Blackmatch 8th in the World

World Match Racing Rankings, released 17 December

Sebastien COL hit the top in the Open Rankings as France maintains its domination of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings in the final release of the year on 17 December 2008.  France ends the year in the same fashion as it began, holding both top spots in the Open and Women’s Rankings, where Claire LEROY (FRA) continues to hold a huge points advantage.

Ranking 17 Dec    Nation    Previous
1    COL Sébastien    FRA    4
2    WILLIAMS Ian    GBR    2
3    RICHARD Mathieu    FRA    1
4    CIAN Paolo    ITA    3
5    MIRSKY Torvar    AUS    5
6    PRESTI Philippe    FRA    7
7    IEHL Damien    FRA    6
8    MINOPRIO Adam    NZL    10
9    BERNTSSON Johnie SWE    9
10    HANSEN Bjorn    SWE    8

Other RNZYS members in the top 100 are; Open: 49 Laurie Jury, 51 Phil Robertson, 83 Simon Minoprio, 91 Reuben Corbett, 97 Adrian Short. Women: 25 Jessica Smyth, 29 Samantha Osborne, 60 Jan Dawson.

The next release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings will be on 28 January 2009.

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