Our Monsoon Cup AND ISAF World Match Racing Tour Champions:
Adam Minoprio and ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing
Watch the Monsoon Cup
The Monsoon Cup will be airing on Sky Channel 433 in the UK and Ireland tonight Tuesday 15/12/09 at 23.00hrs. It will then be repeated on Sky Channel 437 at 23.00hrs Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Minoprio & Blackmatch Racing Team Win Monsoon Cup for a Double Victory
It must be Team New Zealand Black Match Racing and skipper Adam Minoprio's year. The excitement was on their yacht as the winds stilled for them to completely outclass and out-manoeuvre Ben Ainslie and Team Origin to clinch the 2009 Monsoon Cup at the Ri-Yaz Heritage Marina Resort & Spa in Pulau Duyong today.
Monsoon Cup - World Champion Minoprio defeats Ainslie
Today the new ISAF Match Racing World Champion 24 year old Adam Minoprio sailed against the legendary Ben Ainslie, 32 year old British sailor, three-time Olympic gold medallist and ISAF World Sailor of the Year in 1998, 2002 and 2008.
Today, day five, is the Final of the Monsoon Cup and it will be sailed between Ben Ainslie and his TeamOrigin crew of Iain Percy, Matt Cornwell, Christian Kamp and Mike Mottl and Adam Minoprio and his crew, who are aiming to add the Monsoon Cup to their trophy tally.
For a group of Chinese tourists to Malaysia, Kuala Terengganu was not even in their itinerary until they decided to attend the ongoing Monsoon Cup 2009, the final leg of the World Match Racing Tour.
It's been an drama filled day of match racing at the Monsoon Cup, the final event of the World Match Racing Tour, being sailed on the Pulau Duyong basin, Kuala Terengganu in Malaysia.
Minoprio and BlackMatch win the ISAF World Match Racing Championship
The 2009 ISAF World Match Racing Championship was at stake on morning 4 of the Monsoon Cup. In the end, Adam Minoprio (NZL) and his ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing team won the 2009 ISAF Match Racing World Championship.