2015 Media Pack by WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR

16TH SEASON ISAF MATCH RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP USD1.4m PRIZE MONEY TELEVISED TO OVER 56 BROADCASTERS MEET OVER 250 SPONSORS

16TH SEASON KICKS OFF WITH 18 EVENTS The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is leading professional sailing series featuring World Championship events across the globe. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) sanctions the world’s longest running professional sailing series with “Special Event” status. The World Match Racing Tour awards over US$1.3 million in prize money with points awarded at each event culminating in the crowning of the “ISAF Match Racing World Champion”. The prize fund includes a US$440,000 overall Tour Bonus divided between the Tour Card Skippers. Events take place in supplied, identical racing yachts to place the focus on teamwork and skill. Racing takes place close to the shore in stadium style venues for spectators and fans to follow the racing from the shore. World Match Racing Tour works alongside media partner, IMG, a global sports and entertainment agency, to distribute highlights coverage reaching over 183 countries across 55 broadcasters worldwide.

2015/16 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

13 - 17 May 2015

CONGRESSIONAL CUP

Long Beach, USA

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

21 - 25 May 2015

MATCH RACE GERMANY

Langenargen, Germany

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

29 June - 4 July 2015

STENA MATCH CUP SWEDEN

Marstrand, Sweden

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

29 July - 1 August 2015 ENERGA SOPOT MATCH RACE

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

6 - 11 October 2015

ARGO GROUP GOLD CUP

Hamilton, Bermuda

WMRT FINALS:

26 - 30 January 2016

MONSOON CUP MALAYSIA

Johor Bahru, Malaysia

FICKER CUP VOLVO SPRING CUP SZCZECIN MATCH RACE SAILS OF THE WHITE NIGHTS ROYAL SOUTHERN MATCH CUP DZIWNOW MATCH RACE INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE DUTCH MATCH CUP QUALIFIER KNICKERBOCKER CUP BERMUDA MR CHAMPIONSHIP MONSOON CUP TERENGGANU LIGA LAYAR SERIES

Long Beach, USA Langedrag, Sweden Szczecin, Poland St Petersburg, Russia Hamble, United Kingdom Dziwnow, Poland Pornichet, France Lelystad, Netherlands New York, USA Hamilton, Bermuda Terengganu, Malaysia Malaysia

Sopot, Poland

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CONGRESSIONAL CUP

MATCH RACE GERMANY

Date: 13 – 17 May 2015 Prize Money: USD75,000 Host Club: Long Beach Yacht Club Location: Long Beach, California Participating Teams: 12 Teams Boat Type: Catalina 37

Date: 21 – 25 May 2015 Prize Money: USD30,000 Host club: Yacht Club Langenargen Location: Langenargen, Germany Participating Teams: 12 Teams Boat Type: Bavaria 40S

Event Winners: 2015 Taylor Canfield (ISV/US One) 2014 Taylor Canfield (ISV/US One) 2013 Simone Ferrarase (ITA/ Ferrarase Racing) 2012 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2011 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2010 Francesco Bruni (ITA)

Fifty years is a long time for an all-volunteer regatta of the calibre of Congressional Cup. Particularly impressive is that it has become a prestigious annual event regarded around the world as the “grandfather of modern match racing.” In 1963, the goal of the Club’s Congressional Cup founders was to create an annual, world-scale regatta that would run over a short course with intense action, be spectator-friendly and, most importantly, offer a competition that would be a true test of skill by using equal and identical boats. The first regatta was held in 1965. Through the years, Congressional Cup has attracted an increasingly impressive following of internationally renowned skippers and crews. The first international competitors were from Canada in 1969. Since then, skippers and crews from around the world -- including many America’s Cup participants -have sought an invitation to the regatta. Because of the skill required of skippers and crews in racing identical yachts under the current match race concept, skippers are ranked by their history of races and wins. Only the highest ranked or most promising are invited to participate in Congressional Cup. Accordingly, the level of competition produces a roster of world-class skippers, crews and umpires that reads like a Who’s Who of Yachting. Now in its Fifty-First year, Congressional Cup is joining the World Match Race Tour as the opening event for 2015.

