The mayor of Vigo with a representation of the Organizing Committee in his office

EURILCA (International Laser Class Association based in Geneva) has officially granted Vigo the organization of which will be the first official Olympic sailing event to be held in Galicia waters in its history: the Laser Master Europen Championship, the news was published this same week on its website. The president of the institution in the International Federation ISAF, the French Jean Luc Michon, chose the Galician candidacy that was presented by the Maritime Vigo Club by the Olympic judge and strong man of EURILCA in Portugal, Joao Nuno Allen, who is an ex-officio member of the Organizing Committee of the Abanca Week. The European is expected to be held in full "Week" in October next year, from 6 to 12. The Viguese Maritime has been associated with the vicedecan of the Galician nautical, the Maritime Liceo of Bouzas, which is 110 years old, to bring to a successful conclusion the complicated organization of an event of this importance.

In the first hour of yesterday a representation of the Organizing Committee, composed of Manuel Pedro Seoane as general secretary of the Abanca Week, José María Martínez Bosch, president of the Maritime Liceo, Alfonso Rodríguez, the Comodoro de Bouzas, and César Ballesteros as adviser in charge of the tourist section of the European; being received by the mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero, who was accompanied by the sports council, Manel Fernández. The meeting was extremely cordial, confirming the full support of the Consistory to this event, which will move several hundred athletes who will be in the City about ten days. A figure of 250 ships from 20 countries is set aside.

It is also being studied that the European socaire will be held a great race of the laser class at the youth level, which is the specialty 4.7, which would be offered in terms of the organization of the Canido Maritime Club and which would probably bear the name of Jules Verne Trophy. A competition with official international rank to bring together a participation similar to that of the "radial" and "standard" of the European, to achieve a volume of ships of the order of the half thousand.