ISAF Match Race Rankings - 16 July 2014

by ISAF on 17 Jul 2014 Ian Williams (GBR) hangs on to World #1 in the ISAF World Open Match Race Rankings whilst in the Women's Rankings Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) stays solid at the top.

For the top ranked sailors there has been just the one regatta to add to their points tally since the last ranking release. Williams remains at World #1 by a whisker, just 12 points ahead of Taylor Canfield from the US Virgin Islands.

The second event of the 2014 Alpari Match Racing Tour, the ISAF Grade W Stena Match Cup in Sweden was an historic affair with Bjorn Hansen (SWE) taking his third consecutive regatta win. Hansen defeated World #1 Williams in the final and he remains at #5 on the World Rankings.

Canfield took the final podium spot in Sweden and also found time to take the gold medal at the Etchells World Championship crewing for tour rival Bill Hardesty (USA), the tactician with Williams team GAC Pindar.

There is just one ISAF Grade 2 event adding points to this ranking release, the O.M International Ledro in Italy. Nicolai Sehested (DEN) picked up the win and, with a tenth place finish in Sweden, moves up one place to World # 6.

Second place in Italy was claimed by Sam Gilmour (AUS) who will line up next week at the ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship in Helsinki, Finland with a new world ranking of #19. The highest ranked competitor lining up against Gilmour in Helsinki will be Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) who finished ninth in Ledro and seventh at Stena Match Cup Sweden to hold firm at World #12.

Outside the top 50, movers and shakers include Joni Erickson (FIN) who claimed victory at the ISAF Grade 4 Audi HSS Sailing Center Summer Cup to climb 39 places to World #69 and Mathew Jerwood (AUS) who climbs 83 places to World #70. Jerwood completed the podium at the OM International Ledro behind Sehested and Gilmour and won gold at the ISAF Grade 3 Krefelder Match Race 2014 in Elfrather See, Germany.

Match racing - Open - Wednesday 16 July 2014

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Ian Williams	GBR		8	1	1	11442
2	Taylor Canfield	ISV		8	2	1	11430
3	Mathieu Richard	FRA		8	4	1	10414
4	Keith Swinton	AUS		8	3	3	10373
5	Bjorn Hansen	SWE		8	5	2	10230
6	Nicolai Sehested	DEN		8	7	6	9840
7	Pierre-antoine Morvan	FRA		8	8	3	9277
8	Staffan Lindberg	FIN		8	10	5	9250
9	Eric Monnin	SUI		8	9	9	9158
10	Philip Robertson	NZL		8	6	4	8893
11	David Gilmour	AUS		8	11	11	8830
12	Joachim Aschenbrenner	DEN		8	12	12	8801
13	Johnie Berntsson	SWE		8	15	6	8484
14	Adam Minoprio	NZL		8	14	1	8360
15	Reuben Corbett	NZL		8	16	10	8326
16	Chris Steele	NZL		8	17	16	8127
17	Viktor Ogeman	SWE		8	19	17	8025
18	Tomislav Basic	CRO		8	20	10	8004
19	Sam Gilmour	AUS		8	24	19	7960
20	Donald Wilson	USA		8	23	20	7727
21	Mark Lees	GBR		8	25	21	7504
22	Marek Stanczyk	POL		8	18	13	7503
23	Mati Sepp	EST		8	21	18	7483
24	Przemek Tarnacki	POL		8	13	8	7380
25	Antti Luhta	FIN		8	26	24	7360

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With just one regatta adding points to the Women's rankings, there is no change to the top five positions. Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) has a solid 1635 point lead ahead of World #2 Anna Kjellberg (SWE).

The newly crowned US Women's Match Race Champion, Stephanie Roble (USA), maintains her position at World #3. At the ISAF Grade 3 championship sailed at Oyster Bay, New York, Roble defeated Nicole Breault (USA) 2-0 in the final to take her first national title. Despite only counting six regattas to her points tally, the silver medal for Breault takes her up five places to World #15.

Katie Maxim (USA) completed the podium, defeating Sandra Hayes (USA) in the petit-final, and sees the reward in a 24 place climb in the rankings to World #22. Hayes climbs 20 places up to World #24.

Match racing - Women - Wednesday 16 July 2014

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Camilla Ulrikkeholm	DEN	Louise Ulrikkeholm Josefine Boel Rasmussen Joan Hansen Trine Palludan	8	1	1	9456
2	Anna Kjellberg	SWE	Karin Almquist Johanna Larsson Linnéa Wennergren Annie Wennergren Vanja Lundberg Annika Carlunger	8	2	2	7821
3	Stephanie Roble	USA		6	3	3	5881
4	Lucy Macgregor	GBR		5	4	1	4878
5	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen	DEN	Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt	6	5	1	4470
6	Milly Bennett	AUS		8	7	6	4436
7	Alexa Bezel	SUI	Corinne Meyer Manon Kivell Romy Hasler Laurane Mettraux	7	8	6	4412
8	Caroline Sylvan	SWE		6	6	6	3930
9	Anne-claire Le Berre	FRA		4	10	5	3827
10	Noora Tams	FIN		8	11	10	3798
11	Julie Bossard	FRA		5	12	3	3695
12	Claudia Pierce	NZL	Aimee Famularo Paige Maree Cook Janelle Peat Hannah Louise Osborne	8	9	9	3692
13	Denise Lim	SIN		8	14	13	3528
14	Klaartje Zuiderbaan	NED		4	13	2	3338
15	Nicole Breault	USA		6	20	15	3265
16	Rayshele Martin	AUS		5	16	16	3130
17	Nina Ramm-schmidt	FIN		8	19	17	3035
18	Juliana Senfft	BRA		5	18	11	3030
19	Ekaterina Skudina	RUS	Ekaterina Chashchina Tatiana Lartseva Silke Hahlbrock Elena Syuzeva Vera Dubina Elena Vorobeva	5	15	2	2929
20	Susannah Pyatt	NZL	Jenny Egnot Karleen Dixon Jenna Hansen	4	21	20	2495
21	Claire Leroy	FRA	Marie Riou Elodie Bertrand	3	17	1	2377
22	Katie Maxim	USA		3	46	22	2255
23	Fettje Osinga	NED		8	23	23	2186
24	Sandra Hayes	USA		6	44	13	2102
25	Tamara Echegoyen	ESP	Mariana Lobato Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos Sofia Toro Angela Pumariega	4	25	4	1916

 

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