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5 June 2006, 08:22 am

GILMOUR Clinches Third Tour And Fourth World Title

World Match Racing Tour

Peter GILMOUR (AUS) clinched his third consecutive World Match Racing Tour Championship and fourth ISAF Match Racing World Championship by advancing to the final round of the ISAF Grade 1 Match Race Germany, stage seven of eight in the 2005-2006 season.

In winning the World Championship GILMOUR, the 46 year old from Perth, Western Australia, won a BMW X3 3.0i, from Tour partner BMW AG, and a $30,000 bonus from the World Tour.

The World Tour and ISAF recently joined forces to award the Match Racing World Championship together with the Tour Championship. Besides winning the past two Tour Championships, GILMOUR previously won the ISAF Worlds in 1990, 1997 and 1998.

'The thing that's significant about this year is the merger between the World Tour and ISAF,' said GILMOUR. 'The fact that not only does this represent the Tour Championship but also an ISAF Worlds is exciting.'

'Many congratulations on claiming the inaugural World Championship title and your continued dominance of the World Match Racing Tour,' said ISAF President Göran PETERSSON (SWE). 'The skill and teamwork of the PST are demonstrated yet again by your supremacy throughout the World Tour events.'

Three In A Row

GILMOUR won the 2003-2004 World Tour Championship (then the Swedish Match Tour) going away. He set records for most cumulative points, most total points and margin of victory, among others.

Four-time World Champion Peter
GILMOUR
© Richard WALCH/World Match Racing
Tour

He followed it up last year with a thrilling, come from behind victory. Down 23 points halfway through the season, GILMOUR won three of the last four stages and sealed the championship in the quarter-final round of the final stage.

'They've been three very different championships,' said GILMOUR. 'This one is unusual for winning with the least amount of points possible.'

GILMOUR leads the Tour standings with 63 points, which could increase to 88 or 83 points depending on whether he finishes first or second in today's Match Race Germany final. There is one stage still remaining on the Tour, the ISAF Grade 1 Toscana Elba Cup from 11-19 July, so he has the chance to surpass 100 points for the third straight year.

GILMOUR secured the title by winning his Match Race Germany semi-final match against Ian WILLIAMS (GBR).

World Match Racing Tour Leaderboard
(After 6 of 8 Stages)

Pos	Skipper	Nation	ISAF World Match Race Ranking	Team	Pts
1	Peter GILMOUR	AUS	1	PST	63
2	Ben AINSLIE	GBR	32	Emirates Team New Zealand	45
3	Staffan LINDBERG	FIN	13	Alandia Sailing Team	37
4	Ed BAIRD	USA	3	Alinghi	32
4	Gavin BRADY	NZL	14	Beau Geste Sailing Team	32
6	Peter HOLMBERG	ISV	24	Alinghi	29
7	Ian WILLIAMS	GBR	6	Williams Sail Racing	28
8	James SPITHILL	AUS	2	Luna Rossa	25
8	Jesper BANK	DEN	65	United Internet Team Germany	25
8	Dean BARKER	NZL	12	Emirates Team New Zealand	25
8	Johnie BERNTSSON	SWE	20	Team Semcon	25
8	Björn HANSEN	SWE	11	Team Apport.net	25

World Match Racing Tour Schedule
(2005-2006 Season)

Stage	Event	Venue	Date
Stage 1	PTPortugal Match Cup*	Cascais, Portugal	19-24 July 2005
Stage 2	Danish Open*	Copenhagen, Denmark	10-14 August 2005
Stage 3	St. Moritz Match Race*	St. Moritz, Switzerland	16-21 August 2005
Stage 4	Monsoon Cup*	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	29 November-4 December 2005
Stage 5	Brasil Sailing Cup	Angra dos Reis, Brazil	14-19 March 2006
Stage 6	ACI Adris Match Race Cup	Rovinj, Croatia	23-28 May 2006
Stage 7	Match Race Germany	Langenargen, Germany	1-5 June 2006
Stage 8	Toscana Elba Cup	Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Italy	11-16 July 2006

* Originally contested as part of the Swedish Match Tour

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