Eight Left to Fight as MRT Go Through #mcs09
Mirsky Gets Gilmour on Starboard
Mirsky Racing Team has qualified for the quarter finals of Match Cup Sweden.
In an important day of racing Mirsky Racing Team proved once more that they can stand up to the pressure, and finished third in the Group A round robin.
A cutthroat format here in Marstrand, Sweden sees the top three teams from both Group A and B automatically qualify for the quarter finals, while the remaining 8 teams go to a repechage round where only the top 2 will make it through – putting a lot of pressure on the teams to perform in each race.
The final race of the Group A round robin saw MRT face Sebastien Col’s French Match Racing Team. In a do or die race to decide who would automatically qualify for the quarter finals, MRT gained the advantage off the start line after an intense prestart which saw spinnakers set and a few close manoeuvres.
MRT held and extended their lead to comfortably defeat the French Match Racing Team and continue their current form on from the Portugal Match Cup.
Quarter Final qualifiers
- Mirsky Racing Team (Torvar Mirsky) AUS
- Yanmar Racing (Peter Gilmour) AUS
- French Match Racing Team (Phillipe Presti) FRA
- Victory Challenge (Magnus Holmberg) SWE
- French Match Racing Team (Damien Iehl) FRA
- French Match Racing Team (Mathieu Richard) FRA
Repechage Round
- Bahrain Team Pindar (Ian Williams) GBR
- ETNZ Blackmatch (Adam Minoprio) NZL
- Team Onboard (Bjorn Hansen) SWE
- French Match Racing Team (Seb Col) FRA
- Berntsson Sailing Team (Johnnie Berntsson) SWE
- Wibroe Sailing Team (Peter Wibroe) DEN
- Puma Sailing Team (Mattias Rahm) SWE
