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BlackMatch 3rd at Portugal Match Cup
BlackMatch finish 3rd overall at Portugal Match Cup the fourth event on the World Match Racing Tour, 28 June 2010
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Adam Minoprio and his BlackMatch team lead Peter Gilmour during the semi-finals.
Photo: Gareth Cooke - Subzero Images
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BlackMatch finish 3rd at Portugal Match Cup, Portimao, Portugal
BlackMatch finish 3rd overall at Portugal Match Cup the fourth event on the World Match Racing Tour, 28 June 2010
Report from Dave Swete - BlackMatch, Hello all from BlackMatch, After a roller coaster week of 'ups and downs', BlackMatch managed to put a horrible semi final series defeat behind them to take down Ian Williams in the petit final and clinch 3rd position at the Portimao Portugal Match Cup.
The Australian teams skippered by Torvar Mirsky and Peter Gilmour had been showing great form throughout the week and won their semi finals convincingly 3 nil, over us and Williams. In our semi final against veteran Gilmour we definitely had our chances, but just couldn't captilize on them as his Yanmar racing team sailed very smartly to take the win.
After Williams also lost his semi final 3 nil to Torvar Mirsky, both teams were pretty demoralized, but it was us that managed to pull it together in the one race petit final to edge out the British team in a fierce race.
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We are still in second position overall for the tour......
Our third place here means we are still in second position on the overall World Tour Standings and have narrowed the gap to trail Mathieu Richard by 17 points. We now have a week off before Match Cup Sweden and are looking for a good showing here.
Overall Standings
1 Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing 25 Points
2 Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 20
3 Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing 15
4 Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar 12
5 Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzurra 10
6 Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge 8
7 Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team 6
8 Manuel Weiller (ESP) Team Iberdrola 4
9 Bertrand Pacé (FRA) Aleph Sailing Team
10 Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Gill Global Team
11 Alvaro Marinho (POR) Seth Sailing Team
12 Eugeny Neugodnikov (RUS) Team Synergy
2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour Standings
(After Event 4 of 10)
1 Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team 71pts
2 Adam Minoprio (NZL) BlackMatch Racing 54
3 Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 48
4 Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing 43
5 Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar 42
6 Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzurra 33
7 Ben Ainslie (GBR) TEAMORIGIN 20
= Jesper Radich (SWE) Radich Racing Team 20
9 Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Italia 16
10 Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Gill Global Team 15
For all media please visit www.wmrt.com
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Adam Minoprio and his BlackMatch team
Photo: Gareth Cooke - Subzero Images
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