Dickson wins 2024 Ficker Cup

Scotty Dickson won the 2024 Ficker Cup, held April 19-21 in Long Beach, CA. As the opening event of the 2024 World Match Racing Tour, an eight team field was seeking the title and opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Congressional Cup. Dickson won the event for the 14th time across a 24-year span.

Racing in Catalina 37s, Dickson went 12-2 in the double round robin qualifying stage, dropping only one match in the semifinals against Australia’s Cole Tapper. Dickson went on to sweep the finals against Megan Thomson (NZL). Dickson was sailing with Erik Berzins, Garrett Brown, Steve Flam, Zachary Hanna, and Shane Young.

“By the time we got to the final my team was sailing superb,” noted Dickson. “I’ve won this event multiple times but take nothing for granted. Very proud of the team!”

The spotlight turns to the the Grade 1 Congressional Cup on April 24-28, The top three ranking Ficker Cup skippers – Dickson, Thomson, and Tapper – have qualified and move on to the 59th edition.

Tour information – 2024 season – Ficker details – Facebook

Ficker Cup Results
1. USA – Scotty Dickson, Erik Berzins, Garrett Brown, Steve Flam, Zachary Hanna, Shane Young
2. NZL – Megan Thomson, Robert McCutcheon, Sebastian Olsen, Matias Rossing, Bastian Sorensen, Thor Malthe Andersen
3. AUS – Cole Tapper, Jordan Reece, George Richardson, Hamish Vass, Charlotte Carmichael, Max Brennan, Nathan Gulliksen
4. USA – Dave Hood, Christopher Main,Steven Natvig,William Tiller, Nick Blackman, Chris Steele
5. CAN – Peter Wickwire, Emily Merry, Ben Maloney, Evan Burns, Devan Dube, Daniel MacMillan
6. FRA – Aurélien Pierroz, Sebastien Riot, Guillou Chatonnier, Nicolas Bouchet, Hippolyte Machetti, Théo Bore
7. USA – Nicole Breault, Allie Blecher, Doug McLean, Irina Beloborodova, Lionel Crear, Alfonso Garcia Bringas, Cormac Murphy
8. NZL – Celia Willison, Ruby Scholten, Clare Costanzo, Rosie Rowell, Serena Woodall, Josi Andres, Alison Kent

About the World Match Racing Tour
Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing. The WMRT is awarded ‘Special Event’ status by the sport’s world governing body – World Sailing – and the winner of the WMRT each year is crowned World Sailing Match Racing World Champion.

Previous champions include Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR), Taylor Canfield (USA), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Peter Holmberg (ISV), Adam Minoprio (NZL), Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Bertrand Pace (FRA), Jesper Radich (DEN), Phil Robertson (NZL) and Ian Williams (GBR).

Since 2000, the World Match Racing Tour and its events have awarded over USD24million in prize money to sailors which has helped to contribute to the career pathway of many of today’s professional sailors.

Source: LBYC