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Phil Robertson turned the Argo Group Gold Cup on its head in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The 24-year-old Kiwi dumped current World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) points-leader and past Gold Cup winner Ian Williams out of the $100,000 regatta on the back of...
DATE: Oct 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past winners Ian Williams, Mathieu Richard and Jesper Radich all took route one to the quarter-finals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup during yesterday’s blustery conditions in Hamilton Harbour.
All three sailors finished the group stage with iden...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local trio Blythe Walker, Peter Miller and Lance Fraser all bowed out of the Argo Group Gold Cup yesterday.
Walker (¾) chalked up convincing wins against Australian Jordan Reece and Poland’s Jakub Pawluk. But a loss to Aussie Keith Swinton in his fin...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Multiple World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) champion Peter Gilmour has joined the chorus of those calling for local sailing to be granted national sports status.
As one of the Island’s oldest sports, sailing, according to locals, is just as deserving of ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Current World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) points leader and top ranked ISAF Open sailor Ian Williams made a winning start to his bid for a second Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The Englishman went unbeaten in his opening four Group T...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
For Team Bermuda the primary objective of the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup is not all about winning but more importantly on development.
The international regatta, now in its ninth year, affords the island’s Optimist sailors with an ideal opportunit...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local skipper Lance Fraser pulled off the biggest upset of his still blossoming career during day two of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbor yesterday.
The 18-year-old Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) sailor upstaged world n...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Hardy Autumn Series saw four foreign guest racers compete against locals on the Great Sound over the weekend.
Racing in the Optimist Gold Fleet, the visiting youngsters from Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Netherlands Anti...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Bermuda’s Argo Group Cup hopeful Blythe Walker is optimistic he can bounce back from yesterday’s loss to Denmark’s Jesper Radich in his opening Group One flight.
The veteran sailor was penalised for going over the start line early and in truth was ne...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
It is often said a picture is worth a thousand words. And nothing better encapsulates yesterday’s painfully light and shifty conditions that plagued the opening day of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup than the sight of one of Ian Williams’ crew using...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
