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CLASSEMENT
FINAL
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1. RUSSELL COUTTS
1. (NZL)
2. PETER GILMOUR
1. (AUS)
3. MAGNUS HOLBERG
1. (SWE, Victory
Challenge ?)
4. CHRIS LAW
1. (GBR)
5. ED BAIRD
1. (USA, Alinghi
?)
6. LARS NORDBJERG
1. (DEN)
7. KAROL JABLONSKI
1. (POL, Toscana
Challenge)
8. JESPER BANK
1. (DEN)
9. MATTIAS RAHM
1. (SWE)
= GAVIN BRADY
1. (NZL, BMW
Oracle Racing)
= PETER HOLMBERG
1. (USVI, Alinghi)
= BJORN HANSEN
1. (SWE)
= LUC PILLOT
1. (FRA)
= JOHNIE BERNTSSON
1. (NSWE)
15. STAFFAN LINBERG
10. (FIN)
= MICHAEL DUNSTAN
10(AUS, Ozboyz
Challenge)
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PALMARES
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2003. CHRIS
LAW
2002.
(GBR)
2002. DEAN BARKER
2002.
(NZL)
2001. RUSSELL COUTTS
2002.(NZL)
2000. DEAN BARKER
2002.
(NZL)
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Coutts
claims second Swedish Match Cup (07/11/03)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
Russell Coutts, the all-time America’s
Cup-winning skipper from New Zealand, doesn’t
race the Swedish Match Tour on a regular basis,
but he’s a force to be reckoned with when he
shows up.
Coutts won his second Tour event of the year
when he claimed the Swedish Match Cup championship
with a 3-1 victory over Australian Peter Gilmour
and the Pizza-La Sailing Team.
It was Coutts’ second victory at the Swedish
Match Cup (having previously won in 2001), and
his fourth in eight events on the Tour over
the past five years. Two months ago Coutts won
the Tour championship in Porto Azzurro, Italy,
where he also defeated Gilmour and the Pizza-La
crew, 2-1.
Coutts, sailing with Tour regular Jes Gram-Hansen
of Denmark and his countrymen Michael Arnhild,
Christian Kamp and Rasmus Kostner, split the
first two races of the final against the Pizza-La
team, and then won two straight to claim the
championship.
In the Petit Final Magnus Holmberg defeated
Chris Law, 2-0, to finish third while Law placed
fourth in his defense of the title. Holmberg
won the first match outright, then used a penalty
against Law to win the second match, which was
not without drama.
Law became the second skipper to fall overboard
at the Swedish Match Cup when he went for a
swim after entering the pre-start box (earlier
in the week Coutts hit Peter Holmberg so hard
that Holmberg wound overboard).
While Holmberg won’t compete at the first Tour
event of the 2004-’05 season, the Portugal Match
Cup in Cascais (July 26-30), Coutts will. And
he’ll have the Danes crewing for him again.
FINAL PAIRING (First to
3 points)
Flight 1 Russell Coutts (NZL) def. Peter Gilmour
(AUS)
Flight 2 Peter Gilmour def. Russell Coutts
Flight 3 Russell Coutts def. Peter Gilmour
Flight 4 Russell Coutts def. Peter Gilmour
PETIT FINAL RESULTS (First
to 2 points)
Flight 1 : Magnus Holmberg (SWE) def. Chris
Law (GBR)
Flight 2 : Magnus Holmberg def. Chris Law |
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Four
embroiled in semis at SM Cup (07/10/03)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
The Swedish Match Cup rolled to the mid-point
of the semifinals today for four crews, while
four others were left wondering what could’ve
been after the quarterfinal round at the Swedish
Match Tour’s final event of the 2003-’04 season.
The semis were suspended this afternoon with
Peter Gilmour’s (AUS) Pizza-La Sailing Team
leading Chris Law’s (GBR) crew, The Outlaws,
2-0 in one match. In the other semifinal match
Magnus Holmberg’s (SWE) SeaLife Rangers crew
is tied with Russell Coutts’ (NZL) crew of Danish
sailors 1-1. The semifinal matches are best-of-five
series, or first to 3 points.
This morning’s quarterfinal round brought an
abrupt end to the title aspirations to the crews
led by skippers Ed Baird (USA), Jesper Bank
(DEN), Karol Jablonski (POL) and Lars Nordbjerg
(DEN). Baird lost to Holmberg, 2-1, while Bank,
Jablonski and Nordbjerg lost 2-0 to Coutts,
Gilmour and Law, respectively.
SEMIFINAL RESULTS
(First to 3 points)
Flight 1 : Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Chris Law
(GBR) - Magnus Holmberg (SWE) def. Russell Coutts
(NZL)
Flight 2 : Peter Gilmour def. Chris Law - Russell
Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg
Flight 3 : Peter Gilmour def. Chris Law - Russell
Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg
Flight 4 : Russell Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg
QUARTERFINAL ROUND (First to 2 points wins)
Flight 1 : Chris Law (GBR) def. Lars Nordbjerg
(DEN) - Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Karol Jablonski
(POL) - Russell Coutts (NZL) def. Jesper Bank
(DEN) - Ed Baird (USA) def. Magnus Holmberg
(SWE)
Flight 2 : Chris Law def. Lars Nordbjerg - Peter
Gilmour def. Karol Jablonski - - Russell Coutts
def. Jesper Bank - Magnus Holmberg def. Ed Baird
Flight 3 : Magnus Holmberg def Ed Baird |
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Quaterfinalists
set at Swedish Match Cup (07/09/04)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
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Two escape acts that would make Houdini
proud were the feature of the day at the Swedish
Match Cup, the final event of the 2003-’04
Swedish Match Tour.
