Adam Minoprio, Nick Blackman, Tom Powrie and David Swete win St Moritz Match Race 2009. Image copyright Loris von Siebenthal/www.myimage.ch
by David Swete
As we count down to the final event of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour the Monsoon Cup, BlackMatch are excited to announce some new innovative features that have been added to our website www.blackmatchracing.com, as well the release of a new Monsoon Cup ‘build up’ promotional video.
Created by Hamish Hooper, the BlackMatch/Monsoon Cup website is now up and running, with features that give it more of a multimedia presence. Daily highlights videos and personal video updates from the team are among the new features, something that hasn’t been done before by any of the other teams on the tour. A podcast section where members of BlackMatch will talk about the racing as soon as we get off the water, will add more of a live feel to the site and allow BlackMatch supporters to follow the action as it happens on a more personal level.
Having secured a 12 point lead on the tour and with a shot at being crowned the 2009 World Match Racing Champions, we have released a promotional video for our build up to Monsoon Cup, also produced by Hamish. Please do visit our new youtube page to view this and other videos that crewmember Nick Blackman has compiled http://www.youtube.com/user/njblackman1, or simply look up BlackMatch Racing.
With only 3 weeks until the Monsoon Cup, part of our preparations will be the Australia Cup Grade 2 Event in Perth. This event will have most of the world’s top teams competing due to its proximity to Malaysia and also the boats used are identical to the ones at the Monsoon Cup. We are hoping to shine at this event and hit the ground running when we arrive in Kuala Terengganu, so feel free to follow the action as it happens on www.blackmatchracing.com.
BlackMatch would like to send a special thank you to Hamish Hooper for all his efforts in producing our videos and now our Monsoon Cup live website. We would also like to thank our sponsor FedEx Express and acknowledge the amazing support received from Emirates Team New Zealand and our yacht club the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
BlackMatch Racing is Adam Minopiro, Tom Powrie, Dan Mclean, Nick Blackman and David Swete.
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