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Clipper Race in New York
04.06.14
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Newly elected Mayor,
Councillor Brenda Stevenson, will travel to New York
this week to join members of the
Derry~Londonderry crew participating in the
Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race. The crew
will arrive at the stopover port in the ‘Big Apple’
ahead of their departure for the next leg of the
race that will bring them into the home port of
Derry~Londonderry for the LegenDerry Maritime
Festival celebrations. |
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Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht
Race. |
The Mayor will be
accompanied on the trip by Derry City Council’s Town
Clerk and Chief Executive Sharon O’Connor along with
Des Gartland, Invest Northern Ireland’s North West
Regional Manager, to engage with businesses and key
members from the Northern Ireland diaspora in New
York.
Speaking ahead of the visit, the Mayor said: “I am
really looking forward to meeting the skipper Sean
McCarter and his crew and helping to promote details
of our fantastic maritime festival celebrations that
are planned to coincide with the arrival of the
Clipper Race fleet when they arrive in the city at
the end of the month.
“We are hugely excited about being in New York and
getting an opportunity to showcase our city, network
with local business people and encourage them to be
part of our celebrations and our new legacy story
since our City of Culture status success,” she said.
Details of the LegenDerry Maritime Festival, which
will take place in Derry~Londonderry between June
21- 29 to welcome the Clipper Race fleet to the
city, are available at
www.legenderrymaritimefestival.com . |
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