VERY IMPORTANT Announcement about European Championships
on August 11th, 2010The letter below from Organizing Team and Spanish and Andalusian Federations of Wakeboarding and Ski Racing has this afternoon been circulated by British Water Ski to its Racing Members who are travelling to Cadiz:
Suddenly the 28 July the Harbour Capitanery informed to us, by telephone, that the owner of Puerto Sherry Mr. Pedro Bores had decided to cancel the event there. Luis Mussach tried to know which the reason was for it but the reply was that they could not say anything.
Immediately, the Spanish Racing Council including the President of the Federation had a meeting to comment the situation arriving to the decision that we could not cancel the event and giving our support and help, when possible, to Fernando Vega to find a place were to have the event.
As when Jules Leysen came to Spain we visited the lake of Arcos de la Frontera, as an alternative, for a situation of bad weather at sea, which was approved as it is detailed in the report of Jules, Fernando has put all the efforts to make the Championships in Arcos de la Frontera. You can see fotos of the Arcos Lake at: http://www.wskreame.org/?q=Calendar.
The FULL letter is shown below - you can also download it from here
See subsequent response from Puerto Sherry here
Statement from Puerto Sherry,
In relation with the various informations about the cancelation in the bay of Cadiz of the European Water Sky Championship, mode wake board organized by the Water Ski Andalusian Federation, presided by Fernando Vega de Seoane. Puerto Sherry would like to communicate:
1. The reasons for the cancelation of the event in the Marina of Puerto Sherry are the exclusive responsibility of the Andalusian Water Sky Federation
2. Puerto Sherry Team has been working professionally since last November to make possible this event in close collaboration with the organizers
3. The Andalusian Water Sky Federation do not have the resources and official permits for the celebration of the event in the bay of Cadiz as of today
4. The lack of experience and resources of the Andalusian Federation has been replaced by tremendous efforts on the site of the Marina for the last ten months
5. Puerto Sherry deeply regrets the lack of means of the Andalusian Water Ski Federation in organizing this important event and the resulting damage caused to the international water ski community