Fishing Tournament

This local regatta will also host a Cirque du Soleil Dinner Party to raise funds for the Vallarta Yacht Club’s Youth Sailing Program.

The sailing season kicks off this 15th and 16th of November with the traditional Revolution Regatta, a regional event organized by the Vallarta Yacht Club (VYC) in Nuevo Vallarta.

The Regatta has been held for many years and includes several categories: Laser, Windsurf, 420 and Optimist. This year about 60 youths will be participating, mainly from the areas of Riviera Nayarit, Puerto Vallarta and Chapala.

There are two elements that stand out in this competition. The first is to welcome the winds that begin to blow in with the advent of winter; the second is to take advantage of the turnout to celebrate the bimonthly VYC fundraiser and its Youth Sailing Program.

The Cirque du Soleil Dinner Party will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday the 15th at the Paradise Village Marina. The event consists of a delicious three-course meal and a show by the acrobats of a group inspired by the Cirque du Soleil and their incredible feats of strength and grace.

The tickets are on sale at $350 Mexican pesos for adults and $175 Mexican pesos for children under 12. All of the funds from the tickets, the raffles, the drinks and the auction of grand prizes donated by commercial business will benefit the Youth Sailing Program and its scholarships.

The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau supports these activities because of their relevance to the destination; the VYC is not only ground zero for new sailing talent, but it also organizes different events and collaborates with others that greatly benefit the destination.

The activities held by the VYC also help to position the Riviera Nayarit among the top destinations for sailing in Mexico.

If you’re interested in assisting please call (322) 297 2222 or write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., attention Rudy Trejo, general manager of the VYC.

(Reuters) - This week at El Camaleon Golf Club will bring a life-long dream to reality for talented Mexican professional Carlos Ortiz when he competes in a PGA Tour event in the land of his birth for the first time.

Ortiz, who has made just four career starts on the high-profile U.S. circuit, is giddy with excitement as he prepares to tee off in Thursday's opening round of the $6.1 million OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen.

"Playing down here in Mexico, it's a dream come true," Ortiz told PGATour.com on Wednesday. "It's a nice honour, and I would like to perform well.

"Hopefully I can play the weekend and have a chance to get close to the lead. I'm excited to get the support from the crowd in Mexico ... give them something to cheer."

Guadalajara-born Ortiz has already enjoyed a golden 2014 campaign, winning three times as a rookie on the lower-tier Web.com Tour for total earnings of $515,403 to secure his PGA Tour card for this season.

He went on to make the cut in his first three starts on the 2014-15 PGA Tour, his best finish a tie for 18th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open last month.

"It's been a learning experience," said the 23-year-old Ortiz, who as a youngster learned the game playing at Guadalajara Country Club where former women's world number one and fellow Mexican Lorena Ochoa also played.

"It's just been a new everything. I'm still learning, but hopefully I'll continue to get comfortable."

Ortiz was inspired to develop a strong work ethic by watching Ochoa, who is 10 years older, hone her own game at Guadalajara Country Club.

"She's always been a good example for me," Ortiz said of Ochoa, a 27-time winner on the LPGA Tour who stunned the golfing world in April 2010 when she announced her retirement from the competitive game at the age of 28.

"When you have somebody that close, and you're watching her work that hard and making her dream come true, it's unique.

"She's reached out to me and offered to help in any way she could. We text and she emails me and she's always there for anything I need."

Ortiz has been grouped with Argentina's Angel Cabrera and Colombian Camilo Villegas for the first two rounds at El Camaleon.

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Peloton Cycle (photo by Eric Hwang)

For my recent trip to Puerto Vallarta with a group of young real estate investors, I was instructed to wear shorts and t-shirt and to not dress up for the private Gulfstream jet flight. This was something I was not used to, as we luxury travelers like to keep up appearances, especially when traveling on private planes. After boarding, I quickly realized what the itinerary would be for the short trip to Mexico.

