Kiwi girls too good for Aussies in Hardy's Womens Match Racing



11:56 PM Sun 21 Nov 2010 GMT
The New Zealand Sailing Team crew skippered by Stephanie Hazard have underlined their London 2012 Olympic Games medal-winning prospects by winning the Hardy's Australian women's match racing championship sailed on Hobart's River Derwent. Hazard, sailing with Susannah Pyatt (bow), Nichola Trudgen (trim and pit) and Jenna Hansen (main), progressed through a double round robin to the semi-finals and then winning the final in convincing style. 'The racing was tight and eventful and the competitors kept us working hard right to the bitter end,' commented the Kiwi team, who all came from a dinghy background at the Royal New Zealand Yacht ...


Click here for full story.


by Peter Campbell





Newsfeed supplied by

Live Weather
Nearby
North Head, NSW
8 kn ESE
Little Bay, NSW
10 kn E
Cronulla, NSW
10 kn ESE
Windiest in Australia
Flinders Reef, QLD
27 kn SE
23°
Most Windless in Australia
Broome (Coastal), WA
Calm
18°
Hottest in Australia
Cocos Island, WA
5 kn ENE
26°
Coldest in Australia
Tunnack, TAS
Calm
-1°
Wettest in Australia
Port Macquarie Airport, NSW
41.4 mm