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Walker v. Monnin, Mirsky v. Ainslie, Williams v. Berntsson and Richard v. Minoprio in the 'knockout' first to three quatrterfinals
by Talbot Wilson
Hamilton, Bermuda (October 9, 2009): From this point on, Argo Group Gold Cup action continues with all knockout matches, first skipper to three, in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final stages. Repecha ge Flights 3, 4 and 5 were sailed first today to decide the final two of the eight teams that moved up the ladder toward the $50,000 first place prize or even a share of the $100,000 total purse.
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team came through that round robin with a perfect 5-0 score. For that he will face unbeaten Ben Ainslie in quarterfinal Match 2. Mirsky is the top ranked skipper on the world Match Racing Tour. Course conditions saw an early light and shifty northerly breeze fill in nicely as the morning racing moved into the second flight of the day. Mirsky was in top form and he will need to continue at that level to move past ainslie
Bermudian Blythe Walker and his Max Re team pulled a stunning gybe at the finish of his final repechage match against the young kiwi Phil Robertson. Walker won by just a meter and went 3-2. He will face Eric Monnin (SUI) Search.ch who was first in Group 1 in the first quarterfinal Match.
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High gusts, squalls and potential thunderstorms Thursday morning kept the Jr Gold Cup sailors off the water until 11 am after which it became a perfect sailing day in the Great Sound. Sailed in 16 - 20 knot westerly's left Argentine Ingnacio "Nacho" Rogala in first place firing off a 1,2,,1 followed by solid performances by Bermudians Owen Siese and Kalin Hillier. Dominican Paloma Esteban is in 4th place and is the leading female in the group of 35 sailors.
Rounding out the top 10 was
5th Axel Munkby SWE
6th Mathias Robertson CHI
7th Maximilian Hibler GER
8th Douglas Campbell AUS
9th Sam Stan BER 1060
10th Federik Rask DEN 8250
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Ben Ainslie and his Team Origin sail through to the quarter final stage of the Argo Group Gold Cup undefeated
Hamilton, Bermuda (October 7, 2009) - Great Britian's Ben Ainslie has won a lot of gold, but never the King Edward VII Gold Cup. Today he moved into the quarterfinals of the Argo Group Gold Cup with a perfect 7-0 record thus far. That's the first step toward the cup but Ben needs to learn a lesson from Ian Williams who was also 7-0 at this stage in 2008 and didn't make it into the finals.
Today, Ainslie defeated Seb Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge, Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch and Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Alandia Sailing Team on another flawless day of sailing for the multi medal Olympian. Ainslie and his Team Origin crew of Iain Percy, Christian Kamp and Matt Cornwell have not been able to do as much match racing this as they would have liked however the talented team appear to do it well when they get the opportunity.
All of the top two teams in each group automatically moved up to the quarterfinal stage. Joining Ainslie in the quarterfinals in second place at 4-3 is Adam Minoprio. Group 1 is represented by Eric Monnin (SUI) Search.ch in first at 6-1 and Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar presented by Argo Group also 6-1. The top two in Group 3 were last year's Gold cup winner Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team at 6-1 and 2007 Gold Cup champion Mathieu Richard (FRA) and His French Match Racing Team.
The remaining slots in the quarter finals will go to the top two in the repechage round robin which is yet to be completed. The third and fourth finishers in each group made into the six-team round robin that will finish Friday morning.
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