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EPFL win back – to – back Rolex MBA Regattas

13 October 2013

epflThe team from EPFL, Lausanne won their second Rolex MBA Regatta in Santa Margharita Ligure, Italy.  The EPFL team now have back- to- back successes, having been the champions of the same regatta in 2012.

The team from Manchester Business School came second, and the podium was rounded out with Tuck business school; Bocconi’s crew came in fourth.

EPFL won the Beneteau 36.7 fleet, then beat Tuck in the semi- finals, finally beating Manchester in the finals of the match racing.  The Jeanneau Sunfast 37 fleet was won by Tuck. Bocconi came second in the 36.7s, Manchester 2nd in the Sunfasts. Continue reading “EPFL win back – to – back Rolex MBA Regattas”

Insead strike back at RSM Regatta

15 September 2013

Insead and LBS have between them won all the regattas of the 2013 MBA sailing league so far. In Lelystad, for the RSM regatta, it was Insead’s turn to bring home the trophy. The Insead team led by Ingrid Van Wees won three of the six races completed, came second in two and third in the last one.  Second place was taken by Yannis Pagoulatos’s Rotterdam School of Management crew, who were consistent through the second day of the regatta, with three 2s and a 1, while coming 3rd in both races on day 1.  The podium was completed by LBS, who couldnt find consistency: Despite two first places and a second, their 3,4,5 on day two cost them dearly. Continue reading “Insead strike back at RSM Regatta”

LBS consolidate their leading position in the MBA Sailing League

14 September 2013

182131_361050597296498_1517972939_n-e1344174985834London Business School’s first place at the Cranfield Regatta, along with the no- show from the start of the season’s main competitors, Insead, means that the London school extend their lead at the top of the league from 1 point to 6 points.  Insead, meanwhile drop from second to 5th equal, picking up a massive 21 points as they missed one of the season’s biggest regattas

Coming up strongly are Kellogg/WHU, who’s second place at Cranfield matches their second at the Global MBA Trophy in April.

Also climbing are Cranfield, who jump straight into the 2013 league table at 3, with their third place in their own regatta. The top 5 are rounded out by Exeter, who came 6th at Cranfield. Continue reading “LBS consolidate their leading position in the MBA Sailing League”

Rankings after Cranfield 2013

14 September 2013

For completeness, here are the rankings following the Cranfield regatta in July 2013:

Kellogg/WHU’s 2nd place brings them up 8 places to second overall.

Leeds, who won the regatta in 2012, deop out of the table altogether.  Insead, who did not participate in the regatta, drop down to 5th.

School RSM, Lemmer Bocconi Sta Mar-
gharita		 LBS GMT Athens ABC Mars
-eille		 Cran
-field Solent		 Total No of Reg
-attas		 Pos’n Chg
LBS 3 11 1 2 1 18 5 1  =
Kellogg/WHU 1 13 2 6 2 24 5 2  +8
Cranfield 10 3 8 7 3 31 2 3  =
Rotterdam 2 5 6 6 18 37 5 4  +2
Insead 7 9 3 1 21 41 4 5  -3 Continue reading “Rankings after Cranfield 2013”

London Business School Stay top of the league

14 June 2013

LBS-Sailing-LogoDespite INSEAD’s win at the ABC regatta,  London Business School’s second place keeps them at the top of the 2013 league, albeit with only 1 point seperating them from INSEAD.

The League table for 2013 only contains results from two regattas so far: the Global MBA Trophy and the Alumni Business Cup.

Kellogg/WHU, who were part of the “MBA Fastnet” team at the ABC, drop one place to third. AUEB also part of that team drop to fourth. HEC’s third place at the regatta means they come into the league in 5th place, level with Warwick, who missed the action in Marseille.

School LBS GMT Athens ABC Marseille TOTAL Position Number of Regattas change
LBS 1 2 3 1 2 =
Insead 3 1 4 2 2 +1
Kellogg/WHU 2 6 8 3 2 -1
AUEB 3 6 9 4 2 =
HEC/ Trium 8 3 11 5= 1 +3
Warwick 4 7 11 5= 1 -1
Rotterdam 6 6 12 7 2 -1
Columbia 8 6 14 8= 1 =
IE 7 7 14 8= 1 -1

London Consolidate on top of the rankings

12 May 2013

182131_361050597296498_1517972939_n-e1344174985834London Business School’s first place in the Global MBA trophy means that they consolidate their place at the top of the MBA Sailing rankings, with their lead growing to 8 points over INSEAD.

Second Place in  Athens’ Kellogg/WHU climb 3 places in the rankings to 8th. 3rd place INSEAD remain at second, while AUEB re- enter the rankings at 24th.

Bocconi, who missed the Athens regatta this year, while winning in 2012, slip one place to 4th while Cranfield rise to third. Continue reading “London Consolidate on top of the rankings”

London Business School Win in Athens

7 May 2013
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Photo: Tim Williamson

London Business School, helmed by Klaus Rasmussen, won the 2013 Global MBA Trophy on the Faliron Bay, off Microlimano,  Piraeus, Greece.

The regatta was sailed in One- design 25ft “Platu” boats, provided by the Platu Class Association of Greece. The boats are normally sailed by their owners or by professional sailors on the match- racing tour, and were challenging and great fun to sail. Continue reading “London Business School Win in Athens”

London Business School Win the 2012 MBA Sailing League

14 October 2012

London Business School, despite only managing 11th place in the Rolex MBAs Cup Regatta were only 2 places behind their main rivals, INSEAD, and so retained the lead in the 2012 MBA Sailing League to win the title for the second time.

INSEAD, with 9th place in the Bocconi regatta came second, while Bocconi, who were second in Santa Margharita came third.  Fourth and fifth places were claimed by Cranfield and Rotterdam – both with good showings in Italy. Continue reading “London Business School Win the 2012 MBA Sailing League”

Lausanne win the Rolex Regatta

5 October 2012

EPFL,  Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne’s crew won the 2012 Rolex MBAs Conference and Regatta at Santa Margharita Ligure. It was only the second time the school had competed at the regatta.

EPFL won the Jeanneau 37 fleet, and then went on to win the match racing final against hosts SDA Bocconi, having beaten Cranfield in the semi- finals. This was Cranfield’s second participation in the regatta, and the second time that they’ve made the podium.

The Benneteau Fleet was won by Boconni, with Cranfield second and RSM third, while IE were second in the Jeanneau fleet, their best showing yet at the Rolex Regatta with Tuck in third.

2011’s winning team from Sauder could only manage 10th in the Benneteaus, while MBA Sailing league leaders LBS came one place behind their closest rivals, Insead  in 6th and 5th respectively in the Jeanneaus. Continue reading “Lausanne win the Rolex Regatta”