P1 Superstock Championship for Galway

[macrib]

Press Release: Immediate: 03/02/2010

The organizers of the Around Ireland Offshore Powerboat Race together with Powerboat P1 Management Ltd have today
officially announced plans for round three of the Powerboat P1 SuperStock Championship, 2010 series will take place in Galway.

Running in conjunction with the Around Ireland Offshore Powerboat Race 2010, which is being organised by Let’s Do It Galway and the Irish Offshore Powerboat Club, the Powerboat P1 Galway Grand Prix of the Sea will take place on 5-7 June 2010

Following the series breaking new ground by racing in Croatia in April, the SuperStock Championship teams will make their first appearance in Ireland for four years, having previously under the guise of the Honda Formula 4-Stroke Association in Bangor in 2006.
Powerboat P1 Chief Operating Officer Robert Wicks is thrilled to be taking the SuperStock series back to Ireland.
He said: “Powerboat P1 is delighted to be taking part in this Irish maritime festival and breaking into a new market.
“Ireland has a strong following and a long tradition of powerboat racing and we are sure that Powerboat P1 can complement the fantastic week’s competition and vibrant entertainment Galway is famous for.”

Let’s Do It Galway is expecting 250,000 people to attend a week long nautical festival which will be built around the inaugural Around Ireland Offshore Powerboat Race. Mr Justin McInerney of the Irish Offshore Powerboat Club said that: “We are delighted to welcome the Powerboat P1 Superstock Championship to Galway and Ireland as a highlight of the Around Ireland Race and Festival. Galway Bay is a unique location and offers the prospect of thrilling viewing practically in the heart of the city”.

Considered to be the world’s most accessible marine motorsport, the Powerboat P1 SuperStock Championship, will see 20 passionate teams pitting their wits against Galway’s testing Atlantic Ocean waves for the three-day Grand Prix of the Sea.
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Media Enquiries:
AROUND IRELAND OFFSHORE POWERBOAT RACE
Galway: Maria Moynihan Lee
e. maria@letsdoitgalway.com t. +353 (0)87 2432644

POWERBOAT P1
LONDON: Sam Feasey, Press Officer, Powerboat P1
e. sam.feasey@powerboatp1.com t. +44 (0) 20 7616 5583

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[Tony Davis]

Originally Posted by macrib

the Powerboat P1 SuperStock Championship, will see 20 passionate teams pitting their wits against Galway’s testing Atlantic Ocean waves for the three-day Grand Prix of the Sea.

Do we know who these 20 teams are?