'DHL - DAILY TELEGRAPH' Sydney to Hobart 2007

Congratulations to all the guys that raced this year. DHL - Daily Telegraph had an exciting race and were extremely eager to get to Hobart. So eager they were first over the line but unfortunately to soon and were called up on a false start.

If that wasn't exciting enough they finished the race with a 4 hour intense match race with Hugo Boss. Due to some fantastic tactical moves DHL - Daily Telegraph beat Hugo Boss by seconds over the line.

Great race guys!

ITS A WINNER FOR CORPORATE HOSPITALITY & TEAM BUILDING!

SPECIAL TWILIGHT RACE PACKAGE - Book Now!

Invite your guests to race on a World Famous Volvo 60 Maxi Ocean Racing Yacht during the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Wednesday Twilight Series.

Impress your clients, build relationships and strengthen teamwork amongst your staff by competing against more than 100 yachts in this thrilling mid week race.

The opportunity to race these VO 60s presents a ‘once in a life time’ experience.

Book three Wednesday Twilight Races and we will include the following for up to 18 guests per race:

Charter of the yacht with skipper and professional crew who will host and guide your guests throughout the race.

All catering - pre drinks & catering onboard the yacht during the race PLUS
a full BBQ for your team after the race at our waterside venue.

All entry fees and wharf bookings

We are offering this exclusive package at a discounted rate of $8950.00 + GST

Please call Lisa on 9660 9133 to solve all your corporate hospitality needs and be where most people want to be on a Wednesday evening!

Book any three Wednesday Night Twilight Races from the beginning of October 08 to the end of February 09 to qualify for this great offer.

AFR - Kookaburra Challenge Match Racing Afternoon

Last week AFR held a three Volvo 60 Match Racing afternoon on the Harbour. They invited clients and colleagues to enjoy a magnificent day out racing Maxi yachts. At times the Volvo 60's were nail bitingly close.

Even though the wind was light on occasions all 6 teams pushed for the finishing line with determination and great group dynamics were shown. Each team were allocated a charity to race on behalf of. The 1st prize was a $25,000.00 double page colour advert in the 'Financial Review' for the winning teams charity. Amongst the guests the team spirit and competition was strong with everything to race for and nothing to lose.

The Cancer Council Australia won through on the day to take the massive 1st prize. However, each team member didn't go home empty handed. All the winning crew received a stunning Nautica Jacket. As you can imagine all the guests enjoyed a great day and some mentioned they couldn't wait to come back next year to win such a great prize for their charity.

If you would like to do a similar event for your top clients or colleagues please don't hesitate to contact Lisa on 02 9660 9133. I will be happy to discuss possible options.

SYDNEY - HOBART 2006

A huge congratulations to the crew onboard our Volvo 60 'DHL' that raced in the recent Sydney - Hobart 2006. The DHL Race Team did extremely well and we are very proud of every member. The conditions didn't suit a Volvo 60 at all - most of the race was sailed in light to moderate breeze on the nose - but the DHL team sailed extremely well to come in 8th over the line and 3rd in P.H.S Division A.

The crew consisted of 5 professional sailors, with Olympic medalist Mitch Booth at the helm, plus 11 sailors of varying experience. The team trained hard together over a 3 month period in the newly devised Kookaburra Big Boat Training Program and gained valuable experience from top guest sailors such as Gordon Maguire, Michael Blackburn, Steve McConaghy,
Bruce Savage and Sue Crafer. The fabulous team spirit and mateship that emerged played a huge role in the success of the program along with the fantastic support from DHL (in particular Ken Mouldey (DHL Global) and Gary Edstein (DHL Express) who both were valuable members of the race crew).

1st Place - BIG BOAT CHALLENGE 2006

With the Kookaburra Big Boat training programme under way the Big Boat Challenge was the perfect test for the team before the Sydney to Hobart 2006. The crew didn't let us down and came home with the trophy for first place.

Well done guys.

Corporate Sailing Team Challenge - Sydney Harbour

Don't miss our next 'CTC' days in Spring 2008

Entertain your top clients, reward your staff or use the day as an excellent team building event. The price for a team of up to 20 guests is just $4,950 incl. GST (great value for a whole day of exciting sailing, prizes, full catering and hospitality onboard a luxurious 'mothership').

Introducing our Sponsor MPI Group

Kookaburra Challenge is delighted to name the new sponsors of our America's Cup yacht "Spirit Of Australia". The naming and signage rights sponsor is the highly successful Sydney based integrated engineering company, MPIGROUP. The boat will now be known as MPI SPIRIT.

MPI Group was established in 1995 as a group of engineers dedicated to delivering specialist process and team building services engineering to a diverse range of companies throughout Australasia. This continues through to today and into the future as their engineering evolves to deliver sustainable and competitive engineering and constructive solutions.

For further information about MPI Group contact Jim Ferretti or Phillip Newman at MPI Group on +61(0) 2 9418 4122