Event Winners: 2015 Tomislav Basic (CRO/TB Race Team) 2014 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2013 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2012 Phil Robertson (NZL/WAKA Racing) 2011 Francesco Bruni (ITA/Bruni Racing) 2010 Adam Minoprio (NZL/ETNZ/ BlackMatch Racing)

Part of the Tour since 2000, Match Race Germany will be celebrating its 18th anniversary this year. The event staged at Langenargen on the shores of picturesque Lake Constance in Southern Germany. Lake Constance is bordered by Germany, Switzerland and Austria with a spectacular backdrop of snow-capped mountains. Activities in and around Langenargen include mountain biking, hiking and sightseeing with other towns such as Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen only a short drive away.

STENA MATCH CUP SWEDEN

ENERGA SOPOT MATCH RACE

Date: 29 June - 4 July 2015 Prize Money: USD140,000 Host club: Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Location: Marstrand, Sweden Participating Teams: 14 Teams Boat Type: DS37 Match Racer

Date: 29 July - 1 August 2015 Prize Money: USD75,000 Host: Prime Group Location: Sopot, Poland Participating Teams: 12 Teams Boat Type: Diamant 3000

Event Winners: 2015 Bjorn Hansen (SWE/Naustika Sailing Team) 2014 Bjorn Hansen (SWE/Hansen Sailing Team) 2013 Bjorn Hansen (SWE/eWork Sailing Team) 2012 Bjorn Hansen (SWE/ Mekonomen Sailing Team) 2011 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2010 Ben Ainslie (GBR/ TEAMORIGIN)

Match Cup Sweden started off in 1994 as a local regatta in the small picturesque island of Marstrand on the West coast of Sweden. The event joined the Tour in 2000 and since then has attracted around 130,000 spectators annually to the venue. The event attracts over 50 corporate partners every year and plays host to over 15,000 hospitality guests during the event in a custom built marquee directly in front of the racecourse providing an exceptional experience for guests. The island of Marstrand is approximately 50km north-west of Gothenburg. Marstrand is a wonderful summer paradise with a wide range of things to see and do. The island has many beaches and nature walks and a large mix of history and culture dating back to the 13th century. Travel to the archipelago is easy and can be done either by boat or car.

Event Winners: 2014 Ian Williams (GBR/GAC Pindar) 2013 Przemyslaw Tarnacki (POL) 2012 Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) 2011 Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) 2010 Eric Monnin (SUI)

The Sopot Match Race has been held for the past ten years as an ISAF Grade 1 event before joining the Tour for the first time in 2014. This year marks the second year of Sopot Match Race being part of the World Match Racing Tour. Situated between Gdansk and Gdynia, the city of Sopot is one of Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious sea resorts located on the Baltic Sea, which now plays host to this annual World Championship regatta. The city is full of life during the day and night that offers plenty sport, cultural and partying opportunities. The racing takes place metres from the beach in Sopot and adjacent to the longest wooden pier in Europe - the famous 550m Molo pier which attracts over 20,000 visitors per day during the event.

ARGO GROUP GOLD CUP

MONSOON CUP MALAYSIA

Date: 6 - 11 October 2015 Prize Money: USD100,000 Host Club: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Location: Hamilton, Bermuda Participating Teams: 16 Teams Boat Type: International One Design

Date: 26 - 30 January 2016 Prize Money: USD400,000 Host: Innovatige Sdn Bhd Johor Baru, Malaysia Participating Teams: 12 Teams Boat Type: F36

The Monsoon Cup has now split into two separate events, Monsoon Cup Terengganu â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a regional qualifying event held in Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu in November 2015, and the Monsoon Cup Malaysia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the World Championship grade event and final stage of the World Match Racing Tour in Johor from 26 - 30 January 2016. The winner of the Monsoon Cup Terengganu qualifies for entry to the final in Johor Bahru.

