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Jesse and Zander Kirkland fell of the pace at the 49er World Championships in Croatia today.
After six qualifying flights and one drop the local sailing siblings are 17th in the 74-boat fleet.
The Kirklands began today on a bad note when they were b...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Jesse and Zander Kirkland got their final Olympic qualifier at the Seiko 49er World Championships in Croatia off to a flying start yesterday.
After the first three qualifying flights the sailing siblings were third in the overall 25-boat Blue fleet.
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DATE: May 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sailing siblings Jesse and Zander Kirkland have pinned their final hopes of Olympic qualification on fresh new sails and minor tweaks to their 49er Skiff.
The local sailors will be among the 79-boat fleet at the Seiko 49er World Championships which g...
DATE: May 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past King Edward VII Gold Cup winner Johnie Berntsson has accepted an invitation to compete in October’s Argo Group Gold Cup, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Swede, who triumphantly raised the oldest match racing trophy for one-design yachts in 200...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The Great Sound will provide the backdrop for this year’s International One Design (IOD) World Championships.
Qualifiers from six countries, including Bermuda, will take part in the regatta which will begin on October 28 and conclude on November 4.
B...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Olympic hopefuls Jesse and Zander Kirkland will be keen to pick up where they left off in Spain earlier this month at the upcoming Seiko 49er World Championships in Zadar, Croatia.
The local siblings produced their best showing to date in the 49er Sk...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Penny Simmons rallied to win yesterday’s final two races of the ‘B’ Series in the International One Design (IOD).
But it still wasn’t enough to give the Bermudian sailor the Vrengen Gold Cup on the final day of Bermuda International Invitational Race...
DATE: Apr 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Etchells skipper William Thompson captured a maiden KF Trimingham Trophy during yesterday’s penultimate day of Bermuda International Invitational Race Week.
Heading into the final two races of the 11-race Etchells series, all Thompson and crew Adam B...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past Argo Group Gold Cup winners Mathieu Richard, Ben Ainslie and Torvar Mirsky have been granted a second bite at the cherry to compete in this year’s Alpari World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) event.
The trio were excluded from this year’s list of WMRT ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Two-time World Champion John Burnham captured the ‘A’ Series in the International One Design (IOD) fleet by a landslide yesterday.
Burnham, who is sharing skippering duties with Peter Rugg in this year’s Bermuda International Invitational Race Week, ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson