Number 1 in the World Rankings!

Wednesday 10th February, 2010

We’re delighted to announce that in the latest ISAF World Rankings released today we have been named “Number 1” !!

For the last two years we’ve dedicated ourselves full-time as professional athletes to the new Olympic discipline of match racing, developing a rigorous training programme and consistently achieving good results at top level events around the world. Our efforts have been rewarded as we’ve been steadily climbing the world rankings, and it’s a great feeling to have finally ended Claire Leroy’s four and a half year reign in the top spot.

We’re now looking forward to another busy season ahead, and hope to continue enjoying great competition and improving our game in the Elliott 6m — the new Olympic Class in which we hope to be representing GBR at Portland and Weymouth in  2012.

Please download the full press release for further details.

Lucy

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Happy New Year!

Sunday 3rd January, 2010

Annie, Ally and I would just like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and successful 2010 and to thank all our supporters and sponsors for their continued support.

2010 will be busy year for us starting with a weeks training in Palma and then straight off to Miami to prepare for the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, the first event in the 2010 ISAF World Cup Series. Following Miami we’ll be back to Palma for training until the European season begins with Princess Sofia Regatta at the end of March. There are a total of 6 World Cup events which we will compete in, the series finale being in the 2012 Olympic venue at Weymouth for the Sail for Gold Regatta in August. As well as the World Cup events our other focus for the year will be the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championships to be held at Rhode Island, New York in September.

Having finished 2009 ranked #2 in the World and winning the ISAF World Cup Series, Annie, Ally and I had a fantastic year and intend to keep that momentum through to 2010 with aim of topping the World rankings and winning the World Cup Series again. With the support of Skandia Team GBR, The City Livery Yacht Club, Jenkins Marine, Morris Lane and Spinnaker Yachts we can’t wait to get back on the water and continue our campaign to winning Gold at the Olympics in 2012 – Just 936 days to go!

Happy sailing, Lucy x

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Progress in ISAF World Rankings

Thursday 17th September, 2009

While there may not have been any racing in the Skandia Sail for Gold Olympic Classes Regatta yesterday, ISAF released the latest Match Racing World Rankings.

With a strong performance winning the Grade 2 warm-up event last week against top competition boosting our score, we’re delighted to have moved up to world #2 :)

The gap between us and Claire Leroy of France, the long-term leader of the World Rankings, has closed even further, so we’re continuing to make good progress in  working towards the top spot.

Lets hope for some good racing today in Weymouth, it’s currently still fairly breezy but I’m sure the Organising Authority are as keen to get us out there as we are!

More later,

Lucy

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Continuing to climb the ladder…

Wednesday 4th March, 2009

The latest World Rankings were released by ISAF today. As we’re now counting points from the maximum 8 events permitted, I’m delighted to have risen to 3rd in the world rankings.

“The biggest move at the top again comes from British skipper Lucy Macgregor, who completed the podium with a third place finish in Miami. The 2008 European Women’s Match Racing Champion only broke in to the world top 10 in October last year, but hasn’t taken long to make a big impact and shake up the more experienced names around her. Her bronze medal performance at the second event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup boosts her up two places in this release to a career-best Ranking of #3.”

— ISAF, 4th March 2009

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