Online Entries for this year’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race are open from Thursday 21st January. The Notice of Race and Entry Form go live on the updated Race website at
www.roundtheisland.org.uk.
Following competitor feedback and the large number of entries received online in 2009, it has been decided that entries will be via the online system in 2010. However, paper entries can be made by contacting the Island Sailing Club direct.
This year’s race, the 79th edition and the 6th to have J.P. Morgan Asset Management as its title sponsor, will take place on Saturday, 19th June. In line with other significant British sporting fixtures, it has become one of the great Summer sporting occasions and is now the UK’s fourth largest participation sports after the London Marathon and the Great North and South Runs.
Over 60 prizes are awarded and every boat completing the race receives a special Tankard marking the occasion.
Whether you compete regularly or are new to the event, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race provides the opportunity to enjoy a day of superb racing in some of the country's finest sailing waters. It is one of those things that you just have to do, at least once!