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XII° Roberto Trombini
Challenge Trophy Match Race 2006

PRESS RELEASE 10TH JUNE 2006

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Next to the last day of the XII Roberto Trombini Challenge Trophy Round Robins and quarter finals completed: Chris Dickson (NZ) against Mathieu Richard (FR)
In the othersemi-final Paolo Cian (IT) – Bjorn Hansen (SE) replay of the 2005 finals

Next to the last day of the yachting ‘show’ at Marina di Ravenna for the XII edition of the Roberto Trombini Challenge Trophy ISAF Grade 1 world event.
5-8 knots, 30 exciting races watched by a large public both on the water and on land. Predictions have been confirmed; Chris Dickson (NZ) in the semi-finals against Mathieu Richard (FR) and Bjorn Hansen (SE) against Paolo Cian (IT) return match of the 2005 finals.

Ideal conditions: light wind 5-6 knots from inland in the morning, three flights to complete the round robins. Fresher thermal winds up to about 8 knots in the afternoon for the quarter finals; exciting challenges full of penalties and overtakes.

Dickson is impeccable, he won the rounds beating Martin Angsell 3-0 in the quarter finals. Full points also for Bjorn Hansen (SE), second at the end of the round robins and victorious in the quarter finals against Damien Iehl. Hard fight for the last placings to reach the quarter finals. Matteo Simoncelli from Ravenna has paid a high price he lost 3 matches and takes 9th place, eliminated by Martin Angsell (SE).

Paolo Cian (Team Viano Mercedes) climbed back in the quarter finals after a score of 0-1 for the young Dane Peter Wibroe who was advantaged by a penalty to Cian at the start. The matches were close but Cian’s experience won in the end. At the decisive point Cian forced Wibroe to take a penalty before the start thereby defending his advantage in the three rounds without errors. A hard fought victory also for Richard against Nordbjaerg after 4 dramatic challenges.

Semi-finals Sunday 11th morning at Marina di Ravenna; as expected the favourites are in the lead. Chris Dickson against Mathieu Richard whilst Bjorn Hansen races against Paolo Cian in the return match of the 2005 finals won by the Neapolitan helm.

As always a full programme from ProgettoVela in collaboration with Circolo Velico Ravennate. In the morning a regatta crewed by the Industrialist’s Association in Mumm 30’s: Rimini won against Forli and Ravenna. Later the Industrialist’s association hosted a gala evening at the Matilda nightclub for the yachtsmen and friends.

Results

Quarter finals

Chris Dickson v. Martin Angsell 3-0 – Dickson in Semi-final
Mathieu Ricard v. Lars Norbjaerg 3-1 – Richard in Semi-final
Bjorn Hansen v. Damien Iehl 3-0 – Hansen in Semi-final
Paolo Cian v. Peter Wibroe 3-1 – Cian in Semi-final

Semi-finals Sunday 11th

Dickson-Richard
Hansen-Cian

Final Round Robin results

Chris Dickson (NZ) 9-2
Bjorn Hansen (SE) 8-3
Paolo Cian (IT) 8-3
Mathieu Richard (FR) 7-4
Lars Norbjaerg (DK) 6-5
Peter Wibroe (DK) 6-5
Damien Iehl (FR) 6-5
Martin Angsell (SE) 4-7
Matteo Simoncelli (IT) 4-7
Simon Minoprio (NZ) 4-7
Tino Ellegast (DE) 2-9
Andrew Arbuzov (RU) 2-9

THE ROBERTO TROMBINI CHALLENGE TROPHY
The 2006 edition retains its success formula; conceived by Progetto vela, whose President is Andrea Trombini, in collaboration with Circolo Velico Ravennate and sustained by numerous sponsors in memory of Roberto Trombini well known yachtsmen from Ravenna. The identical boats (Tom 28, 9 metres were designed for the event by Giovanni Ceccarelli from Ravenna)
The matches take place within the inner harbour at Marina di Ravenna and a grandstand to accommodate over 500 spectators has been erected on the pier; there will be a running commentary during the races and interviews with the skippers on the pier followed by pleasant evenings together with the crews, umpires and guests.

LIST OF WINNERS
Many big names in world yachting have joined in the Trombini challenges over the years; the winners lists shows two victories for James Spithill (helm of Luna Rossa), Magnus Holmberg from Sweden (Victory Challenge syndicate), Peter Holmberg from the Virgin Islands (one of the Alinghi helms ) and Mario Celon winner of the first edition. Other winners include Chris Law (GB), Sten Mohr (DK), Jes Gram-Hansen (DK) (new starting helm of Mascalzone Latino) and last years winner Paolo Cian (IT).

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America’s Cup,
the birthof Match Racing - a bit of history

It all started in 1851 around the Isle of Wight; it was a race open to all nations but only one American yacht, named simply America, challenged 16 English boats for a solid silver cup weighing over 4 kg known as the “One Hundred Guinea Cup” . America won and from that day it has been known as the “America’s Cup”. The Americans were reigning champions until 1983 when the cup finally changed hands, won by an Australian team with the Australia II; in that same year Italy joined the challenge for the first time with the unforgettable Azzurra. Il Moro di Venezia was the first Italian challenger ever to reach the finals racing against America 3 in 1992. Over the centuries the rules have been modified, the boats have become highly technical but the team spirit, the will to win and the challenge remain the same.