HOME WIN FOR WOMEN’S WMRT DENMARK
Rungsted, Denmark (10 September 2024) Danish skipper Camilla Ulrikkeholm and team made it a home win on Sunday winning the Danish stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour season. Ulrikkeholm defeated fellow Danish finalist Lea Vogelius and team 3-0 in the final to secure victory. The event was hosted by the Royal Danish Yacht Club in Rungsted Harbour, approximately 25km north of Copenhagen.
Unusually hot September weather welcomed the ten all-female teams representing 11 nations for Stage 5 of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour at the Royal Danish Yacht Club’s Rungsted Harbour location from 5-8 September.
After a break in competitive match racing for the last several years, Ulrikkeholm, a former winner of multiple women’s world tour events, marked her return to match racing in style with her crew of Sara Keir Wright, Line Mørfebjerg Fischer, Maria Juul, Louise Ulrikkeholm Bredvig and Lærke Ilsø Nørgaard. Completing the podium was Denmark’s Lea Vogelius in 2nd place, and Australia’s Brooke Wilson finishing in 3rd place representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
“We are lost for words … it has just been amazing to be back on the water and match racing and we are thrilled to have won the event” commented Ulrikkeholm.
Narrowly missing out on her first Women’s World Match racing Tour podium was Sweden’s Martina Carlsson and her Beyond Racing Team who were competing in Denmark in only their second Tour event. After qualifying into the quarter-finals, Carlsson and her crew of Klara Utterström, Amanda Ljunggren, Elin Sevedag, Ebba Berntsson and Hedvig Hedström defeated Julia Aartsen’s Team Out of the Box from the Netherlands in an impressive straight 3 wins, advancing the team to the semi-finals against Camilla Ulrikkeholm.
“Denmark delivered four incredible days for us” commented Carlsson. “We’ve only done one race on the tour before this, so we came to the event to learn as much as possible, and we are excited to have reached the semi-finals. We look forward to training for the 2025 season!”
The Women’s World Match Racing Tour heads to Bermuda for its final stage of the 2024 season, the Bermuda Women’s Trophy from 29 October-3 November which will be staged alongside the 72nd Bermuda Gold Cup, the penultimate stage of the 2024 Open World Match racing Tour. Both events are hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
Final results – Women’s WWMRT Denmark 2024
1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm Klinkby (DEN) - Sara Keir Wright, Line Mørfebjerg Fischer, Maria Juul, Louise Ulrikkeholm Bredvig, Lærke Ilsø Nørgaard.
2. Lea Vogelius (DEN) - Josefine Boel Rasmussen, Annette Strøm Jacobsen, Sille Christensen, Helle Møller Hansen, Joan Hansen
3. Brooke Wilson (AUS)/ Amphitrite Racing - Tiana Wittey, Megan Thomson, Rosie Rowell, Jade Gavin, Serena Woodall
4. Martina Carlssson (SWE) / Beyond Racing
5. Julia Aartsen (NED) / Team Out of the Box
6. Julia D’Amodio (FRA) / Shark Caviar Team
7. Kristine Mauritzen (DEN) / Those Seagulls
8. Bridget Groble (USA) / Bow Down Racing
9. Nicole Hemeryck (IRL)
10. Louise K Olesen (DEN)
View the full results here
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Women’s World Match Racing Tour 2024 (Updated 22 Mar 2024):
STAGE 3 – NORMANDY MATCH CUP, LE HAVRE, FRANCE, (J/80) 17-20 MAY
STAGE 4 – NORDEA WOMENS TROPHY – MATCH CUP SWEDEN, MARSTRAND, SWEDEN, (FAREAST 28) 1-6 JULY
STAGE 5 – KDY WOMEN’S MATCH RACE, ROYAL DANISH YACHT CLUB, RUNGSTED, DENMARK, (DS 37) 5-8 SEPT
STAGE 6 – BERMUDA WOMEN’S TROPHY, HAMILTON, BERMUDA, (IOD) 29 OCT – 3 NOV
About Women’s World Match Racing Tour
The Women’s World Match Racing Tour was launched in 2022 to continue the hugely successful legacy of the WIM Series (Women’s International Match Racing Series) providing a global match racing series for female sailors. The name of the series was re-launched as the Women’s World Match Racing Tour with its continued mission to expand and strengthen global match racing and promote opportunities for competitive women’s sailing at every level. The Women’s World Match Racing Tour is the world’s first and only professional sailing series for women providing a valuable pathway for aspiring female world champions in the sport of sailing. womenswmrt.com
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