Match Race France - Iehl and Marinho close on quarter-finals

7:30 PM Wed 11 May 2011 GMT

'Damien Iehl in action against Pierre-Antoine Morvan in qualifying at Match Race France - World Match Racing Tour 2011' ? Gilles Martin-Raget

World Match Racing Tour's 2011 season opener is Match Race France, is being sailed May 10-15 and is turning out well for Marseille local Damien Iehl and the Portugese wildcard Alvaro Marinho. Both have displayed outstanding performances on the opening day of the 2011 World Match Racing Tour. Iehl and Marinho are at the top the scoreboard and are successfully closing in on a place in the Quarter-Finals. Throughout the pre-season, Damien Iehl expressed his determination to prove himself amongst the world's elite match racers and he more than backed that up in the first Qualifying Session. In his first ...

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by World Match Racing Tour