World Series in doubt
Challenger Of Record for the 36th America’s Cup calls for the postponement of the ACWS Sardinia - Cagliari event.
16 March 2020
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Challenger Of Record, Circolo Della Vela Sicilia, has released a statement on the status of the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari following the recent Coronavirus pandemic.
The Challenger of Record is responsible for the organisation of the America’s Cup World Series events, the Christmas Race and the Prada Cup while the Defender is responsible for the organisation of the America’s Cup Match, while cooperating with regards to commercial aspects such as sponsorship and broadcast rights for the 36th America’s Cup in its entirity.
“Due to “force majeure” – following the declaration of the Pandemic CoViD19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the restrictions imposed by the different governments – COR 36 has declared the impossibility of organising the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari (23-26 April) event at the scheduled date.
COR 36 also submitted a proposal to the Defender to postpone the event to a new date.
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The Defender published a press release in which it announced the cancellation of the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari without mentioning COR’s proposal of a new date for the event, and refused COR’s proposal without even discussing it.
COR 36 will submit to the Arbitration Panel the postponement of the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari to a new date.”
Defenders Emirates Team New Zealand released a statement saying: “It is quite obvious that the ACWS Cagliari event cannot go ahead.
The teams are collectively entering discussions on a solution to create an equitable outcome for everyone around the loss and/or availability of sailing time due to the change of circumstance as a result of the global COVID-19/Coronavirus situation.
There will be a formal announcement made in due course.”
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