New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championships

24 - 28 March 2010

26 - 29 March 2009

Day 3 of the NZ Womens Matchracing Championships started off much more positively with a forecast of sea breezes developing but yet again, this took longer than expected to arrive.
At the start of the day, Jess Smyth and Miranda Powrie (both NZL) and Katie Spithill (AUS) were all unbeaten on 2 wins
Late Sunday morning, the fleet sailed just the third flight of Round Robin One out to the west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge before that wind petered out.
Another search of the Waitemata Harbour was conducted and eventually the fleet was towed out to the east and a course was set off Mission Bay.
With the possibility that every flight that was sailed could possibly be the last, Flight 7 was then sailed (to break the ties and get a result). At the completion of this flight however a steady breeze had filled in and glorious sailing conditions prevailed.
Flight 9 was then sailed and this featured the match-up between Jess Smyth and Katie Spithill.
Smyth won this match and ended up the clear winner at the end of the day.
View full results & scoreboard here

Documents

History of the Event

The New Zealand Womens Match Racing Championships have been held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron since 2000 when Amy Waring representing the RNZYS was the first winner and received the Leith Mossman Memorial.

Honours Board

Leith Mossman - an inspiration to us all!

Leith Mossman packed more into her 45 years than most of us would in a lifetime.  An avid sailor, she races on many yachts in Auckland, including Krasna (Townsen 36), The V Team (Farr 1020), Rhythm (S&S 45) to Fiji, Brighstone - Sydney-Hobart, Share Delight and Waiwera Naturally Hot (Mumm 30). Leith was alsways full of enthusiam and fun, whether racing with the boys, with the girls, match racing, fleet racing or offshore - an inspiration to us all.  Unfortunately she lost her battle with breast cancer in 1998.

The Leith Mossman Memorial tray was donated to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron by the New Zealand Womens Yachting Trust in 2000 in memory of our friend Leith.  The Trophy is the principal prize for the annual New Zealand Womens Match Racing Championships held by the RNZYS.

For more information please contact the Sailing Office

Email bdavies@rnzys.org.nz

Links

ISAF www.sailing.org

Yachting New Zealand www.yachtingnz.org.nz

Womens International Match Racing Association www.wimra.org