°19 Feb 2012: Giltinan Championship 2012, 2nd Race
Defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage totally dominated Race 2 of the 2012 Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship to score an easy all-the-way win over Thurlow Fisher Lawyers on Sydney Harbour today. After leading by nearly two minutes at the final windward mark, Gotta Love It 7 cruised home to defeat
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°18 Feb 2012: Giltinan Championship 2012, 1st Race
Defending champion Gotta Love It 7, skippered by Seve Jarvin and crewed by for’ard hand Sam Newton and sheet hand Scott Babbage, had to come back from a seemingly hopeless position to win Race 1 of the 2012 Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today.
Gotta Love It 7 was more than two minutes behind the leader Mojo Wine (Archie Massey, Dan Wilsdon and Mike McKensey) midway through the race
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°18 Feb 2012: Winning Appliances JJ Giltinan 2012 Invitation Race
With a storm looming above the harbor as the teams rigged before yesterday afternoon’s Invitation Race, most elected to go with their smaller #2 rigs rather than risk damage to their big rigs before Race 1 of the championship.
Once again the JJ practice race delivers a surprise winner.
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°18 Feb 2012: JJ.GILTINAN 18ft SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
The 63rd JJ Giltinan Championship gets under way later today when Race 1 of the world’s premier 18ft Skiff Regatta is sailed on Sydney Harbour.
Defending champions Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage are favourites to retain the
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°05 Feb 2012: Australian Championship, Race 5
With the Australian Championship title already won by the Thurlow Fisher Lawyers team of Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas, today’s last race of the event on Sydney Harbour became more a final hit out for the upcoming Giltinan Championship from 17 February.
And what a race it was as the Gotta Love It 7 team of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage put on an awesome display to defeat Thurlow Fisher Lawyers by 1m43s in a north-east wind which (more...)
°30 Jan 2012: Australian Championship, Race 4
The Thurlow Fisher Lawyers team of Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas retained their Australian 18ft Skiff Championship title after another great win in Race 4 of the 2012 event on Sydney Harbour today.
Despite a determined challenge from the Rag & Famish Hotel team of Jack Macartney, Peter Harris and Mark Kennedy, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers scored their third victory (more...)
°26 Jan 2012: Australian Championship, Race 3
The Smeg 18ft Skiff team of Nick Press, Dan Phillips and Dave Ewings held on in a gripping finish to defeat defending champion and series leader Thurlow Fisher Lawyers in Race 2 of the Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour today.
Smeg defeated Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas) by just 4s (more...)
°16 Jan 2012: Australian Championship Race 1 on Sydney Harbour
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers was very impressive in taking Heat 1 of the Australian Championship 2012. After trailing the early leaders Gotta Luv it 7 and Rag & Famish Hotel, Michael Coxon and his crack team forged into the lead on the second beat by playing the middle to left side which payed off (more...)