Liga Layar Malaysia Match Racing at Pulau Langkawi - Day 2
by Maslina Shamsuddin 10 Feb 2014 12:12 GMT
9-11 February 2014
Masyuri maintains lead over Koo in Langkawi
The second day of races at the Liga Layar Malaysia (LLM) at the National Sailing Training Centre provided more action on the waters of Langkawi with sailors fighting to qualify to the knockout stages.
The day kicked off with the top two skippers facing off each other but Mohd Masyuri Rahmat of the Royal Malaysian Navy Match Racing Team maintained his lead over Jeremy Koo of Sime Darby Foundation-KRT to finish the first round robin stage with 5 points while Koo has 4.5 points.
The quarter-final stage of the competition saw Masyuri choosing to race against Mohd Faizal Norizan (Royal Langkawi Yacht Club/MYA), Koo picking Muhammad Shaiful Bakhtiar Shariff (SPA Sailing Team) as his opponent and Nik Ashraf Qaedi Nik Azizan (Permai Hotel Match Racing Team) who was third in the standings at the start of the day racing against Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (UiTM/MYA Match Racing Team) to determine the semi-final line up.
Khairulnizam emerged as the third skipper to qualify into the semi-final followed by Nik Ashraf Qaedi. Muhammad Shaiful and Mohd Faizal ended the race in fifth and sixth respectively.
The action will continue tomorrow with the semi-final races followed by the finals to determine the winners of this leg of the circuit.
The LLM is the local match racing circuit organised to select Malaysia's representative for the Monsoon Cup, the final destination in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). Besides Langkawi, other locations in the pipeline for the year include Lumut, Port Dickson, Pulau Duyong, Johor and Port Klang.
Organised by the Malaysian Yachting Association (MYA) and Innovatige Sdn Bhd, the rights holder to the Monsoon Cup, LLM is part of the Association's effort to answer the government's call to have more sailing tournaments to improve the skills of Malaysian athletes before participating in bigger international events. This leg of LLM offers a total of RM15,000 in prize money.
Full round-robin standings:
Mohd Masyuri Rahmat (Royal Malaysian Navy Match Racing Team) - 5-0
Jeremy Koo (Sime Darby Foundation - KRT) - 4-1
Nik Ashraf Qaedi Nik Azizan (Permai Hotel Match Racing Team) - 3-2
Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (UiTM/MYA Match Racing Team) - 2-3
Muhammad Shaiful Bakhtiar Shariff (SPA Sailing Team) - 1-4
Mohd Faizal Norizan (Royal Langkawi Yacht Club/MYA) - 0-5
Quarter-final standings:
Mohd Masyuri Rahmat (Royal Malaysian Navy Match Racing Team) - 2-0
Jeremy Koo (Sime Darby Foundation – KRT) - 2-0
Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (UiTM/MYA Match Racing Team) - 2-1
Nik Ashraf Qaedi Nik Azizan (Permai Hotel Match Racing Team) 1-2