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We had a great start to the day as we stopped into the local patisserie to top up on morning pain au chocolate. We arrived at the club 40 minutes early, Claudia was particularly eager as today was the day that quarters were decide and thus our final two races in the round robin were particularly important. The morning breeze was still up as we arrived but began to drop as we waited for the rest of the less eager fleet to arrive. The rest of the morning followed a dying land breeze which fought against the see breeze which finally filled in from 2pm and built all afternoon.
We had two races left to sail in the round robin. Our first match was against the French Morgan Fontaine. We had a great start off the line but in the shifty wind she managed to sneak past us. We had some fantastic communication and breeze calling on the downwind and rounded the bottom mark ahead of her. We held a loose cover on her throughout the first lap while stretching our lead and crossed the finish line first.
Our second race was against World Champion Anna Kjellberg. We crossed the start line just ahead of her and maintained our lead through the race to secure our second win of the day, finishing 7th overall in the round robin.
The best of three quarter finals started in good breeze across the course. Klaartje Zuiderbaahn choose to race us in the quarters which started off with an intensive pre-start. A tight race ensued with many lead changes, but unfortunately we got caught up in another race at our final top mark and were not given the room we were entitled to. We won the protest against the other boat but it wasn't enough to recover the lost ground in our race. We had another great start in second race and were totally in control but one critical mistake put us behind and we were unable to recover from there.
Lots of lessons were learn't, we are so close to the top couple of teams and are looking forward to Sweden in 2 weeks to prove all we have learn't.
Infinity Racing
Claudia, Suzy, Ellen and Niamh
Vannes Trophy Final Results
Results in the final of the Women’s Match Race Golfe du Morbihan:
Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN – Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED 3 – 0
Results in the petit final of the Women’s Match Race Golfe du Morbihan:
Anna Kjellberg, SWE – Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA 1 – 1
Results in the semi finals of the Women’s Match Race Golfe du Morbihan:
Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN – Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA 3 – 0
Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED – Anna Kjellberg, SWE 3 – 2
Final results of the Women’s Match Race Golfe du Morbihan, the second stage of the 2014 WIM Series (skipper name, country, prize money, WIM Series points):
1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN, 2 475 €, 25
2. Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED, 1 275 €, 22
3. Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA, 975 €, 20
4. Anna Kjellberg, SWE, 750 €, 16
5. Annabel Vose, GBR, 675 €, 15
6. Morgane Fountaine, FRA, 600 €, 14
7. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 450 €, 13
8. Claudia Pierce, NZL, 300 €, 12
9. Pauline Courtois, FRA, 0 €, 10
10. Lucie Scheiwiller, FRA, 0 €, 8
11. Rajaa Al Owaisi, OMA, 0 €, 6
12. Anastasia Guseva, RUS, 0 €, 4
