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18 July 2007, 04:30 pm

Pindar Joins World Tour As Official Sponsor

World Match Racing Tour

The World Match Racing Tour is pleased to announce that Pindar, leading print and electronic media company and well known sponsor of international sailing campaigns, has joined the Tour as Official Sponsor.

As part of the sponsorship, Pindar will assist the World Tour in producing a new range of promotional and print literature to promote the Tour to its worldwide audience.

The sponsorship follows Pindar's partnership with World number one match racer and regular Tour competitor Ian WILLIAMS (GBR). Ian competes as Team Pindar'on the World Match Racing Tour and is currently third in the Tour Rankings. Andrew PINDAR, Chairman of the Pindar Group commented, 'Our sponsorship of the World Match Racing Tour is a natural addition to our support of Ian WILLIAMS and his team. The Tour events take place worldwide and provide an ideal platform for us to entertain our own customers in a unique environment, as well as supporting Ian and his team at world class events'

Pindar is a family-owned printing company, founded in 1836 in Scarborough, great Britain, where its head office remains today. As a global player in the print and electronic media market, Pindar employ 2,000 people in three continents worldwide. Pindar has an enviable track record in sports sponsorship and successfully supports a number of initiatives that focus on helping individuals realise their sporting potential. Ambassadors include record-breaking round-the-world yachtsman, Mike SANDERSON (NZL), recently voted ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, world #1 match racer WILLIAMS, Emma SANDERSON (née Richards) MBE, and Olympic sailing hopeful, Hannah MILLS (GBR).

'We are delighted to welcome Pindar as an Official Sponsor of the World Tour,' said Tour President Scott MACLEOD. 'Their partnership will help us to raise the profile of the Tour to a much wider audience by utilising Pindar's print resources.'

Pindar joins other Tour sponsors Travel Places (Official Travel Supplier) and Wedgwood (Official Trophy Supplier).

ISAF Match Racing World Championship Standings
(After Stage 8)

Pos	Skipper	Nation	ISAF World Match Race Ranking	Team	Pts
1	Mathieu RICHARD	FRA	2	Saba Sailing Team	78
2	Paolo CIAN	ITA	3	Team Viano Mercedes Benz	66
3	Ian WILLIAMS	GBR	1	Team Pindar	62
4	Bjorn HANSEN	SWE	9	Team Onico	49
5	Sébastien COL	FRA	4	Areva Challenge	47
6	Jesper BANK	DEN	15	United Internet Team Germany	45
7	Ed BAIRD	USA	28	Alinghi	40
8	Magnus HOLMBERG	SWE	99	Victory Challenge	40

World Match Racing Tour Schedule
(2006-2007 Season)

Stage	Event	Venue	Date
Stage 1	Portugal Match Cup	Cascais, Portugal	18-23 July 2006
Stage 2	Danish Open	Copenhagen, Denmark	9-13 August 2006
Stage 3	St. Moritz Match Race	St Moritz, Switzerland	15-20 August 2006
Stage 4	Bermuda Gold Cup	Hamilton, Bermuda	10-15 October 2006
Stage 5	Allianz Cup	San Francisco, USA	24-29 October
Stage 6	Monsoon Cup	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	28 November-3 December 2006
Stage 7	Match Race Germany	Langenargen, Germany	23-28 May 2007
Stage 8	GKSS Match Race	Marstrand, Sweden	2-8 July 2007
Stage 9	Portugal Match Cup	Cascais, Portugal	24-25 July 2007
Stage 10	Danish Open	Copenhagen, Denmark	8-12 August 2007
Stage 11	St. Moritz Match Race	St Moritz, Switzerland	14-19 August 2007
Stage 12	Latium Match Cup	Fiumicino, Italy	11-16 September 2007
Stage 13	Locman Cup - Elba Island	Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Italy	25-30 September 2007
Stage 14	Bermuda Gold Cup	Hamilton, Bermuda	9-14 October 2007
Stage 15	Brasil Sailing Cup	Angra dos Reis, Brazil	23-28 October 2007
Stage 16	Monsoon Cup	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	28 November-2 December 2007

The World Match Racing Tour is an ISAF Special Event. Skippers earn points towards the World Championship at the nine events of the World Tour and the highest scoring skipper at the end of the season is the ISAF Match Racing World Champion.

The World Tour Partner and Official Car is BMW AG (Munich, Germany). World Tour sponsors include Sebago (Rockford, USA), the Official Footwear Supplier, Travel Places (West Sussex, Great Britain), the Official Travel Partner and Wedgwood (Cheshire, Great Britain) the Official Trophy Supplier.

For more information on the World Match Racing Tour, its competitors and events, visit the official World Tour website - www.WorldMatchRacingTour.com. World Match Racing Tour television programmes may be viewed on demand by clicking on the television icon on the home page of the website.

For all the news on the World Match Racing Tour CLICK HERE.

World Match Racing Tour (As Amended By ISAF)

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