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Katie Spithill’s victory in Marstrand!

Press Release Lysekil Women’s Match
ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009

Lysekil, Sweden, July 7, 2009.

Australian Katie Spithill Shows Great Form in Marstrand Before the World Championship in Lysekil
- Swedes Anna Kjellberg and Linda Rahm strong opponents taking second and third

The prestigious regatta Match Cup Sweden at Marstrand last week was the big build up event for eight of the 12 teams competing in the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, in Sweden, 27 July to 1 August.

Australian Katie Spithill won the regatta at Marstrand, showing great form with strong, solid sailing in the DS 37, the same boat type to be used at the World Championship in Lysekil. Spithill, ranked 7 on the Women’s ISAF World Match Race Ranking list, has a silver medal from the World Championship in France 2007. She has participated in several grade 1-regattas in Lysekil but has never made the podium in the waters of Lysekil.
- To have won in Marstrand was an amazing experience for me, and something I didn’t dream of doing this year. But the world championship in Lysekil is now a new event in a new location, so it starts all over again. All of the competitors in this year’s world championship are to be watched, it is a great line up and will be a tough event for everyone.

Marie Björling Wins Grade 1 Race in Portugal!

Press Release June 29, 2009

Marie Björling Wins Grade 1 Race in Portugal
- A good start for the forthcoming World Championship in Lysekil, Sweden, end of July

After a two year long break, Sweden’s former world number one match racer, Marie Björling, has proved that she is still a force to count with, when she last weekend won a Grade 1 (world cup) regatta in Portugal. With a match result of 17-1 she can be a dangerous player for the established elite at the world championship in Lysekil, Sweden, 27 July to 1 August.

- The team has come together nicely. Our decisions were fast and good. We had to fight hard to win our first matches but later on our victories came easier and we only lost one match out of 18. There was a lot of current and quite shifty conditions, which is also the case in Lysekil. We did well in these conditions, which is a great advantage for the coming world championship in Lysekil, said a happy Marie Björling

Press Release Lysekil Women’s Match

ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009

Lysekil, Sweden, May 18, 2009.


Marie Björling takes the twelfth and final spot to the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, Sweden, this summer

The last spot to the 2009 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship was determined in a Swedish qualifier during the Nordic Women’s Match Racing Tour in Skovshoved in Denmark. The former world-ranked number one skipper Marie Björling, took the spot.

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A tuff start for the Swedes

The match racing regatta XI International Women’s Criterium in the Spanish Calpe finished last Sunday. It was the first power effort before the up coming sailing season. Linda Rahm and Anna Kjellberg, who both will compete in the world championships at the Lysekil Women’s Match, represented Sweden. Linda and her team Stena Bulk prepared them self’s by training intensely during easter, among many others they competed against, Claire Leroy and Sally Barkow. It was a tuff start for the Swedes were Anna succeeded the best and finished on a sixth place, right before British Lucy Macgregor. Linda landed on a ninth place out of twelve teams. Won did the ruling world champion Claire Leroy, followed by Katie Spithill and Julie Bossard.



The Swedish wild card spot to the world Championship are being chosen at the Nordic Women’s Match racing Tour regatta, and at stake is a one way ticket to the World Championship in Lysekil. Interested Swedish teams should contact Anna-Karin S. Öjerskog no later then the 3 April by email; anna-karin@sailnet.se.

Already qualified skippers are Linda Rahm och Anna Kjellberg.

The invitations have been sent out!

The letter of invitation and NoR have been sent out to the top teams.

Presentation of the quiz competition winners from this year's boatshows!

Sailnet are happy to congratulate the:

1. prize-winner Ann Ericsson who won the Sebago W3 Technical Jacket from the World Championship- collection!

2. prize-winner Johan Wellander, who won a two-course dinner for two at the restaurant Havsbadet in Lysekil during the competition week.

3.  prize-winner Helen Sahlberg who won the lunch for two in the event-tent during Lysekil women’s match.

Read the latest press release from ISAF here.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published the Notice of Race for the 2009 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship, the leading annual event for the new Olympic discipline set to debut at the 2012 London Games.