Team Bert bested Team Dicko today 3-0 in their AMRC semi-final while Dean Barker cored Cameron Appleton by the same 3-0 score. Check our team website later Saturday morning (Europe time) for a full report on today's racing .

Turns out the semi-final matches were first-to-win-three, not first-to-win two as previously advertised in the AMRC notice of race and, in turn, had been posted here on the BOB.

Other matches today determined the final results among the six teams that did not qualify for today's semis. Those final standings:

Ian Williams (GBR) 5th
Mathieu Richard (FRA) 6th
Ed Baird (USA) 7th
Magnus Holmberg (SWE) 8th
Staffan Lindberg (FIN) 9th
Sebastian Col (FRA) 10th

Tomorrow (Sunday) Bert will meet Deano in the first-to-win-three finals that is scheduled to get under way at 10:00; while Dicko & co. meet Team Appleton in the petit-final.


Today the shoreside crowd was the largest yet, and they were
treated to a hard, clean dogfight in the series between the BMWOR
teams helmed by two of our sport's grand masters. The racing in both
3-0 semis was closer than the scores would indicate, and not without
some controversy in the Barker-Appleton series.


The "new" Auckland Match Racing Cup actually dates from 1935,
but has been re-dedicated to yacht racing and will be awarded
tomorrow to either BMWOR's Team Bertrand Pace or ETNZ's Dean
Barker and crew.