Young Guns Take on the Old Fox at Troia Portugal Match Cup.
MRT at the Troia Portugal Match Cup 2009
Mirsky Racing Team had a good day on the water today with the completion of the round robin seeing them qualify in 7th place going into the quarter finals.
The winner of the round robin, veteran Americas Cup helmsman of the French Match Racing Team, Philipe Presti chose to race MRT in the best of 5 quarter final series.
MRT managaged to go up in the first two races against the French Match Racing Team, showing their flare that had been so sorely missed in the previous two events. In the third race in the dying sea. In
the third race the French Match Racing Team convincingly won the start and mantained their lead despite a strong attack from MRT, taking the scores to 2-1 in MRT’s favour at the end of the day´s racing.
Tomorrow sees the final races of the quarter finals where MRT look to qualify for the semi finalsof the Portugal Match Cup.
Quarter Final Results:
- Torvar Mirsky 2 – Philipe Presti 1
- Matthiu Richard 2 – Bjorn Hansen 1
- Ian Williams 0 – Sebastien Col 0
- Peter Gilmour 0 – Adam Minoprio 0
Round Robin Results:
- French Match Racing Team (Phillip Presti) FRA 9-2
- Team French Spirit (Mathieu Richard) FRA 9-2
- Yanmar Racing (Peter Gilmour) AUS 8-3
- Bahrain Team Pindar (Ian Williams) GBR 7-4
- ETNZ Blackmatch (Adam Minoprio) NZL 7-4
- K-Challenge (Seb Col) FRA 6-5
- Mirsky Racing Team (Torvar Mirsky) AUS 6-5
- Team Onboard (Bjorn Hansen) SWE 5-6
- Waka Racing (Phil Robertson) NZL 3-8
- Alvaro Marinho POR 2-9
- Ian Ainslie RSA 2-9
- Andrew Arbuzov RUS 2-9
