Match Race News from Ireland, Organisation & Regatta Results
The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has announced its 2023 world championship season with a fifteen-event schedule across ten countries, including the return of founding Tour events - the Congressional Cup/USA, Match Cup Sweden and Bermuda Gold Cup. The WMRT…
Strangford Lough's Juliette Kennedy Fourth in UK Women's Match Racing Championship
15th February 2023 Match Racing
The sell-out RYA Marlow Ropes Women's Match Racing Championship finale saw two Scottish skippers battling for the title, with Alison Morrish's team taking the crown and Irish Flying Fifteen champion Juliette Kennedy of Strangford Lough finishing fourth. The latest edition…
The world’s top match racing skippers will return to Long Beach, Calif. April 18 to 22, 2023 for the 58th Congressional Cup regatta at Long Beach Yacht Club, and a founding event on the World Match Racing Tour. Reigning 2022…
The Women’s World Match Racing Tour has announced four events for its 2023 season, including San Francisco, Annapolis, Le Havre, and Copenhagen. The Tour is the world’s only professional sailing series for women designed to promote and grow female participation…
New Zealand Yacht Squadron Team Win Match Racing World Championships
18th December 2022 Match Racing
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Zak Merton & Bradley McLaughlin, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have been crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions after an epic five days of racing on Sydney Harbour in strong conditions. USA’s Chris…
Sydney Harbour's World Match Racing Tour Final Confirms Skippers from Seven Nations
7th December 2022 Match Racing
The line-up for the World Match Racing Tour Final 2022 has been confirmed, with ten teams invited for the inaugural Tour event to be sailed on Sydney Harbour. In just under a week, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, home…
'Match in Pink' Match Racing Team Successfully Defend World Title in Auckland
13th November 2022 Match Racing
Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink match racing team from France have successfully defended their world title, winning the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson World Women’s Match Racing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The team were also crowned champions of…
Entry is now open for the RYA Winter Match Racing Series 2023 which kicks off in RS21s at London’s Queen Mary Sailing Club in the New Year. The #rockupandrace series will also give teams an opportunity to compete in 707s…
Sixteen teams gathered in Hamble at the weekend for the RYA National Match Racing Championship Grand Finals following a summer season of qualifiers, youth and university championships. Royal Southern Yacht Club were the hosts with racing taking place on the…
National Yacht Club to Host Match Racing Series in Fleet of Elliott 6m One-Design Keelboats
25th October 2022 National YC
Dun Laoghaire's National Yacht Club will host a match racing series in the club's own fleet of Elliott 6m one-design keelboats. The series will run for a period of four weeks, beginning the weekend of 5th-6th November. The series is…
Organisers of the World Match Racing Tour have announced the 2022 WMRT Final has been re-scheduled to 13-18 December in Sydney, Australia. The event will be co-hosted with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) and the winner will be…
Pauline Courtois and her ‘Match in Pink’ Normandie team from France have won the 2022 EUROSAF Women’s European Match Racing Championship in Corfu, Greece. The event is stage 3 of the 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Courtois and team…
Women's European Match Racing Championships Get Testing Conditions in Corfu
14th October 2022 Match Racing
A storm front over the Mediterranean island of Corfu presented challenging conditions today for the 12 teams competing in the 2022 EUROSAF Women’s European Championship, stage 3 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Fickle winds between 2-12knots and a…
Colquitt Claims 2022 Ceilidh Cup victory on Breezy Weekend for Scottish Round of RYA Summer Match Racing Series
12th October 2022 Scottish Waters
Alex Colquitt and his team triumphed at the 2022 Ceilidh Cup in Argyll, western Scotland this past weekend, with Thomas Goodman of Strathclyde University taking the Scottish Student Sailing title. It was a windy affair for the annual Ceilidh Cup/Scottish…
The World Match Racing Tour is pleased to announce the launch of the first Women’s World Match Racing Tour, a global professional series designed to promote and grow female participation in sailing and match racing around the world. The inaugural…
55th Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Announced for California
26th April 2022 Match Racing
The skippers invited to the 55th Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing this week make this event more like a traditional, pre-COVID “GovCup” lineup after the Cup’s cancellation in 2020 and last year’s event which featured a U.S. vs. Europe…
