Press Release - Oct 20, 2006

Scalar/AMD Sailing Team has a successful season

Toronto, Canada, October 20, 2005 – The members of the J24 Team, CAN 3913 sponsored by SCALAR and AMD have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

The '06 racing season included a demanding schedule that built towards the Canadian National J24 Championship in Toronto, and the North American J24 Championship in Rochester, NY.

A brief note about the J24 - the world-wide acceptance of J/24 design, the strong one-design rules and the strength of the International J/24 Class Association have led to the J/24 to be selected as the platform for the International Sailing Federation's (ISAF) Nation's Cup, the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championship, the Rolex Women's International Keelboat Championship, US Sailing's St. Francis International Masters Championship (aged 55+) and the PAN-AM Games. The International J/24 is presently built in the U.S., Argentina and Italy and has more than 50,000 people sailing 5,200 boats in 27 countries

Highlights from the team CAN 3913's race record this year include:

  • Royal Canadian Yacht Club Open Champions

  • Land's End NOOD (Toronto) and Ontario Provincial Champions

  • Ontario J24 District Champions

  • Ontario J24 District World Qualifier Serier – 2nd Overall

  • Canadian National J24 Championshp - 3rd Overall and Top Canadian Boat

  • North American J24 Championship – 17th Overall (top 3rd)

This year the team is made up of Todd Irving - Owner and Skipper, Michael Rustom – Trimmer, Tim Bishop – Tactictian, Hamish Matthew – Bow, and Chris Woodin – Alternate. It's important to note that this season marks the first time this team has sailed together. With this in mind, plus the steady progress the team made throughout the season, CAN 3913 is looking forward to greater success in the future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

scalar decisions
56 The Esplanade, Suite 208
Toronto ON Canada
M5E 1A7
press@scalar.ca

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Scalar Decisions, headquartered in Toronto, Canada is an innovative provider of powerful, practical and low cost technology and consulting services focused around 'Optimizing IT for Business' and a belief that technology should be doing work and not creating work.

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