After a long day, with long  delays  the South African Ian Ainslie and his Proximo Team won their third Slovenia Match Race cup grade 2. After he had defeated Keith Swinton in the semifinals (3:1) the South African  was on fire and started the finals with two smoothly wins over Jure Orel who defeated Simone Ferrarese in the second semififinal (3:1). There was a light breeze ( 6-8 knots) in the early morning during the last semifinal flights but in the afternoon , when the finals started, the wind in The Gulf of Koper was rapidly dying down  and The Race comitee  took the decision to abbreviate the course. In a very difficult very light wind conditions Orel won the third match but it was not enough to took the overall victory. After a long delay  Ainslie and Orel started the decisive match. Orel recieved the penalty at the begining of the match and Ainslie wins easily. This is the  the third consecutive win on The Slovenia Match Race cup for the South African skipper.
His team had to master a variety of windy conditions through all the event and managed by Ainslie  done an  excellent job. It was a good event for the Slovenian Jure Orel aswell. He  reached the finals  on the Slovenia Match Race cup in his third attempt 
  Third place  goes to the the biggest surprise of the event, the Italian Simne Ferrarese who astonished with the win over  Keith Swinton (2:1). Overall it was a very interesting event for the 10 teams invited in Koper, altough the wind sometimes refused to cooperate, especially the first and the last day of the  Match Race. 

  It was a hard day for many of the teams at the Slovenia Match race cup. There have not been any big surprises today. All the favorites won over their respective oponents. It started at 10 AM. Four more flights of the Round Robin  have ben sailed until noon to complete the qualifying series.  Jure Orel took four wins today and entered in the semifinals as the winner of the Roun Robin (7-2). Orel defeated Swinton, Ainslie, Arbuzow and Ferrarese in one of the closest matches of the day.   Simone Ferrarese  is a greatest surprise of the event. Today he won over Boia and entered the semifinals  with the second best score (7-2). To complete the table of the semifinals Ian Ainslie with seven and Keith Swinton with 6,5 points.
 The semifinals started with the repetition of the last Round Robin match between Jure Orel and Simone Ferrarese. This time the Italian sailed better and took a win over the Slovenian team. In the second match Ian Ainslie defeated  Keith Swinton. The close and intensive racing continues in the second and the third  round of the semifinals. Orel took two consecutive wins over Ferrarese and took the lead. The same situation in the match between Ainslie and Swinton. The South african   has lost the second and took a win in the third match. Around 5PM the wind dropped completely. The Regatta comitee decided to postponed the matches to tomorrow.

Semifinals:
Orel – Ferrarese 2:1
Ainslie – Swinton 2:1

  After two days of very light winds and delays, perfect conditions today helped the Regatta comitee  of the grade 2 Slovenia Match race cup to  bring the Round Robin series to the   19th flight. The moderated westerly  that  built up to 15 knots was ideal for sailing. In that conditions emerged  the young australian talent Keith Swinton who finished the day unbeaten with 5,5 points because of the acccident he had yesterday with Rui Boia. The Aussie  was the star performer today and is close to the semifinals. Swinton showed a lot of agressiveness especially during the match against Phil Robertson in the 11th flight. Both of them have recieved the penalty  but Swinton remained gathered till the end and took a win in the final of the match.
  There have been some surprises today. The Italian Jacopo Pasini won over the local champion  Jure Orel. The Slovenian skipper was disappointed after the match because of the penalty he has recevied.  Ferrarese who was in the lead after the first day continued his good performance and took another 4 wins and finished on the second place. 
  Today was a good day for the highest ranked skipper of the event, the SouthAfrican Ian Ainslie. He took 5 wins and finished on the third place.  There are another two skippers close to entered  the semifinals Jure Orel  and Phil Robertson. In the late afternoon the wind dropped and the Regatta comitee have decided to continue tomorrow.  Another 4 series of Round Robin are  necesary to complete the qualifying series. The Round Robin will continue tomorrow at 10 AM all through the wind will be favorable as the weather forecast anounces. The start of the semifnals is expected in the afternoon.