The battle today at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta Women’s Match Racing Event was for the final eight teams that qualified for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and 5-8 sail-offs.

Quarter-finals:
Claire Leroy (FRA) beat Katie Spithill (AUS) - 3-0
Lucy Macgregor (GBR) beat Lucinda Whitty (AUS) 3-1
Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) beat Anna Kjellberg (SWE) 3-0
Renee Groeneveld (NED) beat Mary Rook (GBR) 3-0

Semi-finals:
Lucy Macgregor beat Claire Leroy 3-2
Renee Groeneveld beat Anna Tunnicliffe 3-1

Lower Placings:
5th- Katie Spithill (AUS)
6th - Mary Rook (GBR)
7th - Lucinda Whitty (AUS)
8th - Anna Kjellberg (SWE)
9th - Julie Bossard (FRA)
10th - Silja Lehtinen (FIN)
11th - Silke Hahlbrock (GER)
12th - Mandy Mulder (NED)
13th - Genevieve Tulloch (USA)
14th - Linda Rahm (SWE)
15th - Charlotte Lawrence (GBR)
16th - Trine Abrahamsen (DEN)
17th - Silvia Roca (GER)
18th - Ekaterina Skudina (RUS)
19th - Juliana Senftt (BRA)
20th - Katie Archer (GBR)
21st - Paula Lewin (BER)
22nd - Anne Le Helley (FRA)
23rd - Ulrike Schuemann (GER)
24th - Ida Nielsen (DEN)

Tomorrow sees Britain’s Lucy Macgregor (with crew Annie Lush and Ally Martin) face Renee Groeneveld (with crew Annemieke Bes and Brechtje van der Werf) of the Netherlands in the best of five final of the Match racing. France’s Claire Leroy (with crew Elodie Bertrand and Marie Riou) and Anna Tunnicliffe (with crew Molly Vandemoer and Alice Manard) of the USA battle for bronze in the petit final.