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World Match Racing Tour Announces 2010 Tour Card Holders
London, UK: The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced the names of the nine Tour Card Holders for the 2010 season.
After developing the invite policy introduced in 2009, the WMRT has allocated the Tour Cards for 2010 to:
Adam Minoprio (NZL) BlackMatch - ISAF Match Racing World Champion (2009)
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team - Finished 2nd in 2009
Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin - Finished 3rd in 2009
Francesco Bruni (ITA) Team Azzura
Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Global Team
Bertrand Pace (FRA) Aleph Sailing Team
Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team
Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar
The Tour Invite Policy, first introduced in 2009, will guarantee the Tour Card holders invites to six of the first nine events but they can compete in more events if they are able to secure wild card invites from the individual event promoters.
For teams that did not receive a Tour Card, there are still opportunities to race on the WMRT through event wild cards or through the events that make up the Tour Qualifying Series that feed into the World Tour events.
Tour Standings in 2009
1. Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing 138 Points
2. Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 97 Points
3. Ben Ainslie, (GBR) Team Origin 95 Points
4. Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR 93 Points
5. Mathieu Richard (FRA), French Match Racing Team 89 Points
6. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar 83 Points
7. Sebastien Col, (FRA) All4One 55 Points
8. Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team 48 Points
2010 Tour Schedule
1. April 6 - 11, Mondial Match Race Marseille, France
2. May 19 - 24, Match Race Germany Langenargen, Germany
3. June 8 - 13, Korea Match Cup Gyeonggi, Korea
4. June 22 - 27, Portugal Match Cup Troia, Portugal
5. July 5 - 11, Match Cup Sweden Marstrand, Sweden
6. August 31 - September 5, St Moritz Match Race St Moritz, Switzerland
7. September 8 - 12, Danish Open Bornholm, Denmark
8. September 21-26, Vietnam Match Cup Nha Trang, Vietnam
9. October 4 - 10, Argo Group Gold Cup Hamilton, Bermuda
10. November 30 - December 5, Monsoon Cup K. Terengganu, Malaysia
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