Press Release Lysekil Women’s Match 27 July – 1 August
ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009
 
Lysekil, Sweden, July 29, 2009.

Getting Down to the Wire

The first Round Robin of the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship has soon come to an end. After nine respectively eight sailed matches Anna Kjellberg of Sweden and Claire Leroy of France are leading the competition with only one loss each. With that score the two leaders as well as Swedish Marie Björling are definitely set for the quarterfinals.
 
The Swedish local Anna Kjellberg and French Claire Leroy have won all their matches today putting them on the top of the leaderboard. Three matches remain for the World Champion Leroy and two for Kjellberg in the first Round Robin, but regardless of the result they are sure to make it to the quarterfinals. Marie Björling from Sweden lost one of four matches today and therefore stays closely behind on the leaderboard.
 
Today was filled with both joy and disappointment for the many Swedish spectators and fans as reigning champion of Lysekil Linda Rahm, ranked four on the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Ranking, only won one of her matches today and will not make it to the quarterfinals.
 
Five teams will fight for the last three places to the quarterfinals. With today’s scoreboard it looks bright for the two Danish teams Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen and Camille Ulrikkeholm. The Danes are used to the boat type DS37 and have both sailed convincingly these first two days. The Australian teams with skippers Katie Spithill and Nicole Sauter, as well as American Sally Barkow also have a chance to proceed to the quarterfinals.
 
 
Result day 2: ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship (with ISAF women's match racing world ranking number):
Nine or eight sailed matches of 11 to sail in the first Round Robin
 

Claire Leroy (1) FRA	7-1	one match less
Anna Kjellberg (10) SWE	8-1
Marie Björling (43) SWE	7-2
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (5) DEN	5-3	one match less
Camilla Ulrikkeholm (13) DEN	5-4
Katie Spithill (2) AUS	4-4	one match less
Sally Barkow (7) USA	4-5
Nicole Souter (8) AUS	4-5
Lucy Macgregor (3) GBR	3-5	one match less
Linda Rahm (4) SWE	2-6	one match less
Silke Hahlbrock (6) GER	2-6	one match less
Christelle Philippe (19) FRA	0-9

 

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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: Preem and Stena Bulk, with Carpe Diem Beds of Sweden, Concordia Maritime, Evidens and Sebago as partners and Lysekil  as Host City.
 
Event dates: 27 July - 1 August.

Web TV:
Follow the racing live on web tv on the official web site: http://en.lysekilwomensmatch.se/
 
Photos:
High resolution photos are available on the official web site http://www.lysekilwomensmatch.se/page/632/pressbilder2009.htm
 
TV Footage:
Contact Hannah Davis or Cliff Webb at 1080 Media Organisation Ltd, Tel: +44 (0) 207 371 7843, hdavis@1080media.org or cwebb@1080media.org.
 
For more information regarding Lysekil Women’s Match please contact:
Press Officer Josefine Ås, media@sailnet.se, +46 70 575 53 08
 
www.lysekilwomensmatch.se