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Argo Group Gold Cup Begins In Bermuda
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Ian Williams [GBR] GAC Pindar made a near perfect start to in the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda yesterday. The British skipper who stands top of the the Alpari World Match Racing Tour and is 2nd in the ISAF rankings, goes into today’s remaining round robin flights leading group 1. Day 1 qualifying matches for Group... Read more of this article
Qualifying Groups Set For Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In spite of Hurricane Gonzalo’s thrashing of the Onion Patch last week, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the people of Bermuda are ready to host the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour [AWMRT]. All 20 teams have arrived safely from their corners of the world and will practice for a... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Survives Gonzalo
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has announced that the Argo Group Gold Cup is still set to sail, albeit on a compressed schedule, starting on October 22. Using the one-day-delay plan announced last Wednesday, the Argo Group Gold Cup will be compressed to five days of racing and organizers will take advantage of the fine weather... Read more of this article
Sailing: Gonzalo Delays Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In a meeting today [Oct 15] Argo Group Gold Cup organizers at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club [RBYC] took a close look at Hurricane Gonzalo‘s predicted track and intensity and decided to delay the event schedule by one day to allow crews the opportunity to reschedule flights to arrive after the storm has passed and the... Read more of this article
Sailing: Fleet Set For Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The fleet is set for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Racing starts Tuesday, October 21 at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Qualifying knockout Round-Robin matches consist of 20 teams divided into two groups. That’s followed by knockout Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals. Leading... Read more of this article
Tucker Thompson Joins Argo Gold Cup Team
[Written by Talbot Wilson] America’s Cup TV commentator Tucker Thompson will be in Bermuda this October to provide color commentary for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. Sailing for the 64th match for the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy will begin on October 21 in Hamilton Harbor. Thompson will join Scott Dickson on on Friday to cover the Quarter Finals,... Read more of this article
Artemis Racing Enters 2014 Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In an exciting decision for the Alpari World Match Racing Tour and the Argo Group Gold Cup, event Chairman Past Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Brian Billings is pleased to confirm that Artemis Racing will come to Bermuda in October for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup match races. The team will enter with its crew composed... Read more of this article
Tour Card Holders ‘All In’ for Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Argo Group issued 17 initial invitations for Bermuda’s 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. All of the 8 Alpari World Match Racing Tour [Alpari WMRT] Card Holders have told Alpari Tour management that they will sail in Bermuda. Match racing for the King Edward XVII Gold Cup Trophy is scheduled to start... Read more of this article
2014 Argo Group Gold Cup Date Announced
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Argo Group have set the dates for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup sailed for the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy and a $100,000 prize purse. The penultimate event of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour starts October 21st on Hamilton Harbour in Bermuda. Twenty teams will enter the fray. Only two... Read more of this article
Sailing Community Remembers Lord Wedgwood
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Bonnie L. Cook, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer] Piers Wedgwood, a British lord and fifth-generation great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, creator of the distinctive blue and white pottery that embellishes tea tables and china collections, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, of cardiac failure at the Hospital of the University of... Read more of this article
Videos: 2013 Sailing Argo Group Gold Cup
Some of the top sailors from around the world converged on Bermuda to take part in the 2013 Argo Group Gold Cup. Italy’s Francesco Bruni sailed through the final race to win the King Edward VII Gold Cup and US$50,000 of the $100,000 prize purse. Sir Ben Ainslie from the UK placed second to claim the $20,000 prize money, while Taylor Canfield was... Read more of this article
Bruni Takes Ainslie To Win Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] It was a battle of America’s Cup tacticians Sunday in Bermuda. In one of the most exciting finals in Argo Group Gold Cup history, Francesco Bruni (ITA) Luna Rossa put a stop to the comeback kid, Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) BART/Argo Group. Bruni won the first two races and then Ainslie took two and looked... Read more of this article
Ainslie And Bruni Draw First Blood In Semi Finals
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] In the very light and shifty conditions, the Semi Finals were delayed after only one race in each match. Sir Ben Ainslie [GBR] BART/Argo Group defeated Adam Minoprio [NZL] Team Alpari FX in a runaway. Ainslie was masterful in picking his way through the shifts and taking the best of the puffs. The sole... Read more of this article
Argo Cup Semi Finals: Ainslie Will Race Minoprio
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] As the top finisher in the Group 2 Stage 1 Qualifying round, Sir Ben Ainslie [GBR] BART/Argo Group, who had defeated Bjorn Hansen [SWE] eWork Sailing Team earlier Friday to qualify for the Semi Finals, was first to pick his opponent for the Semi Finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup. Ainslie saying, “its... Read more of this article
Photos/Report: Argo Gold Cup Action Continues
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] Francesco Bruni [ITA] Luna Rossa and Ian Williams [GBR] Team GAC Pindar, both ended the Stage 1 Qualifying matches with 8-1 records in their groups. By rule, as the top seed in Group 2, Williams got first pick of the skipper he would race in the Quarter Finals. Williams surprised everyone by choosing to... Read more of this article
Argo Gold Cup Qualifying: Williams Beats Ainslie
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Ian Williams [GBR] Team GAC Pindar, Alpari World Match Racing Tour champion and current leader on the Tour, had another perfect day in Group 2 racing. He stands undefeated at 8-0. This morning in the first match of the day, Alpari World Match racing defending Champion and current Tour leader Williams defeated Sir Ben Ainslie... Read more of this article
