• Keith Swinton

    Victory completes a near-perfect week for Williams

    by  • 9 June 2014 • FEATURED, Ian Williams, Keith Swinton, Match Race Germany, Mathieu Richard, WMRT

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    Ian Williams has won Match Race Germany after beating Keith Swinton in a light-airs, one-race final. The GAC Pindar crew from Great Britain put the Aussies on Team Alpari FX under pressure in the final seconds of the pre-start and, when Swinton ran into the committee boat at start time, the resulting penalty put the Perth skipper on the back foot.

    Black Swan Racing to compete as Team Alpari FX on the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour

    by  • 4 April 2014 • alpari world match racing tour, Keith Swinton, Ricky McGarvie, Team Alpari FX, Ted Hackney, WMRT

    Leading global FX broker Alpari, collaborates with Channel 4 magician Troy for extraordinary sailing launch. This unique collaboration with Troy marked the launch of the new 2014 Team Alpari FX line-up: Australian skipper Keith Swinton, bowman Ricky McGarvie (Aus), trimmer Ted Hackney (Aus), tactician Ben Lamb (Aus) and pitman Tudur Owen (GB), who previously raced under the name Black Swan Racing

    Alpari World Match Racing Tour Announces 2014 Championship Skippers

    by  • 11 March 2014 • Alpari, alpari world match racing tour, Bjorn Hansen, David Gilmour, francesco bruni, Ian Williams, Keith Swinton, Luna Rossa, Mathieu Richard, Phil Robertson, Taylor Canfield, WMRT

    Luna Rossa America’s Cup team joins impressive line up for 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Current Tour Champion Taylor Canfield (ISV) returns to defend title. British match racer Ian Williams targets record breaking fifth World Championship

    Argo Group Gold Cup’s first Italian winner

    by  • 14 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Luna Rossa, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    Two past titans of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour came head to head on Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour in today’s final of the 2013 Argo Group Gold Cup.read more

    Not a Bermudaful day

    by  • 13 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    English conditions prevailed on Hamilton Harbour today as a trough passed over Bermuda bringing with it ultra-light winds and drizzly rain for the Semi Final round of the Argo Group Gold Cup, the pread more

    Ian Williams’ winning streak runs out

    by  • 11 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, United Kingdom, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    It was another tense day on Hamilton Harbour where the first-to-three Quarter Final matches of the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour were being playedread more

    Survival of the fittest

    by  • 10 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    A major culling took place on day three of the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour when the eight quarter finalists were decided from the 20 strongread more

    Williams and Bruni unbeaten

    by  • 9 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    A full second day of Qualifying racing took place at the Argo Group Gold Cup with fantastic conditions on Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour, the wind at 12 knots, brilliant sunshine and continued baread more

    Battle of Britain peps up

    by  • 8 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    Two British crews hold the highest scores after day one of racing in Bermuda at the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, in what race pundits believe coread more

    Leading America’s Cup sailors head for Bermuda

    by  • 8 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    Battle lines are being drawn up at the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate regatta in the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour, where Qualifying begins for the 20 teams on Hamilton Harbour tomorrowread more

    Ready for action

    by  • 5 October 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Ben Ainslie, Bermuda, Bjorn Hansen, Chris Dickson, Chris Poole, Chris Steele, Eric Monnin, francesco bruni, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Joshua Greenslade, Keith Swinton, Lance Fraser, Marek Stanczyk, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Matt Cornwell, Nicolai Sehested, Peter Gilmour, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, russell coutts, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, William Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    Racing returns to the longest standing event in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour next Tuesday, 8 October, when the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2013 Tour, sets sail on Hamiltread more

    Ainslie returns to Bermuda

    by  • 19 August 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Belgium, Ben Ainslie, Bjorn Hansen, gac pindar, Iain Percy, Ian Williams, Inshore, James Spithill, Johnie Berntsson, Keith Swinton, Match Racing, Mathieu Richard, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, russell coutts, simone ferrarese, Taylor Canfield, Team Alpari FX, USOne, World Match Racing Tour

    For match race sailors, the coveted King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Argo Group Gold Cup, is a golden road to one of sailing’s holy grails, the America’s Curead more

    Canfield bounces off the ropes for Chicago Match Cup victory

    by  • 12 August 2013 • Alpari, alpari world match racing tour, Chicago Match Cup, FEATURED, Keith Swinton, Taylor Canfield, WMRT

    Taylor Canfield bounced back from 0-2 to take a last-gasp victory at the Chicago Match Cup today. Representing the US Virgin Islands, the crowd of spectators went silent with tension as Canfield and USone’s boat rumbled towards the finish line of the final match, little more than a boatlength ahead of Keith Swinton

    Into the semis

    by  • 9 August 2013 • Adam Minoprio, Andy Rice, Bjorn Hansen, Donald Wilson, Gavin Brady, Ian Williams, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Jordan Reece, Keith Swinton, Match Racing, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, Taylor Canfield, Team Alpari FX, Team GAC Pindar, United States, Will Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    There was dramatic tension all the way into the final two matches of the Qualifying stage at the Chicago Match Cup, when two slots still remained open for the top four to go through to the Quarter-read more

    Early headache for Tour stars

    by  • 7 August 2013 • Adam Minoprio, an Williams, Andy Rice, Bjorn Hansen, Donald Wilson, Gavin Brady, Inshore, Johnie Berntsson, Jordan Reece, Keith Swinton, Match Racing, Phil Robertson, Pierre-Antoine Morvan, Taylor Canfield, Team Alpari FX, Team GAC Pindar, United States, Will Tiller, World Match Racing Tour

    If Flight 1 of the Chicago Match Cup is an indicator of things to come, there will be plenty of upsets in the coming days.read more