ISAF Match Race Rankings for 16 April 2014

by ISAF on 17 Apr 2014 The ISAF Match Race Rankings for 16 April 2014 have been released. Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) occupy the world number one spots in the Open and Women's Match Race Rankings.

Taylor Canfield (ISV) retained world number one in the Open Rankings having overcome world number two Ian Williams (GBR) in the final of the ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California, USA.

A best of three final was raced to decide the 50th Congressional Cup Champion, with one win a piece it was all to play for going into the last race. During the pre-start a loud crunching noise indicated a collision between boats and the fortunes of fate swung to Canfield in the last minute.

First he noticed the six-inch chunk missing from the transom behind his feet, then he reached for the protest flag and moments later saw the on-water umpires affirm his protest with a blue flag, matching Williams' ID for that race.

Canfield stayed out of trouble to take the honours and extend his advantage at world number one.

The top five remain as per usual in the Open Rankings but further down there is significant movement following a busy period of match racing regattas.

Francesco Bruni (ITA) is one of the month's biggest movers having climbed 54 places to world number 48. The former world number one only counts five regattas to his name and having finished third at the ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup the Italian was significantly promoted back in the top 50.

The Italian will sail on the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour and will look to work his way back to the top as the tour unfolds.

Croatia's Tomislav Basic moved up from world number 31 to world number 21 after he won the ISAF Grade 3 Slovenian National Open Match Race Championships in Izola, Slovenia. The Croatian counts eight regattas to his points total and of those eight he has won six. His personal best ranking of world number 10 came in February 2000.

Having won the ISAF Grade 3 Match Race Thailand Championship Maximilian Soh (SIN) moved to a personal best ranking of world number 36. The Singaporean is on a run of seven straight victories at Grade 3 and 5 regattas and has been rewarded having previously sat at world number 50.

Korea's Gunwoo Park has broken into the top 100 for the first time in his career following a third at the Match Race Thailand Championship. Park counts six regattas to his points total and climbs from world number 107 to world number 66.

With several ISAF Grade 3, 4 and 5 regattas taking place in the latter part of February, all throughout March and the early part of April further movement is visible in the April release.

Match racing - Open - Wednesday 16 April 2014

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Taylor Canfield	ISV		8	1	1	11583
2	Ian Williams	GBR		8	2	1	11094
3	Bjorn Hansen	SWE		8	3	2	10492
4	Philip Robertson	NZL		8	4	4	10407
5	Mathieu Richard	FRA		7	5	1	10150
6	Nicolai Sehested	DEN		8	7	6	9567
7	Keith Swinton	AUS		8	6	3	9493
8	Przemek Tarnacki	POL		8	8	8	9011
9	Eric Monnin	SUI		8	9	9	8965
10	Pierre-antoine Morvan	FRA		8	10	3	8933
11	David Gilmour	AUS		8	12	11	8830
12	Staffan Lindberg	FIN		8	11	5	8799
13	Adam Minoprio	NZL		8	19	1	8581
14	Joachim Aschenbrenner	DEN		8	13	13	8545
15	Reuben Corbett	NZL		8	15	10	8396
16	Marek Stanczyk	POL		8	17	13	8180
17	Viktor Ogeman	SWE		8	18	17	8154
18	Johnie Berntsson	SWE		8	14	6	8063
19	William Tiller	NZL		8	20	5	7966
20	Mati Sepp	EST		8	21	18	7946
21	Tomislav Basic	CRO		8	31	10	7913
22	Simone Ferrarese	ITA		8	16	8	7738
23	Chris Steele	NZL		8	22	22	7667
24	Donald Wilson	USA		8	23	21	7638
25	Sam Gilmour	AUS		8	25	25	7614

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Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) moved into back into the world number one spot in the Women's Match Race Rankings for the first time since July 2013.

The Danish sailor moves ahead of Lucy Macgregor (GBR) as the British sailor now counts seven regattas to Ulrikkeholm's eight.

The Marinassess Women's Match Race Regatta was the only event to take place in the current period with those competing reaping the rewards of solid results.

Milly Bennett (AUS) and her crew of Seldon Coventry, Alice Tarnawski, Kajsa Doyle and Jess Russell, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, won the event finishing top of the round robin. As a result Bennett moves to world number nine from world number 15, a personal best for the Australian.

Emma May (AUS) finished as runner up and moves to world number 41 from world number 104.

The next scheduled Women's Match Racing event is the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship set to be held in Cork, Ireland from 3-8 June 2014.

Match racing - Women - Wednesday 16 April 2014

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Camilla Ulrikkeholm	DEN	Louise Ulrikkeholm Josefine Boel Rasmussen Joan Hansen Trine Palludan	8	2	1	8580
2	Lucy Macgregor	GBR	Annie Lush Kate Macgregor	7	1	1	7658
3	Anna Kjellberg	SWE	Malin Källström Karin Almquist Johanna Larsson Linnéa Wennergren Annie Wennergren Linda Härsjö	8	3	3	7521
4	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen	DEN	Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt	7	5	1	6256
5	Stephanie Roble	USA	Maggie Shea Darby Smith	6	6	5	5875
6	Ekaterina Skudina	RUS	Ekaterina Chashchina Tatiana Lartseva Silke Hahlbrock Elena Syuzeva Vera Dubina Elena Vorobeva	7	4	2	5761
7	Alexa Bezel	SUI	Corinne Meyer Manon Kivell Romy Hasler Laurane Mettraux	8	7	6	5407
8	Claire Leroy	FRA	Marie Riou Elodie Bertrand	5	8	1	4547
9	Milly Bennett	AUS		8	15	9	4436
10	Caroline Sylvan	SWE		7	11	10	4320
11	Noora Tams	FIN		8	12	11	3897
12	Tamara Echegoyen	ESP	Mariana Lobato Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos Sofia Toro Angela Pumariega	5	10	4	3841
13	Julie Bossard	FRA		5	9	3	3695
14	Denise Lim	SIN		7	20	14	3152
15	Claudia Pierce	NZL	Aimee Famularo Paige Maree Cook Janelle Peat Hannah Louise Osborne	8	14	14	3149
16	Juliana Senfft	BRA		5	17	11	3030
17	Anne-claire Le Berre	FRA	Alice Ponsar Myrtille Ponge	5	19	5	2767
18	Anna Tunnicliffe	USA	Deborah Capozzi Molly O'bryan Vandemoer	4	13	1	2752
19	Rayshele Martin	AUS		4	31	19	2614
20	Anna Kjellgren	SWE		7	21	17	2486
21	Malin Andersson	SWE		6	23	21	2336
22	Nina Ramm-schmidt	FIN		8	24	22	2269
23	Sally Barkow	USA	Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham Alana O'reilly	4	18	3	2221
24	Anastasia Guseva	RUS		6	28	22	1973
25	Anne Marit Glette Hansen	NOR		6	30	25	1955

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