Tag: Kellogg/WHU

Reichman win in Kiel

4 September 2023

The team from Reichman University in Israel won the 2023 Alumni Business Cup regatta. The event was hosted by the Kieler Yacht Club, and organised by WHU sailing club, taking place in Germany for the first time on the Baltic Sea.

The ABC is the longest running regatta in the MBA Sailing League. 7 teams from 6 international business schools competed on the exciting J70 boats owned by the German Sailing Premier League (Segelbundesliga). 

Great weather and wind conditions enabled 14 inshore races and 1 costal race in the Kieler Förde. The Reichman team won 7 inshore races and the coastal race, to narrowly beat Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, winning 5 races)into second with the host WHU team in third.

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ABC Regatta – competitors announced

5 August 2023

The Kellogg/ WHU business school team, organisers of the 2023 Alumni Business Cup in the German sailing headquarters of Kiel, have announced the participating teams. There will be at least 8 boats on the start line from the folowing schools:

2x Oxford SAID

2x WHU

Bucerius

Cambridge

Reichman (TLV)

RSM

The organisers are currently recruiting crew for a mixed team for those business schools unable to deploy a full crew of their own.

The regatta takes place on 24th – 27th August. Crews of 5 will compete in J70s.

Event website: https://www.abcuphamburg.de/

10 teams line up in Garda for the POLIMI regatta

18 May 2023

The magnificent backdrop of Lake Garda in North Italy is the scene for the next eposode in the MBA Sailing League, hosted by POLIMI GSoM . 10 teams have lined up to compete for the regatta.

POLIMI GSoM with 4 teams

IE

London Business School

Mixed team (NYU Stern/LBS/RSM)

Rotterdam School of Management

Sapienza Rome

WHU

LBS won the POLIMI regatta last year on theri way to the league title. Can they repeat the feat? Will POLIMI keep the momentum from their win in Greece? Will RSM, Rome or IE spoil their party?

Good luck and good winds to all participants.

ABC regatta returns after 3 year break

21 January 2023

The team from WHU business school have announced that the Alumni Business Cup regatta will take place under their stewardship in 2023, following the hiatus caused by the pandemic in 2020- 22.

The regatta will take place on 25 – 27 August, with crews arriving on the 21st, and will be located in the Northern European capital of sailing, Kiel, hosted by prestigious Kieler Yacht Club!

The regatta will be sailed in new, matched J/70s owned by the German National Sailing League.

Book the dates in your claendar: the ABC is back!

MIP top of the league and rankings

5 May 2022
Global MBA Trophy 2022 ©Nikos Alevromytis/www.alen.gr

MIP’s win in the Global MBA Trophy in Greece puts them top of the 2022 MBA Global Sailing League table. It also means that they climb to the top of the 12- month rankings, pushing Kellogg/WHU down to second place.

The full tables are published here: 2022 league and here: Rankings.

Third place in the rankings goes to Tuck, Imperial are 4th and LBS 5th.

Mixed team win in Porto

6 July 2021

The mixed team (including one crew member from INSEAD, and one from Oxford) came top of the points table at the RSM regatta in Porto, Portugal last weekend. They had a dominant first day, with 3 first places, and managed to hold onto first place with 2 second places on day 2.

The podium was made up of Kellogg/WHU, who found their mojo on day two, finishing the regatta with three bullets to end up second, and RSM who scored consistently to finish third, level on points.

Chicago Booth complete the list of competitors, with Skolkovo scored DNC in all races, after having to pull out due to international travel issues.

SchoolRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7PointsPosition
Mixed11212(4)291
WHU/Kellogg(3)333111122
RSM2212(4)23123
Chicago(4)444334224
SkolkovoDNC(6)DNC(6)DNC(6)DNC(6)DNC(6)DNC(6)DNC(6)365

Countdown to post- COVID MBA racing

29 June 2021

The RSM regatta to be held the weekend of 2-4 July 2021 in Porto, Portugal, marks a return out of COVID restrictions for MBA sailing.

The hosts expect 5 crews in the Atlantic racecourse:

1. Chicago Booth
2. Skolkovo
3. RSM
4. Kellogg-WHU
5. “Mixed Oxford”

The crews will be racing Platu 25 sportsboats and will enjoy the famous Porto/ RSM hospitality.