Sailing: Shirley Robertson wins Women's National Match Racing Cup

Sailing

Shirley Robertson, Britain's 1996 Olympic representative in Europe, won the 1997 BTRYA Women's National Match Racing Cup Championship yesterday beating Cordelia Eglin, 2-0, in a best of three final at Queen Mary Club, West London. Robertson was unbeaten throughout the competition. Third was last year's runner-up Fiona Coates, of Maidenhead.

David Neale, in Serica, led the eight yachts into the finish of the Clipper `96 round the world race in Plymouth but the overall winner, despite losing his forestay 200 miles from the end, was Ras Turner in Ariel.

In New York the Knickerbocker Cup was delayed by light winds but saw Peter Gilmour and Peter Holmberg and Bertran Pace line up against Terry Hutchinson in the semi-finals.

Russell Coutts and his Team Magic steered Morning Glory to victory in the IMS division of the Maxi World Cup in Sardinia. Chris Dickson won overall in Sayonara with a race to spare.