Swedish Match Tour - Toscana Elba Cup: Trofeo Locman Finalizes 2004 Dates

STAMFORD, CT, USA (November 11, 2003) – The Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman, the fifth event on Swedish Match Tour 2003/2004, has set the event dates for the third edition of this match racing classic for May 2-9, 2004.

Organized by Elba Tourism and local towns, native yacht clubs manage the Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman racing. Teams at the Toscana Elba – Trofeo Locman compete for a share of the minimum 100,000 Euro prize purse, among the largest on the Swedish Match Tour.

Elba, the largest of the Tuscan Islands, and third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia, is located 6.5 miles off the Italian coast. With a rich sailing tradition, Elba has most recently served as home to the training bases for the two Italian challenges for America’s Cup 2003, the Prada Challenge and Mascalzone Latino.

Swedish Match Tour 2003/2004 Schedule

Event Location Dates
Danish Open 2003 Skovshoved, Denmark August 13-18, 2003
Investors Guaranty presents the King Edward VII Gold Cup Hamilton, Bermuda October 18-26, 2003
Nippon Cup 2003 Hayama, Japan November 17-23, 2003
Congressional Cup Long Beach, CA, USA April 19-24, 2004
Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman Elba, Italy May 2-9, 2004
ACI HT Cronet Cup Split, Croatia May 24-29, 2004
Match Race Germany Langenargen, Germany June 8-13, 2004
Swedish Match Cup Marstrand, Sweden July 5-11, 2004

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About the Swedish Match Tour
· The Swedish Match Tour is comprised of nine of the world's leading professional sailing events and is proving to be the ultimate battleground of sailing.
· In addition to more than US$800,000 in individual event prize money, the Swedish Match Tour awards US$200,000 to the top eight sailors on the Swedish Match Tour, with the first-place skipper netting US$60,000.
· In addition to a US$60,000 first prize, the winner of the Swedish Match Tour receives the official Swedish Match Tour Championship Trophy, 15" (30 cm) high with 22 carat gold gilding, produced by Swedish Match Tour sponsor Wedgwood. Additionally, Wedgwood supplies runner-up prizes for second and third places as well as commemorative plaques to each event organizer.
· The Swedish Match Tour produces 155 hours of television coverage reaching more than 427 million households worldwide.
· Swedish Match Tour partners include Swedish Match, Octagon and the Match Race Association.
· Swedish Match Tour sponsors include Colorcraft, Champagne Mumm, Musto, Selden and Wedgwood.