Match Race Worlds
It’s been a good week for Peter Gilmour. So far he’s won the Swedish Match Cup Regatta which also gave him the top spot on the podium for the 2004-2005 Swedish Match Tour. And now, he has edged Ed Baird off the top spot on ISAF’s new match racer rankings list. This particular set of men’s ranking is particularly important because the top 11 will receive invitations to the ISAF Match Racing World Championship 2005 in Calpe, Spain from September 12-17. (The eleventh ranked sailor will get invited because number 2 ranked Ed Baird is the defending World Champion, and gets an auto-invite.)
This invitation list now includes: Ed Baird (USA) -Defending Champion; Peter Gilmour (AUS); Mathieu Richard (FRA); Russell
Coutts (NZL); Philippe Presti (FRA); Paolo Cian (ITA); Sebastien Col (FRA);James Spithill (AUS); Ian Williams (GBR); Björn Hansen (SWE); Staffan Lindberg (FIN); plus Santiago Lopez-Vazquez (ESP) who will be invited by the hosting Real Federación Española de Vela, Real Club Náutico de Calpe.
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