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FINAL
RANKINGS
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1. ED
BAIRD
1. (USA)
2. JAMES SPITHILL
1. (AUS)
3. KAROL JABLONSKI
1. (POL)
4. MATHIEU RICHARD
4. (FRA)
5. JESPER RADICH
1. (DEN)
6. RUSSELL COUTTS
1. (NZL)
7. BJORN HANSEN
1. (SWE)
8. JES GRAM-HANSEN
1. (DEN)
9. PAOLO CIAN
1. (ITA)
10. STAFFAN LINDBERG
10. (FIN)
11. IAN WILLIAMS
10. (GBR)
12. MIKAEL LINDQVIST
10. (SWE)
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HONOUR
ROLLS
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2002. KAROL
JABLONSKI
2002.(POL)
2001. NOT RUN
2002.(---)
2000. DEAN BARKER
2002.(NZL)
1999. JESPER BANK
2002.(DEN)
1998. PETER GILMOUR
2002.(AUS)
1997. PETER GILMOUR
2002.(AUS)
1996. RUSSELL COUTTS
2002.(NZL)
1995. ED BAIRD
2002.(USA)
1994. BERTRAND PACE
2002.(FRA)
1993. RUSSELL COUTTS
2002.(NZL)
1992. RUSSELL COUTTS
2002.(NZL)
1991. CHRIS DICKSON
2002.(NZL)
1990. PETER GILMOUR
2002.(AUS)
1995. CHRIS DICKSON
2002.(NZL)
1994. CHRIS DICKSON
2002.(NZL)
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Day
5 - Ed
Baird is the new World Champion (08/30/03)
(source
: Official
Website)
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With his crew composed by Thomas Burnham,
John Ziskind and Andy Horton, Baird defeated
by 3-1 Australian skipper James Spithill and
won today the ISAF Match Racing World Championship.
The finals were sailed this afternoon with the
typical southerly breeze of lake Garda known
as “ora”, blowing at 15-20 knots.
Spithill won the first race, overtaking Baird
in the last downwind run. In the second match
Baird and Spithill arrived at the first windward
mark together, but Baird was able to round ahead
and keep the lead throughout the race.
In match three the umpires inflicted a penalty
with red flag to Spithill, who therefore had
to complete the turn immediately. Baird thus
gained his second win.
In the fourth and crucial match, it was Baird’s
turn to get a penalty in the pre-start. However,
the American skipper was able to take the lead
and slowly extend it throughout the race. Right
on the finish, Baird completed the penalty turn
and won his third race by a fraction, ahead
of James Spithill.
Earlier in the day, James Spithill was able
to score 3 consecutive wins against French skipper
Mathieu Richard, while American Ed Baird was
able to beat 3-2 the defending world champion
from Poland, Karol Jablonski.
The petit final was won by Karol Jablonski,
who defeated 2-1 French skipper Mathieu Richard.
Results
FINALS : Spithill def. Baird - Baird def. Spithill
- Baird def. Spithill - Baird def. Spithill
PETIT FINAL : Jablonski def. Richard - Richard
def. Jablonski - Jablonski def. Richard
SEMIFINALS 1 : Jablonski def. Baird - Baird
def. Jablonski - Baird def. Jablonski - Jablonski
def. Baird - Baird def. Jablonski
SEMIFINALS 2 : Spithill def. Richard - Spithill
def. Richard F- Spithill def. Richard |
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Day
4 - Semifinalists
set up in Italy (08/29/03)
(source
: Official
Website)
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A slow day, today, for the 12 skippers
competing in the ISAF Match Racing World Championship.
Due to the unstable weather conditions (lack
of wind early in the afternoon, strong northerly
wind arriving later in the day), the Race Committee
was unable to complete round robin two.
The 4 semifinalists were therefore selected
using a point system that compares the results
of round robin one and two. In the matches where
the skippers met each other, the points are
split in half, while in the matches where they
met each other once, the points are kept intact.
