With Bermuda being domestic to the 35th America’s Cup,on October 6-11, 16 skippers will once again be fighting it out to win another of match racing’s most prestigious events, or the Argo Group Gold Cup. However,while competitors will be focusing on getting their name on the giant King Edward VII Gold Cup trophy alongside many of the greats in our sport, they will also be keeping one eye on the overall championship points for the 2015 World Match Racing Tour. The Argo Group Gold Cup is the penultimate event on the Tour and competitors in Bermuda will be gunning to get a good result enabling them firstly to make it through to the seasons grand finale, or the Monsoon Cup,to be held in Johor, Malaysia in January, or secondly how points earned in Bermuda will impact their overall results.
This year the World Match Racing Tour has expanded with the addition of ‘World Tour Events’,joining the six regular Tour events, now known as ‘World Championship Events’. So now each of the World Championship Events’ scores 35 for a win, and 31 for a moment,28 for a third and so on, while the larger array of ‘World Tour Events score around half that – 18 for a first, or 16 for a moment,14 for third, etc. To see leaderboard, or click here.
Across the season competitors get to keep their top three results in the knowledge that the top six teams on the Tour leaderboard,and probably the top eight, will get a position at the Monsoon Cup. Those that achieve get to race in the grand finale in Malaysia, and are obliged to count their performance there,it fitting a mandatory fourth result in their season’s score line. For doing well in Malaysia not only earns event prize money but part of the US$ 440000 prize purse for the 2015 championship season.
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Source: sailingscuttlebutt.com