US Men’s Championship (Mallory Cup)
September 23-26, 2010

The winners of each men’s and women’s area eliminations will compete for the Mallory Trophy and Adams Cup in round robin fleet racing. The Men’s Championship will be sailed in Sonars and the Women’s Championship in Lightnings.

US Womens’s Championship (Adams Trophy)
September 23-26, 2010

The winners of each men’s and women’s area eliminations will compete for the Mallory Trophy and Adams Cup in round robin fleet racing. The Men’s Championship will be sailed in Sonars and the Women’s Championship in Lightnings

Buddy Melges Challenge
September 8-12, 2010

Buddy Melges Challenge
Considered the flagship event for the 2010 season, the Buddy Melges Challenge promises to bring the world’s best women match racers to the shores of Lake Michigan. Featuring a fleet of the new Elliott 6m Olympic class boats, the Challenge is expected to draw teams from around the world to compete in this ISAF Grade 1 event.

Results

September 12 – Day 4
Final Results

Final Standings:

Nicky Souter, Nina Curtis, Olivia Price (AUS)
Samantha Osborne, Raynor Smeal, Susannah Pyatt (NZL)
Sally Barkow, Suzy Leech, Elizabeth Kratzig (USA)
Lotte Meldgaard Susanne Boidin, Aimee Famularo (DEN)
Mandy Mulder, Merel Witteveen, Annemiek Bekkering (NED)
Katie Spithill , Jessica Eastwell, Angela Farrell (AUS)
Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi (USA)
Genny Tulloch, Alice Manard, Jenn Chamberlin (USA)
Katie Abbott, Caroline Kaars-Sijpesteijn, Joanne Prokop (CAN)
Ru Wang, Ni Xiao Wen, Li Xiao Ni (CHN)
Juliana Senfft, Gabriela Sa, Adriana Kostiw (BRA)
Juliana Mota, Daniela Adler, Larissa Juk (BRA)
Maggie Shea, Jennifer Wilson, Stephanie Roble (USA)
Maeghan Ruhlman, Abby Rowlands, Megan Riddle (USA)
Anne Marie Shewfelt, Liana Giovando, Sarah Foscarini (CAN)
September 11 – Day 3
Quarter Finals Results
Preliminary Results

Quarter Finals Results:
1-Osborne-NZL 5-2
2-Meldgaard-DEN 4-3
3-Barkow-USA 4-3
4-Souter-AUS 4-3
5-Mulder-NED 3-4
6-Spithill-AUS 3-4
7-Tunnicliffe-USA 3-4
8-Tulloch-USA 2-5

Top 4 advance to Semi-Finals. Osborne gets to choose her opponent in the Semis.

Lower Placing Results:
9-Katie Abbott-CAN 3-0
10-Ru Wang-CHN 3-0
11-Juliana Senfft-BRA 2-1
12-Juliana Mota-BRA 2-1
13-Maggie Shea-USA 2-2
14-Maegan Ruhlman-USA 0-4
15-Anne Marie Shewfelt-CAN 0-4

September 10 – Day 2
Stage One – Group A & B Round Robin Results
Quarter Finals Round Robin Results

Results After Day Two:

Initial Round Robin Results:

Group A:
1-Sally Barkow-USA 5-1
2-Sam Osborne-NZL 5-1
3-Anna Tunnicliffe-USA 4-2
4-Genny Tulloch-USA 4-2
5-Ru Wang-CHN 2-4
6-Juliana Mota-BRA 1-5
7-Anne Marie Shewfelt-CAN 0-8

Group B:
1-Katie Spithill-AUS 6-1
2-Mandy Mulder-NED 5-2
3-Lotte Meldgaard-DEN 5-2
4-Nicky Souter-AUS 4-3
5-Juliana Senfft-BRA 3-4
6-Katie Abbott-CAN 3-4
7-Maegan Ruhlman-USA 2-5
8-Maggie Shea-USA 0-7