Event Winners: 2014 Ian Williams (GBR/ GAC Pindar) 2013 Phil Robertson (NZL/ WAKA Racing) 2012 Taylor Canfield (ISV/ USone) 2011 Ian Williams (GBR/ GAC Pindar) 2010 Ben Ainslie (GBR/ TEAMORIGIN)

The creation of the two separate Monsoon Cup events is a further development of the highly successful initiative to grow the sport of match racing, and sailing, in Malaysia. Innovatige and the National Sports Council runs a comprehensive sailing development programme with the introduction of the Liga Layar Malaysia (LLM), a series of eight match racing events in Malaysia, and the Belia Belayar programme. This grassroots programme aimed at introducing youth sailors to the sport of sailing. So far this year, the Belia Belayar has introduced over 4,500 youth sailors to the sport via the government-backed programme.

Event Winners: 2014 Johnie Berntsson (SWE/Stena Sailing Team) 2013 Franceso Bruni (ITA/Luna Rossa) 2012 Taylor Canfield (ISV/Canfield Racing) 2011 Torvar Mirsky (AUS/The Wave Muscat) 2010 Ben Ainslie (GBR/ TEAMORIGIN)

Hamilton is the capital of Bermuda - a financial services and re-insurance center, major port and tourist destination with a subtropical climate and year-round warm weather. The highlight of the Hamilton sailing calendar is the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate stage of the World Match Racing Tour. The award for the winner is the historic and coveted King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy for one-design yachts in the world. This trophy was originally presented at the Tri-Centenary Regatta in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1907 by King Edward VII. In 1984 the regatta moved from the Great Sound (venue for the 35th Americas Cup) into Hamilton Harbour introducing the concept of stadium racing to the world of sailing.

WORLD TOUR EVENTS For the first time since the World Tour was founded in 2000, the series will award championship points to all events on the schedule divided into two categories â&#x20AC;&#x201C; World Tour Events and World Championship Events. Skippers will count their highest five results towards the World Championship title. The World Tour Events are made up of the Qualifying events of the World Championship events plus other selected ISAF Graded Events. The goal is to have over 20 events forming the schedule that count points towards the ISAF Match Racing World Championship.

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HISTORY OF MATCH RACING AND THE WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP HALL OF FAME

The history of Match Racing dates back to 1660 when the first sail off taking place in the United Kingdom between King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York. The race was from Greenwich to Gravesend and back for a prize of 100 guineas. Much later in the late 1930’s, the competition of match racing evolved with the introduction of ‘one-design’ yachts held at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club for the King Edward VII Gold Cup. The interest of match racing grew stronger when three prestigious match racing cup came together. The Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California and the Royal Lymington Cup in the United Kingdom came together with the King Edward VII Gold Cup to form a series of match racing events. This series of events survived through to the early 1970’s. In 1985, the first World Match Racing Conference was established to supervise on the ruling and restrictions of all match racing regattas.

Ian Williams from Great Britain, skipper of Team GAC Pindar, wins the 2012 Alpari World Match Racing Tour.

Ian Williams from Great Britain, skipper of Team GAC Pindar, wins the 2011 World Match Racing Tour.

Ben Ainslie from Great Britain, skipper of Team Origin, wins the 2010 World Match Racing Tour.

Adam Minoprio from New Zealand, skipper of BlackMatch Racing, wins the 2009 World Match Racing Tour.

Ian Williams from Great Britain, skipper of Bahrain Team Pindar, wins the 2008 World Match Racing Tour.

Ian Williams from Great Britain, skipper of Team Pindar, wins the 2007 World Match Racing Tour.

Peter Gilmour from Australia, skipper of Pizza-La Sailing Team, wins the 2005-’06 World Match Racing Tour.

Peter Gilmour from Australia, skipper of Pizza-La Sailing Team, wins the 2004-’05 Swedish Match Tour.

Peter Gilmour from Australia, skipper of Pizza-La Sailing Team, wins the 2003-’04 Swedish Match Tour.

Jesper Radich from Denmark, wins the 2002-’03 Swedish Match Tour.

Peter Holmberg from USA, skipper of Oracle Racing, wins the 2001-’02 Swedish Match Tour.

Magnus Holmberg from Sweden, skipper of Team StoraEnso, wins the 2000-’01 Swedish Match Tour.

