Exciting final day Delta Lloyd Regatta 2010

It was an exciting last day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2010. The breeze picked up to about 15-18 knots, sometimes gusting up to 20 knots during the match race finals. The remaining six Medal Races were sailed and Le Berre and Macgregor had a close battle for the match racing title, won by the French trio.

Women`s Match Racing
The semi finals were raced on Sunday morning. The British team of Lucy Macgregor won 3-0 against Sofia Bekatorou (GRE) while Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA) won 3-0 against Tamara Echegoyen (ESP). Lucy Macgregor (GBR) and Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA) teams met in the finals, for the first time in the event for a best of 5.

Both teams got two races each playing the title on the last Match. After a good start Macgregor took the lead until the last leg when the French enjoyed an XL gust to sail away to the finish and collect their first Sailing world Cup victory.

The happy trio of Anne-Claire Le Berre, Alice Ponsar and Myrtille Ponge didn’t hide their joy: `This victory means a lot for us. This is the first time that a French team wins a Match-racing event in the Sailing World Cup. This is the result of all a team work and hard training over winter. It is also very special to win against the British who have been undefeated until today. We know that to win their team we needed to give it all. Our objective was to get to the semi-finals, so everything after was a bonus. Today we were confident with our manoeuvres, boat handling and speed. Our motivation did the rest.`

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Written By Corinne Mckenzie on the Delta Lloyd Regatta website.