My friends always want the newest luxury gadgets, and they had fixed in the rear of the cabin two sparkling new exercise cycles with flat screen monitors. We were to take one of the first live cycling classes ever during the flight. I have never experienced an exercise class on a bike, let alone one in high altitude, so I was excited to have this become my debut working out on a bike, and what a bike this was. I followed along with my buddy and took a live 30 minute class led by an attractive, motivating instructor who helped guide us in the class through sprints and hills with amazing music. I immediately became addicted, after my initial pains subsided, and contacted the company upon my return.

The sleek, near-silent Peloton cycle is the first exercise bike to attempt to fully integrate a home workout machine with live classes. Users can jump in on a 30, 45 or 60 minute class anytime. Sessions stream live from New York City’s Peloton studio, where top instructors interact with you as you compete with fellow riders. You can sort classes by instructor, language, level and date, or choose to join in on a live class.

The concept is ingeniously techy but simple: Attached to the bike is a 21.5-inch touchscreen monitor with a headphone jack that transports you to a class. In addition to being able to get feedback from live instructors, the bike itself monitors calories burned, power output, distance traveled, and pedaling rate. The bike utilizes a belt drive instead of chains, making it super quiet. The hi definition screen is sweat-resistant and comes with Bluetooth and there is even a webcam so you can ride along with friends anywhere in the world.

Live Cycling Class (photo credit Eric Hwang)

The bike is pricey — you’ll pay $1,995 for the bike, plus a $39-a-month subscription with a one-year commitment. Your first-year investment is almost $2,500, but if you take three premium classes a week at places like SoulCycle® or Flywheel®, you’ll break even after about seven months. And, with a bike in your living room or private jet, you can take an unlimited number of classes whenever you want.

I spoke with Peloton CEO and Founder John Foley who told me, “Never before have people been able to join a boutique cycle class while traveling from the comfort of their private jet. At Peloton, we want to help our riders achieve their fitness goals and maintain a healthy lifestyle in the easiest way possible, Forget diamonds, this is the ultimate luxury – saving people precious time to stay fit in the air, on the water, or at their beach home!”

I have always been way too intimidated to join a class where perfect, sculpted bodies are pressed together sweating in unison. My fear was that I would be the fat kid in the back wheezing and out of breath, unable to keep up. This experience has renewed my energy and given me the opportunity to feel like I am actually participating in a high energy class without the peer pressure and crowded rooms. I can’t wait to buy one of the bikes for my home and build my self-confidence back up…in private.

Peloton Studios Control Center (Photo credit Eric Hwang)

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Mark Christian is in Mexico for the opening round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Guadalajara over the weekend.

On the back of his seventh-place finish in the UEC European Track Championships in Guadeloupe last month, the 23-year-old Manxman was selected as part of a 17-strong team that will ride for Great Britain at the World Cup.

The Commonwealth Games rider will join up with Steve Burke, Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben and Andy Tennant to compete in the men’s endurance event - the team pursuit and omnium disciplines - at the Velodromo Panamericano in Tlaquepaque, near Guadalajara.

After this weekend, the World Cup series continues in London in December before the final round in Cali, Colombia in January.

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The story begins seven years ago when a group of fishermen and traders from Los Muertos Beach and Pier in Old Town Vallarta decided to determine who was the best fisherman. The entry fee at that time was 50 pesos per boat and 20 boats competed.

The tournament continued with much success and last year's 6th Edition 2013 had the participation of 80 boats.

Everyone is invited to the 7th Edition of the Los Muertos Fishing Tournament on November 7 & 8, 2014. This is also commonly referred to as the "Poor Man's Fishing Tournament."

Registration will take place on Friday, November 7, 5:00 pm at the San Marino Hotel by the Pier. They will also be selling souvenirs of the tournament and bracelets for food and drink at the after-party.

All participants must follow the existing laws of fishing and have a valid fishing license.

The cost of registration for the tournament is 2,000 pesos per boat and there is no limit of members. Remember that at the time of registration, the team will assign a representative who will submit their catch and collect any prizes at the podium.

In this tournament, Dorado (Mahi Mahi) is normally the most abundant species in the bay but prizes will also be awarded for Sailfish, Marlin, Tuna and Open Water (other species).

