Sunday 1 August 2010

NEWSFLASH Internationaux de France de Match Racing: Reuben Corbett and Black Sheep Racing in Finals


Waka Racing in the lead off Pornichet. Image copyright Bruno Bouvry/ www.imagesdemer.com

by SailRaceWin

Reuben Corbett and the kiwi Black Sheep Racing team are through to the finals of the Grade One Internationaux de France de Match Racing, Trophee Manu Minard, in Pornichet.

For Corbett it is his second time in a Grade One event and second time in the finals. On the first occasion he won, defeating Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS) 3-0 in the finals in St Petersburg. To reach the finals in Pornichet, France, Corbett again defeated Neugodnikov. This time the scoreline was 3-2 in Corbett's favour.

At time of writing, Corbett is 2-0 up in the finals against his training partner, Frenchman Pierre Antoine Morvan, known to all as PAM.

Internationaux de France de Match Racing/Trophée Manu Minard