MRT Young Guns take on the Old Fox at Troia Portugal Match Cup

10:31 PM Fri 19 Jun 2009 GMT

'Mirsky Racing Team - Troia Portugal Match Cup 2009' Wander Roberto &copy Click Here to view large photo

Mirsky Racing Team had a good day on the water today at the Troia Portugal Match Cup with the completion of the round robin seeing them qualify in seventh place going into the quarter finals.

The winner of the round robin, veteran Americas Cup helmsman of the French Match Racing Team, Philipe Presti chose to race MRT in the best of five quarter final series. MRT managaged to go up in the first two races against the French Match Racing Team, showing their flare that had been so sorely missed in the previous two events.

The third race was in the dying sea. The French Match Racing Team convincingly won the start and mantained their lead despite a strong attack from MRT, taking the scores to 2-1 in Mirsky Racing Team's favour at the end of the day?s racing.

Tomorrow sees the final races of the quarter finals where MRT look to qualify for the semi finals of the Portugal Match Cup.

Quarter Final Results:

Torvar Mirsky 2 - Philipe Presti 1
Matthiu Richard 2 - Bjorn Hansen 1
Ian Williams 0 - Sebastien Col 0
Peter Gilmour 0 - Adam Minoprio 0

Round Robin Results:

French Match Racing Team (Phillip Presti) FRA 9-2
Team French Spirit (Mathieu Richard) FRA 9-2
Yanmar Racing (Peter Gilmour) AUS 8-3
Bahrain Team Pindar (Ian Williams) GBR 7-4
ETNZ Blackmatch (Adam Minoprio) NZL 7-4
K-Challenge (Seb Col) FRA 6-5
Mirsky Racing Team (Torvar Mirsky) AUS 6-5
Team Onboard (Bjorn Hansen) SWE 5-6
Waka Racing (Phil Robertson) NZL 3-8
Alvaro Marinho POR 2-9
Ian Ainslie RSA 2-9
Andrew Arbuzov RUS 2-9

Please visit www.mirskyracingteam.netfor more information.

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by Kinley Fowler