ISAF World Match Race Rankings

Great Britain and New Zealand remain on top in the latest release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings.
Kiwi World Champion Adam Minoprio continues his lead in the Open Rankings whilst Lucy Macgregor (GBR) holds on to her to #1 position in the Women’s.

Despite only finishing sixth in stage one of the 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour in Marseilles, Adam Minoprio remains secure at the top of the World Rankings, whilst Lucy Macgregor (GBR) maintains her spot at the top of the Women’s Rankings.

Women’s Rankings

British skipper Lucy Macgregor remains at the top of the Women’s ISAF World Match Race Rankings. Second and third sports remain unchanged with Claire Leroy (FRA) stayng in second and Katie Spithill in third. Three French crews hold places in the top ten teams followed by USA and Australia with two teams each.

Despite a lowly sixth at the fourth regatta of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Hyeres, Macgregor holds on to her first position with a solid performance at the Eurosaf European Match Racing Championship were she was runner-up. Claire Leroy won the sail-off for third in Hyeres but it was not enough to regain the top spot.

Katie Spithill of Australia maintains her third spot with a win at the ISAF Grade 2 Olympic Garda Eurolymp regatta.

Although she only moved one place from fifth to fourth in the rankings Silke Hahlbrock of Germany made a big point gain with an impressive win at the Semaine Olympique Francaise against Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) in the final. Silke and her team also scored a seventh place at the Eurosaf European Championships in Hard, Austria.

Biggest improver by far is Ekaterina Skudina from Russia who sailed a very consistent regatta series to become the 2010 Eurosaf European Match Racing Champion in Lake Hard. Two British teams looking to challenge Lucy Macgregor’s status are Katie Archer and Mary Rook who finished second and third respectively at the International Women’s Match Racing Criterium in Calpe thus rising up the ranks into the top 50.

Tamara Echegoyen of Spain has made the biggest gain going from #84 to #51 aided by a tenth place at the Semaine Olympique Francaise and a fourth at the Criterium in Calpe.

Most of the top teams now head to the fifth regatta of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Medemblik at the end of May to resume battle in the Elliott 6m class.

Click here for the Women’s Rankings

This next release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings will be on 9 June 2010. The 9 June rankings will be used to determine the invitations to the 2010 ISAF Women’s AMtch Racing World Championship.

ISAF World Match Race Rankings - www.sailing.org/mrrankings

(From the ISAF website: www.sailing.org)