Skippers
2010 Warren Jones Competitors
Competitor Biographies
PHIL ROBERTSON
Waka Racing - NZL
Coming back to defend their 2009 Warren Jones Regatta title, Waka Racing will be bigger and stronger than ever. While spending 6 months of 2009 on the European Match Racing circuit, Waka Racing won the Chicago Match Cup, came 2nd in the Detroit Cup and placed 3rd in the Knickerbocker Cup. The core team have been together now for over a year and are looking forward to competing again in Perth for the third Warren Jones Regatta in a row.
RUEBEN CORBETT
Black Sheep Racing - NZL
Placing 5th in last year’s Warren Jones Regatta, Rueben’s Black Sheep Racing team missed out on the semi finals by half a point. This young team is committed to earning a place on the World Match Racing Tour, coming second in the Korea Match Cup qualifier to fellow countryman and past Warren Jones competitor, Laurie Jury before winning the prestigious Knickerbocker Cup ahead of 2009 Warren Jones Regatta winner, Phil Robertson.
DAVID CHAPMAN
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron - AUS
A Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s youth program graduate, David has competed in Lasers, Etchells, Ynglings, 29ers and Farr 40s. Transfering his skills to match racing, he competed on the youth Australiasian match racing circuit for 3 years before becoming the 2009 Polish Match Racing Tour Champion. Recently returned from his international match racing campaign in Europe, David now aims to enter the World Match Racing Tour and ultimately, the America’s Cup.
2010 Colin Mullins Competitors
Eight competitors in the Colin Mullins Regatta will progress to compete in the Warren Jones Regatta.
WILLIAM TILLER
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
New Zealand
PETER NICHOLAS
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Australia
JORDAN REECE
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
Australia
ROBERT GIBBS
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Australia
MARTIN BOIDIN
Royal Danish Yacht Club
Denmark
TRISTAN BROWN
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Australia
DAVID GILMOUR
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Australia
KYLE LANGFORD
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Australia
International Competitors
Travelling from around the World
Since 2004, the Warren Jones Regatta has seen competitors from France, Japan and USA with consistent representation from Sweden and more particularly New Zealand.
Emil Wiberg represented the Royal Gothenburg Sailing Club in 2004 and 2005, flying in to Perth early each time to familiarise himself and his crew with the Foundation 36 yachts and the conditions on the race course.
In 2007 and 2008, John Bäck represented the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, receiving tips and valuable coaching from fellow countryman Magnus Holmberg in the lead up to the 2008 event.
Our Pacific comrades from New Zealand have sent many competitors over the years from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and recently the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club.
From 2004 to 2009, the representation of Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has been particularly strong with the Warren Jones Trophy won consecutively from 2004 to 2006 by brothers Simon (2004 and 2005) and Adam Minoprio (2006) and again in 2009 by Phil Robertson.