Of the total registration receipts, 15% will go directly for overhead to cover tournament expenses.

Of the remaining 85%, 50% will be to rewarded for Dorado and 15% will be awarded to winners of the Sailfish and Marlin categories. The other 20% will be divided evenly between Tuna and Open Water categories.

Anglers will depart on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 am.

In the event of a tie, the winner will be decided in accordance with the length of the fish.

If you don't want to join with the anglers, you are still invited to the traditional beach party on November 8 around Los Muertos Pier where they will be cooking up the catches right off the boats for the public. Talk about fresh!!

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Joanna Rowsell has withdrawn from Great Britain’s team for this weekend’s UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Guadalajara.

The 25-year-old is currently building up her form ahead of the season’s second world cup in London next month and February’s world championships, and has consequently opted to stay in Britain this week to train rather than travel to Mexico to race.

The Guadalajara world cup is the first of three world cups in the 2014/15 season and takes place from November 7-9.

A British Cycling statement said: “Joanna Rowsell has withdrawn from the first round of the 2014/15 UCI Track Cucling World Cup series in Guadalajara to focus on conditioning training, with the longer-term aim of performing at the highest level at the London round of the world cup series.”

Rowsell wrote in her www.skysports.com blog last month that she is currently in a trough of form. She peaked for the Commonwealth Games in July, when she won gold in the individual pursuit, and intends to peak again in the winter.

She said: “You can’t peak all the time, so you have to have periods where your form dips and I’m in one of those now.”

As a result, Rowsell could only finish third in the individual pursuit at the British national championships in September and fifth in the individual pursuit at last month’s European Track Championships in Guadeloupe.

The London UCI Track Cycling World Cup takes place from December 5-7.

Revised Great Britain team for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico:

Men's sprint: Matt Crampton, Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner.

Women's sprint: Danni Khan, Jess Varnish, Vicky Williamson.

Men's endurance: Steve Burke, Mark Christian, Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben, Andy Tennant.

Women's endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne, Laura Trott.

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The Los Mangos Library and Cultural Center has teamed up with the Marina Vallarta Golf Club to carry out the first Vallarta Golf Classic Tournament to raise funds for the cultural projects at the library.

Marina Vallarta Golf Course owners continue to be committed to supporting social causes that benefit the community and wanted to give back to the library for the important contribution that it has made to our community for over 18 years.

We are all convinced that education and culture are the formula to reach development and peace, so we are pleased to invite you to play golf with us on November 1 at 9:00 am.

By participating in this tournament you will be making a change in the cultural scene of Puerto Vallarta and we look forward to seeing you.

The Tournament will benefit our Biblioteca Los Mangos (PV Public Library) and Augie's Quest Foundation in finding a cure for ALS.

We have raffles, food and drink availability, and the awards ceremony & luncheon. Prizes will be awarded on ALL Par 3's and the after-golf raffles.

Donation entry fee is 1,100 pesos ($87 USD) which includes the golf, lunch and prizes. Lunch only is $25 USD.

Entry is limited to the first 140 registered golfers. The Tournament is a 4-person scramble with a 9:00 am shotgun start.

For more information on this event and to sign up, please call the Marina Vallarta Golf Shop at (322) 221-0073 or email david.quiroz@ourclub

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Runner participation has increased 600% since its inception, now boasting over 1,200 runners from 12 Mexican states plus the US and Canada. The Guayabitos 5-10K Race will be held this weekend.

The 6th Riviera Nayarit Tourism Half Marathon and 10K will be held on November 22nd in the morning. This is the only run of its kind aimed at visitors that helps the destination by generating income and positioning it on domestic and international levels.

The success of the previous events is noticeable in the increased number of participating athletes, which has grown from 180 in the first race to the more than 1,200 expected in the upcoming race. This represents an increase of 600% as announced in the recent press conference.

The conference was presided over by the director of the Organizing Committee, Arturo García; the Managing Director of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau, Marc Murphy; and the Sales Director for the Villa La Estancia Hotel, Jorge Villareal.

