ISAF Match Race Rankings for 12th February 2014

by ISAF on 13 Feb 2014

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In the ISAF Match Race Rankings, Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) commence 2014 at the top of the field.

Taylor Canfield (ISV) begins 2014 like he ended 2013, atop of the Open Match Race Rankings. The US Virgin Islander was crowned ISAF World Match Racing Champion at the Monsoon Cup, the final event of the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour and will be seen as the one to beat throughout 2014.

World number two Ian Williams (GBR) held world number one for 16 consecutive ranking releases prior to Canfield taking it in August 2013 and will want to regain top spot in 2014.

Lower down the rankings, Sam Gilmour (AUS) moves into the top 25 for the first time in his career following a medal rush in December and January. The Australian won the ISAF Grade 3 Kingdom Match Race Qualification regatta in Zallaq, Bahrain in December and followed it up with another victory.

Gilmour finished ahead of Olli-Pekka Lumijärvi (FIN) to take full points from the ISAF Grade 2 Kingdom Match Race. Runner up Lumijärvi moves up two places to world number 30.

Competing on home waters in January at the ISAF Grade 2 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, Gilmour almost made it a hat trick of wins for the current ranking period but lost out to brother David Gilmour (AUS).

With three strong performances Younger brother Sam moves to world number 25 from world number 33 whilst David Gilmour also hits a personal best, climbing two spots to world number 12.

Despite losing out in the final of the Cleanport Winter Match Race series - Act 3 to Max Trippolt (AUT), Christina Binder (AUT) is one of the biggest movers. In a winner takes all single race final in Izola, Slovenia Trippolt got the better of his compatriot but Binder climbs a mammoth 81 places to world number 89. Trippolt's victory moves him to world number 44

With several ISAF Grade 3, 4 and 5 regattas there is further movement in the Open Rankings.

Lucy MacGregor (GBR)in action during the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Lucy Macgregor (GBR), Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) and Anna Kjellberg (SWE) retain the top three spots in the Women's Match Race Rankings.

The trio have held the leading spots collectively since 30 October 2013 whilst Macgregor has been at world number one since 28 August 2013.

Below the top three there are several shifts in position as sailors lose regattas off their points total based on the 24-month rolling system.

The next scheduled Women's Match Racing event is the ISAF Grade 3 Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta set to be held in Sydney, Australia from 1-2 March 2014.

Match racing - Open - Wednesday 12 February 2014

Pos	Name	Country	Crew	Events	Previous	Best	Points
1	Taylor Canfield	ISV		8	1	1	11353
2	Ian Williams	GBR		8	2	1	11015
3	Bjorn Hansen	SWE		8	3	2	10492
4	Philip Robertson	NZL		8	4	4	10407
5	Mathieu Richard	FRA		7	5	1	10054
6	Keith Swinton	AUS		8	6	3	9799
7	Nicolai Sehested	DEN		8	7	6	9602
8	Przemek Tarnacki	POL		8	9	8	9011
9	Eric Monnin	SUI		8	10	9	8965
10	Pierre-antoine Morvan	FRA		8	11	3	8960
11	Staffan Lindberg	FIN		8	12	5	8906
12	David Gilmour	AUS		8	14	12	8830
13	Joachim Aschenbrenner	DEN		8	13	13	8785
14	Johnie Berntsson	SWE		8	15	6	8676
15	Reuben Corbett	NZL		8	16	10	8423
16	Simone Ferrarese	ITA		8	8	8	8233
17	Marek Stanczyk	POL		8	17	13	8180
18	Viktor Ogeman	SWE		8	18	18	8154
19	Adam Minoprio	NZL		7	19	1	7987
20	William Tiller	NZL		8	27	5	7966
21	Mati Sepp	EST		8	20	18	7946
22	Chris Steele	NZL		8	22	22	7751
23	Donald Wilson	USA		8	21	21	7638
24	Sergey Musikhin	RUS		8	23	20	7492
25	Sam Gilmour	AUS		8	33	25	7350

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Match racing - Women - Wednesday 12 February 2014

Pos	Name	Country	Crew	Events	Previous	Best	Points
1	Lucy Macgregor	GBR	Annie Lush Kate Macgregor	8	1	1	9131
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 Martin Krite	8	3	3	7140
4	Ekaterina Skudina	RUS	Ekaterina Chashchina Tatiana Lartseva Silke Hahlbrock Elena Syuzeva Vera Dubina Elena Vorobeva	7	5	2	6349
5	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen	DEN	Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt	8	4	1	6327
6	Stephanie Roble	USA	Maggie Shea Darby Smith	7	6	5	6241
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	5124
9	Julie Bossard	FRA		6	10	3	4857
10	Tamara Echegoyen	ESP	Mariana Lobato Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos Sofia Toro Angela Pumariega	5	9	4	4512
11	Caroline Sylvan	SWE		6	11	11	4080
12	Noora Tams	FIN		8	13	12	3897
13	Anna Tunnicliffe	USA	Deborah Capozzi Molly O'bryan Vandemoer	4	12	1	3772
14	Claudia Pierce	NZL	Aimee Famularo Paige Maree Cook Janelle Peat Hannah Louise Osborne	6	14	14	3726
15	Milly Bennett	AUS		6	19	15	3232
16	Olivia Price	AUS	Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty	4	15	4	3210
17	Juliana Senfft	BRA		7	17	11	3030
18	Sally Barkow	USA	Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham Alana O'reilly	5	18	3	2761
19	Anne-claire Le Berre	FRA	Alice Ponsar Myrtille Ponge	5	22	5	2731
20	Denise Lim	SIN		5	20	20	2730
21	Anna Kjellgren	SWE		7	21	17	2486
22	Silvia Roca Mata	ESP	Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos	4	23	9	2411
23	Malin Andersson	SWE		6	26	23	2336
24	Nina Ramm-schmidt	FIN		8	27	24	2269
25	Susannah Pyatt	NZL	Jenny Egnot Karleen Dixon Jenna Hansen	3	28	25	2232