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Lysekil Women’s Match 27 July – 1 August
ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009
Lysekil, Sweden, July 22, 2009.
The World's Top Teams will Battle for the World Champion title
The biggest prize money in women's match racing of 50 000 Euro
The ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil is the
most prestigious event in women's match racing. The Women's Match
Racing Worlds were first held in Italy in 1999 and have taken place
every year since. This year's championship has added interest, as it
is the first in the four-year cycle, which will culminate in the 2012
Olympic Sailing Competition, where Women’s Match Racing will feature
for the first time on the Olympic programme.
- I don’t think there is any competitor in this series that is easy.
All of the competitors in this year’s World Championships are to be
watched, it is a great line up and will be a tough event for everyone,
said Australian skipper Katie Spithill, currently ranked number 2 on
the Women’s ISAF World Match Race Ranking list.
The reigning World Champion and number one on the Women’s ISAF World
Match Race Ranking list, Claire Leroy, of France, will be defending
the World Championship title for the second time in a row.
- The level of the 12 contestants is similar, so you can't make any
mistakes if you want to win. The Scandinavian teams have some
advantages, being more familiar with the Danish DS37 yacht and sailing
in their home waters, but it seems that other countries have improved
and are able to take the leadership, like Katie Spithill did in Match
Cup Sweden a few weeks ago. I imagine, that we will have a lot of
surprises at the World Championship and I look forward to exciting
racing, said the reigning World Champion Claire Leroy.
Swedish Linda Rahm has in July stepped down from second position on
the world ranking list to fourth. But she is familiar with her home
waters. She will defend her two consecutive victories of last year and
the previous year’s world cup races at Lysekil Women's Match.
Britain’s Lucy MacGregor, ranked third in the world, 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 a name to watch out for.
Australian Katie Spithill won the prestigious Match Cup Sweden regatta
in Marstrand earlier this month, showing great form with strong, solid
sailing in the DS 37, the same boat type to be used at the World
Championship in Lysekil. Spithill, was ranked 7 on the Women’s ISAF
World Match Race Ranking list, and has now climbed to second position.
25-year old Swede Anna Kjellberg has in one year climbed from 23 to 10
on the Women’s ISAF World Match Race Ranking list. With stable results
this last year Kjellberg has proved that she belongs to the top elite.
In the finals against Katie Spithill at Match Cup Sweden, Kjellberg
was tough opposition.
The event is inaugurated Monday 27 July. Racing starts Tuesday 28
July. The World Champion will be crowned Saturday 1 August.
12 skippers to the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship (with
ISAF world ranking number):
Claire Leroy (1) FRA
Linda Rahm (2)SWE
Lucy MacGregor (3) GBR
Sally Barkow (4) USA
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (5) DEN
Silke Hahlbrock (6) GER
Katie Spithill (7) AUS
Anna Kjellberg (10) SWE
Nicole Souter (12) AUS
Camilla Ulrikkeholm (13) DEN
Christelle Philippe (14) FRA
Marie Björling (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: Preem and Stena Bulk, with Carpe Diem Beds of Sweden,
Concordia Maritime, Evidens and Sebago as partners and Lysekil as
Host City.
Event dates: 27 July - 1 August.
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