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The Women’s Match Racing Year In Review

2011 – The Women’s Match Racing Year In Review - The Champions:
  • Rolex Miami OCR (USA) – Claire Leroy, Elodie Bertrand, Marie Riou (FRA)
  • New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships (NZL) – Olivia Powrie, Jo Aleh, Miranda Powrie, Merran Walbridge, Anita Trudgen (NZL)
  • III Campeonato de España Match Race Femenino (ESP) – Renee Groeneveld (NED)
  • 42 Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE (ESP) – Sally Barkow, Elizabeth Kratzig-Burnham, Alana O’Reilly (USA)
  • XIII Criterium Internacional de Match Race Femenino (ESP) – Anne-Claire Le Berre, Alice Ponsar, Myrtille Ponge, Sigrid Longeau, Luce Molinier (FRA)
  • 43eme Semaine Olympique Francaise (FRA) – Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush, Kate Macgregor (GBR)
  • Delta Lloyd Regatta (NED) – Renee Groeneveld, Annemieke Bes , Mijke Lievens (NED)
  • Skandia Sail For Gold (GBR) – Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi (USA)
  • 2011 Kieler Woche (GER) – Ekatarina Skudina, Elena Oblova, Elena Syuzeva (RUS)
  • Open Europeans Helsinki 2011 (FIN) – Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega, Sofia Toro (ESP)
  • Stena Match Cup Sweden ’11 (SWE) – Claire Leroy, Marie Riou, Claire Pruvot (FRA)
  • 2011 Lysekil Women’s Match (SWE) – Camilla Ulrikkeholm, Louise, Tine Kjærgaard, Joan V. Hansen, Sara Keir Wright, Josefine Boel Rasmussen (DEN)
  • Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011 (GBR) – Silja Lehtinen, Silja Kanerva, Mikaela Wulff (FIN)
  • Buddy Melges Challenge (USA) – Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Cappozi (USA)
  • Trentino Women’s Match Race (ITA) – Silke Hahlbrock, Maren Hahlbrock, Anke Lukosch (GER)
  • ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final (USA) – Claire Leroy, Elodie Bertrand, Marie Riou (FRA)
  • Santa Maria Cup (USA) – Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi, Liz Lewin (USA)
  • Busan Women’s International Match Race 2011 (KOR) – Camilla Ulrikkeholm, Christel Jappe Teglers, Josefine Boel Rasmussen, Louise Ulrikkeholm, Sara Keir Wright (DEN)
  • U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship (USA) – Sally Barkow, Elizabeth Kratzig-Burnham, Alana O’Reilly, Amanda Callahan (USA)
  • St Quay Women’s Match Racing (FRA) – Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush, Kate Macgregor (GBR)
  • Championnat de France Feminin de Match Racing (FRA) – Claire Leroy Ponsot, Elodie Bertrand, Marie Riou (FRA)
  • Ibero-American Match Racing Championship (BRA) – Renata Decnop, Gabriela Nicolino Sa, Larissa Juk (BRA)
  • 2011 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship (AUS) – Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi (USA)

The year started in Miami and ended in Perth with more than sixty women’s match racing events contested in more than twenty countries by well over a thousand sailors.

Our heartfelt thanks go out to the countless volunteers who put on these fantastic events and our hearty congratulations to the competitors who sailed.

We look forward to seeing all of you out on the water in 2012!
Posted on Dec 27, 2011 by WIMRA Press Office

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