The series received new interest with the introduction of the Faberge Egg award in 1995, a series of events where a competitor had to win three out of five events to win the highest prize money of USD250,000. Having all regattas under the watchful eye of the International Yacht Racing Union, the governing body was renamed a year later to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and set up a new classification for match racing.

Ian Williams from Great Britain, skipper of Team GAC Pindar, wins the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour.

With Brut leaving as the main sponsor for the Faberge Egg series, Swedish tobacco company Swedish Match AB became the new title sponsor of the series and formed the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing Tour in 1998. ISAF later sanctioned the Tour as the official match racing series and renamed the series to Swedish Match Tour. Since then, the Swedish Match Tour had been a well-established match racing sailing series. However, the series took a hit in 2005 when the tobacco ruling ruled out the sponsorship in a sporting event. Swedish Match AB had to step down as a sponsor leaving the series to rebrand as the World Match Racing Tour. With the success of the World Match Racing Tour in 2006, ISAF has decided to partner with the series granting the Tour “ISAF Special Event” status. The partnership guaranteed the World Match Racing Tour winner the ISAF Match Racing World Champion title and trophy - since a single event has always decided this event. From 2006 onwards, the World Champion has been awarded to the winner of the World Match Racing Tour. The World Tour is now an annual series of events. Skippers and teams score points based on their finishing position in each event in which added up to a total point system in the World Tour leaderboard standings. With the success of the World Match Racing Tour over the years, leading Forex company Alpari UK Ltd sponsored of the Tour from 2012 to 2014. 2015 marks the 16th season of the World Match Racing Tour with an expansion of sixteen event schedule on the world championship. The full schedule is expected to exceed 20 events by the first Tour event in May 2015 at the 51st Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California.

Taylor Canfield from US Virgin Islands, kipper of US One, wins the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour.

WHAT IS MATCH RACING MATCH RACING IS THE GREATEST SHOW ON WATER!

It is a competition that places two boats, experienced skippers and crews against each other in a great sailing duel, from which there is only one winner. There is no second place. Crews sail against each other in two identically matched boats up to 40 feet in length. Match racing also has its own set of rules, which are subtly different from fleet racing rules. The competition is tremendously exciting to participate in. The crews are aggressive in their strategy and the boats stay close to each other with collisions coming thick and fast. To resolve the inevitable disputes, Match Racing uses on-the-water-umpires to hand out â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;instant justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Match racing is tremendously exciting for those participating and, unlike some other sailing competitions; match racing can be equally thrilling to watch. Before the start, the boats vie for control, circling each other and trying to wipe each other off into spectator boats in an elaborate game of cat and mouse.

MATCH RACING RULES

THE ART OF MATCH RACING #everymovecounts

When the wind comes across the boats on opposite sides, the boat with the wind on the left (port) side must give way to the boat with the wind on the right (starboard) side. When the wind comes across the boats on the same side and they are not overlapped, the boat behind (clear astern) must keep clear of the boat (clear) ahead. When the wind comes across the boats on the same side and they are overlapped, the boat on the windward (upwind) side must keep clear of the other leeward (downwind) boat. Umpires follow each race and make instant penalty decisions. A green and white flag means no penalty but a yellow or blue flag means the boat in the match with the corresponding flag flying on the back of their boat must take a penalty before finishing. A penalty turn when sailing towards the wind means turning the stern of the boat through the wind and when sailing away from the wind a penalty is taken when the boat turns the bow through the wind.

The flags above are flown on the committee boat during a match race event. The numbers on the flags indicate the minutes before the race starts.

Green & White Flag

Red Flag

A competitor requests a decision from the on-water umpires believing a rule has been broken.

An umpire signalling that there isn’t any penalty “NO PENALTY” to action.

An umpire signalling the Red Flag together with blue or yellow flag: indicates that boat must perform a penalty turn immediately.

Blue Flag

Black Flag

Penalty signal from umpires or premature start (from race committee) on blue-flagged boat (flag on backstay).

