DS 37’s set sail on the shore’s of Sweden’s Marstrand Island 29 JUNE 2009. The beautiful island of Marstrand located an hour north west of Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg, plays host to Match Cup Sweden. It was a good day for the French Teams with all four taking 2 wins. Also starting well was Torvar Mirsky, fresh from his victory at Portugal Match Cup and the runner up here last year. Current World Champion Ian Williams had a solid start to the event and returned a 2-1 scorecard for the day.
30 JUNE 2009 six quarterfinalists determined at Match Cup Sweden. Day Two of Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour saw more beautiful weather, more spectators and of course more great match racing. Today saw Peter Gilmour, Damien Iehl and Torvar Mirsky finish first, second and third respectively from Group A. They were joined by French Match Racing Team members Mathieu Richard, Philippe Presti and Magnus Holmberg from Group B. All six now qualify for the quarterfinal round which will start on Friday. The remaining teams from both groups will now go through to the repechage which will be a full round robin where each skipper will race against each other team. The top two skippers from the repechage will then go through to join the other quarter finalists. Day Two was once again dominated by the French with three members of the French Match Racing Team all through to the quarterfinals. Leading the way in Group B with 5 wins was Mathieu Richard, his only loss coming at the hands of countryman Philippe Presti. In Group A Peter Gilmour showed why he has won this event six times, losing only to the last two winners of Match Cup Sweden, Bjorn Hansen and Mattias Rahm. Joining Gilmour direct into the quarter finals was his old rival and local hero Magnus Holmberg.
