Sail A Mile For Sport Relief

March 5, 2010 - PRLog -- This year, Thomson Sport has been named as a national sponsor for one of Sport Relief’s celebrity challenges. To offer their support to Thomson Sport’s fundraising efforts, sister company Sunsail will be holding the first ever Sport Relief Sailing Mile in collaboration with Gunwharf Quays and Portsmouth City Council.

On Saturday 13th March, Sunsail will be taking their fleet of Sunfast 37s down to Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth for the day, to get anyone and everyone sailing a mile for Sport Relief. For those who have never sailed before, it’s a great charity challenge, with Sunsail Skippers volunteering their time to make it possible for everyone to complete their mile. For the more seasoned sailor, it’s a great excuse to get out on the water and raise loads of cash for a good cause.

Sunsail are giving people the opportunity to sail the mile in style with sailing legends Dee Caffari and Mike Golding, through the sailing mile auction. There are four spaces up for auction on each yacht. Just visit www.sunsail.co.uk/sport-relief/auction to place your bid on either Dee or Mike’s yacht and all four spaces could be yours to fill with friends and family.

‘I’m really pleased to be a part of this fantastic event that Sunsail have organised. Sport Relief helps out a lot of disadvantaged people both here in the UK and overseas, and I can’t think of a better way to raise money for them than spending a couple of hours out on the water’, comments Dee Caffari, MBE.

Gunwharf Quays is the ideal place for the sailing mile to take place, with easy access from the M27 and a fantastic range of facilities and on-shore amenities for participants to take advantage of on completion of their sailing challenge.

The public can secure a spot on one of the yachts for a minimum donation of just £10, which goes directly to Sport Relief. Alternatively for a donation of £950 participants can have the whole yacht for the day, skipper included, to do as they wish… after completing the mile of course. Call 0844 463 6704 or visit www.sunsail.co.uk/sport-relief to book spaces and Sunsail will be in touch with allotted times, yacht and all other details.

Sunsail and Gunwharf Quays are donating their resources and operations so you can be sure that every pound donated at the Sailing Mile goes directly to Sport Relief.


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About Sport Relief

As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. The Sport Relief Weekend takes place from Friday 19th March to Sunday 21st March 2010 including a night of Sport Relief telly on BBC One and the Sport Relief Mile events across the UK on Sunday 21st March. All the cash raised by the public will help transform the lives of those living tough lives across the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
Since its launch in 2002, millions of people have taken part in Sport Relief, helping to raise over £80 million. Sport Relief has a unique history of dedicated people doing extraordinary things to rise to the challenge, from David Walliams’ astonishing swim across the English Channel to James Cracknell’s Cross-Continent Challenge.   Further information is available on www.sportrelief.com
Sport Relief is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).

About Sunsail

Sunsail offers a wide choice of sailing holidays with 800 yachts in 29 locations worldwide, and Beach Clubs in Mediterranean and Caribbean. Alongside Yacht Charter and Flotilla Sailing holidays Sunsail also offer, Sailing Schools, Team Building and Events and Yacht Ownership. Sunsail was founded in 1974 and is owned by TUI Travel, PLC. For more information, please visit www.sunsail.co.uk

About Gunwharf Quays
Gunwharf Quays Marina is ideally placed for the Solent, positioned just five minutes in shore on the north side of Portsmouth Harbour, directly beneath the landmark Spinnaker Tower.  It provides first class facilities to vessels of all shapes and sizes for short stays, overnights or as a home port.
A stress free stay is assured with wide stable pontoons, 24-hour security and excellent on-shore amenities including individual showers and toilet cubicles, and complementary laundry facilities. The Marina also offers easy access to Gunwharf Quays' excellent range of designers and big brand outlet stores, cosmopolitan bars and restaurants as well as nightclubs, a multiplex cinema, 26-lane Bowlplex casino and comedy club.

About Thomson Sport
Thomson Sport www.thomsonsport.com is a unique collection of some of the most established sport’s travel & event brands in the world. Thomson Sport, part of the Activity Sector of TUI Travel PLC, delivers exceptional services and logistics to major worldwide sporting events.  TUI Travel PLC is the world’s leading leisure travel company which is structured through four sectors: Mainstream, Specialist & Emerging Markets, Activity and Accommodation & Destinations.

For any further information please contact:

Laura Hamlin
Tel: 02392 222249
Mob: 07904920901
laura.hamlin@tuiactivity.com