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Bermuda's Blythe Walker staged one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent King Edward VII Gold Cup history in Hamilton harbour yesterday.
Trailing 0-2 to American rival Brian Angel, and staring directly down the barrel of elimination, the 39-year-o...
DATE: Oct 13, 2007
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's King Edward VII Gold Cup hopeful Blythe Walker (5-1) stole the thunder in Hamilton harbour yesterday, brushing aside the challenge of Americas Cup winner Ed Baird (5-1) to clinch a famous victory and advance through to the quarter-finals of...
DATE: Oct 12, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Defending King Edward VII Gold Cup champion and current World Match Racing Tour leader Ian Williams (2-2) virtually nosedived in Hamilton harbour yesterday.
The world's number one ranked match race skipper lost a crucial battle with Americas Cup winn...
DATE: Oct 11, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The King Edward VII Gold Cup hopes of Bermuda's Blythe Walker and Glenn Astwood remained intact in Hamilton harbour yesterday.
Sailing with an air of confidence well beyond their modest match racing rankings, in shifty light to moderate breezes, the ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
There will be no margin for error for Bermuda's King Edward VII Gold hopeful Blythe Walker when the annual match racing spectacle begins in Hamilton harbour today.
Walker, who finished third overall last year, has been pitted in Group A — the 'group ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
There will be no need for an introduction for local King Edward VII Gold Cup hopeful Blythe Walker when next week's presitigious regatta begins in Hamilton Harbour.
Last year saw the former Olympian become the first Bermudian skipper to reach the sem...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Veteran IOD skipper Bill Widnall found light at the end of the tunnel as 2007 International Race Week drew to a close in yesterday’s light air conditions on the Great Sound.
With the ‘B’ Series title still up for grabs in yesterday’s final race, the ...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Brett Wright saved his absolute best for last in the Laser fleet yesterday. But it still wasn't enough to prevent local rival Malcolm Smith from clinching a third successive International Race Week Championship Trophy in the Great Sound.
Wright won t...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Former world champion John Burnham tore a leaf from the book of arch rival Bill Widnall to muscle his way to the ‘A’ Series IOD International Race Week title in the Great Sound yesterday.
Relying upon his vast match racing experience, the American sk...
DATE: May 02, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's 2007 Pan-Am Games qualifier Sarah Lane Adderley played the shifts to perfection and excelled in light air conditions on day two of International Race Week in the Great Sound yesterday.
On a day which saw shifting breezes force race official...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
