Joint leaders on Day One Toyota Sopot Match Race

by Event media on 17 Jul 2008 The first day of Toyota Sopot Match Race 2008 ISAF Grade 1 is finished. 10 flights have been held today. The leaders after first stage of Round Robin are as follow -Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Steffan Lindberg (FIN), Keith Swinton (AUS).

Standings after the first day Round Robin :

Torvar Mirsky (AUS) 4 – points
Steffan Lindberg (FIN) 4 - points
Keith Swinton (AUS) 4 – points
Peter Wibroe (DEN) 3 – points
Adam Minoprio (NZ) 3 – points
Ian Ainslie (RSA) 3 – points
Andrew Arbuzow (RUS) 2 – points
Eugeny Neugodnikov (RUS) 2 – points
Przemek Tarnacki (POL) 2- points
Eric Monnin (SUI) 1 – points
Marek Stanczyk (POL) 1 - points
Rafal Sawicki (POL) 1 - points

Today we had adverse weather conditions, weak wind was blowing with force of 5m/s also from time to time it was raining. However all planed races were finished. The first race was between Peter Wibroe, (DEN) and Rafal Sawicki (POL), Wibroe defeated his opponent and scored first point of Toyota Sopot Match Race 2008 ISAF Grade 1. Because every point counts, most matches today were quite close, and some quite contentious. The best example of these would have to be between - Przemek Tarnacki, (POL) and Eric Monnin, (SUI) as well as 'fight' between Keith Swinton (AUS) and Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The official opening ceremony of Toyota Match Race 2008 ISAF Grade 1 took place at 8.00 p.m.

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