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Sunday 31st May, 2009
In the semi-finals Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Ally Martin defeated the French team of Anne-Claire Le Berre, Myrtille Ponge and Alice Ponsar 3–1.
The finals, between Macgregor and the German team of Ulrike Schuemann, Kathrin Kadelbach and Julia Bleir went down to the wire, with the British prevailing to a 3–2 win to take Gold at the Delta Lloyd Olympic Classes Regatta and the overall lead in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Series.
Full report to follow.
Saturday 30th May, 2009
Today the schedule focussed on mini round robins to determine 5th to 8th place amongst the losers of the quarter finals, and 9th — 13th from the remainder. Our fellow British competitors Team Mary Rook finished 7th.
One flight of the semi-finals was held, in which we went 1–0 up against Anne-claire Le Berre. The semi-finals will conclude tomorrow morning, followed by the finals and petit-final.
Friday 29th May, 2009
Another good day on the water today, starting with two wins in our remaining round robin matches to finish on 9 out of 12, along with the highly experienced teams of Ulrike Shuemann (GER) and Annelies Thies (NED) who have both represented their countries at the Olympics in the Yngling class.
After the tie-break rules were applied, we emerged 1st in the round robin, followed by Ulrike 2nd and Annelies 3rd. As winner of the round robin, Annie, Ally and I were paired against the 8th place finisher, our fellow compatriots and training partners last week, Mary Rook, Bethan Carden and Lauren Martel. In a first-to-three quarter final we defeated Team Rook 3–0, progressing through to the semi-finals tomorrow where we shall face Anne-claire Le Berre.
Thursday 28th May, 2009
Internet access is difficult, but here is a quick update –
This morning gave us light and shifty breeze, settling to a steady 10 knots in the afternoon. We’ve now won seven out of our ten matches, which puts us 2nd at the moment behind the Dutch team of Annilies Thies, so we’re hoping to stay on track for making it through to the quarter-finals after the round robin is completed tomorrow.
Forecast for tomorrow is looking good! :)
