ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009 - Lysekil, Sweden
(From the Lysekil Women’s Match web site: Lysekil Women’s Match - www.lysekilwomensmatch.se)

Racing Cancelled Today Due to Strong Wind
- Quarter finals canceled, tomorrow the semi finals start directly
In Lysekil the winds reached storm forces today, blowing more than 50 knots in the worst gusts. In the extreme conditions no racing was possible. As tomorrow Saturday is the last race day, the race committee decided to cancel the quarterfinals and start directly with the semi finals tomorrow morning, with the four best placed teams of the first round robin.

Reigning World Champion Claire Leroy of France topped the first round robin and will therefore meet fourth placed Australian Nicole Souter in the semi finals. Second and third placed Marie Björling and Anna Kjellberg, both local favourites, will have an internal Swedish battle for the second finalist place.
Local Swedes can already now look forward to seeing a Swedish contestant in the final of the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2009!

The semi finals will start tomorrow Saturday 1 August at 9 am local time followed by the final. The race format is first score three points in both the semi finals and the final.

The wind forecast for tomorrow is 12 – 18 knots.

No sailing today. Result day 3 Thursday 30 July: ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship (with ISAF women’s match racing world ranking number):
First Round Robin completed. Top four to semi finals

1. Claire Leroy (1) FRA 10-1 meets Nicole Souter in semi finals
2. Marie Björling (43) SWE 9-2 meets Anna Kjellberg in semi finals
3. Anna Kjellberg (10) SWE 8-3
4. Nicole Souter (8) AUS 6-5

5. Katie Spithill (2) AUS 6-5
6. Camille Ulrikkeholm (13) DEN 6-5
7. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (5) DEN 5-6
8. Sally Barkow (7) USA 5-6
9. Lucy Macgregor (3) GBR 5-6
10. Linda Rahm (4) SWE 4-7
11. Silke Hahlbrock (6) GER 2-9
12. Christelle Philippe (19) FRA 0-11

Lysekil Women’s Match - www.lysekilwomensmatch.se

All the latest details on the 2009 Worlds, together with a full archive of results from previous championships is available on the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship microsite at www.sailing.org/wmatchworlds.