Skipper Jury leads Kiwis to sailing title

05 November,2010 07:19 AM IST |   |  A Correspondent

The New Zealand squad, led by Laurie Jury, continued their impeccable form from earlier rounds into the semi-finals and final to emerge champions in the West Coast Marine Mumbai International Match Race, which concluded at Chowpatty yesterday


The New Zealand squad, led by Laurie Jury, continued their impeccable form from earlier rounds into the semi-finals and final to emerge champions in the West Coast Marine Mumbai International Match Race, which concluded at Chowpatty yesterday.u00a0

Having led the teams into the semi-finals, Jury and his side squashed the challenge from Indian ace Farokh Tarapore 2-0 in the best-of-three race affair and then went on to demolish the Brazilian squad led by Enrique Haddad 3-0 in the best-of-five final to emerge worthy winners.

Earlier, in the round of four, India's highest ranked match racer R Mahesh and team, also the defending champions, came a cropper against the Brazilians, losing 0-2.

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New Zealand squad Laurie Jury race Brazilians