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World Match Racing Tour – Gyonggi – Procede nelle acque di Gyonggi la terza tappa del World Match Racing Tour: la Korea Match Cup. Mentre Mathieu Richard, vincitore dell’evento di Marsiglia, si conferma leader della manifestazione con uno score di cinque vittorie e due sconfitte, l’organizzazione ha fatto debuttare l’Umpire TV, ovvero qualcosa di molto simile alla moviola in campo.
In pratica, in caso di richiesta di intervento da parte deigli skipper, gli umpire possono alzare una bandiera per richiedere l’interpretazione da parte degli umpire che a terra osservano le manovre tramite una regia personalizzata. Un interpretazione che funge da mero consiglio, visto che ad assumere la decisione finale sono comunque gli umpire.
Questo tipo di supporto si è rivelato molto utile nel corso del match tra Francesco Bruni e Paolo Cian, risoltosi a favore del secondo che in classifica generale ha uno score analogo a quello del timoniere di Azzurra: tre vittorie e quattro sconfitte.
Particolarmente soddisfatto di quanto ottenuto sull’acqua è stato Johnie Berntsson che ha messo insieme una buona striscia di risultati. Lo skipper svedese ha battuto il campione del mondo in carica, Adam Minoprio, e il già citato Mathieu Richard. Verdetti che gli hanno permesso di scalare alcune posizioni in classifica e di attestarsi al secondo posto alla pari con Torvar Mirsky.
Le regate valide per il Round Robin della Korea Match Cup continueranno domani.
Korea Match Cup, Round Robin
Mathieu Richard, French Match Racing Team, 5-2
Torvar Mirsky, Mirsky Racing Team, 4-3
Johnie Berntsson, Berntsson Sailing Team, 4-3
Adam Minoprio, ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing, 4-1
Ian Williams, Team GAC Pindar, 4-1
Bjorn Hansen, Gill Global Team, 3-2
Francesco Bruni, Azzurra, 3-4
Paolo Cian, Team Italia, 3-4
Peter Gilmour, Yanmar Racing, 2-3
Bertrand Pacé, Aleph Sailing Team, 2-3
Phil Robertson, Waka Racing Team, 1-4
Park GunWoo, Busan Match, 1-6
Video courtesy World Match Racing Tour.
Video courtesy World Match Racing Tour.
Video courtesy World Match Racing Tour.
WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR, MATHIEU RICHARD DEFENDS THE LEAD
[World Match racing Tour Press Release] Day 2 of Korea Match Cup displayed the world’s first global sailing and international TV umpiring. The ISAF World Match Racing Tour has introduced a new innovation as the TV umpire to match racing: the TV umpire for decisions on race incidents. The TV flag proved to be very useful today during the race between the two Italians skippers: Paolo Cian Team Italia and Francesco Bruni Azzurra.
Currently on the water umpires have two sources of information, the wing boat and on board observers who ride with them. The TV umpire offers an additional source of information in order for them to make an overall decision. If an umpire is not certain of the outcome after an incident they have the option of raising a TV flag. This roles straight over to the TV umpire who sits on-shore at World Match Racing Tour Head Quarters for clarification on the incident.
This is a natural progression for the sport of match racing following in the footsteps of mass participation sporting events such as football, rugby, cricket and baseball. The Tour is using Live TV operations now extensively available on this 10 event world series in order to enhance the quality of umpire decisions on issuing penalties.
Unlike rugby and football where the video umpire can have the ultimate decision, the final outcome will rest with the umpire on the water. The footage display is a back up to the decision making process and is an additional judging eye for umpires to run through. For match racing the TV umpire has 3 available calls; black out – where the incident has not been caught on camera, pending – meaning the TV umpire is in the process of replay for the incident and lastly their decision on a penalty call where the incident is recorded in good visibility.
World Match Racing Tour are pushing through new boundaries by transforming the TV Umpire into a match racing context. It is part of a strategic approach in continuing the quality of umpiring throughout the Tour series and maintaining their status as an industry authority on premium match racing.
Mathieu Richard French Match Racing Team has remained the leader in the light winds and will start day 3 with a win of 5-2. “We are happy with the way we have sailed since yesterday – it will be a new start on the quarter finals so for the moment we are going step by step”.
As the tide ebbed, the race course became ever smaller and the sun set, Johnie Berntsson Berntsson Sailing Team put in solid results. The Swedes beat Adam Minoprio ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing, current ISAF Match Racing World Champion and Richard, currently ranked top of the World Match Racing Tour standings. Berntsson back on the Tour scene with a wild card entry to Korea Match Cup showed his true colours today having won the Argo Group Gold Cup back in 2008. Berntsson shared his goals for 2010, “our main goal is to do as many stages of the World Match Racing Tour as possible this year”.
Eyes will be on the Scandinavian helms throughout Stage 3 to see if Berntsson can secure a lead over Bjorn Hansen Gill Global Team who is one of only nine Tour card holders for the 2010 circuit. To date Berntsson leads Hansen by one win.
The Tour has also celebrated the achievements of Korea Match Cup in presentation of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour Best Event Award acknowledged in 2008. Dong Young Kim, Korea Match Cup Event Promoter was presented with the plaque for total commitment to professionalism. Young commented, “It’s an acknowledgement from the World Match Racing Tour to Korea Match Cup’s commitment in producing a world class event that meets the sailors, sponsors, media and public expectations – all requirements to sustain and produce a successful international sport event”.
Korea Match Cup, Round Robin
Mathieu Richard, French Match Racing Team, 5-2
Torvar Mirsky, Mirsky Racing Team, 4-3
Johnie Berntsson, Berntsson Sailing Team, 4-3
Adam Minoprio, ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing, 4-1
Ian Williams, Team GAC Pindar, 4-1
Bjorn Hansen, Gill Global Team, 3-2
Francesco Bruni, Azzurra, 3-4
Paolo Cian, Team Italia, 3-4
Peter Gilmour, Yanmar Racing, 2-3
Bertrand Pacé, Aleph Sailing Team, 2-3
Phil Robertson, Waka Racing Team, 1-4
Park GunWoo, Busan Match, 1-6
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