After three years in a row coming in second place, and for the first time since they originally entered the event in 1993,  London Business School won the Alumni Business Cup regatta in La Ciotat, France.

The ABC website is here: http://www.alumnibusinesscup.org/abca/Home.html

The 18th ABC regatta took place in La Ciotat and Cassis, near Marseilles in the South of France. Racing took place over three days in “Grand Surprise” 30- ft day racing yachts on the 17th, 18th and 19th June. There were five technical windward- leeward races and two coastal races, plus a practice race. Twelve teams of MBA Alumni from as many schools competed for the trophy.

The regatta was the most evenly competed for years, with five crews battling it out near the top of the rankings: LBS, last- year’s winners IMD, 2007 winners Vienna, 2006 winners Insead and first- time entrants MIP, fresh from their second place in the Global MBA trophy in Athens.

Vienna, for the second time in three years, won the regatta “on the water”, but had a poor result with the on- shore games, meaning that LBS and MIP overtook them in the overall results. Continue reading “London Business School take the ABC prize”

MIP Politecnico di Milano’s second place overall at the Global MBA Trophy, compared with their 10th place in 2009 sees them shoot up the MBA sailing league to 10th place from 19th. Meanwhile, 2009’s 5th placed team, Columbia limped home in 18th position, and drop from 4th to 11th.

At the top of the table, Insead’s victory means they retain second place overall, with 33 points. LBS, despite dropping from 2nd in 2009 to 4th in 2010, remain on top, but with 18 points rather than 16. Warwick’s 10th makes their 3rd place more vulnerable, just 3 points ahead of Kellogg/WHU. Columbia’s drop means that Kellogg/WHU, Cranfield and Smurfitt all climb one place to 4th, 5th and 6th=. Bocconi and Rotterdam join Smurfitt at 6th=.  The top 10 is rounded out by Bath at 9th.

Tuck and Athens drop out of the table, as their points from 2009’s Global MBA trophy fall off. Said make their first entry at 25th=

Rotterdam School of Management brought home the hard fought Division A title of the Global MBA Trophy (GMT) regatta in Piraeus, Greece, winning the final race of the series, to push last year’s division A champions, London Business School down into second place. The final result was still in doubt 2 hours after the finish as both crews waited on the results of a protest which was eventually ruled out of time.

Meanwhile in Division B, Insead’s “Blue Ocean” team battled it out with MIP Politecnico di Milano’s boat 2, to bring home the result and , on handicap, to win the overall trophy.

More details to come later.

Winning division A in the Bocconi MBA’s Cup, first- time entrants HEC shoot up the MBA league table from a lowly 29= to 12th.  Until this Regatta, HEC had only competed in one regatta each year (The ABC) and so missed out on league places.

Second in Sta Margharita were Kellogg/WHU, who also climb the table, up 7 to 5th, and third place Sauder climb 6 to 15th.

LBS cling on to top spot, despite a poor showing in 11th, while Insead overtake Warwick to claim second place.  Chicago enter the league table for the first time. Their 9th place in Italy means they get to 22=.  The league bids farewell to Harvard, IESE, Ipade and NYU-Stern,  all of whom were in Sta. Margharita in 2008, but did not return this year.

The full end of 2009 table is:

The much loved Business Schools Alumni Regatta (BSAR) was cancelled in 2009, and will be amalgamated into the Cranfield regatta in 2010.  As a result, on the aniversary of the 2008 event, the scores from that event are dropped from the rankings.

2008 winners, Henley drop 6 places to 18=. 3rd place Cranfield lose 6th spot to Rotterdam, and Bath lose 8th to Smurfit.

Said (Oxford) drop off the table altogether.

There’s no change at the top of the table, with all five teams staying in place.

London Business School’s victory on the Solent maintains their position at the top of the league table, with a commanding 26 points lead over second – placed Warwick.  Warwick were the only other team in the top five places of the table who competed in England, managing 13th, so the top 5 positions are unchanged, with  Insead, Bocconi and Columbia making up the numbers.

Second placed Cranfield overtake Rotterdam to reach 6th, while Bath climb a massive 10 places to 8th, with their 4th place at the Cranfield Regatta making up for the 17th they managed in 2008.  Other notable climbers are Smurfit (9th), Henley (12=) and Cass (17th).

GISMA had their first result at a Business Schools regatta, and make their entry, sitting at joint last on the table

With 23 boats racing at the Cranfield regatta, those teams who did not participate are awarded 24 points towards their ranking.

IMD’s second successive victory at the ABC regatta means they stay in 16th place overall. Despite their victory here, their league position remains low as they did not participate in any of the other regattas that form part of the MBA Sailing league.  Warwick’s 10th place – 3 better than in 2008 means they overtake Insead and climb to second place in the league. Columbia’s third place allows them to jump above Rotterdam to fifth in the league.

LBS, finishing scond for the third year running, retain their place at the top of the table.

Vienna (WU) and Kingston are the big losers from this year’s ABC, dropping 8 and 3 places respectively with worse results than in 2008.

Although London Business School’s place at the top of the table remains safe, after their 2nd place at the Global MBA Trophy, the rest of the league table is in a state of flux.  Insead,  the GMT winners overtake Warwick to reach second place.  Bocconi, Rotterdam and Columbia climb past Cranfield to take up 4th, 5th and 6th.

Kellogg and Tuck are the other big winners, while MIP and Athens make their first appearance on the table.