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Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar team-mates will be the proverbial rabbits everyone will be gunning for when the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup officially gets underway today.
The two-time world champion and past Gold Cup winner is the current leader on...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local trio Blythe Walker, Lance Fraser and Peter Miller are facing a potential baptism of fire during today’s start of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup.
Walker will take on Denmark’s Jesper Radich in the opening flight of this year’s World Match Raci...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Argo Group Gold Cup rookie Peter Miller refuses to be intimidated by the big name sailors he will come up against in Hamilton Harbour this week.
Despite his lack of match racing experience, particularly at this level, the Connecticut College senior r...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
College kid Lance Fraser is about to be schooled in the art of match racing in one of the biggest classrooms there is the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).
And the Queen’s University freshman can barely wait for the lessons to begin when the Argo Group...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda Argo Group Gold Cup hopeful Blythe Walker is determined to put his best foot forward this year and reckons that “anyone is beatable on the day”.
The affable sailor has left no stone unturned in his preparation and reckons his chances of succe...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
There will be plenty at stake for Bermuda’s Optimist sailors during next week’s RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup.
For local sailors the regatta will present the opportunity to compete for places on Bermuda’s five-member team for the upcoming Optimist Wo...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
College kids Peter Miller and Lance Fraser will mix it up with the world’s elite match racing sailors during the opening round of the Argo Group Gold Cup.
The promising local sailors have both been placed in groups comprised of past King Edward Gold ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Any hopes Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) may have had of making a final surge up the leaderboard in the final race of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup dissipated in Saturday’s light and shifty breezes in Newport, Rhode Island.
In the end ski...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) helmsman Mark Watson and crew produced a steady display on the penultimate day of racing at the Invitational Cup hosted by New York Yacht Club.
The Argo Group CEO’s Swan 42, Tiburon, finished in the middle of the fleet...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
He is widely regarded as one of the best ISAF international umpires and judges, has officiated in the Americas Cup and numerous world class regattas and now has his sights on umpiring in next year’s Olympic Games in the UK.
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
