Richard Lifts 'King of the Mountain' Title in St Moritz

by SailRaceWin

In wet weather and light winds at St Moritz, Sunday, 7th September, France's Mathieu Richard defeated reigning champion Ian Williams to take the 'King of the Mountain' match race title, 2-0.

The finals were a battle between ISAF ranked world number 1 and 2 match race skippers, Richard and Williams. However, it is Williams who retains the lead in the World Match Racing Tour series, with Richard now lying in second overall.

In the petit-finals, New Zealand's BlackMatch Racing team took the first race, but then France's Philippe Presti came back and took the next two to secure third place overall in St Moritz.

A full report of the racing will follow from Kirsten Bollinger, with images from Loris von Siebenthal.

RESULTS
(Winner in bold)

FINALS
M1 Ian Williams v Mathieu Richard
M2 Mathieu Richard v Ian Williams

PETIT FINAL
M1 Adam Minoprio v Philippe Presti
M2 Philippe Presti v Adam Minoprio
M3 Adam Minoprio v Philippe Presti

1st Mathieu Richard (FRA)
2nd Ian Williams (GBR)
3rd Philippe Presti (FRA)
4th Adam Minoprio (NZL)

St Moritz Match Race
World Match Racing Tour