Skovshoved, Denmark (24 September, 2022) French world no.1 ranked match racer Pauline Courtois (Match in Pink Normandy Elite Team) and Denmark’s Lea Richter Vogelius have finished top of the qualifying round robin at the 2022 Women’s Match Race Denmark to advance to the semi-finals. The new Danish women’s match racing event, hosted by the Royal Danish Yacht Club, is the second stage of the 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour launched earlier this year.
Joining Courtois, unbeaten in the qualifying round with 11 wins, and Lea Richter Vogelius in the semi-finals are Sweden’s Anna Östling (Wings Sailing), and Australia’s Juliet Costanzo from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney.
“It was a very good two days for us so we are very happy” commented Courtois. “It has also been difficult because we don’t usually train in the bigger boats and it’s the first time we have all sailed together so it’s quite new for our team but we are improving.”
“It feels alot like home for us” added Östling “We’ve been racing these boats (DS37’s) for so many hours so we are very happy to be back – yesterday was great conditions and it was not too shifty, and we managed to get the wins we needed – we’re feeling comfortable and confident in the boats.”
As a new event on the 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour, the event has attracted a full twelve teams to the Skovshoved harbour in Copenhagen including four teams from Great Britain, two French teams, three Danish teams, two Swedish teams and Costanzo’s Australian team.
For many of the competitors, it is also their first time match racing the bigger DS37 yachts as James Pleasance, Executive Director of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour explains;