An umpire signalling the Black Flag together with blue or yellow flag: indicates that the boat is disqualified from the match in progress

Yellow Flag Flown by umpire.

Penalty signal from umpires or premature start (from race committee) on yellow-flagged boat (flag on backstay).

Flown by umpire.

On the downwind run the trailing boat has a chance to attack from behind, positioning itself so it’s spinnaker casts a wind shadow over the leader. To escape, the boat may gybe away, creating heartpounding onboard action - and spectacular sailing as crews furiously match each other manouevers.

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Protest Flag (Code Y Flag)

Protest flag flown by competitor.

C) DOWNWIND RUN

THE STARTING SEQUENCE (MINUTES BEFORE RACE STARTS)

B) WINDWARD LEG

On the course the boats commence an upwind battle; the lead boat spilling turbulent air off its sails to slow the boat behind. Furious tacking is likely to ensue with the latter trying to force a crew error in order to rob their aggressor of the advantage. The end of the first windward leg provides an opportunity for the trailing boat to seize the edge by creating an inside overlap at two lengths from the mark, forcing the lead boat to give room which usually means relinquishing its lead.

D) DROPPING THE SPINNAKER

At the bottom mark the same overlap rules apply and the action intensifies as crews drop the spinnaker and prepare the boat for the next leg while the skipper jostles for position.

E) TO THE FINISH

The race will last two or sometimes three laps before the boats head for the finish line (same as the start line) where the battle ends. Often the race will go all the way to the line with neither boat giving up until the winners coloured flag (blue or yellow) is flown from the race committee boat.

Flown by umpire.

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A) THE START IS CRITICAL

The starting sequence begins with a 7-minute gun followed 2 minutes later by a 5 minute signal. At 4 minutes the boats enter the pre-start area and begin an intricate, heated dogfight, with the two boats engaging in a furious one-on-one battle to gain the leading position on the start line. The countdown continues with a 1-minute gun then the starting signal, at which point the boats are allowed to cross starting line and head off around the course.

BOWMAN

The bowman who is responsible for sail changes at the front of the boat. He is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;eye at the frontâ&#x20AC;?. The bowman must be athletic and possess the ability to move about the front of the boat with ease and speed.

MAINSHEET TRIMMER

TRIMMER

The trimmer controls the smaller head or front sail. On the downwind leg, he will work closely with the pitman in controlling the spinnaker.

The mainsheet trimmer controls the largest sail onboard where most of the speed is centered. The mainsheet trimmer works closely with the skipper to ensure the maximum speed potential is gained from his sail.

SKIPPER PITMAN

The pitman assists the trimmer in winching in the headsail & spinnaker. He controls most of the ropes that will shape the sails.

The skipper (or helmsman) is the team leader or captain on the yacht whose job not only involves steering the boat around the course but will make the final decisions regarding tactics and strategy during the course of the race.

2015 TOUR CARD SKIPPERS The Tour Card system is a means to provide event promoters with access to a consistent pool of the world’s top match racers and this year demand for the Tour Cards has remained very high. This ensures high quality racing at events but at the same time, a regular group of skippers allows the Tour to build profiles via PR, media messaging and television coverage. The level of interest this year is outstanding, proving that the Tour provides first class competition and exceptional value to sailors and sponsors. The 2015/16 season will award championship points to all events on the schedule divided into two categories – World Tour Events and World Championship Events. Skippers will count their highest five results towards the World Championship title. Invitations to the seven World Championship events will be guaranteed for Tour Card skippers and invites to the final event will be taken from the leader board, adding pressure on the Tour Card skippers to perform. Other non Tour Card skippers will also have the opportunity to compete on the Tour through wild card entries to events or by competing at World Tour events for each of the World Championship stages. QUICK FACTS THROUGH THE 2014/15 TOUR’S SEASONS • • • •

1 24 regattas have been counted towards the Tour championship since 2000 A total of USD1.5m prize money is allocated for the 2014/15 season 35 skippers have competed in at least one Tour event of 2013 season 21 skippers have scored points toward the Tour championship

THE WORLD’S BEST SAILORS ON THE TOUR RUSSELL COUTTS

4 x America’s Cup winning Skipper 6 Tour event titles “The World Match Racing Tour is one of the best ways to prepare for America’s Cup racing.”

