NZ Womens Match Racing Champs: Unbreakable Tie in Round Robin 1

7:43 PM Fri 5 Mar 2010 GMT

'Katie Spithill and crew sailing in Sweden in July 2009' Dan Ljungsvik LWM Click Here to view large photo

Proving just how close the racing is, Australian's Nicky Souter and Katie Pellew (nee Spithill) plus Kiwi Stephanie Hazard are locked together at the end of Round Robin One on eight wins. The trio are so evenly matched that their eight point scores are unable to be broken, meaning they each beat all of the remaining teams.

The Race Committee for the LiveSport Telecom New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championships, and ISAF Grade 3 event, had a flawless day on the water completing the five remaining flights of Round Robin One in the morning and two flights of Round Robin Two this afternoon. It was a fantastic day on the Waitemata Harbour with 6 - 12 knot southerly all day.

At the end of the days racing the two Australian skippers were able to break away by just one point over Hazard due to her loss to Pellew in Flight Two.

Next overall on 8 points is Samantha Osborne who again had a good day on the water, only losing to the top three skippers.

Finish sailor Silja Lehtinen is in fifth place overall with six wins followed closely by Kiwi's Sara Winther and Danielle Bowater on four wins each.

Winther had a much better day winning four out of her first five matches this morning, which greatly improved her overall score of zero wins on day one.

Racing is scheduled to begin at 9.30am tomorrow (Saturday), with Flight Three of Round Robin Two.

Round Robin One

Flight Five

Pellew beat Osborne by 14s
Winther beat de Lange by 1s
Hazard beat Trudgen by 33s
Lehtinen beat Bowater by 6s
Souter beat Stuart by 1m52s

Flight Six

Winther beat Trudgen by 36s
Hazard beat Bowater by 11s
Lehtinen beat Stuart by 1m15s
Souter beat Osborne by 1m05s
Pellew beat de Lange by 58s

Flight Seven

Souter beat Lehtinen by 1m25s
Pellew beat Trudgen by 1m04s
Bowater beat de Lange by 10s
Winther beat Stuart by 33s
Hazard beat Osborne by 30s

Flight Eight

Bowater beat Trudgen by 16s
De Lange beat Stuart by 6s
Osborne beat Winther by 55s
Pellew beat Lehtinen by 1m
Hazard beat Souter by 29s

Flight Nine

Trudgen beat de Lange by 3m134s
Winther beat Bowater by 2m05s
Hazard beat Stuart by 1m52s
Osborne beat Lehtinen by 35s
Souter beat Pellew by 4s

Round Robin Two

Flight One

Osborne beat de Lange by 1m42s
Pellew beat Bowater by 22s
Hazard beat Lehtinen by 28s
Souter beat Winther by 2m17s

Flight Two

Pellew beat Hazard by 11s
Lehtinen beat Winther by 19s
Souter beat de Lange by 10s
Osborne beat Trudgen by 16s
Bowater beat Stuart by 50s

Points Table

Nicky Souter (AUS) 10 wins
Katie Pellew (AUS) 10
Stephanie Hazard (NZL) 9
Sam Osborne (NZL) 8
Silja Lehtinen (FIN) 6
Sara Winther (NZL) 4
Danielle Bowater (NZL) 4
Anita Trudgen (NZL) 3
Katie de Lange (NZL) 1
Kim Stuart (USA) 0

by Barry Davies

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Sailing

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before It's Too Late

Sailing

Overnight at Anchor: Setting Up Right

Sailing

Heaving To: Park the Boat in a Blow

Sailing

Heave-To: Sailing's Emergency Pause Button

Sailing

The Beaufort Scale: How We Learned to Rank Wind

Sailing

Reefing: Read the Signs, Act Early

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before You Must

Nearby
Bundaberg Airport, QLD	3 kn NE	30°
Windiest in Australia
Maatsuyker Island, TAS	44 kn NW	9°
Most Windless in Australia
Mount Read, TAS	Calm	1°
Hottest in Australia
Julia Creek Airport, QLD	10 kn ENE	37°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Read, TAS	Calm	1°
Wettest in Australia
Jurien Bay, WA	16.0 mm

NZ Womens Match Racing Champs: Unbreakable Tie in Round Robin 1

The Figure-8: Return to a Person Overboard

VHF Radio on the Water: Channels and Calls

Read the Wind: Judge Its Force Without a Gauge

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

Sailing Articles

Buy & Sell

2025 SIC Bayonet

2024 Armstrong Fg 80 L

2026 Harlem Peak

2023 Appletree Appleslice V3

2025 Larryfoil

2025 Duotone Spirit

2024 Appletree Appleslice V3 60L

Know before you go

Download the Seabreeze app for iOS or Android.

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support