AMERICA,S CUP GUIDE

THE CUP STARTED LIFE IN 1851 AS THE HUNDRED GUINEAS CUP ,THE  PRICE FOR A RACE AROUND THE ISIE OF WIGHT IN ENGLAND.THE SCHOONER AMERICA WAS THE VICTOR,AND THE OWNERS TOOK THE CUP BACK 2 NEW YORK. THEY RENAMED IT THE AMERICA,S CUP IN 1857 ,AND GIFTED IT TO THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOR''FRIENDLY COMPETITION BETWEEN COUNTRIES''.THE DEED OF GIFT,WRITTEN IN 1887,LAYS DOWN THE GUIDELINES 4 COMPETITION EVEN TODAY,ALBEIT WITH CONSIDERABLE DETAIL FILLED IN BY A MODERN PROTOCOL AGREED BETWEEN CHALLENGERS AND DEFENDER.

THE EARLY CHALLENGES CAME FROM ENGLAND AND MOST TOOK THE FORM OF A SINGLE CHALLENGER AGAINST A DEFENDER PUT UP BY NEWYORK. UNDER THIS SYSTEM,AMERICA'S DOMINATION WAS COMPLETE.FROM 1870 TO 1937,THE CLUB DEFEATED 16 CHALLENGERS.AFTER A BREAK DURING WORLD WAR II,THE CUP RESUMED AS A ONE-ON-ONE EVENT FROM 1958 TO 1970 ,ALL FOUR AGAIN WON BY THE AMERICANS.

IN 1970 THE NEW YOUK YACHT CLUB ALLOWED MULTIPLE CHALLENGERS 4 THE FIRST TMIE,AND THE MODERN ERA OF THE CUP WAS BORN.4 THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY,THE ODDS BEGAN 2 FAVOUR THE CHALLENGERS.AT FIRST IT MADE NO DIFFERNCE AND NEW YORK DEFENDED 4 MORE CHALLENGES IN THE 10 YEARS UNTIL1980,BUT ALL THAT CHANGED IN 1983,WHEN THE CHALLENGER,AUSTRALIA II,BEAT DENNIS CONNER'S DEFENDER,AND THE AUSSIES ENDED THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN SPORTING HISTORY.

CONNER HAD HIS REVENGE IN 1987,BEATING THE AUSTRALIANS IN THEIR FIRT DEFENCE AT FREMANTLE IN 1987,AND RESTORING IT 2 AMERICA,ONLYTHIS TIME TO A HOME AT THE SAN DIEGO YACHT CLUB,WHERE IT STAYED UNTIL TEAM NZ  SUCCESSFUL  CHALLENGE IN 1995.IN 2000 TEAM NZ BECAME THE FRIST NON-AMERICAN SYNDICATE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND THE AMERICA'CUP.

TEAM NZ 4 NIL DOWN,THEIR IS LITTLE HOPE  2 FIGHT BACK IT IS SAD THEY GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS.TODAY IS THE LAST RACE, CITY SCAN WISH THEM ALL BEST 4 THEIR FUTURE.