Press release
Swedish Coast Guard team wins HELCOM Trophy once again
Karlskrona, Sweden, 1 September (HELCOM) – For the third year in a row, the Swedish Coast Guard team has won the HELCOM Trophy rowing competition. The race was held on 1st September in Karlskrona, Sweden, following the Helsinki Commission’s annual pollution response exercise BALEX DELTA 2005.
Seven teams, representing response vessels from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, took part in this year’s HELCOM competition.
The teams were divided into two groups. The Swedish and Polish teams were the first to finish in their groups, followed by the Finnish and Danish teams. The two best teams from each group qualified for the final. In a dramatic final race the Swedish boat finished first and the Finnish boat crossed the finish line only seconds later.
This was the tenth HELCOM rowing competition held since 1990. The race has been won six times by the Swedish team, twice by the Lithuanian team, and once each by the Polish and Finnish teams.
Winners of the HELCOM Trophy rowing competition:
2005 (Karlskrona) – Sweden
2004 (Warnemünde) – Sweden
2003 (Helsinki) - Sweden
2002 (Liepaja) – Lithuania
2001 (Rönne) – Lithuania
2000 (St. Petersburg) – Sweden
1998 (Gdynia) – Finland
1996 (Karlskrona) – Poland
1991 (Rönne) – Sweden
1990 (Gdynia) – Sweden