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Shaw and Partners proud to support the Australian 18 Footers League’s 90th Anniversary

Shaw and Partners is proud to support the Australian 18 Footers League’s 90th Anniversary. This weekend marks 90 years since the Australian 18 Footer League’s first race in 1935, with an exciting program of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. A key highlight will be the Sydney Harbour Marathon race on Saturday, 1st of February — a spectacular re-creation of a historic course from Clontarf to Clark Island/Kirribilli. As proud sponsor of this event, Shaw and Partners continues to champion high-performance sailing and [...]

Academy graduate Emma Rankin at the helm of the Shaw and Partners 18ft skiff

Twenty four-year-old Emma Rankin is 163cm tall and weighs just 62kg, but she showed everyone, on Sydney Harbour last Sunday week, that she is up for the challenge when she led her Shaw and Partners Financial Services 18ft skiff team into fourth place behind Australian champion Keagan York (Finport Finance), legendary JJ Giltinan World champion John 'Woody' Winning (Yandoo) and rising 18 footer star Henry Larkings (Balmain) in Race 1 of the 2023-24 Spring Championship. Even allowing for a number of [...]

First up victory for Shaw and Partners 18ft Skiff team

The Shaw and Partners Financial Services 18ft skiff team of Jim Colley, Tom Quigley and Charlie Wyatt were sailing together for the first time but showed their class to come from behind and grab a narrow win in last Sunday’s Race 1 of the Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour. Jim Colley previously skippered an 18 for Shaw and Partners when he contested the 2020-21 season with Shaun Connor and Harry Bethwaite and led the team to finish third in the 2021 [...]

2020 Season, Race Two: 18ft Skiff Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour

The Marcus Ashley-Jones led Andoo team produced a powerful last lap of the course to score a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the Australian 18 Footer League’s Race 2 of the Spring 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After trailing the leader by 50s at the second windward mark, Ashley-Jones and his team mates Jeronimo Harrison and Cam Gundy revelled in the freshening breeze, which went from 8-10 knots in the East to 14-15 knots South-East. The early leader The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone [...]

2020 Season, Race One: 18ft Skiff Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour

The 2020-2021 18ft Skiff Racing Season began on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League conducted Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship series. A fleet of 17 teams lined up for the start in a 12-15 knot breeze over the North-East 3-buoys course, with most teams electing to use their bigger #1 rigs for the day. It might have been a new season but it was a familiar sight as two of last season's top contenders battled it out [...]

Shaw and Partners Race Team finishes 2nd in Australian 18 Footers Championship

Congratulation to the Shaw and Partners Race Team 18 Footers for finishing 2nd in the 2019/2020 Australian Championship. 2020 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP, FINAL RESULT The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Trent Barnabas became the 2019-2020 Australian 18ft Skiff champions following two more impressive performances in the final two races of the nine-race Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Tech2 went into the final day with a handy points lead, but the team wanted to finish strongly as it continues the build up [...]

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Shaw and Partners Race Team wins race 8 of the Australian 18 Footers Championship

The defending champion Shaw and Partners Financial Services team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Steve Thomas (replacing Tim Westwood on the day) led all the way against a strong fleet to score a clear victory in Race 8 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on an incredibly busy Sydney Harbour today. Shaw and Partners easily won the start and kept her chances alive to retain the title when the team scored a 1m13s win over a determined Finport Finance team [...]

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Shaw and Partners Race Team Skiff Launch

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Shaw and Partners signs three year sponsorship with one of the top Australian 18ft Skiff teams

Shaw and Partners is excited to announce that it has signed a three year sponsorship with one of the top Australian 18ft Skiff teams. The Shaw and Partners Race Team, comprised of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Tim Westwood, are the current Australian and European Champions and will contest in the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship during the 2019 / 2020 season, with competitions being held each Sunday on Sydney Harbour. The sponsorship will see the Shaw and Partners logo appear on the [...]

Shaw and Partners 18ft Skiff Race Team