Graeme Sutherland leads the Telecom NZ Match Racing Championships

Sutherland crew seven wins from seven races. RNZYS Media

Jury Crew © RNZYS Media

Second overall for the day on 6 wins and only 1 loss is Reuben Corbett and his Black Sheep Racing team who recently won the prestigious Kinckerbocker Cup, Grade 1 Match Racing event in New York. Corbett’s only loss of the day was to Sutherland.

Third overall on count-back is Laurie Jury and his team, who also have 6 wins but were, deducted half a point in Flight 7 for damage caused to his opponent’s boat.

For the first time ever the Championship’s have attracted three female skippers. Current New Zealand Women’s Match Racing and Fleet Racing Champion Jessica Smyth, who is also sailing with an all female crew for the series.

Stephanie Hazard and Samantha Osborne who are both part of the Yachting New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Olympic Squad vying for positions in the 2012 London Olympics are helming mixed crews. Hazard had the best overall day from the Women skippers taking 3 wins in the strong tide and breeze on the Waitemata Harbour today.

Racing begins at 10am tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

Today’s Results
Round Robin One
Flight One

Sutherland beat Tiller by 7s

Hazard beat Smyth by 2s

Kroening beat Sakamoto by 19s

Jury beat Dickson by 13s

Junior beat Osborne by 20s

Flight Two

Kroening beat Hazard by 10s

Tiller beat Osborne by 20s

Sutherland beat Junior by 37s

Corbett beat Dickson by 10s

Sakamoto beat Smyth by 8s.

Flight Three

Dickson beat Osborne by 13s

Junior beat Sakamoto by 10s

Jury beat Smyth by 22s

Corbett beat Kroening by 43s

Hazard beat Tiller by 5s

Flight Four

Corbett beat Smyth by 1m12s

Tiller beat Sakamoto by 1s

Junior beat Hazard by 26s

Jury beat Kroening by 12s

Sutherland beat Dickson by 10s

Flight Five

Kroening beat Osborne by 8s

Jury beat Hazard by 24s

Dickson beat Tiller by 23s

Sutherland beat Smyth by 23s

Corbett beat Sakamoto by 35s

Flight Six

Junior beat Dickson by 1s

Corbett beat Hazard by 28s

Osborne beat Smyth by 52s

Sutherland beat Kroening by 18s

Jury beat Sakamoto by 13s

Flight Seven

Corbett beat Osborne 16s

Sutherland beat Jury DNF

Hazard beat Dickson by 4s

Tiller beat Smyth by 41s

Kroening beat Junior by 56s

Flight Eight

Dickson beat Sakamoto by 42s

Jury beat Osborne by 55s

Sutherland beat Corbett DSQ

Junior beat Smyth 1m6s

Tiller beat Kroening by 11s

Flight Nine

Junior beat Jury by 5s

The remaining flights were abandoned and racing concluded for the day.



Sutherland 7 wins / 0 losses / 7.0 points

Corbett 6 / 1 / 6.0

Jury 6 / 2 / 5.5 *

Junior 5 / 2 / 4.5 *

Tiller 4 / 3 / 4.0

Kroening 4 / 4 / 4.0

Hazard 3 / 4 / 3.0

Dickson 3 / 5 / 3.0

Osborne 1 / 6 / 1.0

Sakamoto 1 / 6 / 1.0

Smyth 0 / 8 / -0.5 *

*0.5 points deducted for damage


New Zealand Match Racing Championships 2009

Entry list

Reuben Corbett (RNZYS)

Laurie Jury (RNZYS)

Josh Junior (Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club)

William Tiller (RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme)

Graeme Sutherland (RNZYS)

Samantha Osborne (RNZYS)

Stephanie Hazard (RNZYS)

Wataru Sakamoto (Wakayama Sailing Club, Japan)

Jessica Smyth (RNZYS)

Mark Kroening (RNZYS)

Chris Dickson (RNZYS)

Event Schedule

Wednesday 11 0845 Daily Briefing

1000 Racing begins

Thursday 12 0845 Daily Briefing

1000 Racing begins

Friday 13 0845 Daily Briefing

1000 Racing begins

Saturday 14 0845 Daily Briefing

1000 Racing begins

Sunday 15 0845 Daily Briefing

1000 Racing begins

1700 approx Prizegiving RNZYS Members Bar