Quarter Final Round Robin:

Barkow (USA) 2-1
Spithill (AUS) 1-2
Mulder (NED) 2-1
Osborne (NZL) 2-1
Tunnicliffe (USA) 1-2
Meldgaard (DEN) 2-1
Souter (AUS) 1-2
Tulloch (USA) 1-2

September 09 – Day 1
Stage One – Group A & B Round Robin Results

Results After Day One:

Group A:
Sam Osborne-NZL 4-1
Sally Barkow-USA 3-1
Anna Tunnicliffe-USA 3-1
Genny Tulloch-USA 3-1
Juliana Mota-BRA 1-3
Ru Wang-CHN 1-3
Anne Marie Shewfelt-CAN 0-5

Group B:
Katie Spithill-AUS 3-0
Nicky Souter-AUS 3-0
Juliana Senfft-BRA 2-1
Lotte Meldgaard-DEN 1-2
Maegan Ruhlman-USA 1-2
Mandy Mulder-NED 1-2
Katie Abbott-CAN 1-2
Maggie Shea-USA 0-3

News

Topping the list of competitors is Anna Tunnicliffe from Plantation, Florida. Anna is currently ranked #3 on the international women’s match racing list. Also competing from the US are Wisconsin native, Sally Barkow (currently ranked 12th), Genny Tulloch (ranked 10th), Maegan Ruhlman (ranked 42nd) and collegiate newcomer to women’s match racing, Margaret Shea.

Australia is represented by 6th ranked skipper, Katie Spithill and 8th ranked Nicky Souter. Defending champion, Samantha Osborne (ranked 18th) will return from New Zealand. Making first appearances in Sheboygan are Lotte Meldgaard from Denmark, Linda Rahm from Sweden, Mandy Mulder from the Netherlands, and Ru Wang from China.

Brazil is represented by Juliana Senfft and Juliana Mota. This will be Mota’s first appearance in Sheboygan while Senfft has made several trips to Sheboygan over the past 2 years. Also returning to Sheboygan is Anne Marie Shewfelt from Canada. The final competitor is Canadian newcomer, Katie Abbott.

Race management will be led by Principle Race Officer, Dave Bronson from Sheboygan with sailing taking place Thursday through Sunday just yards off the beach in front of Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center. Sail Sheboygan is very excited to show live streaming video and tracking video of the races on its website. Learn about the newest sailing addition to the Olympic games and watch excellent international teams compete for the Buddy Melges trophy.

Corporate sponsors for the event include North Sails, Edgewater Power Boats, Harken Yacht Equipment, Southern Spars, GrandStay Residential Suites and Masters Gallery Foods.

US Women’s Match Race Championship
July 7-11, 2010

The US Sailing Women’s Match Racing Championship for the Allegra Knapp Mertz Trophy and the Mrs. C.F. Adams Memorial Trophy. The winning skipper will receive an invitation to the ISAF Grade 1 Buddy Melges Challenge.

Race Results
1st Place Genny Tulloch
2nd Place Sally Barkow
3rd Place Maegan Ruhlman
The winning team

Accepting their First Place Medals and the Allegra Knapp Mertz Trophy are (L-R) Karina Vogen Shelton, Lindsay Bartel, Genny Tulloch (skipper), and Alice Manard.

Racing in tight conditions
Winning skipper, Genny Tulloch and crew racing (boat #3) in some “tight” conditions!
News:

The US Sailing Center of Sheboygan welcomed eight elite teams for this week’s U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship (USWMRC), a US SAILING National Championship and an ISAF Grade 3 event. Defending champion and US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) member Genny Tulloch returned to compete in her third consecutive USWMRC and went home as the reigning champ after this weekend’s races winning the Allegra Knapp Mertz Trophy. Racing was to begin on Thursday and run through Sunday (July 8-11). However, due to fog and lack of wind no races were raced on Thursday. Friday’s conditions were a little better and they were able to get in one full round robin. Saturday’s races were postponed due to lack of wind in the morning and then cut short late in the afternoon due to an approaching storm front. Everyone got to shore safely and in the briefing it was determined that the finals would begin on Sunday and no race would be started after 1 p.m.

Sunday was a perfect day for racing. Clear skies and wind brought out the competitiveness and aggressive sailing lending a great show and finish to the spectators and race committee. Eight teams came to vie for the cup but after the qualifying round robins four [teams] were in the finals:

Genny Tulloch and her crew, Alice Manard, Lindsay Bartel, and Karina Vogen Shelton.
Sally Barkow and her crew, Alana O’Reilly, Katie Pettibone, and Libby Christy.
Maegan Ruhlman (Cleveland, OH) and her crew, Nancy Hagood, Katie Werley, and Megan Riddle.
Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and her crew, Darby Smith, Maggie Shea, and Christine Porter.
In the end Tulloch (San Francisco, Calif.), a former College Sailor of the Year, joined by USSTAG teammate and crew, Alice Manard (Charleston, S.C.); Lindsay Bartel (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); and Karina Vogen Shelton (Oakland, Calif.) raced past Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.) and her crew to take first place. Maegan Ruhlman and her crew took third and Stephanie Roble and her crew placed fourth. “It was really exciting racing today,” said Kathy Lindgren, Program Chair person for US Sail Sheboygan. “Thanks to both Sally and Genny for such an exciting race; it really did come down to the last race to determine the winner!” In addition, Lindgren and all of the skippers and crew thanked Dave Bronson, Principle Race Officer who in spite of the weather conditions – fog, no wind, and storms – was able to complete the regatta.

“Our crew was on fire! We had good communication and had a great time. We hadn’t sailed together as a crew before and we got better as a team each day,” said Tulloch. Tulloch is currently ninth in the ISAF Women’s Match Racing world rankings.

US SAILING’s 2007 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and former USSTAG member, Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.) returned to the USWMRC for the first time since winning the event in 2005. Barkow also won as a crewmate for Corrie Clement in 2000. Barkow has been a busy match racer as of late. She is 11th in the ISAF Women’s Match Racing world rankings. Barkow finished third at the Princess Sofia this year, an ISAF Sailing World Cup event.

Skippers will be pre-ranked using the ISAF Match Race Sailing Rankings. As the highest placing eligible skipper after this weekend’s racing, Tulloch will represent the U.S. at the ISAF Nations Cup Series on Sept. 13-18, 2011. In addition, the winner of the US Championship earns an invitation to the Buddy Melges Challenge in September, 2010. Since both Tulloch and Barkow have already received an invitation it was passed on to third place winner of this weekends Championship, Maegan Ruhlman.

US SAILING’s U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship is sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Gill North America. Visit the event website for the full list of competitors, standings, daily recaps, photos and more. Follow the action with live updates from Sheboygan on US SAILING’s Facebook and Twitter sites.

Grandstay Residential Suites
Rich Reichelsdorfer, Nathan Wright and Tom Atkins in front of Grandstay Residential Suites – Event Sponsor.

Youth Match Racing Camp & Regatta
June 23-27, 2010

Dave Perry will again lead a 3-day clinic followed by a 2-day regatta. This camp is open to sailors who have not reached the age of 21 as of June 27th who want to learn the game of match racing from US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics coach, Dave Perry.

This 5-day program is an exceptional opportunity for sailors or teams training for national or international events, as well as those who would like to learn match racing skills from one of the finest sailing coaches in the world. The final two days of the program will be an umpired regatta offering the highest finishing ‘age eligible’ skipper an invitation to the 2010 Governor’s Cup held in Newport Harbor, CA. To sail in the Governor’s Cup, sailors must not have reached the age of 21 as of July 25, 2010.

