Gibraltar Sports News

Gibraltar may be teetering on the brink of winter but one man who won’t be reaching for his fleece in Ocean Village this week is long-time Arctic explorer Gilles Elkaim who just sailed in on his expedition boat, Arktika.

As proof that Gibraltar’s Ocean Village is a superyacht magnet, this week a sextet of heavyweight vessels cruised in requiring berths. Thanks to 2010 Premier Berth expansion programme, there was space for all as well as a great photo opportunity.

When 78-metre Samar was commissioned, she was the largest yacht to be built in the UK since HMY Britannia was launched. Gibraltar’s Ocean Village ensured that she received a warm British welcome when she stopped by for tax-free fuel this week.

Having set off from Gibraltar’s Ocean Village back on 26 October 2009, nearly two years and 35,000 nautical miles later participants in the 2009/2011 Blue Water Rally intrepid duo Pete Callis and John Hazell made a triumphant return to the marina.

The annual Cardboard Boat Race has traditionally been one of Ocean Village’s biggest crowd-pulling events. This year’s contest, on Saturday 3 September, will once again see dozens of brave mariners negotiate a tough 1,000-metre course.

Chesterton’s MD, Mike Nicholls presents a cheque for £700, and the ‘Chesterton Cup’ to Mrs Barbara Sellors, the Event Organiser, on behalf of Childline Gibraltar.

The new $100,000 Super Bowl props contest was launched was launched Monday, January 23rd at Sportsbetting.net. The contest allows sports fans a chance to win tons of cash prizes, plus a grand prize of $100,000.

Gibraltar may be teetering on the brink of winter but one man who won’t be reaching for his fleece in Ocean Village this week is long-time Arctic explorer Gilles Elkaim who just sailed in on his expedition boat, Arktika.

As proof that Gibraltar’s Ocean Village is a superyacht magnet, this week a sextet of heavyweight vessels cruised in requiring berths. Thanks to 2010 Premier Berth expansion programme, there was space for all as well as a great photo opportunity.

When 78-metre Samar was commissioned, she was the largest yacht to be built in the UK since HMY Britannia was launched. Gibraltar’s Ocean Village ensured that she received a warm British welcome when she stopped by for tax-free fuel this week.

Having set off from Gibraltar’s Ocean Village back on 26 October 2009, nearly two years and 35,000 nautical miles later participants in the 2009/2011 Blue Water Rally intrepid duo Pete Callis and John Hazell made a triumphant return to the marina.

The annual Cardboard Boat Race has traditionally been one of Ocean Village’s biggest crowd-pulling events. This year’s contest, on Saturday 3 September, will once again see dozens of brave mariners negotiate a tough 1,000-metre course.

Owning third place in May’s Sunday Times Rich List, Roman Abramovich has amassed a £10.3 billion fortune – £3 billion up on 2010. Amongst his assets is 162.5m ‘Eclipse’ – recently anchored in waters off Gibraltar’s Ocean Village.

Pen the dates of the Gibraltar-Morocco Rally into the diary – Friday 24 to Monday 27 June. Dubbed 'the world's most sociable yacht rally', the event departs from Ocean Village gets non-racing sailors and motorboaters together on the water.

Since launch in May 2010, Ocean Village’s new Premier Berths have an occupancy of an incredible 70 - 80%. For that Ocean Village can credit its keen pricing strategy with a maximum of £4 a metre charged per day for even the largest megayacht.

Chesterton’s MD, Mike Nicholls presents a cheque for £700, and the ‘Chesterton Cup’ to Mrs Barbara Sellors, the Event Organiser, on behalf of Childline Gibraltar.

Lakshmi Mittal is the wealthiest Indian according to the Forbes list of World Billionaires for 2011. Worth 31.1 billion USD it’s little wonder that he has a megayacht to match and his 80m was spotted in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village marina last week.

The liquidators of Madoff Securities International are selling the fraudster’s superyacht in a bid to recoup a fraction of the victims’ lost money. Currently lying in Gibraltar waters, ‘Bull’ is expected to receive offers over 3mn euros.

Having left London’s Tower Bridge one month previously, the Big 5 Kayak Challenge team paddled and peddled almost 2,000 miles to make it to the five star comfort of Gibraltar’s Ocean Village Marina at 7.42pm on Tuesday this week.

On Monday 25 October, Ocean Village will be welcoming members of the ‘Big 5 Kayak Challenge’ team en route from London's Tower Bridge to final destination Marrakech which also signals the end of the ‘Big 5’ for 2010.

TennisEarth.com has a reputation for bringing unique and interesting features to tennis fans worldwide and its latest contribution is a one of a kind ‘Tennis Exchange’ where the sporting world meets the hustle and bustle of the stock exchange.

Part of an endless succession of megayachts choosing Ocean Village marina as a regular port of call, 63 metre Polar Star recently took up temporary residence. Built in 2005, this vessel is available for charter for a modest 450,000 euros a week.

Whilst Gibraltar’s marinas are always busy, turning away 100 boats a day peak season, large boat-sized gaps are appearing in marinas along the Spanish Costas. The reason is financial. From berthing to fuel to taxation – Gibraltar has the edge.

TennisEarth.com has announced its unique point by point live text tennis commentary which can be followed over the internet.

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