OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE ROCCO ATTILI AND ERIC MONNIN ARE JUST ONE POINT FAR AWAY FROM THE FINAL

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Lake Ledro, 24 June 2023 – It was a great day on the Ledro Lake where the OM International Ledro Match Race is underway, an event organized by the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro valid as sixth stage of the World Match Racing Tour. Actually, the weather conditions allowed Fabio Barrasso, PRO of the event, to complete the Round Robin and start the semifinals.

Today matches have reshuffled the rankings that emerged at the end of the first day, promoting to the next round Rocco Attili (8-2, 80%), winner of the qualifying round, Eric Monnin (8-2, 80%), Vladimir Lipavsky ( 8-2, 80%) and Jeffrey Petersen (6-4, 60%).

For Attili, the only Italian in the race, today was one that will never be forgotten, given the excellent series of ten consecutive victories: after the eight victories lined up in the Round Robin, the Italian talent won two more races in the semifinal sailed against Jeffrey Petersen. The duel expected to be at the best of five, was suspended due to lack of wind on the situation of double advantage for the Italian team.

In the other semifinal, also suspended after the first two matches have been played, the situation appears equally clear: Eric Monnin, 2022 European Champion and number one seeded, is in fact ahead two to zero compared to Vladimir Lipavsky.

Scrolling through the provisional standings the fifth place is for Robbie McCutcheon (6-4, 60%) who, after a good start missed the qualification due to the defeat suffered in the match with Jeffrey Petersen. Sixth is Timothee Rossi (5- 5, 50%), followed by Mati Sepp (5-5, 50%), Ruairi Finnegan (3-7, 30%), Damian Michelier (3-7, 30%), Martin Allix (1-9, 10%) and Ted Blowers (1-9, 10%). The latter positions are to be considered provisional and will be defined tomorrow with the King of the Castle, which will be followed by the last matches valid for the semifinals and the finals.

In order not to leave anything to chance, the Race Committee has set the start of the final day for 9 am.

Once the OM International Ledro Match Race at the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro has concluded, there will be no time to rest, given that the EUROSAF Match Racing Women Open European Championship will already begin on June 27th, destined to end on the afternoon of the 30th.

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OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE A GREAT START FOR JEFFREY PETERSEN, VLADIMIR LIPAVSKY E ROBBIE MCCUTCHEON

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Ledro Lake – The instability of the weather slowed down the Round Robin’s flights of the OM International Ledro Match Race, an event valid as sixth stage of the World Match Racing Tour which began today on the Ledro Lake and organized by Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro with the support of World Sailing and of the Italian Sailing Federation.
The long hours spent between the buoys, necessary to wait the settling of the wind, were reflected in the dispute of just four flights that promoted the American Jeffrey Petersen (3-0, 100%) and the Israeli Vladimir Lipavsky (3-0, 100%) to the top of the rankings. New Zealander Robbie McCutcheon also did well (3-1, 75%), and he was the only one to compete in four regattas, three of which he won.
Behind Petersen, Lipavsky and McCutcheon a small furrow has already been created given that none of the pursuers has collected two points and all of them have at least one defeat. At present, completing the top six are Ruairi Finnegan (1-1, 50%), the European Champion Eric Monnin (1-1, 50%), surprisingly beaten by the Irishman Finnegan, and Mati Sepp (1-1, 50% ).
A situation that is still too “unripe” and that will begin to take shape tomorrow, when, starting at 9AM, the bows will return to cross with the aim of completing the Round Robin.
Once the OM International Ledro Match Race has concluded at the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro there will be no time to rest, given that the EUROSAF Match Racing Women Open European Championship will already begin on June 27th, destined to end on the afternoon of the 30th.

OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE STARTED WITH THE OPENING CEREMONY

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Sober, participated and followed by a rich buffet: the Opening Ceremony, held in the late afternoon at the clubhouse of the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro, formally kicked off the twelfth edition of the OM International Ledro Match Race, an event valid as the sixth stage of the World Match Racing Tour, a circuit reserved for the best interpreters of one-on-one in a sailing.
During the ceremony, moderated by Mauro Melandri, the president of the AVLL, Giorgio Goggi, and the club’s councilor in charge of sport, Camilla Baruzzi, introduced the Regatta Officials, who will be coordinated by the Principal Race Officer, Fabio Barrasso, and by the Chief Umpire, Martin Clasen.
After the speeches of Luca Zendri, councilor for sport and tourism of the Municipality of Ledro, and Domenico Foschini, councilor of the Italian Sailing Federation for match racing, all the eleven skippers were introduced who, from 10 tomorrow morning, will give life to the first matches valid for the Round Robin which will promote the first four to the next phase of the event.
Protagonists of the OM International Ledro Match Race 2023 will be Eric Monnin (number 5, Switzerland), Damien Michelier, (8, France), Mati Sepp (13, Estonia), Rocco Attili (15, Italy), Jeffrey Petersen (16, USA ), Timothée Rossi (17, France) and Ted Blowers (18, England), Ruairi Finnegan (34, Iranda), Robert Mccutcheon (46, New Zealand), Martin Allix (79, France) and Vladimir Lipavsky (Israel).
Great satisfaction was expressed by the president of the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro, Giorgio Goggi: “With today’s opening, a very important event begins for Ledro Lake: we have been organizing the OM International Ledro Match Race for twelve years now and we are proud to see it now is permanently included in the World Match Racing Tour calendar. It is a world-class circuit and this means that, over the next few days, there will be an international audience of sailing and match racing enthusiasts.
Once the OM International Ledro Match Race at the AVLL has concluded, there will be no time to rest, given that the EUROSAF Match Racing Women Open European Championship will already begin on June 27th, destined to end on the afternoon of the 30th.

LEDRO MATCH RACE EVENT 2023

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Poland is leading the second stage, tomorrow last races

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A complicated day on Lake Ledro, where the unexpected withdrawal of the breeze prevented the completion of the races valid for League C, the Round Robin that is involving the eight teams qualified for the Gold Fleet, used to define the draw of the semifinals and the places from the fifth to the eighth.

With eight matches still to be held, the group is led by Poland, capable of winning four of the five duels in which it has been engaged, including those at the top against Italy and Spain. Successes that have projected the Polish team to the top of the provisional ranking, with 18 points, deriving from the sum of the results of the Round Robin which opened the event organized by the Vela Lago di Ledro Association and in the aforementioned League C.

The Italian team went through a not so easy day: after the success with Germany and Croatia was beaten by Poland, Turkey and Greece: a roadmap that cost the advantage obtained by winning the Round Robin and the consequent sliding to third place of the provisional standings, albeit on the equal – 16 points – with Turkey, currently second thanks to the victory obtained in the direct match.

To occupy the fourth place of the ranking, the last valid to conquer a place in the semifinals, it is Spain who, thanks to its 14 points, is called to defend 1.5 lengths of advantage over Greece.

At the same time, part of the races valid for the League D took place, that is for the Silver Fleet which aim to define the positions between the eighth and the sixteenth and where to indicate the way, at the moment, are Switzerland and Israel.

Supported by the Cassa Rurale del Ledro, the Optimist European Team Racing Championship will end tomorrow in the face of particularly heavy weather conditions. The Race Committee is hoping for a manageable situation to complete League C and League D and then proceed to the semi-finals and finals.

However, it should be emphasized that to make the second part of the event valid and assign the continental title, taking into account today’s results, it will be at least essential to complete the flights of the two Leagues. If the weather conditions make it impossible to dispute the remaining tests, the title will be awarded on the basis of the Italian round that opened the event and which, for the record, was won by Italy.