Perry combines classroom instruction with on-the-water drills, practice races, and detailed video debriefings to help you sail faster and smarter and to successfully maneuver in close action. According to Perry, “At this camp I will be teaching the advanced techniques and tactics needed to be a strong match racer, including insights on how to sail a keelboat and trim a spinnaker for speed. Sailors who enjoy tight tactical racing will love match racing”.

Sailors will train in the Sailing Center’s fleet of identical 23-foot Sonars. Housing and meals are included in the entry fee.

Sailors may apply to the Camp as individuals or in teams of 3 or 4 (maximum weight 772 pounds). Skippers interested in winning the invitation to the 2010 Governor’s Cup are encouraged to register as a team.

Competitors
Albert Nichols USA
Will Haeger USA
Andrew Mason USA
Nicholas Dugdale USA
Ryan Davidson USA
Dillon Lancaster USA
Ian Paice USA

Umpires
Henry Menin, Chief Umpire USVI
Tom Rinda USA
Steve Wrigley USA
Mike Lindgren USA
David Storrs USA
Mike Casper USA
Tom Atkins USA
Peter Nielsen USA

Post event report:

Twenty five U.S. youth sailors just completed an intensive five-day match race training camp run by three-time U.S. national champion and US Sailing Team Alphagraphics women’s match race coach Dave Perry (Southport, CT). The Camp was hosted by the U.S. Sailing Center of Sheboygan and the Sheboygan Yacht Club, and was sailed in the Center’s Sonars. The sailors were from the east, midwest and west coast of the U.S., and represented a range of match racing skill and experience. The Camp began with three 12-hour days of classroom sessions, demonstrations, on-the-water training and video debriefs in which Perry focused on the tactics and communication needed for strong starting and downwind tactics. The Camp ended with a two day regatta, with Perry continuing to coach all the teams before and after the races.

Assisting Perry was a team of international and national umpires, led by Henry Menin of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and including Steve Wrigley (Fayetteville, NC) and Tom Rinda (St. Petersburg, FL). “Having the quality of umpires we had was a strong element of the Camp,” said Perry; “and they were each great about explaining to the sailors the nuances of the calls they made and of how the game is viewed by the umpires.” Perry was also assisted by US Sailing Center of Sheboygan Executive Director Rich Reichelsdorfer from Sheboygan, who ran drills and races for the sailors during the clinic phase, and then ran the regatta. “I was impressed with the improvement each team made from the beginning of the Camp to the end,” said Reichelsdorfer; “by the end you couldn’t tell who had come to the Camp with more or less experience than the others.”

In fact, it was the team of Will Haeger, Peter Holz, Sean Hudson and Alex Curtiss from East Troy Wisconsin who won the regatta having arrived at the Camp with essentially no prior match racing experience. Racing for the Lake Beulah Yacht Club , Haeger’s team went 5-1 in the single round robin event to tie for first with Andrew Mason’s team from Newport Harbor Yacht Club, with crew Peter Kinney and Brooks Clark . As Haeger had defeated Mason, his team won the tie-breaker. Third in the regatta was Ryan Davidson, Walker Banks , Megan Kenny and Brandon Wood from Balboa Yacht Club.

By winning the regatta, Haeger received an invitation to the prestigious Governor’s Cup event, an international youth match racing championship hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club in Corona Del Mar, California in July.

“I couldn’t be more pleased with the quality of the Camp this year,” said Perry; “Sheboygan is a great host for these kinds of events. In our first year, which was last year, we had six sailors; this year we were up to 25. We can accomodate 36 and hope to fill it next summer. This is part of a national effort to grow youth match racing in the U.S. and help train our young sailors to become experienced match racers. It fits well with the conversion intercollegiate sailing has made for this fall, switching their sloop racing championship to match racing. We plan to schedule similar youth match racing camps around the country in 2010 and into 2011, with the goal of making match racing more accessible to youth sailors and growing the sport.”