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2 March 2002, 08:34 am

The Competition Remains Open

Cassis Cup

Cassis

The second day of the ISAF Grade 1 match racing regatta taking place in Cassis, France.

The greatest number of matches was gained by Danish Jes GRAM HANSEN, 5th world rank, followed by French Philippe PRESTI, 16th world, then of French Luc PILLOT (10th) with the young Nantais Mathieu RICHARD (27th); just behind the two other French crews, François BRENAC(7ème) and Sebastien COLLAR (96ème) point. The second Robin round will see these crews competing against each other.

The first three flights of the second Robin round saw " wild combat " on water between the six best crews still in string: François BRENAC did not yield anything and won his three matches, Mathieu RICHARD won two out of three. Racing continues until 3 March.

Results After 1st Round Robin

Position	Skipper
1	Jes GRAM HANSEN
2	Philippe PRESTI
3	Luc PILLOT
4	Mathieu RICHARD
5	Sébastien COL
6	François BRENAC
7	Andrew ARBUZOV
8	Marten HEDLUND
9	Maxim TARANOV
10	Lars NORDJBERG

Cassis Cup Press/News Editor

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