The Women's Match Racing World Championship Begins Tomorrow

Eleven teams from around the world have arrived in Ekaterinburg, Russia to compete in the Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2018. Racing will begin on the Verkh-Isetskiy pond tomorrow.

Today the teams arrived to beautiful sailing conditions, completed the registration and spent the afternoon practicing on the water.

Defending Champions Lucy Macgregor and her Team Mac from Great Britain are looking forward to the opportunity to defend their title. 

The list of participants of the Championship:
– Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team – France  
Pauline  Courtois, Maëlenn  Lemaître,  Louise Acker,  Nathalie  Corson, Sophie  Faguet  
– L2 Match Racing  Team – Finland  
Marinella Laaksonen, Daniela Rönnberg, Marianna Kontulainen, Eva-Lotta  
Hokkonen
– Team  Kattnakken – Denmark  
Trine Palludan, Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen, Louise Ulrikkeholm Bredvig, Joan Wester Hansen  
– Swiss Women Match Racing Team – Switzerland  
Alexa Bezel, Fiona Testuz, Manon Kivell, Nicole Bolliger  
– Team Mac – Great Britain  
Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush, Nicky Walsh, Kate Macgregor  
– Athena Racing – Great Britain  
Octavia Owen, Ruby Riggs, Amber Riggs, Hebe Hemming  
– Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team – France  
Margot Vennin, Marie Zugolaro, Juliette Dubreuil, Adèle Marévéry, Sophonie Affagard
– APCC Women Sailing Team – France  
Margot Riou, Clémentine Hilaire, Caroline Vandame, Tiphaine Ragueneau
– ProKaTeam Sailing Team – Russia  
Ekaterina Kochkina, Svetlana Sidorova, Anastasia Gladysheva, Antonina Tikhonova
– BERGAUF Sailing Team – Russia  
Milena Laverycheva, Olga Ivanova, Ksenia Trushkina, Tatyana Razumova  
– BornToSail – Russia  
Alexandra Martynova, Liudmila Dmitrieva, Anastasia Shcheglova, Yana Stokolesova

The teams were greeted by a bright and sunny day with good racing wind as the teams practiced in the Ricochet-747 boats. While the three Russian teams were already familiar with the boats, the foreign teams took the opportunity to get familiar with local venue, racing area and boats.  
 
Tomorrow the first start is planned at 10:00.
 
In the evening after racing the Opening Ceremony of the Women’s Match Racing World Championship will be held together with opening of the new building of the Gubernskiy Yacht Club Komatek. 

You can follow the news on the event webpage: http://2018wmrwc.komatek-club.ru/