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FINAL
RANKING
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1. PETER GILMOUR
1. (AUS)
2. BERTRAND PACE
1. (FRA)
3. GAVIN BRADY
1. (POL, BMW
Oracle Racing)
4. JES GRAM-HANSEN
1. (DEN)
5. LUC PILLOT
1. (FRA)
6. MATHIEU RICHARD
1. (FRA)
7. ERIC MONIN
1. (SUI)
8. TINO ELLEGAST
1. (GER)
9. KAROL JABLONSKI
1. (POL, Toscana
Challenge)
10. MICHAEL DUNSTAN
10. (AUS, Ozboyz
Challenge)
11. LARS NORDBJAERG
10. (DEN)
12. RAY DAVIES
10. (NZL, Team
NZ)
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HONOUR
ROLL
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2003. JESPER
RADICH
2002.(DEN)
2002. JESPER RADICH
2002.(DEN)
2001. MARKUS WIESER
2002.(GER)
2000. BERTRAND PACE
2002.(FRA)
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Gilmour
cleans up at MR Germany (06/13/03)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
| Peter Gilmour and the Pizza-La
Sailing Team gained a measure of revenge today
with a thorough victory over Bertrand Pacé’s
French crew in the final of Match Race Germany,
the penultimate event on the Swedish Match Tour
2003-’04.
Gilmour and the Pizza-La crew defeated
Pacé, 3-2, to claim the ninth annual
event sailed on Lake Constance in southern
Germany. After losing to Pacé in the
Swedish Match Tour final at Croatia two weeks
ago, Gilmour came to Germany with a vengeance,
and left with a slew of accolades.
Peter Gilmour didn’t lose his first race
of the regatta until the second flight of
the final against Pacé, in winds that
were around 12 knots. Gilmour shook off the
loss and won the next two for a 3-1 lead in
the best-of-seven (first to 4 points) final
series.
A two-hour delay ensued while the wind shifted
more the 200 degrees and came and went as
rain squalls passed over the lake bordering
Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
When Flight 5 was held, the breeze was
blowing 16 to 20 knots from the east/southeast,
the most breeze of the week. Pacé won
the flight to get to 3-2, but then the 4:00
p.m. time limit expired and Gilmour claimed
his first Match Race Germany title.
Gilmour clinched the Swedish Match Tour
Championship for 2003-’04 with his second
at Croatia, but this week he padded his lead
even more. He earned 25 points by finishing
first and increased his total to 142 points.
He leads second place by 72 points. His team’s
victory was its third in seven events on the
2003-’04 Tour.
In the Petit Final, Gavin Brady’s BMW
Oracle Racing crew defeated Jes Gram-Hansen’s
Team Denmark 3-1 to capture third, and place
Team Denmark fourth.
The Swedish Match Cup is the final event on
the 2003-'04 Tour. Held in Marstrand, Sweden,
it is scheduled July 5-11.
Final Results
Peter Gilmour def. Bertrand Pacé
Bertrand Pacé def. Peter Gilmour
Peter Gilmour def. Bertrand Pacé
Peter Gilmour def. Bertrand Pacé
Bertrand Pacé def. Peter Gilmour
Petit Final Results
Gavin Brady def. Jes Gram-Hansen
Gavin Brady def. Jes Gram-Hansen
Jes Gram-Hansen def. Gavin Brady
Gavin Brady def. Jes Gram-Hansen
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Gilmour,
Pacé to meet for MR Germany (06/12/03)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
Peter Gilmour’s Pizza-La
Sailing Team will meet Bertrand Pacé’s
French crew tomorrow for the championship of
Match Race Germany, the penultimate event of
the Swedish Match Tour 2003-’04.
Gilmour and Pacé advanced to the
final by finishing 1-2 in Round Robin C at the
9th annual event on Lake Constance, bordering
Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
The final is a rematch of the Swedish
Match Tour final in Croatia two weeks ago, where
Pacé defeated Gilmour 3-0 in a series
plagued by light winds. Gilmour is out for revenge.
With the final still to sail, Gilmour
was referring to the race for the Mercedes Benz
SLK 200, offered at Match Race Germany by event
sponsor Wuerttembergische Versicherungsagentur
Speth.
Gilmour and his Pizza-La Sailing Team
were the first to reach 10 consecutive wins
when they defeated Jes Gram-Hansen’s Team
Denmark in their fifth race of Round Robin C.
In doing so they ran their record 10-0 (combined
record between Rounds Robin A and C) and won
the silver SLK roadster.
Conditions for Day 4 of Match Race Germany were
ideal. After a slow morning that included a
two-hour postponement amid attempted starts,
a fresh northwesterly breeze filled around 15
knots. It would veer to the right and blow from
the north as the day progressed, but the strength
never dropped below 12 knots.
While the Pizza-La Sailing Team won all
seven of its Round C races, Pacé’s
French crew finished Round C with a 5-2 record,
but had to wait out the final flight between
Gilmour and New Zealander Gavin Brady’s
BMW Oracle Racing Team.
Brady entered that match with a 5-1 record.
A win over Gilmour would put him in the final.
A loss would give the spot to Pacé,
who owned the tiebreaker over Brady due to
his win in Flight 2.
Pacé wondered if Gilmour would throw
the race to give Brady the final slot, but
Gilmour never throws a race. Now Pacé
knows he’ll have his hands full tomorrow.
Brady will meet Gram-Hansen for the Petit
Final. Brady finished Round C with a 5-2 mark,
while Gram-Hansen finished 4-3.
Late this afternoon, sail-offs were held for
fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth overall.
France’s Luc Pillot defeated compatriot
Mathieu Richard for fifth, while Switzerland’s
Eric Monin beat Tino Ellegast of Germany for
seventh.
FINAL ROUND ROBIN C
STANDINGS (After 10 flights)
1. Peter Gilmour/AUS, 7-0
2. Bertrand Pacé/FRA, 5-2
3. Gavin Brady/NZL, BMW Oracle Racing, 5-2
4. Jes Gram-Hansen/DEN, Team Denmark, 4-3
5. Luc Pillot/FRA, 3-4
6. Mathieu Richard (FRA), 2-5
7. Tino Ellegast/GER, 1-6
8. Eric Monin/SUI, 1-6
Round Robin C Results
Flight 5 : Jes Gram-Hansen def. Luc Pillot
- Peter Gilmour def. Tino Ellegast - Gavin
Brady def. Mathieu Richard
Flight 10 : Luc Pillot def. Bertrand Pacé
- Mathieu Richard def. Tino Ellegast - Peter
Gilmour def. Jes Gram-Hansen
Flight 7 : Peter Gilmour def. Mathieu Richard
- Bertrand Pacé def. Jes Gram-Hansen
- Gavin Brady def. Eric Monin
Flight 3 : Bertrand Pacé def. Tino
Ellegast - Gavin Brady def. Jes Gram-Hansen
- Eric Monin def. Luc Pillot
Flight 6 : Luc Pillot def. Mathieu Richard
- Peter Gilmour def. Gavin Brady - Tino Ellegast
def. Eric Monin
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