ISAF Match Race Rankings for 30 October 2013

by ISAF on 31 Oct 2013

Taylor Canfield (ISV) USone defeated Adam Minoprio (NZL) Team Alpari FX in the petite finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup sailed at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in Hamilton, Bermuda. Talbot Wilson

ISAF Match Race Rankings for October 30, 2013 have now been released. There is no change at world number one in the Open and Women's Match Race Rankings with Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) holding firm at the top.

Open Rankings

Taylor Canfield's (ISV) third place finish at the Argo Group Gold Cup was enough for him to retain the world number one spot and to take the overall lead in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour.

ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year nominee and world number two Ian Williams (GBR) finished sixth in Bermuda and dropped to second, ten points behind Canfield in the Tour standings.

Francesco Bruni (ITA) secured victory at the Argo Group Gold Cup by defeating Ben Ainslie (GBR) in the final. The result pushes the former world number one up to world number 115 from world number 196. The Italian counts four events in his ranking total having devoted time to Luna Rossa Challenge after finishing the 2011 World Match Racing Tour as runner-up.

Ainslie re-enters the rankings at world number 223.

Staffan Lindberg (FIN) continues to climb up the rankings and after taking top spot at the ISAF Grade 2 Geneva International Match Race he moves to world number nine and just four spots off his best ranking of number five that came in October 2007.

Ireland's Philip Bendon came out on top at the ISAF Grade 3 EUROSAF Match Racing, Open Youth European Championship in Lake Constance, Germany and as a result moves from world number 101 to world number 57, a personal best.

France's Guillaume Pirouelle was unable to defend his title in Lake Constance and came through in fourth. Nonetheless the strong result gives the young Frenchman his best ranking of world number 81, moving up from world number 129.

With ISAF Grade 3, 4 and 5 regattas aplenty this month there is further movement down the rankings.

Match racing - Open - Wednesday 30 October 2013

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Taylor Canfield	ISV		8	1	1	11622
2	Ian Williams	GBR		8	2	1	10910
3	Bjorn Hansen	SWE		8	4	2	10492
4	Keith Swinton	AUS		8	3	3	10146
5	Philip Robertson	NZL		8	6	4	9787
6	Nicolai Sehested	DEN		8	8	6	9602
7	Mathieu Richard	FRA		8	5	1	9552
8	Simone Ferrarese	ITA		8	9	8	9282
9	Staffan Lindberg	FIN		8	15	5	9158
10	Johnie Berntsson	SWE		8	7	6	9054
11	Przemek Tarnacki	POL		8	12	11	9011
12	Pierre-antoine Morvan	FRA		8	11	3	8960
13	Joachim Aschenbrenner	DEN		8	13	13	8785
14	David Gilmour	AUS		8	14	14	8754
15	Eric Monnin	SUI		8	16	11	8543
16	Reuben Corbett	NZL		8	17	10	8423
17	William Tiller	NZL		8	10	5	8263
18	Marek Stanczyk	POL		8	18	13	8180
19	Viktor Ogeman	SWE		8	19	19	8154
20	Mati Sepp	EST		8	20	18	7946
21	Adam Minoprio	NZL		6	33	1	7745
22	Chris Steele	NZL		8	24	22	7457
23	Sergey Musikhin	RUS		8	21	20	7423
24	Donald Wilson	USA		8	23	23	7304
25	Antti Luhta	FIN		8	25	24	7233

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Women's Rankings

Lucy Macgregor © Richard Langdon/British Sailing Team

Lucy Macgregor (GBR) is firmly positioned at world number one in the Women's Rankings with over 1,000 points separating her and world number two Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN).

Two ISAF Grade 3 regattas took place in the current period ensuring some movement below the top spots.

Australia's Rayshele Martin took the honours at the Australian Women's Match Racing Championship in New South Wales. Martin overcame Milly Bennett (AUS) to take maximum points from the event.

The result pushes Martin from world number 60 to world number 25, a personal best whilst Bennett moves up two spots to world number 19.

Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA) took gold at the France Women's Match Racing Championships after strong weather forced cancellation on the final day. Le Berre had the best of the completed Round Robin and the advantage going into the final stages however strong winds forced postponement and handed Le Berre the title.

The French sailor moves up to world number 21 counting five events. Runner-up Julie Bossard (FRA) stays at world number 10.

Match racing - Women - Wednesday 30 October 2013

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Country ↑ ↓	Crew	Events ↑ ↓	Previous ↑ ↓	Best	Points ↑ ↓
1	Lucy Macgregor	GBR	Annie Lush Kate Macgregor	8	1	1	9981
2	Camilla Ulrikkeholm	DEN	Louise Ulrikkeholm Josefine Boel Rasmussen Joan Hansen Trine Palludan	8	2	1	8886
3	Anna Kjellberg	SWE	Malin Källström Karin Almquist Johanna Larsson Linnéa Wennergren Annie Wennergren Linda Härsjö Lotta Harrysson	8	5	3	7700
4	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen	DEN	Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt	8	4	1	7167
5	Stephanie Roble	USA	Maggie Shea Darby Smith	8	6	5	6690
6	Ekaterina Skudina	RUS	Ekaterina Chashchina Tatiana Lartseva Silke Hahlbrock Elena Syuzeva Vera Dubina Elena Vorobeva	7	3	2	6373
7	Claire Leroy	FRA	Marie Riou Elodie Bertrand	5	7	1	5124
8	Tamara Echegoyen	ESP	Mariana Lobato Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos Sofia Toro Angela Pumariega	5	8	4	5101
9	Alexa Bezel	SUI	Corinne Meyer Manon Kivell Romy Hasler Laurane Mettraux	8	9	6	5030
10	Julie Bossard	FRA		6	10	3	5020
11	Caroline Sylvan	SWE	Louise Kruuse Af Verchou Frida Langenius	8	11	11	4408
12	Juliana Senfft	BRA		8	12	11	4195
13	Anna Tunnicliffe	USA	Deborah Capozzi Molly O'bryan Vandemoer	4	13	1	4021
14	Noora Tams	FIN		8	14	14	3801
15	Olivia Price	AUS	Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty	4	15	4	3641
16	Silja Lehtinen	FIN	Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff	4	16	3	3413
17	Claudia Pierce	NZL	Aimee Famularo Paige Maree Cook Janelle Peat Hannah Louise Osborne	4	17	17	3330
18	Sally Barkow	USA	Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham Alana O'reilly	5	18	3	3282
19	Milly Bennett	AUS		5	21	19	3172
20	Renata Decnop	BRA		7	19	10	2997
21	Anne-claire Le Berre	FRA	Alice Ponsar Myrtille Ponge	5	25	5	2974
22	Denise Lim	SIN		5	35	22	2730
23	Anna Kjellgren	SWE		7	26	17	2432
24	Silvia Roca Mata	ESP	Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos	4	20	9	2411
25	Rayshele Martin	AUS		3	60	25	2407