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Rod Davis with his TNZ crew have
beaten Dean Barker in the finals of the New Zealand
Match Racing Championships on the Waitemata harbour
today.
It was nail – biting racing as Davis won the first,
Barker the second, Barker the third, Davis the fourth
as the final went down to the very last race in
the best of 5 series.
The start was even and during the day the breeze
had increased to over 20 knots. This increased breeze
tested the crews and Davis’s crew of Tony Rae, Grant
Loretz, Chris Ward and Richard Meecham were up to
the challenge.
At the top mark Davis was around first but Barker
was close behind, just a boat length in it. Davis
had a good hoist and as the spinnaker set, the boat
lurched towards the bottom mark. Barker and team
did the same and were right on Davis’ transom. The
race was extremely close.
At the top mark for the second time Davis again
rounded the top mark in front and kept just in front
of Barker to win the race, win the regatta & win
the New Zealand Match Racing Championships for the
second time.
In the petit final Chris Dickson and his young crew
won the first race against Laurie Jury. Jury then
went onto to win the next two races in the strengthening
breeze and secure third spot in the regatta.
Final & Petit final results
Final : Rod Davis def. Dean Barker - Dean Barker
def. Rod Davis - Dean Barker def. Rod Davis - Rod
Davis def. Dean Barker - Rod Davis def. Dean Barker
Petit final : Chris Dickson def. Laurie Jury - Laurie
Jury def. Chris Dickson - Laurie Jury def. Chris
Dickson
Semifinals Results
SF 1 : Dean Barker def. Laurie Jury - Dean Barker
def. Laurie Jury
SF 2 : Chris Dickson def. Rod Davis - Chris Dickson
def. Rod Davis - Rod Davis def. Chris Dickson -
Rod Davis def. Chris Dickson - Rod Davis def. Chris
Dickson
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