Peter Gilmour’s (AUS) Pizza-La Sailing Team
and Jesper Bank’s (DEN) crew advanced to the
quarterfinal round after narrowly averting
defeat in the Stage 2 knockout series held
today.
Russell Coutts (NZL), Magnus Holmberg (SWE),
Chris Law (GBR) and Lars Nordbjerg (DEN) also
advanced to the quarterfinal round, scheduled
for tomorrow. Karol Jablonski (POL) and Ed
Baird (USA) advanced straight to the quarterfinals
after winning the Group A and B round robins,
respectively.
“If you can get to the quarterfinals here,
there are all good teams,” said Baird, who
won the Group B round robin this morning with
a 7-0 mark. “If the conditions suit your strong
points you’re going to do well. But you have
to go with whatever comes.”
STAGE 2 KNOCKOUT SERIES
(First to 2 points wins)
Flight 1 : Lars Nordbjerg def. Mattias Rahm
- Chris Law def. Luc Pillot - Peter Gilmour
def. Gavin Brady
Flight 2: Mattias Rahm def. Lars Nordbjerg
- Chris Law def. Luc Pillot - Gavin Brady
def. Peter Gilmour
Flight 3 : Lars Nordbjerg def. Mattias Rahm
- Peter Gilmour def. Gavin Brady
Flight 4 : Russell Coutts def. Johnie Berntsson
- Jesper Bank def. Peter Holmberg - Magnus
Holmberg def. Björn Hansen
Flight 5 : Russell Coutts def. Johnie Berntsson
- Peter Holmberg def. Jesper Bank - Magnus
Holmberg def. Björn Hansen
Flight 6 : Jesper Bank def. Peter Holmberg
GROUP B (Flight 7)
Flight 7 : Russell Coutts def. Björn Hansen
- Peter Holmberg def. Staffan Lindberg - Peter
Gilmour def. Lars Nordbjerg - Ed Baird def.
Luc Pillot
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Coutts
dunks Holmberg at Swedish Match Cup (07/08/04)
(source
: Swedish
Match Tour) |
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On a day when Russell Coutts couldn’t
keep from plowing into Peter Holmberg, American
Ed Baird rolled to a 6-0 record to ensure
himself a spot in Saturday’s quarterfinals
of the Swedish Match Cup.
With racing in Group B suspended late this
afternoon due to lack of wind, Baird, the
reigning match-racing world champion, rolled
to a 6-0 record in a tough group looking completely
at ease in the light winds.
Despite having one more flight to sail before
Group B completes its initial round robin,
Baird can’t be beat. Below him the standings
are a jumbled mess as the competitors fought
each other and light winds.
Coutts (NZL) is second with 3.5 points on
a 4-1 record and Björn Hansen (SWE) is third
at 3-2. Three skippers are tied at 2-3, including
Peter Gilmour (AUS), Holmberg (USVI) and Luc
Pillot (FRA). Lars Nordbjerg (DEN) is seventh
at 1-4, while Staffan Lindberg (FIN) is eighth
at 1-5.
The highlight match of the day pitted Coutts
against Holmberg. Coutts wound up putting
Holmberg in the drink when he hit the past
Swedish Match Tour champion during an incident
at the windward mark of their Flight 2 match.
Group B Leaderboard
(after six of seven flights)
1. Ed Baird (USA), 6-0
2. Russell Coutts (NZL), 4-1, 3.5 points*
3 . Bjorn Hansen (SWE), 3-2
4. Peter Gilmour (AUS), 2-3
= Peter Holmberg (USVI, Alinghi), 2-3
= Luc Pillot (FRA), 2-3
7. Lars Nordbjerg (DEN), 1-4
8. Staffan Lindberg (FIN), 1-5
Results
Flight 1 : Luc Pillot def. Lars Nordbjerg
- Ed Baird def. Peter Gilmour - Russell Coutts
def. Staffan Lindberg - Peter Holmberg def.
Björn Hansen
Flight 2 : Luc Pillot def. Peter Gilmour -
Björn Hansen def. Staffan Lindberg - Ed Baird
def. Lars Nordbjerg - Russell Coutts def.
Peter Holmberg
Flight 3 : Ed Baird def. Staffan Lindberg
- Björn Hansen def. Lars Nordbjerg - Peter
Holmberg def. Luc Pillot - Russell Coutts
def. Peter Gilmour
Flight 4 : Ed Baird def. Peter Holmberg -
Russell Coutts def. Lars Nordbjerg - Björn
Hansen def. Peter Gilmour - Staffan Lindberg
def. Luc Pillot
Flight 5 : Peter Gilmour def. Peter Holmberg
- Russell Coutts def. Luc Pillot - Ed Baird
def. Björn Hansen - Lars Nordbjerg def. Staffan
Lindberg
Flight 6 : Ed Baird def. Russell Coutts -
Björn Hansen def. Luc Pillot - Peter Gilmour
def. Staffan Lindberg - Peter Holmberg def.
Lars Nordbjerg
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* 0.5-point
penalty was assessed against Coutts for hitting
Holmberg
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