Newport, RI (May 22, 2009) - Another spectacular sailing day greeted the sailors at the New York Yacht Club Women’s Match Racing Clinic & Regatta with a second straight day of steady southwesterly breeze. A complete second round-robin was completed, as well as the first two races in the best of five semi-finals and consolation semi-finals. Anna Tunnicliffe, with her crew of Liz Bower and the two Mollys (Carapiet and Vandemoer), finished on top after the second round-robin, winning a tie-breaker for the top seed over Sally Barkow, with her crew Nancy Haberland, Dawn Riley and Suzy Leech. Both finished with impressive 13-1 records. Genny Tulloch, with Liz Hall, Jamie Haines and Chafee Emory finished third at 10-4, while Lotte Meldegaard Pedersen, with Sille Christensen, Christina Refn and Mia Nielsen rounded out the top four with a 7-7 record.

In the semi-finals, Tunnicliffe leads Pedersen 2-0, while Barkow leads Tulloch also by 2-0. In the consolation semi-finals, 5th seed Debbie Capozzi and 8th seed Marie Crump are tied 1-1. 6th seed Liz Baylis leads 7th seed Katy Lovell 2-0.

Racing concludes on Saturday with the remaining semi-final racing, followed by the finals and petit-finals. The top U.S. team will qualify to sail in the ISAF World Cup event in Weymouth, UK in September.

Results after Round Robin 1 and 2
Round Robins W-L
Anna Tunnicliffe 13-1
Sally Barkow 13-1
Genny Tulloch 10-4
Lotte Pedersen 7-7
Debbie Capozzi 4-10
Liz Baylis 4-10
Katy Lovell 3-11
Marie Crump 2-12

Semi-Finals (first to 3 pts.)
SF1 1 vs. 4 Tunnicliffe leads Pedersen 2-0
SF2 2 vs. 3 Barkow leads Tulloch 2-0

Consolation Semi-Finals (first to 3 pts.)
SF3 5 vs. 8 Capozzi and Crump are tied 1-1
SF4 6 vs. 7 Baylis leads Lovell 2-0

For additional information:
Brad Dellenbaugh
Sailing Director
New York Yacht Club
5 Halidon Ave.
Newport, RI 02840
401-845-9633 (work)
401-846-3303 (fax)