2) ).

The winner shall be the boat with the lowest total score.

Date & Venue Changes:

Please note that the following changes have been made to the Europa Cup 2010 schedule:
• Hyères, France has added an extra day of registration to its regatta. Sailors will be able to register from  01 April, with racing starting 02 April.  (previously scheduled 02 - 05 April 2010)
• The Dutch Europa Cup regatta has changed dates and venue and will now take place 21 - 24 May 2010 in Scheveningen (previously scheduled 21 -23 May 2010 in Hoorn)
• Moss, Norway has changed dates and will now take place 10 - 12 September 2010 (previously scheduled 13 -15 August 2010)
• Aabenraa, Denmark has changed dates and will now take place 18 - 20 September 2010 (previously scheduled 06 -08 August 2010)
• Vigo, Spain has changed dates and will now take place 08- 10 October 2010 (previously scheduled 09 -11 October 2010)

Please find below the amended schedule for the 2010 Europa Cup Series:
01 - 05 April 2010 Hyères, France
08 - 11 April 2010 Lugano, Switzerland
15 - 18 April 2010 Torbole at Lake Garda, Italy
21 - 24 May 2010 Scheveningen, Netherlands
03 - 06 July 2010 Warnemünde, Germany
29 July - 01 August 2010 Nieuwpoort, Belgium
19 - 22 August 2010 Wolfgangsee, Austria
27 - 29 August 2010 Puck, Poland
03 - 05 September 2010 Balatonfüred, Hungary
10 - 12 September 2010 Moss, Norway
18 - 20 September 2010 Aabenraa, Denmark
02 - 04 October 2010 Matosinhos, Portugal
08 - 10 October 2010 Vigo, Spain
28 - 31 December 2010 Hvar, Croatia

All the dates of the Europa Cup Series are on the ILCA Google Calendar, which you can integrate into a variety of other calendar applications.

Please  find attached for your convenience the 2010 calendar in year-view format featuring the Europa Cup regattas as well as other major European Laser events in 2010.