| He’s done it again! Having last year become the first Brit ever to be World Match Racing Tour, Ian Williams and his Bahrain Team Pindar crew of Simon Shaw, Gerry Mitchell, Mark Nicholls, Richard Sydenham and Mal Parker successfully defended their title, joining a small elite, alongside the likes of Ed Baird, Russell Coutts, Chris Dickson and Peter Gilmour, to have won the World Champonship twice (in fact they have all won it three times, with the exception of Gillie who holds the record with four wins – the likes of Dean Barker, James Spithill, Jesper Bank, Bertrand Pace and Karol Jablonski have only won it once).
“We are ecstatic to have brought it home again,” Williams told thedailysail. “Just like last year, it went down to the wire and it could have gone either way as often match racing events do.” ...more |
