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(L to R): Mr Arthur Tay, Chairman of One Degree 15 Marina Club and One Degree 15 Singapore Ocean Race Pte Ltd; Ms Patricia Enslow, Managing Director, Head of Marketing Segment & Sales Management, UBS Wealth Management APAC; and Mr Low Teo Ping, President of Singapore Sailing Federation and Vice President of the International Sailing Federation with Singapore sailors appointed as local ambassadors for the race.
This is the first time that the international yacht racing event, touted as the
"Everest of sailing" will be visiting Asia, with stopovers in Singapore, India
and China.
Ms Patricia Enslow, Managing Director, Head of Marketing, Segment & Sales
Management, UBS Wealth Management APAC, said, "UBS believes that sailing will
become an increasingly popular sport enjoyed by many in Asia and we are proud
to bring the Volvo Ocean Race to the communities here."
Sailing joins golf and orchestral music as major elements of UBS's global
sponsorship strategy. This is headlined by UBS's partnership with Team Alinghi,
the Swiss syndicate that has twice won the America's Cup. UBS also has a
pedigree in round-the-world yachting, having been title sponsor of skipper
Pierre Fehlmann's victorious UBS Switzerland in the 1985/86 Whitbread Round the
World Race.
The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Singapore Stopover presented by UBS will be
based at Sentosa Cove and ONE°15 Marina Club from 22 December 2008 to 18
January 2009 on Sentosa.
Visitors will be able to get a close look at the fleet of stunning Volvo Open
70s, the fastest racing mono-hulls that will be berthed at the ONE°15 Marina
Club. A state-of-the-art Race Village featuring various activities for the
public and corporate hospitality guests will also be housed at the Sentosa Cove
Arrival Plaza.
The Volvo Ocean Race covers 37,000 nautical miles across nine months. Themed
'Life at the Extreme', the gruelling race sets off from Alicante (Spain) on 11
October this year and calls at 10 other ports before finishing in St.
Petersburg (Russia) in June 2009. Seven teams will race their Volvo Open 70
monohulls across four continents - Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The
Singapore Stopover will be the longest duration on the entire race calendar, with the visiting teams spending their Christmas as well as New Year on
Singapore's sunny shores.
"Securing the rights to host the Volvo Ocean Race at the ONE°15 Marina Club was
an achievement and a big step forward in establishing Singapore as a nautical
hub. Corporate support is pertinent and I am very glad that UBS shares my
vision and I look forward to a very fruitful partnership." said Mr Arthur Tay,
Chairman of ONE°15 Marina Club and ONE15 Singapore Ocean Race Pte Ltd. The
latter organisation has been set up to promote and organise the inaugural
Singapore Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009.
