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

Lysekil, Sweden, 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.


12 skippers to the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship (with ISAF world ranking number):
Claire Leroy (FRA) - 1
Linda Rahm (SWE) - 2
Lucy MacGregor (GBR) - 3
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN ) - 4
Silke Hahlbrock (GBR - 5
Sally Barkow (USA) - 8
Katie Spithill (AUS) - 9
Anna Kjellberg (SWE) - 10
Christelle Philippe (FRA) - 11
Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) - 12
Nicole Souter (AUS) - 15
Marie Björling (SWE) – wild card




ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship 2009 / Lysekil Women's Match is with its 50 000 Euro prize purse the world’s biggest competition in women’s match racing.

Lysekil Women's Match is organised by Sailnet Lysekil AB together with Lysekil Yacht Club Gullmar.

Main sponsors are Preem and Stena Bulk, with Carpe Diem Beds of Sweden, Concordia Maritime, Evidens and Sebago as partners and Lysekil as Host City.

The event dates are 27 July - 1 August.

Media:
High resolution photos from Lysekil Women’s Match 2008 are available on the official web site www.lysekilwomensmatch.se <http://www.lysekilwomensmatch.se> :
http://www.lysekilwomensmatch.se/page/230/pressbilder.htm

For more information regarding Lysekil Women’s Match please contact:
Press Officer Josefine Ås,media@sailnet.se, + 33 6 79 04 23 46 / +46 70 575 53 08

Project Manager Anna Holmdahl White, anna@sailnet.se, +46 730 68 42 92