Following various decisions taken at the International Finn Association AGM in Csopak and the Finn World Masters Annual meeting in Kavala, there are a number of significant changes to the major event calendar over the next three years.
The IFA AGM Minutes have been published here:
https://finnclass.org/organisation/meetings-and-reports/1197-2023-ifa-agm-minutes
The Masters Annual Meeting minutes will be published here: https://finnworldmaster.com/about/meetings
2023
Two events remain to be held in 2023.
2023 Silver Cup, Gravedona, ITA, 17-21 July
https://finnclass.org/news/180-eventpage/1177-2023-finn-silver-cup-event-page
2023 Finn European Masters, Campione del Garda, ITA, 2-8 September
https://finnworldmaster.com/events/campione-2023
In 2024 the Finn Gold Cup will return to Aarhus in Denmark
2024
For 2024, unfortunately Anzio had to pull out from hosting the 2024 Finn Gold Cup due to local issues, but luckily Aarhus was able to make a proposal to host instead. This was agreed by the AGM in Csopak. It follows directly on from the German Championship in Hamburg, so provides a great opportunity for two different events - lake and sea - close together within a 2 week window.
In addition, the Annual Masters Meeting made an amendment to its rules to hold all future events in June rather than the Whitsun holiday. This was done for a number of reasons, including travel costs, more reliable weather and providing easier scheduling. As a result, the dates for the 2024 Finn World Masters were moved later by a few weeks.
So, the calendar for 2024 looks like this:
2024 Finn World Masters, Punta Ala, Italy, 7-14 June (NEW DATES)
https://finnworldmaster.com/events/puntala-2024
2024 Finn Gold Cup, Aarhus, Denmark, 31 August to 7 September (NEW VENUE)
Website to follow.
2024 Open and Masters Europeans, Cannes, FRA, 19-26 October
Website to follow.
2024 Silver Cup, TBA
2025
The AGM in Csopak also decided the 2025 Finn Gold Cup would be held in Cascais, Portugal.
The 2025 season looks like this so far:
2025 Finn World Masters, Medemblik, NED, June 6-13
www.finnworldmasters.com
2025 Open and Masters Europeans, TBC, probably August
2025 Finn Gold Cup, Cascais, POR, Dates October TBA
2025 Silver Cup, TBA
2026
The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Brisbane, put in bids for both the Finn Gold Cup and Finn World Masters in 2026 and both received almost unanimous approval by the IFA AGM and the Masters Meeting. This will be the first time the World Masters has gone to the southern hemisphere.
So, in 2026 we have
2026 Finn Gold Cup, Brisbane, Australia, Dates TBC (Jan-Feb)
2026 Finn World Masters, Brisbane, Australia, Dates TBC (Jan-Feb)
There will then likely be an Open Europeans in June/July in central Europe and a Masters Europeans in October in a southern European location.
All dates and changes can also be found on the IFA website here: https://finnclass.org/racing/calendar
