Hello from BlackMatch,

After bowing out of the quarterfinals we still had a fight on our hands to secure 5th place on the final day. We chose to race Torvar Mirsky in our first match which left Peter Gilmour to take on Mathieu Richard. There was a different vibe on the boat and we totally dominated the young Australian, forcing a penalty on him in the pre-start then sailing away for a comfortable victory. It was a similar story against Peter Gilmour, we gained the favoured right hand side of the course and had better speed off the start line which gave us the initial advantage, we were able to capitalise on this to secure 5th place at the 2009 Korea Match Cup.

After the disappointment of the previous day it was great to get some form back and beat the two Australian teams. Reward for our 5th placing is the fact that we have regained the World Match Racing Tour lead, with a 1 point advantage over Ben Ainslie and we are definitely happy about this.

This week we are off to Valencia to train in the Swedish Match 40 boats ahead of our upcoming regatta in Portugal, where we are looking forward to another good week of sailing.

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back

Related posts:

1. Adam Minoprio extends his World Match Racing Tour lead, but Marstand lies ahead [Source: World Match Racing Tour] In having achieved a runner-up...
2. World Match Racing Tour heads to Portugal [Source:World Match Racing Tour] The World Match Racing Tour heads...
3. Team Origin enters the World Match Racing Tour [Source: World Match Racing Tour] TEAMORIGIN the British challenger for...
4. Philippe Presti to enter World Match Racing Tour [Source: World Match Racing Tour] Philippe Presti has proved to...
5. BlackMatch reach career best in latest ISAF World Ranking Hi all from BlackMatch, Despite a slight hiccup in our...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.