BEN AINSLIE

5 x Olympic Gold Medalist 1 x ISAF Match Racing World Champion 6 Tour event titles “The World Match Racing Tour has organized a series of events into a professional series offering the best sailing competition and environment our sport has to offer.”

IAN WILLIAMS

PETER GILMOUR

“Excited to be chasing the likes of Baird, Dickson, Coutts and Gilmour, who have won the championships many times over”

“The Tour is one of the best leagues that prepares younger sailors to compete with professional sailors like us”

5 x ISAF Match Racing World Champion 10 Tour event titles

4 x ISAF Match Racing World Champion 16 Tour event titles

IAN WILLIAMS

ERIC MONNIN

Team: GAC PINDAR

Team: TEAM SAILBOX

Nationality: British Residence: Lymington, England Date of Birth: 1977-04-26

Williams’ story is a remarkable one and goes against the grain of his fellow Card Holders. While he started sailing at a young age, he pursued a career in Law first, qualifying as a solicitor in 2003. It wasn’t until he took a six-month sabbatical and won two Grade 1 events, which earned him a place amongst the top five in the World Rankings that he took up sailing full-time.

2015 Crew Members*: Graeme Spence (Bowman) Chris Main (Tactics) Mal Parker (Trimmer) Gerry Mitchell (Mainsheet)

His early sailing career saw him dominate domestic match racing; he claimed the World and UK Youth Match Racing Championships; he was crowned Senior National Champion in 1997 at the age of only 19. Later, he added the Grade 2 British Open Championship to his tally; and, then added a second senior UK Match Racing Championship to his trophy cabinet.

(*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration)

Ian Williams has claimed five ISAF Match Racing World Championship titles since he started competing on the Tour. He was the first ever British sailor to win the world title.

2015 Crew Members*: Julien Falxa (Trimmer) Simon Brügger (Trimmer/Tactics) Marc Monnin (Bow) Loris von Siebenthal (Trimmer) Jean-Claude Monnin (Tactics) Alexa Bezel (Pit)

World Match Racing Tour Results

Williams has now surpassed match racing legend Peter Gilmour of Australia in the world championship hall of fame. title five times - 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2015.

2014-15 — 1st Tour Champion 2013 — 2nd Overall 2012 — 1st Tour Champion 2011 — 1st Tour Champion 2010 — 5th Overall 2009 — 6th Overall 2008 — 1st Tour Champion 2006/07 — 1st Tour Champion 2005/06 — 2nd Overall 2004/05 — 22nd Overall

He will be back on the tour in 2015 fighting hard and smart to win his 6th and what would be another record breaking world title.

Nationality: Swiss Residence: Zurich, Switzerland Date of Birth: 1975-09-13

(*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration) World Match Racing Tour Results 2014-15 — 7th Overall 2013 — 19th Overall 2012 — 12th Overall 2011 — 15th Overall 2010 — 14th Overall 2009 — 15th Overall 2008 — 20th Overall 2006/07 — 12th Overall

Eric Monnin, along with his Swiss Match Race Team are familiar faces on the Tour. Since joining the Tour in 2006, he has achieved four semi-final spots including a second place at the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. Monnin has an impressive CV under his belt and will be making a debut for the first time as a Tour Card holder on the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour. Monnin, dubbed as a ‘dark horse’ among the sailors and teams, aims to throw all his experience and guile at the opportunity to win the World Championship title.

