The 2010 Mirror European Championship will be held at Sligo Yacht Club which is located at Rosses Point, County Sligo in the Northwest of Southern Ireland. The event runs from Saturday 14th August to Friday 20th August, 2010.
The Saturday and Sunday will be taken up with registration and measurement with racing from Monday the 16th to Friday the 20th (both dates inclusive). Prize giving will be on the Friday evening to be followed by the event banquet.
The racing area is in the Sligo outer bay which is sheltered and enclosed from the Atlantic from most wind directions. Almost all of the shores are sandy beaches which make it very safe for dinghy sailing. The bay is tidal, but the week of the event will enjoy neap tides. The scenery around the bay is very spectacular and opens up to the viewer progressively as he/she sails out to the racing area.
The club has a long history of running major events. These include the 1987 Mirror Worlds and photographs of that occasion still hang on the clubhouse walls. More recently it hosted the 2006 GP14 Worlds and in preparation fro that event the membership decided to demolish the old clubhouse completely and built the new state of the art facility which is now in place. The 2006 event was a major success and very positive reviews appeared in the GP Class magazine afterwards. The Club will be hosting the Fireball World Championships in 2011.
Sligo Yacht Club adopted the MIRROR in the mid 1960s, has stayed with it over the years and there is no prospect of change anytime soon. It is expected that there will be a local entry of over 20 boats.
Photographs from previous events at Sligo can be seen on http://www.fotosail.com/ . Fotosail have been engaged to capture the thrills and spills of event next summer also.
