Silver at Sail for Gold
Written by Lucy Macgregor | 13 June 2011
After a tough week competing at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, Weymouth and Portland the Match Race Girls finished with an impressive silver medal. Check out their thoughts below on the final medal race...
It wasn’t quite our day today in the match racing finals at Skandia Sail for Gold, losing to Anna Tunnicliffe 3–0.
Our first start was very close, with both teams coming to the line early, we thought we’d made a good start and gained the dominant right hand side, but unfortunately we were judged to be over and had to restart, trailing by some margin for the rest of the match. The second and third matches were very close, but we didn’t manage to nail the starts and although always threatening we couldn’t pass to take a race win.
While we’re disappointed with the defeat in the finals today, overall we’re very pleased to come away with a medal here on home waters in the biggest test yet at the 2012 venue.
We’re delighted to also have been confirmed entry to the official Olympic Test Event which will be held in Weymouth & Portland in August, where only the top 12 nations will be permitted to send a single team, as it will be in the Olympics next year. So we now two more months of training to turn that Silver into a Gold!
Many thanks for all the support we’ve received this week, both from our sponsors, supporters, and friends and family cheering us on.
The Match Race Girls