BJÖRN HANSEN

JOACHIM ASCHENBRENNER

Team: HANSEN SAILING TEAM

Team: ASCHENBRENNER RACING

Nationality: Swedish Residence: Mariehamn, Åland Islands Date of Birth: 1967-02-17 2015 Crew Members*: Gustav Templeman (Mainsheet) Phillip Kai Guhle (Trimmer) Sebastien Wedel (Pitman) Mathias Bredin (Bowman) (*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration) World Match Racing Tour Results 2014-15 — 5th Overall 2013 — 4th Overall 2012 — 2nd Overall 2011 — 7th Overall 2010 — 9th Overall 2009 — 13th Overall 2008 — 10th Overall 2006/07 — 5th Overall

Björn Hansen is one of many top Scandinavian helmsmen to have regularly featured on the fixture list of the World Match Racing Tour after he started match racing in 1994. He has become a consistent name in the top 10 on the ISAF Match Race World Ranking. Hansen won his first event title in Sweden in 2007. He currently holds five event titles on the Tour - Match Cup Sweden ‘07, Korea Match Cup ‘11, Korea Match Cup ‘12, Stena Match Cup Sweden ‘12, Stena Match Cup Sweden ’13. Those titles sit proudly alongside the 2009 Open de Espana Match Race and the 2008 Brazil Sailing Cup. Hansen enjoyed a fantastic season in 2012 finishing runner-up in a year long battle with rival Ian Williams. As one of the veterans of the tour, Hansen is back again with the aim to finally take the World Championship title. Away from the Tour, Hansen is a co-founder of the Stockholm Match Race Centre, which he continues to run today.

Nationality: Danish Residence: Fredensborg, Denmark Date of Birth: 1994-02-19 2015 Crew Members*: Jonas Funk (Mainsheet) Hans Christian Wegge (Trimmer) Alexander Herman (Trimmer) Sebastian Bennetsen (Bowman) (*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration) World Match Racing Tour Results 2014-15 — 13th Overall 2012 — 18th Overall

At just 21 years old Joachim Aschenbrenner is now carving his name higher in the sailing world. His first crack at the ISAF Match Racing World Championship will be a true test of his leadership, skills and team spirit. He competed in seventeen events back in 2011 including an appearance at the Internationaux de France de Match Racing Manu Minard Trophy, where he finished 12th. However, he managed to climb back up to podium finish later in 2013 and 2014 at that event. In 2014 he finished 7th at Stena Match Cup Sweden and 9th at the Dutch Match Cup. He also won the inaugural ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship in Finland. Aschenbrenner is a rising star on the match racing scene and will be looking for a World Championship victory.

NICOLAI SEHESTED

KEITH SWINTON

Team: TREFOR RACING

Team: BLACK SWAN RACING

Nationality: Danish Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark Date of Birth: 1989-11-06

Nicolai Sehested and his crew are part of a new breed of professional sailor, aiming for the very top of the sport. Sehested led his team in the first three stages of the 2014/15 World Match Racing Tour campaign but had to discontinue his ambitions after receiving a call to join Team Vestas Wind in the Volvo Ocean Race.

2015 Crew Members*: Peter Popp Wibroe (Mainsheet) Jesper Blom (Trimmer/Pit) Søren Secher (Pitman/Trimmer) Jonas Hviid-Nielsen (Bowman)

He and his crew had a spectacular campaign back in 2013 with three wins in Grade 2 events in both Europe and the United States. They were catapulted into the top ten on the ISAF rankings and have stayed there so far in 2014 grabbing another Grade 2 title in Switzerland and qualifying for Match Race Germany.

(*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration)

Sehested has an experienced crew of professional and skilled sailors – Peter Wibroe on the mainsheet and Jonas Hviid at the bow have both competed at World Match Racing Tour events.

World Match Racing Tour Results

Sehested will make his debut as a Tour Card Holder on the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour a meaningful one and will be looking to bring home some good results against the best teams in the world.

2014-15 — 13th Overall 2013 — 19th Overall 2012 — 26th Overall

Nationality: Australian Residence: Gothenburg, Sweden and Perth, Australia Date of Birth: 1985-12-27 2015 Crew Members*: Tudur Owen (Pitman) Ted Hackney (Trimmer) Ricky McGarvie (Bowman) Ben Lamb (Tactics/Mainsheet) (*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration) World Match Racing Tour Results 2014-15 — 6th Overall 2013 — 6th Overall 2012 — 4th Overall 2011 — 19th Overall 2010 — 20th Overall 2009 — 20th Overall 2008 — 19th Overall

