Stories about Semi Finals
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Match Cup Sweden: Sensational Anna Kjellberg and unbeatable Jenny Jenny Axhede in semi finals
Posted 4 days, 9 hours ago by BYM Sailing News
All three Swedish ladies secured their spots in the semi finals of Match Cup Sweden, Women class. Jenny Axhede showed her unbeatable class winning all her seven matches, while 23 years young Anna Kjellberg made a sensational breakthrough ... more »
Audi Queensland Match Racing Championship: Katie Spithill's Wot Chicks through to semi finals
Posted 21 days, 3 hours ago by BYM Sailing News
Katie Spithill and her talented Wot Chicks match racing crew have answered the challenge from their male rivals to qualify as the major contender to win the highly competitive Audi Queensland Match Racing championship off Mooloolaba Beach tomorrow. The ... more »
Semi Finals all tied up at Match Race Germany
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Sail World Australia
The fate of the four remaining teams would be decided tomorrow when racing recommences at Match Race Germany more »
Semi Finals all tied up at Match Race Germany
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Sail World New Zealand
The fate of the four remaining teams would be decided tomorrow when racing recommences at Match Race Germany more »
EASTERN & WESTERN ICSA SEMI-FINALS
Posted 2 months, 21 days ago by High Octane One Designs
Australia versus France in the finals
Posted 3 months, 18 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The world’s number one woman match racer, Claire Leroy (FRA) and Australia’s twelfth ranked Nicky Souter will face off tomorrow in the finals of the Harken Women’s Match Racing Regatta.
Semi finals action this afternoon produced thrilling wins for Souter, who elected to sail against the Danish number two, Lotte Melgaard Pedersen, in the major semi final, and Leroy and Katie Spithill (AUS), who fought tooth and nail in the minor semi final. more »
Australia versus France in the finals
Posted 3 months, 18 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The world’s number one woman match racer, Claire Leroy (FRA) and Australia’s twelfth ranked Nicky Souter will face off tomorrow in the finals of the Harken Women’s Match Racing Regatta.
Semi finals action this afternoon produced thrilling wins for Souter, who elected to sail against the Danish number two, Lotte Melgaard Pedersen, in the major semi final, and Leroy and Katie Spithill (AUS), who fought tooth and nail in the minor semi final. more »
Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta. Claire Leroy FRA vs Nicky Souter AUS in final
Posted 3 months, 19 days ago by BYM Sailing News
The world’s number one woman match racer, Claire Leroy (FRA) and Australia’s twelfth ranked Nicky Souter will face off tomorrow in the finals of the Harken Women’s Match Racing Regatta. Semi finals action this afternoon produced thrilling wins for Souter, ... more »
Two French skippers into the semis - MIMR
Posted 3 months, 20 days ago by Sail World UK
Marseille International Match Race - two French skippers into the semi-finals. more »
World Number one, Mathieu Richard, winner of MIMR 2008
Posted 3 months, 21 days ago by Valencia Sailing
[Source: Marseille International Match Race] The sixth edition of the Marseille International Match Race drew to a close on Saturday.
Four days of racing, with the wind setting the tone and the pace. Two days in extreme conditions with wind speeds of more than 30 knots and heavy seas, a morning of nothing at all, and at last optimal conditions for Match Racing.
The 2008 edition MIMR was once again extraordinary! An impressive line-up, varied sailing conditions to allow everyone to express their skills, we experienced some fantastic moments on the water and saw some wonderful duels.
And in the end, the World Number One was the winner of the 2008 MIMR, so the hierarchy of the sport was respected.
Mathieu Richard and Paolo Cian fight during the Marseille International Match Race final. Marseille, 15 March 2008. Photo copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
They said
Mathieu Richard, World N° 1, Winner of the 2008 MIMR
"It's fantastic! This grade 1 MIMR has been really positive for our team. After a long winter break, our objective was to get back up to speed, find our marks, our reflexes on board. We sailed really well and won lots of matches. We are all the happier with our performance that the line-up was of a really high level, with some very motivated teams. We have taken part in every single edition of the MIMR since the beginning - it's really promising for the rest of the season."
Paolo Cian, World N° 3, 2nd in MIMR 2008
"We did well in the semi-finals, as we beat Sébastien Col 2 matches to 1 in pretty shifty conditions – I'm satisfied with those matches. The final is another story. Mathieu Richard was better in the prestarts, we were faster in the upwind beat but Mathieu's team handled the kite more confidently and and was faster.
The MIMR is our first big event for Shosholoza in 2008 and finishing second, in these conditions in a final with the world number 1 is really great. This is our second time in the MIMR, and we are second again – things will be different next time!"
Sébastien Col, World N° 4, 3 rd MIMR 2008
Sébastien Col recently joined the Yachting Club de la Pointe Rouge, Organising Club of the MIMR. "I'm disappointed, but in Match Racing there is only one winner! In all our matches in the semi-finals we started well and stayed ahead for most of the race but systematically we failed to maintain our lead on our adversary.
We found it hard to take the right decisions when in contact with the other boat. I must say it's a classic failing of a crew that's not used to sailing together. We need to work on our communication on board. To do that we'll be going on a training course next April with Ian Williams, World number 2. more »
Two French skippers into the semis - MIMR
Posted 3 months, 23 days ago by Sail World Australia
Marseille International Match Race - two French skippers into the semi-finals. more »
2 French skippers in the semis of Marseille International Match Race
Posted 3 months, 23 days ago by Valencia Sailing
[Source: Marseille International Match Race] When the teams started to prepare their boats this morning, the wind gauge announced less than 5 knots...
