Match Racing Campaign for the Olympics in 2012
The GBR Match Race Girls are one of the top International Women's Match Racing Teams and have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in this exciting new sailing discipline. Having gained National, European and World Championship titles, and rapidly risen through the ranks to lead the World Rankings, Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor are a promising prospect for the future of British Sailing.
Since learning to sail in Poole Harbour as children, Lucy and Annie have always been a driven individuals. After a successful youth sailing career for Lucy, and gaining 'blues' in three sports at Cambridge University for Annie, they both entered a full-time Olympic campaign with Shirley Robertson for Beijing 2008. In 2009 Lucy and Annie launched their own campaign for Gold in 2012, in the new discipline of Match Racing. In 2010 they were joined by Lucy's younger sister Kate, who is herself a top crew in her own right having won a number of championship titles and Gold at the 2007 Olympic Youth Festival in Australia.
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Top of the gold fleet
Thursday 23rd September, 2010
A long but successful day for us today at the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championships. Despite only having 5 races today we had a bye between each one which extended the day somewhat! At the end of the gold group four of us were tied on 3 wins and 2 losses, but the tie fell our way meaning we go into the quarter finals tomorrow ranked on top. There are still play-offs tomorrow morning to decide who our opponent will be, but everyone is sailing well so it won’t be easy!
Lucy x
Day 3 — quick update
Thursday 23rd September, 2010
The gold group has been completed today, again there’s been fierce competition in challenging conditions, but this time due to a lack of wind rather than an excess! Four teams are tied on 3 wins and 2 losses, including Lucy, Annie, Kate and Mary.
Unofficial back-of-envelope calculations (without getting the rule book out, so I might be wrong) are that the ties will be broken as follows:
1. Macgregor (GBR) 3–2
2. Barkow (USA) 3–2
3. Souter (AUS) 3–2
4. Tulloch (USA) 3–2
5. Leroy (FRA) 2–3
6. Spithill (AUS) 1–4
So it looks like GBR have won the gold group — more from the girls once they’re back ashore and de-briefed.
5/5 wins on day 2
Wednesday 22nd September, 2010
Another sun lit day with a strong southerly breeze gave spectacular conditions on day 2 at the ISAF Women’s Match Race World Championship. 17 knots of breeze and three-foot waves paved the way for a day of intense competition in the closing stages of the first round-robin, with boats surfing down wind and many photo finishes.
The GBR Match Race Girls put in another excellent performance today, beating the teams of Le Berre (FRA), Spithill (AUS), Bossard (FRA), Tulloch (USA) and Meldgaard (DEN) to win the red group round robin undefeated 9–0 and to take the overall lead. In the other half of the competition, Barkow (USA) and Leroy (FRA) tied at the top of the blue group round robin each on 8–1, with USA taking the tie break.
Tomorrow the top 3 teams from the two round robin groups sail as the gold fleet, a seeding round for the quarter finals. Meanwhile the remaining competitors will be divided into two repechage round robins, before a knock out to decide the last two quarter finalists.
You can watch live matches on the Race Trax system, or play back the matches that have already been sailed. Keep an eye on the event blog for match-by-match updates, they should be getting underway around 1430 BST (5hrs behind).
4/4 wins on day 1
Tuesday 21st September, 2010
A solid start for us on day 1 of the ISAF World Championships hosted by the New York Yacht Club in Newport, Rhode Island. After getting one race in the northerly breeze and lots of tide this morning, we had to wait onshore until around 12 before the sea breeze started coming in. When it came, it came quickly building to 15 knots giving some great racing. After racing the Finnish team this morning we had the Spanish, Greek and Kiwi teams this afternoon and were pretty pleased to win all four. Still plenty of room for improvement so we’ll be watching the other group race tomorrow morning before we go out again in the afternoon. We’ll keep you posted!
Keep an eye on the event website, or for updates throughout the day check out the blog.
Lucy
Some video of racing today, mostly Tulloch -vs- LeBerre, but it gives you an idea!
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