Monsoon Cup: Talented Field

World Match Racing Tour President Scott MacLeod (USA/GBR) and Monsoon Cup promoted Peter Gilmour (AUS) have confirmed that six of the twelve teams entered in next week's 2nd Annual Monsoon Cup in Terengganu, Malaysia are reps of AC 32 teams (bold, below):

Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany
Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza
Sebastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge
Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net
Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi
Tiffany Koo (MAL) Team Selango Gapurna
Adam Minoprio (NZL) Black Match Racing
Wearn Haw Tan (SIN) China Team
Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team
James Spithill (AUS) Luna Rossa Challenge
Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar

Great to see China Team's Wearn Haw Tan (SIN) in the lineup, and Malaysia's rising sailing star Tiffany Koo. Ms Koo turns 22 on 29 Nov. Ian Williams is the current leader of the WMRT, and Cup veteran Peter Gilmour is the defending champ of the Monsoon Cup and the winner the past three years of the WMRT.

Racing takes place 29 Nov through 3 Dec. The semifinal and final rounds, Dec. 2 and 3, will be broadcast live on the Internet on Sail.tv as well as live on Eurosport, The Sailing Channel, Fox Australia and Showtime Middle East (check local listings for times).



Tiffany Koo (MAS) qualified for the Monsoon
Cup by dominating the Malaysian Match
Racing Championship in September.
Photo: Sia Hong Kiau/Starpic.