2008 WUC Match Racing: Day 1
July 3rd, 2008
Yesterday, July 2nd, Chief-Umpire of the Jury Commission Thierry Poirey signaled to begin the competition Round Robin at 10:30 am in 4th World University Match Racing Championship. There are 13 teams competing under the leadership of skippers (according to the ranking of ISAF from 25th June 2008): 1. Stanczyk Marek - Poland I (27) 2. Pasini Jacobo - Italy (34) 3. Allan Robbie – Great Britain I (75) 4. Oehne Felih - Germany (80) 5. Heintz Nicolas - France(84) 6. Ryan William – Australia (93) 7. Junior Jose – New Zealand I (108) 8. Corbett Reuben – New Zealand II (121) 9. Sawicki Rafal – Poland II (131) 10. Loe John – United States of America (142) 11. Greenfield Matt – Great Britain II (158) 12. Denervaud Nicolas – Switzerland (199) 13. Charitakis Stylianos – Greece (not classified)
One of the referees at work
The weather conditions on the Bay of Gdansk are good for the competition: wind north – easterly strength force 3 to 5, state of the sea is 2, temperature is near 17 °C, visibility is perfect and it’s sunny. The level of the competitors is very balanced. So far the world ranking of the sailors is respected with strong performances of Stanczyk (POL) and Pasini (ITA). The sailors of the southern hemisphere are also performing very strong taking the lead in their pool: Junior, Corbett (NZL) and Ryan (AUS) share the first spot with the two Europeans. But we’re only in the first half of theRound Robin to qualify for the quarter finals. Today, Thursday July 3rd, the competitors will end the preliminary rounds.
