NEWS TILLER WINS KOREA QUALIFIER
THAT WINNING FEELING: Full Metal Jacket, winners of Korea Qualifier 2012.. New Zealand’s William Tiller
Tiller earns entry to 2012 Korea Match Cup
successfully overcame a spirited challenge from Australia’s David Gilmour to take victory in the Korea Match Cup, booking his team a spot in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour event which takes place May 29 - June 3. Te young Kiwi will now join
compatriots Laurie Jury and Phil Robertson in competing for ISAF Match Racing World Championship points at the second event of the year, hoping to build on a very respectable 5th place at the 2011 end-of- season finale, the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia. Te skipper, who is 18th in the ISAF
Match Racing World Rankings said: “Te Korea Match Cup Qualifier win has set us up nicely for the season and we now have a month back in New Zealand to work on a few areas of our game before the exciting challenge of competing in the Korea event against the world’s best match racers. “With a strong breeze, confined racing
area and incoming tide, racing in the qualifier final was tough but the team coped very well with the challenge, pushing the boat around the course.” Byeongki Park lost to David Gilmour in
the semi-final but will join William Tiller in the main event as top Korean qualifier.
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