World Match Racing Tour, inizia mercoledì la Monsoon Cup
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[singlepic=968,250,170,,left]World Match Racing Tour – Kuala Terenggau – Inizierà mercoledì a Kuala Terengganu la Moonson Cup 2008, evento conclusivo del World Match Racing Tour, circuito internazionale riservato agli specialisti dell’uno contro uno.
Dodici i timonieri pronti a darsi battaglia a bordo dei Foundation 36 sulle acque del fiume Terengganu, sette dei quali titolari di una piazza tra le prime dieci della ranking list internazionale. All’evento non mancheranno infatti Mathieu Richard (K-Challenge, nr. 1), Ian Williams (Bahrain Team Pindar, nr. 2), Paolo Cian (Team Shosholoza, nr. 3), Sebastien Col (Team French Spirit, nr. 4), Torver Mirsky (Mirsky Racing Team, nr. 5), Johnie Berntsson (Berntsson Sailing Team, nr, 9), Adam Minoprio (Emirates Team New Zealand, nr. 10).
Come detto in apertura, oltre al cospicuo montepremi – 295.000 Dollari complessivi – ad attirare gli skipper verso la Malesia sono gli ultimi punti in palio ai fini della classifica del World Match Racing Tour. I giochi, infatti, sono ancora apertissimi. Gli otto eventi precedenti, infatti, hanno sottolineato una situazione di sostanziale equilibrio. Il campione uscente Ian Williams si presenta infatti all’appuntamento con un vantaggio di soli sette punti su Sebastien Col e di quindici su Mathieu Richard. Lecito quindi aspettarsi un evento di livello particolarmente elevato.
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Video courtesy Monsoon Cup.
MONSOON CUP WILL STARTS IN THREE DAYS
[World Match Racing Tour Press Release] The climax of the 2008 World Match Racing Tour, is the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia which will be sailed from 3rd to 7th December 2008. The Monsoon Cup is the last stage of the 2008 Tour and is shaping up to be the most exciting event of the year.
For the fourth year running, it will be sailed in the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu, on Duyong Island in the Terengganu River, which flows through this state capital. Over the last three years large crowds have gathered on the island foreshore to watch the action.
The pressure is on for the 2007 Monsoon Cup winners and 2006-2007 World Champions, Bahrain Team Pindar skippered by Ian Williams, who must beat France’s Sébastien Col to retain the world title. Col is in great form having won the Berlin Match racing event and his tour record is good, despite having sailed one less event than the other two top placed teams. The current World number one ISAF ranked sailor Frenchman Mathieu Richard, should not be under estimated and indeed he too could win the Monsoon Cup and the championship title.
In this final event of the season there are 150 world championship points at stake. The Monsoon Cup winner will receive 38 championship points, the second placed team 30, third placed 22, fourth 18. Any of the top three teams could win this event and the 2008 Tour.
In 2007 Williams and his British crew were second on the Tour as they prepared to sail the all-important last event. After the completion of two days sailing and after some very ordinary flights, they finished in eighth place, almost missing the quarter finals. Williams regrouped, sailing the last rounds with the determination of a World Champion and went on to claim the Monsoon Cup and take the overall Tour crown.
This year consistency has paid off for Team Pindar and after winning the Danish Open and finishing second in both the Korea Match Cup and St Moritz Match Race; they are at the top of the tour leader board.
Monsoon Cup 2008 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia), December 3-7 2008
Organising Authority – T-Best Events
Prize Purse – $295,000
Boats – Foundation 36
Who’s Entered – 12 teams including 7 of the top 8 from the current Tour leader board.
Entry List
Seb Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge
Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge
Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team/Team French Spirit
Ian Williams (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar
Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST
Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza
Adam Minoprio (NZL) Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch Racing
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team
Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team
Nurul Ain Bt Md Isa (MAS) Perak Sailing Team
Keith Swinton (AUS) Black Swan Racing Team
To visit event website click here.
To visit World Match Racing Tour’s web site click here.
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