Magnificent Sydney Harbour to again host Hardy Cup

'Nicky Souter (boat 4) takes on Adrian Short (boat 5) in Hardy Cup 2009 Final - Hardy Cup 2009'    Aline Van Haren ©    Click Here to view large photo More women competitors are expected to contest the Hardy Cup 2010, the Under 25 ISAF Grade 3 Match Racing Regatta in Sydney as a result of the Elliott 6 sports boat being chosen as the yacht for the women’s match racing at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Boosting women’s interest will be the level of international racing achieved by Australian women such as Nicky Souter and Katie Spithill, with Souter and her crew last year becoming the first women’s team to reach the final of the Hardy Cup. Souter lost to a hard-fought final to New Zealand’s Adrian Short, but since then she has won the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championship and, for the sixth time, the Australian Championship. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, currently enjoying its 148th sailing season, will host the Hardy Cup from 7-11 February 2010, immediately following the 2010 Warren Jones Regatta, also an ISAF Grade 3 event, to be sailed in Perth from 31 January to 4 February 2010. The invitation regatta again will be sailed in the Squadron’s fleet of Elliott 6s, with the applications for an invitation closing with the Squadron Sailing Office before Friday, 6 November 2009. The Hardy Cup Selection Committee will announce the twelve selected teams on 13 November, comprising a mix of teams from Australian and overseas yacht clubs. The Hardy Cup 2009 attracted international entries from Finland, Japan and New Zealand. Eminent Australian yachtsman Sir James Hardy donated the Cup and since being first hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in 2001 has been won by some outstanding up-and-coming match racing sailors from Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand. RSYS member Michael Dunstan won the Hardy Cup three times before reaching the upper age limit, Evan Walker from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia won it in 2008, while New Zealand winners have been Laurie Jury, Adam Minoprio and, this year, Adrian Short. Great Britain’s Mark Campbell-James won in 2001. Event Website: www.rsys.com.au/sailing/hardycuphomepage.php by Peter Campbell - 11:08 PM Mon 12 Oct 2009 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=62203 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here

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