The 4 skippers out of the competing 12 who qualify
for the semifinals are :
1. Ed Baird, USA (Andy Horton, Tom Burnham,
John Ziskind) – 8,5 pts
2. James Spithill, AUS (Ben Durham, Joe Newton,
Andy Fethers) – 8 pts
3. Mathieu Richard, FRA (Greg Evrard, Olivier
Herledant, Yannick Simon) – 8 pts
4. Karol Jablonski, POL (Grzegorz Baranowski,
Piotr Przybylski, Jacek Wysocki) – 7 pts
Leaderboard at the end
of RR 2 (Skipper/Wins/Losses)
Ed Baird (USA), 15/4
James Spithill (AUS), 15/4
Mathieu Richard (FRA), 14/5
Karol Jablonski (POL), 12/7
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Jesper Radich (DEN), 12/7
Russell Coutts (NZL), 12/8
Bjorn Hansen (SWE), 10/10
Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN), 8/11
Paolo Cian (ITA), 7/13
Staffan Lindberg (FIN), 5/14
Ian Williams (GBR),5/16
Mikael Lindqvist (SWE), 2/17
RR2 - Results
Flight 8 : Richard def. Coutts (sailed yesterday)
- Gram-Hansen def. Lindqvist - Spithill def.
Jablonski - Hansen def. Radich - Baird def.
Williams
Flight 9 : Richard def. Hansen - Williams def.
Coutts - Spithill def. Lindberg - Cian def.
Lindqvist - Baird def. Jablonski
Flight 10 : Hansen def. Lindberg - Coutts def.
Lindqvist - Williams def. Cian - Baird def.
Radich - Jablonski def. Gram-Hansen |
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Day
3 - Spithill and Richard in the lead (08/28/03)
(source
: Official
Website)
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The atmosphere is heating up at the end
of day three of the ISAF Match Racing World
Championship. Only 4 skippers out of the competing
12 will qualify for the semifinals that will
begin once round two is over.
Today the Race Committee was able to complete
7 flights out of the 14 of round two, again
in great sailing conditions – sunny with a southerly
breeze of 20-plus knots, known locally as the
“ora”. The Committee also completed match one
of flight 8, then the wind dropped and the competitors
had to return to shore.
The four skippers currently best placed are
James Spithill and Mathieu Richard (with 13
victories), followed by Ed Baird and Jesper
Radich (with 12 points).
Racing will resume tomorrow with the remainig
flights of round robin two.
Leaderboard (Skipper/Wins/Losses)
James Spithill (AUS), 13/4
Mathieu Richard (FRA), 13/4
Ed Baird (USA), 12/4
Jesper Radich (DEN), 12/5
Karol Jablonski (POL), 11/5
Russell Coutts (NZL), 11/7
Bjorn Hansen (SWE), 8/9
Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN), 7/10
Paolo Cian (ITA), 6/12
Staffan Lindberg (FIN), 5/12
Mikael Lindqvist (SWE), 2/14
Ian Williams (GBR), 2/15
RR2 - Results
Flight 2 : Lindberg def. Williams - Radich def.
Cian - Hansen def. Gram-Hansen - Richard def.
Lindqvist - Jablonski def. Coutts
Flight 3 : Radich def. Lindqvist - Baird def.
Richard - Jablonski def. Williams - Spithill
def. Coutts - Cian def. Hansen
Flight 4 : Radich def. Williams - Coutts def.
Hansen - Lindberg def. Baird - Spithill def.
Cian - Richard def. Gram-Hansen
Flight 5 : Jablonski def. Lindberg - Baird def.
Cian - Richard def. Radich - Coutts def. Gram-Hansen
- Spithill def. Lindqvist
Flight 6 : Cian def. Gram-Hansen - Hansen def.
M. Lindqvist - Spithill def. Williams - Baird
def. Coutts - Radich def. Lindberg
Flight 7 : Jablonski def. Hansen - Richard def.
Cian - Gram-Hansen def. Williams - Coutts def.
Lindberg - Spithill def. Radich
Flight 8 : Richard def. Coutts |
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