Among the representatives there on behalf of the Municipality of Banderas Bay was the Tourism Director, Yosef Verduzco, and Marco Villegas, Director of Civil Protection and Firefighters, who affirmed their commitment to ensure everything ran smoothly. They also announced the addition of 200 volunteers in addition to the crews already working the run in the different areas where it will pass through.

The races include 8 categories in the men’s division and 7 in the women’s division, which include runners between the ages of 18 to 60+. Ninety-five percent of the participants are from Mexico, the balance from the United States and Canada. Jalisco is the state with the most participants (more than half) with the rest coming from 11 over Mexican states.

There was special emphasis placed on the hours and areas in Nuevo Vallarta where there will be street closures to avoid accidents and to help civilians take the necessary precautions when it comes to timing and what routes to take. For more information visit www.mediomaratonrivieranayarit.com.

Guayabitos 5-10K Race

The tourism promotion departments for Compostela and Guayabitos together with the Asociación de Atletismo del Estado de Nayarit invite everyone to end the Pinktober activities in the Riviera Nayarit on a high note by participating in their 1st Guayabitos 5-10K Race.

This race with a cause will take place on November 2nd and will have 5 categories that span runners from 15 to 60+ years of age, starting at 8 a.m. There will be up to $32,000 Mexican pesos in prizes.

For more details call the Compostela Hotel and Motel Association at 01 (327) 274 15 61  You can also contact the General Coordinator, Benito Castillo, at 045(322)189 62 10

Toluca missed out on the chance to move back up to second in the Apertura after suffering a surprise 3-2 defeat at home to Leon on Sunday.

The hosts could have moved back to within a point of league leaders Club America with victory but fell behind to Mauro Boselli's 20th-minute strike and although Pablo Velazquez levelled matters just after the half hour from the penalty spot, Leon regained the lead through Elias Hernandez's strike just after half-time.

Miguel Sabah gave the visitors a two-goal cushion in the 64th minute and even though substitute Erbin Trejo set up a tense finale with his late effort, Leon held on.

Struggling Guadalajara twice came from behind to earn a point in a 3-3 draw against visiting Tijuana.

Alfredo Moreno opened the scoring midway through the first half but Guadalajara went in at the break in front thanks to Omar Bravo's strikes after 35 and 43 minutes.

Moreno's second nine minutes after the interval levelled matters and it seemed Tijuana would walk away with all three points when Dario Benedetto struck in the 63rd minute but Vidrio, Jair Pereira's last-gasp effort earned a point for second-bottom Guadalajara.

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Veronica Corral scored two goals in overtime to give Mexico and 4-2 win over Trinidad and Tobago in the third place match of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship at PPL Park Sunday.

While third place matches rarely have much meaning beyond who will get the consolation bronze medal, the win assured El Tri of a place in next year’s Women’s World Cup in Canada. For Trinidad and Tobago, which lost Friday’s game to Costa Rica in penalty kicks, they get another chance at a spot in the World Cup, with a two game playoff against Ecuador next month.

The game winner came in the 104th minute. Kenti Robles sent a beautiful cross from the right side into the area. From six yards out, Corral settled the ball and slipped it into the left side of the net.

It was a crushing blow for the Soca Princess, who were the surprise of the tournament, managing to hold the potent United States attack to just one goal in the event’s opening game, that despite their well chronicled problems of arriving in the states with virtually no money or equipment.

With the win less than assured for Mexico, Corral added an insurance tally in the 106th minute, running onto a quick ball out of midfield and easily finishing past T&T goalkeeper Kimika Forbes.

Sandra Mayor gave Mexico the lead in the 24th minute after a nice buildup from midfield. Veronica Corral sent in a cross from left win and Mayor one times it from about 12 yards out.

The Soca Princesses equalized on their first shot of the game, which didn’t come until the 57th minute. Ahkeela Mollon broke through on the right side of the area and sent a cross toward the left post. Kennya Cordner got under it and sent a header across the mouth of the goal and into the right side netting.

Neither team created many chances before the first two goals, but the tide turned deep in the second half when both teams scored less than a minute apart.

