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Tucker Murphy warmed up for this month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the best possible way at Clearwater Beach in St David’s yesterday.
The multiple Winter Olympian captured a maiden Aon Triathlon title after breaking away from the chasing pack ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Tim Patton moved to within striking distance of his ultimate objective on the penultimate day of the Etchells World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island.
Going into the nine-race series the experienced sailor set his sights on finishing in the top h...
DATE: Jun 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
After waiting several excruciating hours for the wind to stabilise to allow the race committee to set up the racecourse and then losing ground on the leaderboard, Mark Watson probably figured his day could not get any worse.
Boy, was he wrong.
A blow...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The trio of Bermuda boats competing in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race are all moored back in local waters.
Dr Stephen Sherwin’s Corby 41.5, Nasty Medicine, and Brian Hillier’s J-125, Crossfire, arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday. And joining them yester...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The crew of local yacht Nasty Medicine had plenty to be proud of after completing the Newport Bermuda Race late under the cover of darkness on Tuesday night.
Dr Stephen Sherwin’s Corby 41.5 finished the 635-mile ocean race at 10.15pm in an elapsed ti...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Mark Watson and the crew of Tiberon made further inroads at the Etchells World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, yesterday.
Provisional results showed the local sailor climbing nine places up the leaderboard from 28th to 19th after four of the s...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Mark Watson leads the local contingent at the Etchells World Championships that got underway under sunny skies in Newport, Rhode Island, yesterday.
After two of the scheduled nine races taking place in Rhode Island Sound this week, provisional result...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nasty Medicine, helmed by Dr Stephen Sherwin, had all but clinched local bragging rights in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race at press time last night.
Online tracking showed Sherwin’s Corby 41.5 within six miles of the finish line off St David’s Lightho...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda sailor Eugene “Penny” Simmons has won the International One Design World Championship in Fjaerholmen, Toensberg, Norway.
The Bermuda Sports Hall of Famer claimed an eighth overall IOD world title after pipping Martin Rygh, of Norway, on a cou...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sipping champagne and Dark ‘n’ Stormy’s at the crack of dawn is the last thing that you would expect Greek sailor George Sakellaris to be doing.
But yesterday proved to be an exception to the rule, and for good reason, as the 68-year-old captain of S...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson