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Local Hero Gunwoo Beats Gilmour As Richard, Minoprio And Williams Lead
Park GunWoo
Gyeonggi, South Korea: The world was welcomed today to South Korea's Province of Gyeonggi, host to the ISAF World Match Racing Tour's 3rd Stage of 2010. The global sailing series is bringing the world to Gyeonggi and Gyeonggi to the world by profiling this ambitious venue as an elite match race destination.
Patrick Lim, Executive Chairman, ISAF World Match Racing Tour, accepted thanks from the Governor of Gyeonggi and highlighted Korea Match Cup as the biggest event on the 2010 Tour programme, "Stage 3 is a high profile event in the Tour annually attracting 300,000 spectators to watch some of the world's top America's Cup teams in action. Global fans will also be able to experience the action via live television coverage reaching 600 million households and live internet newsfeeds going to over 183 countries".
Racing started after the formalities with a light breeze which saw slow tactical boat manoeuvres by the top helms. It was definitely a day for demonstrating the power of the local hero after Park GunWoo (KOR) Busan Match Team, noted as an 'unknown quantity' previous to Korea Match Cup, stole the limelight from esteemed match racer Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing. GunWoo, wildcard entry to Korea Match Cup, has racing experience in dinghy fleets but only started the match racing discipline in November 2009.
The big names that have dominated the first two Stages of the 2010 Tour; Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/Black Match Racing and Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar have continued their consistency into Korea Match Cup all winning 3 out of 3 races on the first day's racing.
Day 1: Current Round Robin Standings
Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team, 3-0
Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing, 3-0
Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar, 3-0
Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzurra, 2-1
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Gill Global Team, 2-1
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team, 1-2
Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing, 1-2
Bertrand Pacé (FRA) Aleph Sailing Team, 1-2
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team, 1-2
Park GunWoo (KOR) Busan Match, 1-2
Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Italia, 0-3
Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing Team, 0-3
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