Entrant list complete with Bermuda National Champion and past America's Cup tactician
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Sept. 25, 2023) - The lineup for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club's Bermuda Gold Cup, a World Championship event of the World Match Racing Tour scheduled Oct. 2-7, is complete, with all 16 entrants confirmed.
Fourteen of the 16 teams were announced in August with three-time defending champion Taylor Canfield (Miami), World No. 1-ranked and newly minted U.S. match racing champion Chris Poole (Cold Spring Harbor, New York), the reigning Open Match Racing World Champion Nick Egnot-Johnson (Auckland, New Zealand), the reigning Women's Match Racing World Champion Pauline Courtois (Brest, France), and the reigning Youth Match Racing World Champion Jeffrey Peterson (Santa Ana, California) highlighting the list.
The field was recently completed with the addition of Joshua Greenslade (Pembroke), winner of the Bermuda Match Racing National Championship, and Gavin Brady (Auckland, New Zealand), a past America's Cup tactician.
Reigning event champion; Open, Women's and Youth world champions included
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Aug. 1, 2023) - The lineup for the Bermuda Gold Cup, a World Championship event of the World Match Racing Tour scheduled Oct. 2-7, is nearly complete, with 14 of the 16 invitees confirmed.
The Bermuda Gold Cup, raced for the century-old King Edward VII Gold Cup, has attracted a world-class field to race on the confines of Hamilton Harbour. The co-ed list of skippers includes the reigning event champion, Taylor Canfield, as well as the reigning Open, Women's and Youth world champions.
"We're very pleased with the lineup for the Bermuda Gold Cup. It reflects a great cross section of the best match racers in the world," said Event Chair Jon Corless of host Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. "The Bermuda Gold Cup has invited female skippers dating back to the 1990s, and the club is proud that the Gold Cup is recognized as an event where male and female skippers and crews can compete on an equal playing field."
The three female skippers are the top three in the Women's World Match Race Rankings and are led by Pauline Courtois (Brest, France), who won the Women's Match Racing World Championship for the third consecutive year three weeks ago.
71st contest for the venerable King Edward VII Gold Cup set for October
HAMILTON, Bermuda (July 24, 2023) — The 71st running of the Bermuda Gold Cup, hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, will be presented in partnership with the Bermuda Tourism Authority, Oct. 2-7.
Additionally, RenaissanceRe, a Bermuda-based global reinsurance provider, will also sponsor the event as well as the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup, an invitational event for Optimist sailors scheduled Oct. 4-7.
"We're very grateful for the support from Bermuda Tourism Authority and RenaissanceRe," said event chair Jon Corless, a Past Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. "BTA has long been a supporter of the Gold Cup and RenaissanceRe has sponsored the Junior Gold Cup since its inception in 2002. We're thrilled to have both regattas up and running again."
The Bermuda Gold Cup, a World Championship event of the World Match Racing Tour, is one of the world's most storied match race regattas.
Preliminary entrant list includes champions and finalists of past three editions
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 4, 2023) - The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is delighted to announce the 71st edition of the Bermuda Gold Cup match racing tournament, scheduled Oct. 2-7 on Hamilton Harbour, just off the docks of the 178-year-old club.
The King Edward VII Gold Cup, the championship trophy, was presented by King Edward VII at the Tri-Centenary Regatta at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1907. A highly prestigious trophy with a rich tradition it was the only King’s Cup ever to be offered for competition in the United States, which could be won outright, and is the oldest match racing trophy in the world for competition involving one-design yachts.
The Bermuda Gold Cup was last held in Oct. 2020, when it was also the Open Match Racing World Championship. In that final, Taylor Canfield’s (Miami, Florida) STARS + STRIPES Team USA defeated Ian Williams (Lymington, England) and crew in an aggressive match filled with penalties to capture his third Bermuda Gold Cup and second Open Match Racing World Championship. Both skippers are in the preliminary entrant list for this year’s regatta, a world championship event of the World Match Racing Tour.