Participants aged 16 and under will fight for national title as a team

Approximately 30 participants will compete in UniCredit Bulbank Optimist National Championship for young sailors aged 16 and under. The contest will be held near Balchik on September 1 and 2.

The event is organized by the Bulgarian Sailing Federation (BSF) and UniCredit Bulbank. The regatta will be hosted by Balchik MC.

According to the competition rules each sailing club can participate with one team only comprising three boats. The initial races will be on “everybody against everybody else” principle.

According to the Program the competition races will begin on 1 September 2008 at 12 o’clock. The winners will be determined at the end of the second competition day – 2 September 2008.

The young “optimists” will sail under flags with the logo of UniCredit Bulbank. After the event the flags will remain for the participating clubs.

UniCredit Bulbank is a traditional partner of the sport of sailing. In the beginning of July together with BSF the Bank organized one of the most important sailing events of the year – the regatta for the National UniCredit Bulbank 2008 Cup, which took place in the town of St. Vlas – Marina Dinevi. More than 30 yachts and more than 200 competitors on board competed in the third issue of the contest which distributed an award fund of TBGN 20.

For UniCredit Bulbank

UniCredit Bulbank is the largest Bulgarian bank with assets of more than BGN 9 billion as of the end of 2007. The Bank was awarded the highest credit rating BBB+ by the prestigious Standard & Poor’s rating agency. The rating of the Bank is the same as the rating of Bulgaria. UniCredit Bulbank has also been awarded numerous prizes for its activity, some of which are Best Bank in Bulgaria for 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Best Investment Bank in Bulgaria 2007 according to Euromoney financial edition, Bank of the Year for Bulgaria from The Banker, The Best Bank in Bulgaria from Global Finance, 2007 and 2008, etc.