Results League C

Results League D

Photogallery Day 3

 

 

OPTIMIST EUROPEAN TEAM RACING CHAMPIONSHIP – ITALY WINS THE OPENING ROUND ROBIN

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Lago di Ledro – The favorable weather conditions allowed the completion of the qualifying round of the Optimist European Team Racing Championship, an event organized by the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro. An important step, because the ranking gained at the end of the Round Robin will count as the final ranking if external factors – such as the vagaries of the weather – were to prevent the completion of the final stages of the event.
To conquer the Round Robin, with a partial of thirteen wins and two defeats, was Italy (Emilia Salvatore, Enrico Coslovich, Aurora Ambroz and Leandro Scialpi) who anticipated Poland by one point, already in evidence during the opening day, and Spain which is called to defend the title won last year.
A slight decline, on the other hand, for Turkey which, first at the end of the opening day, struggled to confirm itself on the same levels and finished the Round Robin in fourth place, contrasting ten wins to five defeats.
In addition to the aforementioned teams, Germany, Greece, Croatia and France also obtained the qualification for the Gold Fleet while in the Silver Fleet, therefore out of the games valid for overall success, Croatia, France, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Israel, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Great Britain.
Taking advantage of the last puffs of a now dying breeze, the Race Committee chaired by Fabio Barrasso has completed the first flights valid for the League C, or the Round Robin that engages the teams entered in the Gold Fleet for the purpose of the four semifinalists. The first partials rewarded the Polish and German sailors, skilled in winning both regattas in which they were protagonists, while Italy, Spain, Turkey and Croatia ended the day with a score of one victory and one defeat.
Supported by the Cassa Rurale del Ledro, the Optimist European Team Racing Championship will resume tomorrow morning at 10.30 with the aim of defining the semi-final draw while teams from 5 to 16 will race in 3 different round robins, useful for defining the positions including fifth and sixteenth.

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Results Stage 1

Provisional Results Stage 2

 

On Day 1 Team Turkey show the way but Italy and Poland are really close

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Ledro Lake, 24th August 2022 –
The first day valid for the Optimist European Team Racing Championship, an event organized by Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro in collaboration with the Italian Sailing Federation and IODA (International Opti Dinghy Association), is just over. The sixteen teams present on the Ledro waters, for a total of sixty-four athletes, were engaged in more than sixty-five matches. An almost frenzied pace, made possible on the one hand by the favorable weather conditions, and on the other by the excellent work done by the Race Committee, coordinated by an always attentive Fabio Barrasso.
Team Turkey, which won all seven matches sailed, is the first hour leader with a 100% score. In the provisional ranking the Turkish representative is followed by Italy and Poland, paired thanks to a score of eight victories and one defeat. Italy was beaten just by Team Nederlands, while the Polush gave way to the Italian team who count on the reigning European champion Emilia Salvatore, Enrico Coslovich, Aurora Ambroz and Leandro Scialpi.
“It was an excellent day of sailing, well interpreted by the guys who, despite the long hours spent in the water, managed to keep their concentration high and to collect important points in view of the continuation of this long and articulated event” explained the Italian team principal, Maurizio Scrazzolo.
Rounding out the top five are Germany, fourth with six wins, and the pair made by Spain, favorite of the day before as defending champion, and Greece, which have collected five victories.
Supported by Cassa Rurale del Ledro, the Optimist European Team Racing Championship will resume tomorrow morning at 10.30 with the declared goal of completing the qualifying round by heading the remaining fifty-eight matches.

OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE DAMIAN MICHELIER IS THE WINNER OF THE 11TH EDITION

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Even during the final day of the OM International Ledro Match Race, valid for the World Match Racing Tour, the weather did not betray expectations: the Ora, although weaker and unstable than Friday and Saturday, allowed the Race Committee chaired by Fabio Barrasso to complete the program set by the Notice of Race.
The winner was the French skipper Damian Michelier (with him Thomas Galliache and Hugo Roche) who, having beaten a comeback James Pinder (Arthur henderson and Jamie Webb) in the semifinal (3-2), struggled less than expected to regulate a combative Will Boulden (Nicholas Conor and Mashlan Connor), who reached the final yesterday evening thanks to the success obtained on the Polish Igor Tarasiuk (Krzysztof Mazecki and Rafal Kuszka), who nevertheless had the satisfaction of getting on the third step of the podium thanks to the success he had on Pinder in the little final.
In the meantime, through a series of direct matches, the lower part of the ranking had been defined, with Rocco Attili (with him Ludovico Mori and Giulio Tamburini) ending fifth in front of Dave Hood, Mati Sepp, finished off the podium after be on it during the last three editions, Riccardo Sepe (Gianluca Perasole and Simone Tagliatela), Meghan Thomson, Jon Eriksson, Celia Willison and Jean Baptiste Bernaz.
“Il Ledro did not disappoint expectations and the same can be said of the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro: if in the first case we can say we are lucky, in the second we must be proud of the effort made during this weekend – commented Camilla Baruzzi, president of the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro, who then added – Heartfelt

