975 results returned for search: "" category "Sailing" author Colin Thompson
Life at the top of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing Tour is not a bed of roses as reigning champion Ian Williams has discovered since soaring to great heights last year.
A lawyer by trade, Williams made history last year...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
World number one match racing skipper Mathieu Richard of France will begin the defence of his King Edward VII Gold Cup title in Hamilton Harbour today.
Richard and Team French Spirit finished third at the Troia Portugal Match Cup in Portugal last wee...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's sole King Edward VII Gold Cup hopeful, Blythe Walker, will have his work cut out for him when round-robin action begins in Hamilton Harbour early next week.
Walker, who won the Gold Cup petite final in 2006, has been pitted against recently...
DATE: Oct 04, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Frenchman Sebastien Col shaved Ian Williams' lead atop the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Race Tour championship standings to six-points after capturing the $125,000 Troia Portugal Match Race title in Portugal over the weekend.
C...
DATE: Sep 30, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
American skipper Donald Wilson has been confirmed for next month's prestigious King Edward VII Gold Cup and will face some of the world's elite match race sailors in Hamilton Harbour at the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) sanctioned event.
Wi...
DATE: Sep 27, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Reigning King Edward VII Gold Cup champion and world number one match race skipper Mathieu Richard and Team French Spirit remained on course to advance to the quarter-finals of the $125,000 Troia Portugal Match Cup in Portugal yesterday.
The Frenchma...
DATE: Sep 25, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Despite the late withdrawal of top ranked World Match Race Tour skipper Paolo Cian, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) commodore Ralph Richardson still believes this year's King Edward VII Gold Cup will be one of the "most exciting" in recent memory.
It...
DATE: Sep 18, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Reigning King Edward VII Gold Cup champion Mathieu Richard of France maintained pole position atop the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Open World Match Race Rankings by an 82 point margin over England's Ian Williams.
Both skippers, who will c...
DATE: Sep 18, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Three-time Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie will be among those bidding for top honours in Hamilton Harbour during next month's $100,000 King Edward VII Gold Cup.
The 31-year old Englishman captured a second straight Olympic Gold medal and fourth o...
DATE: Sep 16, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
King Edward VII Gold Cup champion Mathieu Richard threw the race for the prestigious World Match Racing Tour title wide open after beating defending world champion Ian Williams 2-0 in the final of last week's St.Moritz Match Race held in St.Moritz, S...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
