The Race Committee of European Match Racing Championship is set and that will be Principal Race Officer - Anna Deyanova of Russia and  Chief Umpire and International Jury Chairman -  Lorenz Walch of Germany. The entire Race Committee includes 23 specialists from 7 countries. The complete list of race officers and umpires can be found here

The Brides’ Show festival is back in downtown of St.Petersburg.  Supported by the Government of St. Petersburg, the event will take place on June  2  preceding the closing ceremony of the European Match Racing Championship  - Sails of White Nights – Congress Palace Cup at the walls of Peter-and-Paul’s Fortress.

All day long the green area at the walls of Peter-and-Paul’s Fortress, the very heart of St. Petersburg, will be inviting you to pass by and have a look at a wide range of interactive stands of all festival partners:  you will find flower décor, wedding and evening wear boutiques, stylists, wedding transport, confectionary companies and many others. Shows of famous wedding Fashion Houses, workshops of leading wedding stylists of St. Petersburg, florists and designers, and various performances will be running the whole day long under open open air.

· Brides’ Show Festival Opening – the Sirens of the Neva Deeps – a sumptuous brides’ fashion parade will take place at the Neva waterline.

· Photo and video shootings of participants at different sights of our city, including a limo drive with Exclusive Limo cars around the centre of St. Petersburg.

· Wedding Image 2013 - Sirens of the Neva Deeps- contest. General partners of the contest are Renat Ganiev fashion house and ESTEL Professional facial company.

· Prize giving ceremony of the European Championship and the bridal contest.

In 2013 the organizers prepared some surprises for all the participants of the Festival. A flashmob of the Brides’ Show – the Angels’ Show will take place on 26 June at the Peter and Paul fortress for little citizens of St. Petersburg. Sirens in wedding garbs are waiting for sailing yachts on the shore by the Peter and Paul fortress… Do not miss this wonderful fairy tale!

Bubble Tea is a popular drink from Taiwan, that has been brought onto the Russian market by BIG ONE Company. Being a partner of Sails of White Nights – Congress Palace Cup, BIG ONE Company will supply the regatta with Bubble Tea to keep umpires, competitors and guests fit throughout the event.

Bubble Tea is an amazing fashionable cocktail from Taiwan, made on tea basis and mixed milk, fruit syrups and special toppings.  The latter are big balls, commonly named pearls, containing juice, yogurt, tapioca or natural jelly). Mixing all these ingredients in different combinations one can get can more than 400 , tvariants of cocktails  that would satisfy any, even most sophisticated, taste. The full range of Bubble teas can be tasted in BIG ONE Bubble Tea 36 Sadovaya street.

Bubble Tea is served in a high glass with an oversized straw that easily lets through both drink and topping peals. Such straw is a characteristic feature of Bubble Tea, its traditional and most interesting way of drinking this fashion of a cocktail.

Уважаемые коллеги!

21 мая в Балтийском информационном агентстве (ул. Мира, 34) пройдет пресс-конференция, посвященная проведению регаты «Паруса Белых ночей – Кубок Дворца конгрессов», которая в этом году имеет статус Чемпионата Европы по матчевым гонкам, и серии детских парусных соревнований «Оптимисты Северной столицы. Кубок Газпрома».

Гонки чемпионата будут проходить на акватории Невы у Заячьего острова, лагерь регаты располагаться в зеленой зоне Петропавловской крепости. Здесь же будет организована традиционная семейная программа для гостей и жителей Санкт-Петербурга.

Первые этапы соревнований на Кубок Газпрома, которые организует Яхт-клуб Санкт-Петербурга, в этом году также включены в программу регаты «Паруса Белых ночей», поэтому детские гонки будут проходить как на невской акватории, так и в Финском заливе.

Журналисты, аккредитованные на регате, получат удобную возможность в деталях ознакомиться с ходом проведения обоих соревнований.

В пресс-конференции примут участие:

§ Президент Санкт-Петербургского парусного союза Сергей Алексеев;

§ Командор СПбРСОО «Яхт-клуб Санкт-Петербурга» Владимир Любомиров;

§ Директор ГК «Дворец конгрессов» Виктор Чирков;

§ Директор регаты «Паруса Белых ночей – Кубок Дворца Конгрессов» Наталья Федорова

Начало пресс-конференции в 12:00.

По вопросам участия в пресс-конференции просьба обращаться:

Пресс-служба регаты «Паруса Белых ночей – Кубок Дворца конгрессов»

Андрей Петров, +79045509447,  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Балтийское информационное агентство

Наталья Фролова

NB Company store chain has officially confirmed its contribution and support of  European Match Racing Championship. NB Company has been technical partner of Sails of White Nights- Congress Palace Cup for many returning years now, providing the Organizing Committee and press-center with required hardware and its maintenance, as well as system administration.

Quite many of  NB company employees are keen on sailing themselves. And it is not out of nothing that NB Company conducts its own corporate regatta every year, deliberately using sailing as a great tool of team-building.  Thus, it is quite logical for NB  Company to express its commitment to sailing by supporting such a non plus ultra of a sailing event – Sails of White Nights- Congress Palace Cup, which it has been doing since 2008. Every year the regatta is profiting from high quality technical support of NB Company.

Being a leading seller of laptops in St. Petersburg today, the company owns same-name central multibrand store, two stores Sony VAIO, iPort Apple Premium Reseller store chain, respective online shops as well as own maintenance center. 

We are happy to introduce a sponsor of the sailing races – the iPort Apple Premium Reseller store chain, where you are always able to find the whole range of the Apple production. The iPort store chain will provide the races with prizes for participants of the children sailing regatta and for the winners of the Sails of White Nights – Congress Palace Cup.All the stores of the chain offer the whole stock of the Apple production being officially on sale in Russia. The store status allows the complete model range on each line including novelties to be constantly in stock. That is not only iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro (Retina), iMac and iPod, which are so popular in the country, but as well Mac mini and Thunderbolt displays recognized by the community of the Apple devotees in other countries.

The company invites everyone who fancies Apple production to the celebration of the iPort opening on May, 18 in Zvyozdnaya street (TRK in Zvyozdnaya street, 1) where the finals of the competition Miss iPort will take place.