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Photos: Argo Group Gold Cup Sailing Action
The Argo Group Gold Cup got underway on Tuesday [May 8] with so much action that many skippers’ memories were left blurred, Taylor Canfield’s USone Sailing Team streaked out to the early lead. Canfield and crew Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Erik Shampain and George Peet won all six of their matches and are the only undefeated team remaining... Read more of this article
Sailing: Argo Group Gold Cup Gets Underway
In a day packed with so much action that many skippers’ memories were left blurred, Taylor Canfield’s USone Sailing Team streaked out to the early lead at the 68th Argo Group Gold Cup. Canfield and crew Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Erik Shampain and George Peet won all six of their matches and are the only undefeated team remaining at the... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Set to Begin Tuesday
The 68th running of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup commences on Tuesday with round robin racing scheduled. The matches in Flight 1 pit Poland’s Marek Stanczyk against Australia’s Sam Gilmour, Italy’s Ettore Botticini against Women’s World Match Racing Champion Lucy MacGregor of the U.K., Australia’s Torvar Mirsky versus Sweden’s Nicklas... Read more of this article
Top Sailors To Compete For $100K In Gold Cup
Lucy MacGregor and Torvar Mirsky — the reigning Women’s and Open Match Race World Champions — headline a championship field slated for the Argo Group Gold Cup. Hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the 68th running of the Argo Group Gold Cup is scheduled May 8-12. Twelve teams will be vying for the $100,000 prize purse, of which $30,000... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup To Return In May 2018
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club [RBYC] and Argo Group International Holdings announced that Argo Group Gold Cup will be held May 7–12, 2018 and is open to sixteen teams. The event was not held in 2017, with the organisers saying, at that time, that as Bermuda was hosting the America’s Cup next year, “the focus and energy is on that right now.” “As... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Will Not Be Held This Year
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club announced today that the Argo Group Gold Cup will not be held this year. The RBYC said the “decision comes after weeks of discussions between the management of the World Match Racing Tour, the RBYC, and the RBYC’s title sponsor of eight years, Argo Group Limited.” “With Bermuda playing host to the America’s... Read more of this article
Argo CEO Watson Treats Children To Thrill Ride
On Saturday [Oct 10] Argo Group CEO Mark E. Watson, III, took ten school children from around Bermuda for the ride of their young lives aboard an M32 catamaran. The children were from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s sailing programmes with the public school system and home school group and included a mix of boys and girls. Argo Group CEO Mark Watson... Read more of this article
Photos & Results: Argo Group Gold Cup Finals
Adam Minoprio is a past match racing world champion [2009] but hasn’t sailed a regatta this year, however he made an emphatic statement in his return to the helm, winning the Argo Group Gold Cup on Sunday [Oct 11]. Minoprio’s BlackMatch team from New Zealand defeated Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia, 3-2, in the final of the 67th... Read more of this article
BlackMatch Racing Wins Argo Group Gold Cup
Adam Minoprio’s BlackMatch Racing has won the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup. The Kiwi crew defeated Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia, 3-2, in a dramatic final. With a southerly wind blowing around 10 knots the crews were racing the width of Hamilton Harbour. That placed the windward mark under the southern shore and in... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Moves Into Semifinals
The semifinals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup features a past champion, a two-time runner-up, a 12-time entrant and a young gun aiming to upset the balance. Crews led by skippers Taylor Canfield, Adam Minoprio, Björn Hansen and Keith Swinton advanced to the next round of the regatta after surviving a light and patchy day on Hamilton Harbour where... Read more of this article
Swinton & Steele Into Gold Cup Quarter Finals
Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia and Chris Steele’s 36 Below Racing from New Zealand have advanced to the Quarterfinal Round at the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup. The two crews led the Repechage Round yesterday and then held on yesterday [Oct 9] through a long day of racing to advance to the next round. Swinton won the repechage... Read more of this article
Repechage Round Underway At Argo Gold Cup
With six of the eight quarterfinalists set at the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup, all eyes are on the Repechage Round to see which two crews will join the action slated for Friday. At the end of today Chris Steele’s 36 Below Racing from New Zealand and Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia have the edge. They’re each at 2-0 with two of... Read more of this article
