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High Stakes, Old & New Faces At Argo Cup
[Written by Laurie Fullerton] The stakes are high at this year’s Argo Group Gold Cup with 20 teams from around the world spending Monday training on Hamilton Harbour before competing in a gruelling round robin of qualifying matches that start Tuesday morning. Racing ends with the Argo Group Gold Cup finals on Sunday, Oct. 7. It’s the seventh... Read more of this article
Digicel Sponsors Fraser Match Racing Team
Digicel Bermuda is sponsoring the Fraser Match Racing team in this year’s Argo Group Gold Cup, taking place October 2 -7. The Fraser Match Racing team, formerly known as FreeLance Match Racing, has competed since 2009 in numerous international events. The team has risen from 550 to 264 in the world rankings this year. Lance Fraser, Jesse Kirkland,... Read more of this article
Williams & Hansen Top Seeds In Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar, fresh from a first place podium finish in Match Race France, leads the pack as the number one seed in the Argo Group Gold Cup. Williams is the top ISAF ranked sailor in the world and now stands first on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). He will lead Group 1 in the round robin competition... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Field Reduced To 21
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Two post-deadline team cancellations and difficulty with travel schedules from Europe have reduced the expected field of 24 teams to 21 in the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup. The field includes nine of the top 20 ISAF ranked teams and the two leading Alpari World Match Tour Skippers. With the reduced numbers, the schedule and format... Read more of this article
16 Countries Represented: Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] With the first day of racing at the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup less than three weeks away, the 7th and penultimate stage of the Alpari World Mach Racing Tour is set to showcase the most international teams ever at a single Tour event. Ten of the skippers are newcomers to Bermuda and will be new to sailing the classic International... Read more of this article
Hansen, Williams Top Argo Group Gold Cup List
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The top two skippers on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour leaderboard will headline the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup, facing off for the King Edward VII Gold Cup, which starts October 2nd at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Sweden’s Bjorn Hansen (SWE-Mekonomen Sailing Team) is currently top of the Tour leaderboard with 81 points.... Read more of this article
Long Island Winner To Race In Gold Cup
2012 marks the 30th Knickerbocker Cup regatta, and officials of Long Island’s Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, the organising authority for the prestigious trophy, announced yesterday [Feb. 29] that the Grade 2 Match Race event winner will be invited to the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda. The Argo Group Gold Cup is a World Match Race Tour event... Read more of this article
Sailing: Mirsky Wins Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The new name on the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy is Australia’s Torvar Mirsky. Mirsky and his team The Wave Muscat won the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup three races to two over 2006 Gold Cup champion Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team. Entering the Gold Cup, Mirsky was #3 on the World Match Racing Tour. His... Read more of this article
Sailing: Mirsky & Berntsson Into Finals
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave Muscat was the first team to reach the finals at the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup. The #3 skipper on the World Match Racing Tour met Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing in the semi-finals and put the Kiwis away three nil. Earlier in the day Mirsky had a three nil win over 2010 Gold Cup runner-up Jesper... Read more of this article
Day #3: Argo Gold Cup Racing
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Following Wednesday’s 44-race marathon, Thursday was a little less hectic with only 36 matches sailed to conclude Stage 1 of the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup. World Match Racing Tour leader and #1 ranked open match race sailor Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar/Argo Group had one of the best performances in any Stage 1 group,... Read more of this article
Day #2: Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] While Day 1 was a drifter, Day 2 in the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup was a mad, day-long dash. From 9:00 until after 6:00 in the evening, the race committee got off sixteen races for Group 2, sixteen races for Group 3 and twelve for Group 1 for a total of forty-four on the day. Sailors in this penultimate event on the World Match... Read more of this article
Day #1: Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The first day of the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup saw Bermuda’s top match racer Blythe Walker (BER) Team RenRe fall to Jesper Radich (DEN) Adrian Lee & Partners on a day when rain and shipping movements blotted out much of the programme. In that opening match, both Walker and Radich were over the line when the start gun... Read more of this article
