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10:25 PM Sat 25 Apr 2009 GMT
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A New Zealand crew skippered Roger Pagani is reported to have won won the World Final of the BMW Sailing Cup in Italy, from eight competitor countries.
The event is considered the most prestigious amateur international title for keelboat sailors. Roger qualified for the event after winning the BMW Sailing Cup for New Zealand, which was fought out by divisional winners of the BMW Auckland Regatta.
He owns the Young 88 Triple 888 which last week won the coveted national championship title, under the helmsanship of Rod Davis (while Roger was in Italy - his crew jumped on a plane to join him in Italy after winning the local event).
In an earlier report:
Italy and New Zealand make it to the Final.
Today, Saturday, will see the final stage of the 2009 BMW Sailing Cup World Final. On Lake Garda off Malcesine (Italy), Team Italy races against Team New Zealand in a best-of-5 match racing series.
Yesterday the 'Kiwis' had won the Quarterfinals one point ahead of their closest rivals from Italy. Team New Zealand opted for Team Great Britain as their opponent in the Semifinal. This left Team Italy sailing against Team Denmark in the other Semifinal.
Both best-of-5 match racing series have been completed by Friday afternoon, with New Zealand (3:1) and Italy (3:0) making it to the finals. Great Britain and Denmark will meet in the Petite Final.
Friday also saw the Sail-Off for fifth and seventh places. Team Germany won against Team Spain and placed fifth in the final standings. Team France, beating Malta, took rank seven.
Results Quarterfinal
1th New Zealand, 6 points
2nd Italy, 7 points
3rd Denmark, 9 points
4th Great Britain, 10 points
by Zoe Hawkins and Sail-World
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