Percy wins round one of the JPMorgan Asset Management Winter Challenge Series

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RYA Press Release

13 November 2006

The JPMorgan Asset Management Winter Challenge Match racing Series kicked off this weekend (11-12 November) at Queen Mary Sailing Club, Staines. Some of Britain’s top match racers were showing off their match racing skills, including +39 Americas Cup helmsman and Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy.
The series run by the Royal Yachting Association also tempted veteran match racer and commentator Andy Green back to the match racing circuit, alongside British National Match Racing Champions both past and present in the form of Mark Campbell-James and Nick Cherry.  Also competing from overseas was Orkun Soyer from Turkey and Jelle Roos from Holland.

The next stage of the Challenge is in two weeks time on 25 and 26 November.

Overall results
1.      Iain Percy (GBR), Gabrielle Bruni, Andrew Simpson, Michelle Bella
2.      Mark Campbell-James (GBR), Dave Mason, Andrew Yates, Andy Clark
3.      Andy Green (GBR), Graham Sunderland, Tris Nelson, Andy Oliver
4.      Nick Cherry (GBR), Connor Myant, Nick Houchin, Oscar Helmstrom
5.      Christian Hamilton (GBR), Sam Carter, Steph Dawson, Mark Capps, Ed Hill
6.      Jelle Roos (NED), Frans Hin, Maarte Innemee, Kelly Clarjs, Maricke Poulis
7.      Dave Tabb (GBR), Ben, Scroggie, Jason Foster, Stewart Bowen
8.      Orkun Soyer (TUR), Gagatay Soyer, Onursal Soyer, Ismail Inan
9.      Rob Grieg-Gran (GBR),  Ed Walker, Tudor Owen, Gareth Owen

Read more about the JP Morgan Winter Challenge in the Match Race Event Section