Double Olympic gold medallist and podcast host Shirley Robertson is joined by eight-time World Match Racing Champion Ian Williams, as the duo get together to discuss Williams’ career at the sharp end of the most combative discipline in the sport of competitive sailing. Williams discusses his early route to the top of the World Match Racing…
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(Long Beach, 17 July, 2025) The Long Beach Yacht Club and World Match Racing Tour today announced the dates for the 2026 Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup and Ficker Cup, both official stages of the World Match Racing Tour, the longest running global professional sailing series. 2026 will mark the 61st edition of the…
05 Jul
Marstrand, Sweden (5 July 2025) – Denmark’s Jeppe Borch/ Borch Match Race Team, and France’s Pauline Courtois/ Match in Pink by Normandy have been crowned the new champions of Marstrand in a day of fierce weather for the final of the 2025 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy in Marstrand. It is the first…
2025 SCHEDULE
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2025
Stage 1 – *MACAO MATCH CUP, MACAO 8-12 JANUARY
Stage 2 – FICKER CUP, LONG BEACH, CA, USA, 25-27 APRIL
Stage 3 – *CONGRESSIONAL CUP, LONG BEACH, CA, 30 APRIL – 4 MAY
Stage 4 – PORTO MONTENEGRO MATCH RACE, 9-11 MAY
Stage 5 – GKSS SPRING CUP, MARSTRAND, SWEDEN, 17-18 MAY
Stage 6 – NJK OPEN SPRING CUP, FINLAND, 23-25 MAY
Stage 7 – OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE, ITALY, 27-29 JUNE
Stage 8 – *GKSS MATCH CUP SWEDEN, MARSTRAND 30 JUNE – 5 JULY
Stage 9 – INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE DE MATCH RACING, PORNICHET, FRANCE, 18-20 JULY
Stage 10 – OAKCLIFF INTERNATIONAL, OYSTER BAY NY, USA, 4-7 AUGUST
Stage 11 – THOMPSON CUP, OYSTER BAY NY, USA, 9-12 AUGUST
Stage 12 – CHICAGO GRAND SLAM, USA, 15-17 AUGUST
Stage 13 – THE DETROIT CUP, USA, 21-24 AUGUST
Stage 14 – DUBLIN MATCH CUP, IRELAND, 25-28 SEPTEMBER
Stage 15 – SZCZECIN MATCH RACE, POLAND, 17-19 OCTOBER
Stage 16 – *BERMUDA GOLD CUP, 21-26 OCTOBER
2025 WMRT FINAL – *SHENZHEN BAO’AN MATCH CUP, SHENZHEN CHINA, 6-11 JANUARY 2026