Skippers holding Tour Cards are allocated five events, their best four scores plus Monsoon Cup result will determine their finishing position
With the 2012 season of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour well underway, the leaderboard will start to tell the story of who’s hot and who’s not in the race for ISAF Match Racing World Championship glory.
This season, skippers holding Tour Cards are allocated five of the first eight Tour events throughout the season. Of these five outings, the best four scores will determine their position in the standings alongside the result from the final event, the Monsoon Cup.
Tour Card Holders are still able to compete at events which they have not been allocated and will receive prize money and ISAF World Match Race Ranking points for these. However, no points will be contributed to their Tour standings.
An example of this, Phil Robertson (NZ) WAKA Racing won the recent Match Race Germany in May, beating Laurie Jury (NZ) Kiwi Match in the final. Robertson had not allocated this event so after the first round of the Tour, the 2012 leaderboard showed Jury as top of the table, on 22 points.
Points vary by event as below:
Championship Points Table
|
Place |
GER |
KOR |
SWE |
USA |
SUI |
FRA |
BER |
MAS |
|
1 |
25 |
31 |
31 |
25 |
31 |
25 |
25 |
38 |
|
2 |
22 |
28 |
28 |
22 |
28 |
22 |
22 |
33 |
|
3 |
19 |
24 |
24 |
19 |
24 |
19 |
19 |
28 |
|
4 |
16 |
20 |
20 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
16 |
24 |
|
5 |
14 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
21 |
|
6 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
|
7 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
15 |
|
8 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
12 |
|
9 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
10 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Non Tour Card Holders are also able to score Championship points from their first four Tour events prior to the final event in the 2012 season.
In the event of a tie at the end of the season, the skipper with the greater number of first, second or third place scores will be declared the champion. If the tie still exists, the two skippers will be ranked in order of their scores in the final event.
| F | SF | QF | QR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINAL | |||||
| Ian Williams | .png&w=20) |
1-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 9-2 |
| Adam Minoprio |  |
0-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 6-5 |
| PETIT FINAL | |||||
| Mathieu Richard |  |
1-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 8-3 |
| Johnie Berntsson |  |
0-1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 6-5 |
The Chicago Match Race Center was founded in 2009 to promote and grow the sport of match race sailing by WMRT champion Bill Hardesty & Chicago entrepreneur and sailor Don Wilson. As part of its mission to provide the highest-level match racing training facility for professional and amateur sailors in the US, CMRC has a fleet of Tom 28 MAX sailboats along with Elliott 6M class boats, the type that will be used in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States, with around 2.7 million residents while it’s metropolitan area, “Chicagoland” is home to 9.8 million people. Incorporated as a town in 1833 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, today Chicago retains its status as a major hub for industry, telecommunications and infrastructure. Navy Pier, the venue for the Chicago Match Race Center premier events is the #1 tourist and leisure destination in the Midwest attracting more than 8.6 million visitors a year.
The Chicago Match Cup has evolved from a Grade 2 event in 2009 and 2010 won by Phil Robertson and Mike Buckley respectively, to a Grade 1 in 2011 won by Keith Swinton. Both Phil and Keith have gone on to become Tour Card holders after winning in Chicago. In 2012 the Chicago Match Cup was upgraded again to Grade WC as the only US stop of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour with a $100,000 prize fund.
Also on the schedule for 2012 at the Chicago Match Race Center are three Grade 2 events and four Grade 3 events including the 100th anniversary of the Richardson Trophy, the oldest match racing trophy in North America that is not a challenge cup.
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