Radich and Baird tied

After second round robins at the Grada Trentino international match racing

Lake Garda offered one of its spectacular days of strong southerly breeze up 20-25 knots and sunshine to the ten crews competing in the Garda Trentino ISAF grade 1 open Match Race, organised by the Fraglia Vela Riva in conjunction with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).

With the local breeze 'Ora' settling in at around 10am, the Race Committee was able to complete round robin one and start round robin two. The competitors, who left the dock at 10am, returned to shore after 7pm.

Jesper Radich (Denmark), third in the latest ISAF rankings, had a very good day, scoring 8 wins and suffering only 1 loss to Paolo Cian (Italy).

Current match racing world champion Ed Baird, who climbed the rankings from third to second position with yesterday’s ISAF release, scored seven wins and lost only one match to Radich.

Mathieu Richard (France, ranked 5th), too, raced aggressively and was able to win six matches, losing only two.

In the overall results, Baird and Radich are leading, both with 11 wins and only two losses. Richard follows with 10 wins and 3 losses.

At the end of the second round robin, only the top four skippers will proceed to the semifinals. They will race against each other in a knock out series, first to score three points.

Racing will resume tomorrow morning through Saturday, 1 May.

Provisional results:

JESPER RADICH, DEN: 11 wins-2 losses
ED BAIRD, USA: 11-2
MATHIEU RICHARD, FRA: 10-3
PAOLO CIAN, ITA: 9-4
MARK CAMPBELL-JAMES, GBR: 7-6
IAN WILLIAMS, GBR: 5-8
JOHNIE BERNTSSON, SWE: 4-9
MAXIM TARANOV, RUS: 3-10
MICHAEL DUNSTAN, AUS: 3-10
ANDREW ARBUZOV, RUS: 2-11

Results by flight - Round Robin 1

Flight 7
Williams I. def. Arbuzov A.
Radich J. def. Campbell M.J.
Dunstan M. def. Bernntsson J.
Richard M. def. Taranov M.

Flight 8
Radich J. def. Arbuzov A.
Richard M. def. Dunstan M.
Baird E. def. Williams I.
Campbell M.J. def. Cian P.

Flight 9
Baird E. def. Taranov M.
Cian P. def. Bernntsson J.
Campbell M.J. def. Williams I.
Radich J. def. Richard M.

Flight 10
Campbell M.J. def. Dunstan M.
Arbuzov A. def. Taranov M.
Williams I. def. Bernntsson J.
Richard M. def. Cian P.

Flight 11
Bernntsson J. def. Taranov M.
Baird E. def. Dunstan M.
Richard M. def. Williams I.
Cian P. def. Arbuzov A.

Flight 12
Radich J. def. Baird E.

Flight 2 – re-sails from yesterday
Campbell M.J. def. Bernntsson J.
Radich J. def. Cian P.

Results of each flight - round robin two

Flight 1
Radich J. def. Taranov M.
Richard M. def. Campbell M.J.
Baird E. def. Bernntsson J.
Williams I. def. Dunstan

Flight 2
Baird def. Arbuzov A.
Dunstan M. def. Taranov
Bernntsson J. def. Campbell M.J.
Cian P. def. Radich J.

Flight 3
Campbell M.J. def. Arbuzov A.
Cian P. def. Taranov M.
Radich J. def. Williams I.
Richard M. def. Bernntsson J.

Flight 4
Cian P. def. Williams I.
Radich J. def. Dunstan M.
Richard M. def. Arbuzov A.
Baird E. def. Campbell M.J.

Flight 5
Cian P. def. Dunstan M.
Baird E. def. Richard M.
Bernntsson J. def. Arbuzov A.
Taranov M. def. Williams I.