Ian Williams. Image copyright AWMRT/onEdition
by Adam Tanous
Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar crew won their first international regatta of the season at the 1O1O
4G Match Racing International Regatta in Hong Kong yesterday, providing
a timely pre-season boost ahead of the first event on the 2014 Alpari
World Match Racing Tour, which will take place in just over a fortnight.
Twelve
teams competed in the Grade Two event, with the three podium spots
going to GAC Pindar ambassadors past and present. William Tiller, GAC
Pindar skipper during the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series took third place
and David Gilmour, current GAC Pindar skipper for the Extreme Sailing
Series finished second. Williams was crowned 1O1O 4G Match Racing International Champion after winning 2-0 against Gilmour in the final.
Williams, who was joined in Hong Kong by Gerry Mitchell (mainsail), Tim Somerville (jib) and Oliver Scott Mackie (bow), said: “We are delighted to have won the Match Racing International Regatta. The week has been thoroughly
enjoyable and has provided us with an excellent opportunity to race
ahead of Match Race Germany, where we hope to repeat this week’s
performance and secure a win on the first event on the 2014 World Match
Racing Tour.”
Williams, who will bid for an unprecedented fifth World Match Racing Tour title in 2014, will
now compete in Szczecin Match Race (30 May – 1 June) in Poland, before
heading to Langenargen, Germany (2-8 June) for the first event on the
Alpari World Match Racing Tour.
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