EUROSAF Women's European Match Racing Championship in Corfu, Greece - Overall
by World Match Racing Tour 17 Oct 2022 21:05 PDT
13-16 October 2022
Pauline Courtois and her 'Match in Pink' Normandie team from France have won the 2022 EUROSAF Women's European Match Racing Championship in Corfu, Greece. The event is stage 3 of the 2022 Women's World Match Racing Tour.
Courtois and team beat Dutch skipper Renee Groeneveld 2-0 in a close first-to-two-points final in light winds.
After a wait ashore yesterday morning at the Corfu Sailing Club, the race committee doubted if there would be any breeze at all for the final day. Fortunately a light 2-4 knot southerly filled over the bay under the Old Fortress of Corfu to start the final and a shortened first-to-one-point Petit-Final.
Meeting in the Petit-Final were New Zealand's Celia Willison/ Edge Racing and Margot Vennin/ Match Moiselles from France. After a near photo finish, Margot Vennin held the lead to clinch the single point, and 3rd place for the regatta.
As the quarter-finals and semi-finals had to be cut from the format due to the typically light winds on Saturday, the final standings for 5th -12th position were taken from the round robin qualifying stage;
EUROSAF Women's European Championship 2022 - Final Standings:
1. Pauline Courtois (FRA) - Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team
2. Renee Groenevel (NED) - Dutch Match Racing Team
3. Margot Vennin (FRA) - Matchmoiselles
4. Celia Willison (NZL) - Edge Womens Match
5. Lea Vogelius (DEN) - Team Kattnakken
6. Sophie Otter (GBR) - Otter Racing
7. Juliet Costanzo (AUS) - Easy Tiger Racing
8. Ali Morrish (GBR) - Five by Five
9. Margot Riou (FRA) - APCC Women's Sailing Team
10. Laurane Mettraux (SUI) - CER - Ville de Genève
11. Sofia Matsikidou (GRE)
12. Sara Edholm (SWE) - Team Sparkling Unicorns
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