• Mat Belcher

    Hamilton Island Yacht Club sets sail on the Australian challenge for the 35th America’s Cup

    by  • 6 March 2014 • America's Cup, David Gilmour, Ed Smyth, FEATURED, Mat Belcher, Sam Newton, Seve Jarvin, Team Australia, Troy Tindill, Wade Morgan

    Hamilton Island Yacht Club (HIYC) has today set sail on its four-year Australian Challenge for the 35th America's Cup in 2017, with the announcement of Olympic Gold Medallist and ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year, Mathew Belcher as its skipper and the christening of Team Australia’s AC45 catamaran

    From gold medals to World Championship titles

    by  • 10 August 2013 • 470, Camille Lecointre, Chunyan Yu, Daniel Wilcox, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Elliot Willis, France, Hannah Mills, Jo Aleh, Luissa Smith, Mat Belcher, Mathilde Geron, Nick Rogers, Nicolas le Berre, Olivia Powrie, Olympics, Panagotis Mantis, Paul Snow-Hansen, Pavlos Kagialis, Pierre Leboucher, Saskia Clark, Will Ryan, Xiaomei Xu

    Mat Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) finished the Medal Race in 6th place to win the 470 World Championship gold, and Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie (NZL) win their Medal Race to secure victory.read more

    Medal racers decided

    by  • 9 August 2013 • 470, Camille Lecointre, Chunyan Yu, Daniel Wilcox, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Elliot Willis, France, Hannah Mills, Jo Aleh, Luissa Smith, Mat Belcher, Mathilde Geron, Nick Rogers, Nicolas le Berre, Olivia Powrie, Olympics, Panagotis Mantis, Paul Snow-Hansen, Pavlos Kagialis, Pierre Leboucher, Saskia Clark, Will Ryan, Xiaomei Xu

    Two races today and the eight-boat Medal Race line-up is determined, after one of the trickiest race days yet.read more

    Aussies and French hold their positions

    by  • 7 August 2013 • 470, Camille Lecointre, Chunyan Yu, Daniel Wilcox, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Elliot Willis, France, Hannah Mills, Jo Aleh, Luissa Smith, Mat Belcher, Mathilde Geron, Nick Rogers, Nicolas le Berre, Olivia Powrie, Olympics, Panagotis Mantis, Paul Snow-Hansen, Pavlos Kagialis, Pierre Leboucher, Saskia Clark, Will Ryan, Xiaomei Xu

    Some major changes in a shuffle of the leaderboard top 10, with a tricky day of racing delivering contrasting results for teams, as the wind shifted and the pressure continually changed.read more

    Consistent Aussies

    by  • 6 August 2013 • Camille Lecointre, Chunyan Yu, Daniel Wilcox, Dinghy, Elliot Willis, Hannah Mills, Jo Aleh, Mat Belcher, Mathilde Geron, Multimedia, Nick Rogers, Nicolas le Berre, Olivia Powrie, Panagotis Mantis, Paul Snow-Hansen, Pavlos Kagialis, Pierre Leboucher, Saskia Clark, Will Ryan, Xiaomei Xu

    The five race qualification stage today decided the division of teams advancing to the gold, silver and bronze fleets for the finals stage at the 2013 470 World Championships.read more

    Aussies and Kiwis lead

    by  • 5 August 2013 • 470, Camille Lecointre, Chunyan Yu, Daniel Wilcox, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Elliot Willis, France, Hannah Mills, Jo Aleh, Luissa Smith, Mat Belcher, Mathilde Geron, Nick Rogers, Nicolas le Berre, Olivia Powrie, Panagotis Mantis, Paul Snow-Hansen, Pavlos Kagialis, Pierre Leboucher, Saskia Clark, Will Ryan, Xiaomei Xu

    A gusty breeze for the first say of the five race Qualification Stage at the 2013 470 World Championships in La Rochelle, France and there was no surprise to see the Olympic Champions Jo Aleh/Pollyread more

