Winner of Stena Match Cup Sweden 2011

Ian Williams and his team GAC Pindar was about half a boat behind Hansen at the last rounding windward. Hansen did some mistakes at the rounding and got 2 yellow flags and team GAC Pindar could defile down to the finishing line.

Ian Williams was also the skipper in the celebrity hockey team that won the first race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I told you when we first started this blog about Stena Match Cup Sweden I was not a sailor girl. Now I’m gonna learn how to sail. These finals have really shown of the sport well. Many, many people had  gathered on the cliffs of Marstrand on this sunny windy day. Coming up now is a big party for the winners. Check out the blog tomorrow for pictures from the party and prize-giving ceremony.

 

People at the cliffs of Marstrand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flight 2 Finals

Petit: Peter Gilmour took the start but Radich came back at the first rounding. Gilmour got a penatly flag early in the race. After first rounding Radich was in lead and could safely sail into goal 

Big: Close fight all the way into goal. It was a really tight call, but Williams took the victory so now it’s 1-1 

 

Flight 1

Lot’s of people at the cliffs of Marstrand shouting when Hansen got the first match. But is first to 3 wins!

Stena Match Cup Sweden 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMG what a thrilling final in both matches.

Gilmour took the lead over Radich in the first game after being a bit behind on the first leg. But after rounding one there’s no doubt that Gilmour should win that match calmly he sailed to the first win in this semi.

Björn Hansen got a penalty flag early in the race and didn’t turn until the last, last minute and managed to take the first match but it was a close call!

Semifinals

What a thrilling day it has been, long story short Björn Hansen is in The finals against Ian Williams.

Björn and Mekonomen sailing team started good, winning the first flight. Radich won the second match which made it really exciting. Third flight Hansen took the lead against Radich, match 4 was really thight in the prestart. Radich was really pressing Hansen and had the upper hand 15 seconds before start. Hansen got good winds and managed to press Radich over The starting line and from there I can only imagine the feeling on the boat.

Now I’m right by the start and finish line follow direct on Twitter hashtag #smcs

Day 6

What a day, we finished the round robins on the midmorning with 4 teams at 9 points. We had to calculated amongst the races who was the winner of the round robins and it turned out to be Björn Hansen who won. That meant that he got to pick first whom the team would like to race against. They picked Phil Robertson and his team that was the last team to qualify. Which was a good but tough choice. In the first match Phil was really aggressive and got 2 penalties in the pre start and was crossing the start line before time. He had to take a penalty immediately and was sailing offensive and although he got 3 penalty flags in the match he was not far behind Hansen.

Hansen 2007 Match Cup Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is how it looked in 2007 when Hansen won Match Cup Sweden.

Some nice memories. Let’s see what’s in store for tomorrow. What we do know is that Hansen picked Jesper Radich in the semis and that Peter Gilmour got Ian Williams.

Björn Hansen from Mekonomen Sailing Team

Met Björn Hansen on my way to the press conference that is about to start in just minutes. He was obvious very happy over todays result and points out what a great event this is with the audience so close.

Good luck to Mekonomen Sailing Team on tomorrows sailing!

1200 cups of coffee made yesterday

Bergstands kafferosteri that stands with Goodyear down in Race Village did 1200 cup of coffee yesterday. That’s a lot of coffee I hope the baristas get a massage from Mirza after a day like that. Great coffee though! If you check in with your smart phone at facebookplaces at Goodyear’s tent you may also get a massage and a coffee and at the same time check out the tires from Goodyear.

Bergstrands kafferosteri

Pairings in the quarterfinals

The skippers that went thru from the round robins to the quarters are:

1. Björn Hansen         9 points
2. Ian Williams           9 points
3. Jesper Radich        9 points
4. Torvar Mirsky      9 points
5. Damien Iehl            8 points
6. Mathieu Richard   6 points
7. Peter Gilmour        6 points
8. Phil Robertson       6 points

Just an hour ago there were a drawing at the oscar stage where the skippers in the order above got to pick their opponent.

Hansen chose Robertson as opponent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see the top four skippers all have 9 points but then you count victories………….. and Because Hansen was the best in the round he got to pick first. And he picked Robertson as opponent.

Second man to choose was Ian williams and he picked Damien Iehl as his opponent.

Next man up was Jesper Radich and he picked Richard to race against in the quarters.

Mirsky and Gilmour in an australian quarterfinal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That left Torvar Mirsky the up and coming star with no one other than the legend and mentor Peter Gilmour.

Celebrity race results

Final Result

1. Santa Maria: with Carola, Stefan Sauk, Marcus Samuelsson and the skipper Mathieu Richard
2. Stena Metall: with Josefine Lillhage and Janne “Flash” Nilsson and the skipper Peter Gilmour
3. Childhood: in the boat Tina Thörner, Sigdrid Bernson and Malin Johansson with the skipper Alvaro Marinho
4. Sigma: Stefan Odelberg with the skipper Torvar Mirsky
5. Skuld/Fearnleys/BangerHead: The hockey players Magnus Kahnberg, Loui Eriksson and Fredrik Pettersson with Ian Williams as skipper
6. Castellum: Handball players Isabelle Gulldén and Jonathan Stenbäcken
7. Stena Line: Snickar-matte and rally driver Thed Björk
8. Audi: with the fierce competitors Anja Pärsson and Thomas Ravelli 
9. Handelsbanken: Had the one and only radio voice number 1 Ingemar Allén with the skipper Jesper Radich
10. Pelle P: Peter Swartling Ulf Ekberg and the great Pelle Petterson with Swedish skipper Björn Hansen

 

 

Santa Maria

On thursday Santa Maria threw a big Tex Mex Tapas party at strandverket, a great party. Many Celebrities were there and so were we. Tove Styrke sang

 

Nattstad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Mex Tapas from Santa Maria