In the 78th minute, Corder played a cross from the left side into the area. After taking a bounce, it hit off Brianna Ryce and then fell to Mariah Shade who stuck into the net to give T&T a 2-1 lead. Corder created the goal with her run down the left side, but it was Ryce that got the credit for the set-up.

Mexico answered 55 seconds later. Mayor took the ball down to the end line on the right side, and Monica Ocampo was open on the far post to head it in.

Mexico came close to scoring twice in a to minute span in the second half, first when Veronica Perez fired a point blank shot that was saved by Forbes, then during a scramble in front of the T&T net in the 60th minute, that ended with T&T midfielder Lauren Hutchinson clearing the ball off the line.

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Ochoa has been around him for the better part of a decade, though he didn’t immediately stand out. Ochoa would come home from college at Arizona and practice with the juniors at Guadalajara Country Club, and she recalls a little boy who loved his golf.

“He was there every afternoon,” Ochoa said in a telephone interview from Mexico City. “I used to see the little kids running around and practicing and playing. He was just a little one, a happy guy. Every time I came home, I see him growing. He was very skinny, very tall. And he was hitting the ball very hard.”

Ortiz made a few trips to America for junior events, though he never played well enough to get anyone’s attention.

Brad Stacke, the golf coach at North Texas, managed to find him with a little help and some intuition.

Stacke had a player from Mexico named Kenji Maruyama who had played on his junior college team in Iowa, and the coach told him to keep an eye out for any promising young players from south of the border.

“He called me three weeks later and said, ’I’ve got a player for you. He’s really good,”’ Stacke said. “I said, ’Why don’t you go play with him?’ So he went and played with Carlos and he said, ’He’s really good.’ I said, ’What did he shoot?’ He said, ’He’s really good.”’

Once the coach finally got a number out of him, he paused. Ortiz had shot 81. But it was enough of an endorsement for Stacke to remember the name, especially a few weeks later when Ortiz had rounds of 63-65-67 to set a 54-hole scoring record in a Mexican junior tournament he won.

“I was sold,” Stacke said.

Ortiz headed to Denton, Texas, for four years he wouldn’t trade. He won three times as a sophomore. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills. He earned a degree in international studies. And he started to believe he was good enough to achieve everything he had dreamed.

“It took me a while when I came to the States,” Ortiz said. “I looked up to all these guys. To play with them made me realize I was good enough. People always tell me, ’You’re good enough,’ but I need to see it with my eyes.”

He was hard to ignore last year on the Web.com Tour. He picked up his first win in Panama with a 66-64 weekend. Playing a month later before a home crowd in Mexico, he recovered from an opening 74 with rounds of 67-66-68. Ortiz nearly lost a three-shot lead until he birdied the last hole to beat Justin Thomas.

Could he be the male version of Ochoa? That might be asking too much of anyone.

Ortiz looked up to Ochoa as the best player in her sport and the best person in golf. Ochoa was renowned for her humility and her charity even as she rose to No. 1 in the world. And there is the pressure of playing for a country with a limited golfing heritage.

Ochoa still keeps in touch with that little kid, the “happy guy” she saw running around the golf club.

“I emailed him right away when he won his last tournament,” Ochoa said. “He said, ’You can feel what we all felt when we were following you.”

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Mónica González played at the highest level of Mexican soccer, representing her country in both the 1999 Women’s World Cup and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. In 2009, with her chances to play dwindling, González switched to coaching by teaching girls from low income families in Chicago. Today, her Gonzo Soccer academies span three countries: the U.S., Colombia, and Mexico.

The most recent Gonzo Soccer academy is in Mexico City, which opened in December 2013. It offers girls more than just soccer skills by providing academic assistance and life training skills. Some of the girls are so poor they cannot even afford a soccer ball and must practice at home with water bottles or whatever else they can kick around.

“It’s not about being poor and it’s not about the money,” Gonzalez says. “It’s about the opportunity and the fact that we have the power, we have the opportunity to go and give them an opportunity, open doors for them.”

Americas Now visits Mexico’s capital city and meet this week’s game changer, Mónica González, who is empowering young women through a sport she loves.

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