But the race committee was optimistic and confident, and committed to pushing ahead with the competition, so they asked the skippers to leave the port of the Pointe Rouge....
The fleet of J80s was on the water at around 10 am, but the wind wasn't. The umpires and two crews - Richard and Cian – came back to the club for lunch and wait on dry land!
As usual, the wind came back around 1 o'clock and with between 10 and 15 knots the competition could start again.
Great conditions for match racing... 5 flights were on the program today and the tickets for the semi-finals required 3 matches.
Quarter finals of the Marseille International Match Race. Marseille, 14 March 2008. Photo copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
They said
Sébastien Col, World n° 4 , semi finalist
Sébastien Col has recently joined the Yachting Club de la Pointe Rouge,MIMR organizing club. "It's been a fairly hard day for us, but we've managed to qualify for the semi-finals and we'll do better tomorrow. The sailing conditions this afternoon were really good, but after a long wait this morning on the water
we found it hard to get back into the competition.
Arbuzov's team sailed really well, but we missed some opportunities, perhaps we concentrated on our speed too much. Tomorrow we'll be racing against a serious competitor! Cian is awesome in this event, we are good enough to beat him ... we'll see tomorrow."
Evgeny Neugodnikov, World N° 7 (MIMR semi-finalist in 2007)
"The MIMR is a great event. We knew the French sail whatever the weather. We are happy to have got through the round robin despite the extreme sailing conditions. The boats were perfectly prepared. We had to sail against the Italian Cian who is really on form this week. He managed to anticipate our manoeuvres each time, leaving us with little freedom."
Quarter finals of the Marseille International Match Race. Marseille, 14 March 2008. Photo copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Friday's Results
Presti (FRA) 1/ Richard (FRA) 3
Mirsky 1 (AUS) / Ebler (DEN) 3
Arbuzov 2 (RUS) / Col (FRA) 3
Neugodnikov (RUS) 0 / Cian (ITA) 3 more »
BlackMatch: Final of Hardy Cup
Posted 4 months, 22 days ago by Sail World New Zealand
Today we took on Keith Swinton in the semi finals which we won 2-0, this set us up for the best of 5 final more »
BlackMatch: Final of Hardy Cup
Posted 4 months, 22 days ago by Sail World Australia
Today we took on Keith Swinton in the semi finals which we won 2-0, this set us up for the best of 5 final more »
Australia versus New Zealand in Hardy Cup
Posted 4 months, 23 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The Hardy Cup 2008 has come down to yet another TransTasman sporting encounter, this time in sailing between two Australian and two New Zealand crews of talented youth sailors in this prestigious ISAF Grade 3 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour.
The third day of racing saw strong southerly winds, gusting over 20 knots, with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Evan Walker winning five match races to head the line-up going into tomorrow’s semi-finals and finals.
more »
Australia versus New Zealand in Hardy Cup
Posted 4 months, 23 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The Hardy Cup 2008 has come down to yet another TransTasman sporting encounter, this time in sailing between two Australian and two New Zealand crews of talented youth sailors in this prestigious ISAF Grade 3 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour.
The third day of racing saw strong southerly winds, gusting over 20 knots, with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Evan Walker winning five match races to head the line-up going into tomorrow’s semi-finals and finals.
more »
BlackMatch: Through to the Hardy Cup Semi-Finals
Posted 4 months, 23 days ago by Sail World New Zealand
Today was the top six teams knock out stage of the regatta, with the top four teams proceeding to the semi finals. more »
BlackMatch: Through to the Hardy Cup Semi-Finals
Posted 4 months, 23 days ago by Sail World Australia
Today was the top six teams knock out stage of the regatta, with the top four teams proceeding to the semi finals. more »
O'VIVE PACIFIC CROSSING: A known harbor in a new Light!
Posted 5 months, 13 days ago by Sail Blogs
We dropped our anchor in Georgetown, the main town in the south Exumas. We have been here many times over the years when we cruise in summer but what a change; there might be about a hundred sailboats or more! We usually see about 12 to 15 boats! So it was a nice surprise to see people from all over the world, Lots of Canadians, Netherlanders, and Americans. David and Emilie stayed in GT over the week-end while Alec and I flew back to Miami to attend the AYSO soccer tournament in Palm Beach. We promised Alec as a Christmas present that, if at all possible, we would do our best to fly him back so he could play with his team the "Blue Devils" and indeed it was a success, they went all the way to the semi-finals!!! It was so exciting and we had a great time, it was the first time his team got so far in this tournament. We are back and after a good night of sleep (we slept right through a wavy night, 28 knots of wind with this cold front just coming through) we are getting back in the cruising mode and homeschooling. The kids just took off with two Canadians kids who are speaking both English and French; hopefully they will practice their French a little. I hope that will get them excited about making new friends, they have not been making contact very much yet, I guess it is only 2 weeks, but time will come when they will be looking out for those kid's boats. more »
Team Pindar celebrates the World Champion title!
Posted 7 months, 6 days ago by Matchrace.ch
source: www.sailing.org and www.worldmatchracingtour.com
Ian Williams and his Team Pindar have won the ISAF Match Racing World Championship held in Malaysia. This is the double victory as the Brits took both the World Championship title and World Match Racing Tour 2006/2007 title.
First step was to beat Shosholoza skipper Paolo Cian in the semi-finals what Williams finally managed to do with the result 3-2.
Then Team Pindar defeated in the final four-time World Match Racing Tour Champion Peter Gilmour 3-1. That was an exiting fight till the end.
As Williams admitted he was a bit nervous before the final matches but his team did a great job to calm him down. Not surprising considering the big value of victory.
Now Williams and his victorious team can enjoy the great success! more »
