NSW: Sydney bid for world powerboat championship confirmed

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2007
NSW: Sydney bid for world powerboat championship confirmed

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - Sydney will bid for the right to host a leg of the world's leading
international powerboat racing series next year.

NSW Ports and Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi announced the government's bid this morning
to an industry breakfast at the Sydney International Boat Show.

If the NSW government bid was successful the Class One Powerboat World Championships
would be held on Sydney Harbour, Mr Tripodi said.

"While it is early to be definitive in any way it's necessary to say that any proposed
course on the harbour should provide fantastic free vantage points for spectators," he
said.

"If this (bid) is successful next year we hope that Sydney harbour will become the
backdrop for one of the international legs of the Class One Powerboat World Championship
series in following years."

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