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Five clubs, new “Friends of the court” of Alinghi

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Five unions have become ‘Friends of the court’ of Alinghi in its dispute with BMW Oracle, before the New York court to the parties disagree on the implementation of legislation for the next edition of the America’s Cup as reported Alinghi’s own sources, these unions are the K-Challenge, Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club, Sail Dabliu Project, Italy and the Russian Challenge, joining the teams that last November 13 took the same decision, if the French Team Spirit, Team Shosholoza, Green Comm Challenge Argo Challenge and Ayre Challenge

Also at the time the city of Valencia, which hosted edition of the competition in 2007 and aims to host the next, it was proposed as a ‘Friend of the court’ for the Société Nautique de Geneve, which competes with Alinghi in America’s Cup.

The ‘Friend of the court’ is a figure that gives the right to join a dispute between two parties and as provided in law.