(As translated form the event website: www.nauticopuntalagoa.com)

MARGARITA CAMESELLE LEADER AFTER DAY ONE IN VIGO, SPAIN

Spectacular start of the crew of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, who runs the Margaret Cameselle Vigo. After the first day of the Caixanova Women Match Race organized by the Club Náutico Punta Lagoa, with Grade 1 scoring round for the World Circuit this specialty Olympics, the Spanish garnered four wins in five games. Their victims: the second Spanish crew of Tamara Echegoyen, the Italians, the Portuguese Rita Goncalves (number 20 in the world ranking) and the Swedish Hagström Karin, one of the best specialists in the old continent. With these results, Spain A Vigo with Margarita Cameselle as patron, leads the provisional overall, tied on points with Sweden, so the possibility of reaching the semifinals, which was the objective of the Spanish Olympic Team coach, Paul Maes, seems more accessible.

Generally little wind in the morning, with a serious organizational problem, as the Principal Race Officer Joao Alen The Lusitanian not come to Vigo suffering from illness, which caused the day before yesterday was hospitalized. His job was to supply what the Vigo Secundino Cigarrán that was very well. Until noon only took place six. In opening the irregular French Julie Bossard Hagström Karin fell to Sweden, and later imposed on Tamara Echegoyen. Sweden in turn melted smoothly with Rita Gonçalves of Portugal at the helm and the Portuguese in the next meeting were imposed on Italy by Cristiana Monina. The last two matches before the first suspension for lack of wind, were for Margaret Cameselle, which balances with victories over Monina and Echegoyen.

After a hiatus of more than two hours, and already with a wind of 10 knots from the west, were resumed in sleeves that fell to the French Margaret Bossard, and that would involve only loss of the day of the good landlady Vigo. From there a new victory for the Swedes to the Spanish Exchegoyen Tamara, who could certainly their only victory over Rita Goncalves. Otherwise he arrived on the stroke of half past six o’clock when facing the last games of the opening day, Rita Gonçalves and Bossard (won the Lusitanian) and Sweden against Spain. In those moments Sweden take 4 of 4, while Cameselle 3 of 4. Victory of the girls at Vigo, perched them provisionally in general.

Caixanova Women Match Race-trial classification
SPAIN 1 (Marga Cameselle) 4 win in 5 matches, 2nd SWEDEN (Karin Hagström) 4 of 5, 3 º FRANCE (Julie Bossard) 2 of 5, 4 º ITALY (Cristiana Monina) 1 of 4, 5 SPAIN (Tamara Echegoyen) 1 4 and 6 º PORTUGAL (Rita Gonçalves) 2 of 5.