BSPORT ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championships 2008 - Final
We apologize for the confusing note yesterday. Today’s will be much clearer: We won our semi-final round against Silja Lehtinen (FIN) which moved us up from 4th to 2nd and into a spot in the finals, BUT we must have played all of our puff cards and there was no wind remaining in Waitemata Harbour and the finals were cancelled, so Claire Leroy and her crew from France defended their World title and the San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team finished in second. Sure, we’re disappointed that we did not have a chance sail for the championship, but we were very happy to move up from Friday’s 8th place to Sunday’s second place. We saw typical Auckland weather – “If you don’t like the weather wait five minute and it will change.” We saw the whole range of conditions this week and tried to take advantage where we could.
The final results from the 2008 Worlds:
1st – Claire Leroy (FRA)
2nd – Liz Baylis (USA)
3rd – Silja Lehtinen (FIN)
4th – Josie Gibson (GBR)
5th Katie Spithill (AUS)
6th Silke Hahlbrok (GBR)
7th Nicky Souter (AUS)
8th Jess Smyth (NZL)
9th Christelle Philippe (FRA)
10th Lotte Medldgaard (DEN)
11th Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN)
12th Sabrina Gurioli (ITA)
13th Jan Dawson (NZL)
14th Gemma Farrell (GBR)
We would like to thank a lot of people: Our family who stayed home and let us travel to these events (Todd, Dave, Anna, and Jed), our family who travelled with us (Boots, Andy, and Nicole), our families who took care of us on this trip (Wendy, Zetta, Paul, Phil, Karen, Taylor), our coaches (Jeff Madrigali, Mark Ivey, and Michael Dunstan), our adopted coaches in New Zealand (Traks Gordon and Harold Bennett) and, of course, our sponsors and supporters and the Belvedere Cove Foundation back home! THANK YOU!
Thanks for all of your support!
Cheers,
Liz, Karina, Lee, and Suzy
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team