Keith Swinton’s passion for sailing began in Perth at the age of eight and the list of competitions, classes and achievements he has under his belt belies his age. Swinton made his debut as a Tour Card skipper in 2012 after his team achievements in 2011 - Berlin Match Race and the Chicago Match Cup when they beat many of the teams who compete on the Tour. He won his first event title on the Tour the St. Moritz Match Race in Switzerland in 2012. However, finishing sixth at the season finale in 2012 saw him drop to 4th place on the leaderboard, frustratingly close to the podium but none the less a great performance for the team. 2013 and 2014/15 campaigns were tough for his team. He fought a close battle having been within reach of the podium for most of the year. Finishing 6th overall in both seasons, Swinton will lead his team back on track again in high spirits - ready for the 2015/16 campaign with a goal of securing their first Championship medal.

JOHNNIE BERNTSSON

REUBEN CORBETT

Team: STENA SAILING TEAM

Team: CORBETT RACING

Nationality: Swedish Residence: Stenungsund, Gothenburg Date of Birth: 1972-08-11 2015 Crew Members*: Johan Barne (Tactics/Trimmer) Oscar Angervall (Headsail Trimmer) Martin Berntsson (Trimmer/Pitman) Bjorn Lundgren (Bowman) (*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration) World Match Racing Tour Results 2014-15 — 10th Overall 2013 — 8th Overall 2012 — 9th Overall 2011 — 3rd Overall 2010 — 13th Overall 2009 — 13th Overall 2008 — 10th Overall 2006/07 — 34th Overall 2005/06 — 11th Overall

Johnie Berntsson’s Stena Sailing Team came together in 1997 and have been progressing up the match racing ladder ever since. In October 2008, Berntsson enjoyed his second career victory on the World Tour when his team captured the King Edward VII Gold Cup. He endured a tough start to the 2011 season when he debuted as a Tour Card Holder. However, he pulled things together for an incredible run of form, finishing second in the final two events – the Argo group Gold Cup and the Monsoon Cup. It was a bitter-sweet finish to the season for the team who would have loved to record another Tour victory however it catapulted them up the overall standings to a third place finish.

Nationality: New Zealander Residence: Keri Keri, New Zealand Date of Birth: 1987-08-25 2015 Crew Members*: Paul Childs (Pit/Trimmer) Tom Dawson (Main/Trimmer/Tactics) Jay Halligan (Bowman) Robert Nyberg (Main/Trim/Tactics)

In Feb 2012, the Swedish Sailing Federation crowned skipper Johnie Berntsson and his crew “Swedish Sailors of the Year” for their successful 2011 campaign on the Tour. Berntsson’s had a downturn in form as his team faced tough competition in the 2012 season finishing a disappointing 9th in the World Championship.

(*Crew Members may vary during events. Please check final details during team registration)

Berntsson’s finished 8th overall in their 2013 campaign and took time off during the 2014/15 season but managed a great comeback after winning their second King Edward VII Gold Cup in Bermuda at the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup as a wild card invite.

2014-15 — 8th Overall 2013 — 13th Overall 2012 — 18th Overall

After his winning performance in Bermuda, Berntsson rejoins the World Match Racing Tour as a Tour Card Holder again. And if he brings some consistency to this season, he stands every chance of realising his goal - a podium finish in the World Championship.

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Reuben Corbett started sailing in Optimists before quickly moving on to team racing in sunbursts and 420’s, claiming Bronze in the ISAF Team Racing World Championship. Without previously having a tour card, Reuben has won several qualifying events to compete on the World Match Racing Tour, making the quarter-finals on three of those occasions. This young Kerikeri native is a rising star on the match racing circuit. Corbett led his team to victory at the Knickerbocker Cup, Sail of White Nights, Seven Feet Cup, Wasa Match Race, GKSS Spring Cup, Korea Qualifier and Tallinn Open. Reuben is also an avid coach having assisted the Dutch Match Racing team at the 2012 Olympics and the Korean team to silver in the Asian Games. As the new kid on the block, Corbett is ready to shake up the 2015/16 World Championship leaderboard.

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