The People's Darts Championship
Hahnenkamm ski race
St Maarten Heineken Regatta
January 11, 2009
Frimley Green, England
January 23-25, 2009
Kitzbühel, Austria
05-08 March 2009
St Maarten, the Caribbean
Two of the UK's best amateur dart players will face off at the prestigious Lakeside country
club, just minutes before the start of the BDO World Professional Darts Championships,
sponsored by John Smith's.
The two contenders will be the last men left standing after several rounds of knock-out
competition between the finest darters fielded by over 4,000 British pubs. The People's
Darts Tournament, as the new event has been dubbed, is modelled after the wildly
successful People's Race, which will be held for the third time next year. The People's
race gives amateur equestrians the opportunity to compete on the Aintree racetrack, just
before the Grand National is held at the same location.
www.johnsmiths.co.uk/peoplesdarts
The small Tyrolean town of Kitzbühel - population 7,000 - prepares for the annual
invasion of 100,000 ski fans for the Hahnenkamm ski weekend. Heineken-owned Gösser,
the most popular beer in Austria, is the event's main sponsor. The three day event
features three alpine ski disciplines: the so called "Super G" - a high speed slalom, the
downhill race, and the slalom.
Kitzbühel boasts a surprisingly high number of pubs for a town of its size: more than 30
altogether.
www.hahnenkamm.com
The Caribbean isle of St. Maarten is preparing for the 29th running of the Heineken
Regatta. Heineken is once again the event's main sponsor, having renewed its contract
last year.
The Regatta, now an international yachting event, started out as a modest boat race with
a mere 12 participants in 1980. This year, almost 300 boats crewed by 3,000 sailors will
contest the event in the warm waters of the Caribbean. The parties thrown in celebration
of the Regatta are perhaps as legendary as the race itself.
www.HeinekenRegatta.com
