The MBA Global Sailing League

Exeter Business School won the highly desirable new Cranfield Regatta trophy with a very impressive performance,  winning  three races out of the five

sailed, and discarding a third place.

This was the 19th annual Cranfield regatta, held on the Solent in Sunsail’s fleet of identical Jeanneau Sunfast 37s.

Business Schools from all over the UK took part, along with teams from Rotterdam School of Management, and Smurfitt, Dublin. In all, there were a record 36 boats participating, 17 from Cranfield and 19 from other schools.

It was a much more competitive event than for the last couple of years, with strong crews from London Business School, Manchester and Smurfitt battling it out for second place, and Rotterdam, Warwick, Henly,

Portsmouth and a couple of Cranfield boats being there or thereabouts. Continue reading “Exeter Reign over record Cranfield fleet”

MIP Politecnico di Milano’s second  second place in two regattas in 2010 makes them the team to watch. Coming second in the Alumni Business Cup at their first attempt,  means that they rise six places to 4th place, from only those two regattas.

Columbia continue their descent from the table by not turning up to defend 2009’s 3rd place.  They drop seven places to 18th.

At the top, LBS improve their points tally by one, after their victory compared with second place in 2009. Insead’s points worsen by one, coming in 5th rather than 4th. Warwick remain in third, with an 8th place – but they are now just a point ahead of MIP.

HEC climb 5 places to 8=, Vienna are up 6 to 16th=, Harvard return to the league with their 11th place.

Sadly Kingston, a long- time competitor at both Cranfield and the ABC, drop out of the league. They’ve not competed since the ABC in 2009.

School	Cranfield Solent ’09	Bocconi Sta Margharita ’09	LBS GMT Athens	ABC La Ciotat	Total	Number of Regattas	Position	Change
LBS	1	11	4	1	17	4	1	=
Insead	24	4	1	5	34	3	2	=
Warwick	13	6	15	8	42	4	3	=
MIP Milano	24	15	2	2	43	2	4	+6
Kellogg/WHU	24	2	10	10	46	3	5	-1
Cranfield	2	15	21	13	51	1	6	-1
Smurfit	3	15	21	13	52	1	7	-1
Bocconi	24	10	5	13	52	2	8=	-1
HEC	24	1	21	6	52	2	8=	+5
Rotterdam	24	12	3	13	52	2	8=	-1 Continue reading “MIP continue their rise in the rankings”

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=

School	ABC Port Camargue	Cranfield Solent	Bocconi Sta Margharita	LBS GMT Athens	Total	Number of Regattas	Position	Change
LBS	2	1	11	4	18	4	1	=
Insead	4	24	4	1	33	3	2	=
Warwick	10	13	6	15	44	4	3	=
Kellogg/WHU	11	24	2	10	47	2	4	+1
Cranfield	11	2	15	21	49	1	5	+1
Smurfit	11	3	15	21	50	1	6=	+1
Bocconi	11	24	10	5	50	2	6=	+3
Rotterdam	11	24	12	3	50	2	6=	+4
Bath	11	4	15	21	51	1	9	-1
MIP Milano	11	24	15	2	52	1	10	+9 Continue reading “MIP surge up the table while Columbia plummet”

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.

London Business School, who along with Warwick were the only school to participate in all four regattas of the 2009 MBA league  finish the year in first place overall.  LBS won the Cranfield regatta and managed second place in both the ABC and the GMT regattas, with only their 11th in Sta. Margharita letting them down.

Insead‘s win in Athens, and fourth places in both France and Italy give them second place, only two points ahead of Warwick,  whose best results were 6th in Greece and Italy.

Position	School	LBS GMT Athens	ABC Port Camargue	Cranfield Solent	Bocconi Sta Margharita	Total	Number of Regattas
1	LBS	2	2	1	11	16	4
2	Insead	1	4	24	4	33	3
3	Warwick	6	10	13	6	35	4
4	Columbia	5	3	24	8	40	3
5	Kellogg/WHU	7	11	24	2	44	2
6	Cranfield	18	11	2	15	46	1
7	Smurfit	18	11	3	15	47	1
8	Bath	18	11	4	15	48	1
9	Bocconi	4	11	24	10	49	2
10	Rotterdam	3	11	24	12	50	2 Continue reading “London Business School are 2009 MBA League Champions”

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:

Position	Change	School	LBS GMT Athens	ABC Port Camargue	Cranfield Solent	Bocconi Sta Margharita	Total	Number of Regattas
1	=	LBS	2	2	1	11	16	4
2	+1	Insead	1	4	24	4	33	3
3	-1	Warwick	6	10	13	6	35	4
4	+1	Columbia	5	3	24	8	40	3
5	+7	Kellogg/WHU	7	11	24	2	44	2
6	+1	Cranfield	18	11	2	15	46	1
7	+1	Smurfit	18	11	3	15	47	1
8	+1	Bath	18	11	4	15	48	1
9	-5	Bocconi	4	11	24	10	49	2
10	-4	Rotterdam	3	11	24	12	50	2
11	+2	Bradford	18	11	8	15	52	1
12	+17	HEC	18	9	24	1	52	2
13	+2	Judge	18	11	9	15	53	1
14	-4	IE	13	11	24	5	53	2
15	+6	Sauder	18	11	24	3	56	1 Continue reading “HEC Win in Santa Margharita and shoot up the rankings”

The MBAs Cup in Santa Margharita Ligure, Italy, took place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September 2009. A total of 32 boats and 260 participants enjoyed Bocconi’s hospitality.

The Bocconi website has a report here

The results for the “A Division” Regatta are shown below.  As there were 14 boats participating in this division, all non- participating schools are awarded 15 points towards their league standing.

1 HEC

2 Kellogg/WHU

3 Sauder

4 Insead

5 IE

Continue reading “2009 MBA’s Cup Results”

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.

			17	17	10	23
Position	Change	School	Bocconi Sta Margharita	LBS GMT Athens	ABC Port Camargue	Cranfield Solent	Total	Number of Regattas
1	=	LBS	6	2	2	1	11	4
2	=	Warwick	4	6	10	13	33	4
3	=	Insead	7	1	4	24	36	3
4	=	Bocconi	1	4	11	24	40	2
5	=	Columbia	9	5	3	24	41	3
6	+1	Rotterdam	5	3	11	24	43	2
7	-1	Cranfield	18	18	11	2	49	1
8	+1	Smurfit	18	18	11	3	50	1
9	-1	Bath	18	18	11	4	51	1
10	=	IE	3	13	11	24	51	2 Continue reading “Henly, Cranfield, Bath, Said drop as BSAR results fall from the league”

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.

Position	Change	School	BSAR Solent	Bocconi Sta Margharita	LBS GMT Athens	ABC Port Camargue	Cranfield Solent	Total	Number of Regattas
1	=	LBS	2	6	2	2	1	13	5
2	=	Warwick	6	4	6	10	13	39	5
3	=	Insead	10	7	1	4	24	46	3
4	=	Bocconi	10	1	4	11	24	50	2
5	=	Columbia	10	9	5	3	24	51	3
6	+1	Cranfield	3	18	18	11	2	52	2
7	-1	Rotterdam	10	5	3	11	24	53	2
8	+10	Bath	4	18	18	11	4	55	2
9	+6	Smurfit	10	18	18	11	3	60	1
10	-3	IE	10	3	13	11	24	61	2 Continue reading “LBS victory at Cranfield Regatta consolidates their lead”