Lysekil, Sweden, March 5, 2009
Lysekil Women’s Match
ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 09
The 12 Top Teams in the World are Invited to ISAF Women’s Match Racing
World Championship in Lysekil during Lysekil Women’s Match, 27 July –
1 August
With women’s match racing on the Olympic programme for the first time
at the London Games in 2012, the World Championships this summer in
Lysekil, on the west coast of Sweden, will be a key event in the
sailing world. The world’s top teams will battle for the World
Champion title and the biggest prize money in women’s match racing, 50
000 Euro, during the fifth edition of Lysekil Women’s Match,
previously a world cup race.
Today, the invites to the prestigious event will be sent out to the
top 12 teams in the world. The skippers will be invited according to
the “ISAF World Match Race Ranking list”, which was updated yesterday,
March 4. The ruling World Champion and moreover number one on the
ranking list, Claire Leroy, will be invited along with the 10
following skippers on the ranking list. The last spot will be awarded
by the Swedish Sailing Federation and the organising yacht club
Lysekil Yacht Club Gullmar.
French Claire Leroy and her Team Ideactor will be defending the World
Champion title for the second time in a row. Swedish Linda Rahm is
ranked second in the world and familiar with her home waters. She will
defend her victory of last year’s world cup race at Lysekil Women’s
Match and battle for the World Champion title.
Briton Lucy MacGregor, is definitely the top rookie among the invited
skippers. MacGregor, who previously was crew on several successful
teams, has as skipper climbed the ranking list at impressive speed and
is now ranked third on the world ranking. MacGregor will be a name to
watch out for, especially keeping the 2012 Olympics at her home nation
in mind.
12 invited skippers to ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship
2009 / Lysekil Women's Match
1. Claire Leroy FRA
2. Linda Rahm SWE
3. Lucy MacGregor GBR
4. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen DEN
5. Silke Hahlbrock GER
6. Elizabeth Baylis USA
7. Katie Spithill AUS
8. Sabrina Gurioli ITA
9. Sally Barkow USA
10. Nicole Souter AUS
11. Anna Kjellberg SWE
-. Wild Card SWE
ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship 2009 / Lysekil Women's
Match is with its 50 000 Euro prize purse, the world’s biggest
competition in women’s match racing. Lysekil Women's Match is
organised by Sailnet Lysekil AB together with Lysekil Yacht Club
Gullmar. index sponsors are Preem and Stena Bulk, with Carpe Diem Beds
of Sweden, Concordia Maritime, Sebago and the Lysekil Local Authority
as partners. The event dates are 27 July - 1 August.
Media: High resolution photos from Lysekil Women’s Match 2008 are
available on the official web site www.lysekilwomensmatch.se:
http://www.lysekilwomensmatch.se/page/230/pressbilder.htm
For more information regarding Lysekil Women’s Match please contact:
Press Officer Josefine Ås, media@sailnet.se, + 33 6 79 04 23 46 / +46
70 575 53 08
Project Manager Anna Holmdahl White, anna@sailnet.se, +46 730 68 42 92
www.lysekilwomensmatch.se
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