congratulations

to Damian Michelier and his crew and thanks to the Race Officials who have allowed a fast and regular event. The appointment with the match race is for 2023, while now we are starting to work on the Ledro Snipe-Trofeo Renzo Gnuffi event, scheduled between 23 and 24 July, so it will be time for the European Team Race Optimist Championship, scheduled between 23 and 28 August “.

OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE – World Match Race Tour – WILL BOULDEN IS IN FINAL AND WAITS TO DISCOVER HIS OPPONENT

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The Ora was blowing on the Ledro Lake for almost all the day, permitting to the Race Committee of the OM International Ledro Match Race to complete the Round Robin and starting the semifinals, the first of which was resolved with Will Boulden’s win for three to zero on the Polish Igor Tarasiuk while the second stopped for the sudden lack of wind at two to one for Damian Michelier on James Pinder.
Before reaching the semifinals, which turned out to be fought far beyond what the partials tell, all the skippers engaged in this Grade 2 organized by the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro and valid for the ranking of the World Match Racing Tour, had finished competing in the Round Robin, who ended with the aforementioned Tarasiuk and Pinder at the top of the ranking thanks to a score of 81.8% (9 wins out of 11). They were followed by three helmsmen, all attesting to 72.7% (8 out of 11): Michelier and Boulden were in fact along with the American Dave Hood, eliminated following the confrontation of the direct regattas.
Looking at the Italian skippers, Rocco Attili finished the Round Robin in seventh position, on equal points (6-11, 54.5%) with the Estonian Mati Sepp, who finished on the podium of the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions, or the last ones helded before the stop due to the pandemic. Behind Attili was Riccardo Sepe (5-11, 45.5%).
The OM International Ledro Match Race will end tomorrow: the day will open with the completion of the semifinal matches, which will be followed by the regattas useful to determine the second part of the ranking, the final valid for the third and fourth place and the decisive one to assign the success.

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OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE – World Match Race Tour Event

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At the end of the first day of racing valid for the OM International Ledro Match Race, an event included in the World Match Racing Tour calendar, the British sailor James Pinder leads the Round Robin ranking.
The British helmsman has won all seven matches sailed and with a score equal to 100% he looks down on Italian Rocco Attili, winner of six duels out of seven (85.7%), the Polish sailor Igor Tarasiuk, winner in five of the six matches in which he was involved (83.3%) and the American Dave Hood who, with five wins out of eight (62.5%), occupies the provisional fourth place.
Forty matches were completed thanks to the tireless work of volunteers and Race Officials who, led by the President of the Race Committee Fabio Barrasso, managed to complete the daily program in just over five hours: thanks to the presence of an Ora which blew between 7 and 12 knots, proving to be quite stable in direction throughout the day.
“I was afraid that restarting the organizational machine after two years of inactivity due to the pandemic would have been more difficult, however, having solved some small technical problems, the day went smoothly and with many races completed: a small masterpiece of which I must to give credit to the working group of the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro and to the Race Officials, as well as to the favorable weather conditions, which turned out to be better than forecasts ”commented a satisfied Camilla Baruzzi, president of the ssociazione Vela Lago di Ledro.
The OM International Ledro Match Race will resume tomorrow morning: the Race Committee plans to complete the Round Robin and thus define the names of the qualifiers for the final phase of this Grade 2 valid for the World Match Racing Tour ranking. he event will end on Sunday with the dispute of the semifinals and finals.

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