    Perfect start

    by  • 10 June 2013 • 470, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Eilidh Mcintyre, Elliot Willis, Igor Marenic, Italy, Jeremie Mion, Jo Aleh, Joe Glanfield, Luissa Smith, Luke Patience, Mat Belcher, Nadja Horwitz, Nick Rogers, Nicolas Charbonnier, Olivia Powrie, Olympics, Sime Fantela, Sofian Bouvet, Sophie Weguelin, Will Ryan

    A stunning opening day of racing at the 2013 470 European Championships in Formia, Italy with blue sky, sparkling sea and a perfect breeze across the race course.read more

    Percy and Simpson ease into pole

    by  • 25 April 2012 • 470, 49er, Ai Kondo, Alicia Cebrian, Andreas Geritzer, Andrew Simpson, Berta Betanzos, Caleb Paine, Charline Picon, Dinghy, Doublehanders, Eivind Melleby, Elliot 6, Evi van Acker, finn, France, Freddie Loof, Gintare Scheidt, Giovanna Micol, Guilia Conti, Iain Jensen, Iain Percy, Igor Marenic, Javier Hernandez, Jeremie Mion, Jonas Warrer, Julien Bontemps, laser, Laser Standard, Lijia Xu, Lisa Westerhof, Lobke Berkhout, Malcolm Page, Manu Dyen, Marit Bouwmeester, Mat Belcher, Matt Coutts, Nathan Outteridge, Nicolas Charbonnier, Olympics, Pierre Leboucher, Piotr Myszka, Przemyslaw Miarczynski, Rafa Trujillo, Robert Scheidt, Sarah Steyaert, Sarah Winther, Sime Fantela, Singlehanded Dinghy, Skandia Team GBR, Skiffs and Asymmetrics, star, Stephane Christidis, Tara Pacheco, Tina Mihelic, Tom Burton, Tom Slingsby, Tonci Stipanovic, Vincent Garos, Wakako Tabata, Xavier Rohart, Zofia Klepacka • 0 Comments

    There were a different set of conditions and a different set of winners today as the wind started out light and shifty with delays to scheduled start times, as day four of the Semaine Olympique Fraread more

    Drama for Ainslie

    by  • 6 April 2012 • 470, 49er, Andrew Simpson, Ben Ainslie, Dinghy, Dominik Zycki, Doublehanders, Elliot 6, finn, Hamish Pepper, Hannah Mills, Iain Percy, Jim Turner, Krystal Weir, laser, Laser Standard, Luke Patience, Malcolm Page, Mat Belcher, Mateusz Kusnierewicz, Nick Thompson, Olympics, Paul Goodison, Pierre Leboucher, Pierre-Antoine Ponsot, Rick Tomlinson, Sam Kivell, Saskia Clark, Skandia Team GBR, Skiffs and Asymmetrics, Sophie Ainsworth, Sophie Weguelin, Spain, star, Stuart Bithell, Vincent Garos, Will Ryan, Xavier Rohart • 0 Comments

    Ben Ainslie has won the Finn class at the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre, but the British Olympic legend's day didn't go entirely to plan.read more

    Ben Ainslie back in charge

    by  • 3 April 2012 • 470, 49er, Andrew Simpson, Ben Ainslie, Dinghy, Dominik Zycki, Doublehanders, Elliot 6, finn, Hamish Pepper, Hannah Mills, Iain Percy, Jesus Renedo, Jim Turner, Krystal Weir, laser, Laser Standard, Luke Patience, Malcolm Page, Mat Belcher, Mateusz Kusnierewicz, Nick Thompson, Olympics, Paul Goodison, Pierre Leboucher, Pierre-Antoine Ponsot, Sam Kivell, Saskia Clark, Skandia Team GBR, Skiffs and Asymmetrics, Sophie Ainsworth, Sophie Weguelin, Spain, star, Stuart Bithell, Vincent Garos, Will Ryan, Xavier Rohart • 0 Comments

    After a light opening day, conditions improved on the Bay of Palma today at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre with all scheduled races completed by mid-afternoon.read more