New Zealand will have nine entries starting in seven of the medal races in the final day of the 2011 Sail For Gold Regattta being sailed over the Olympic course at Weymouth.

Jon-Paul Tobin leads the men's RS:X

The Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is the sixth event in the 2010-11 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.

Because it is the Olympic event next year the entry list is large with competition among 1067 athletes from 62 countries taking part.
New Zealanders lead in the Men's RS:X and the Women's 470 events. Another medal looks likely in the Laser.

In the women's 470 Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie hold a 16 point margin. Following a 7^th and 2^nd yesterday, they have 42 points and are expected to focus on a smart conservative medal race.
Jon-Paul Tobin leads the men's RS:X, but holds only a one point margin over English sailor Nick Dempsey.

Tom Ashley also starts in the medal race for New Zealand. He's 9th overall and within reach of gaining another place or two if things go his way in tomorrow's medal race. He has been battling ill health.

Andrew Murdoch is in 2nd place on the Laser leader board. His competition is Tom Slingsby of Australia and Paul Goodison GBR who is in 3rd place and just one point adrift of Murdoch.
Andy Maloney has earned a medal race start and is in ninth place overall going into the last race.

In the Finn event Dan Slater lies 6^th with an outside chance at a medal. He has sixteen points to make up on the sailor lying 3rd.
Sara Winther makes the top ten and the Laser Radial medal race after placing 5th and 21st overnight. She is in 9th overall on equal points to 8th position.
Star sailors Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk also make the medal race lying 9th on the board at the end of series racing.
Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders have also secured a medal race start in the Men's 470 scraping into the top ten by one point.

2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta
New Zealand's provisional standings after day five

470 Women (45 entries)
1st Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie

470 Men (77 entries)
10th Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders

49er (63 entries)
12th Peter Burling and Blair Tuke

Finn (59 entries)
6th Dan Slater
26th Matt Coutts
52nd Bradley Douglas

Laser (123 entries)
2nd Andrew Murdoch
9th Andy Maloney
19th Sam Meech
23rd Josh Junior
29th Mike Bullot
Silver fleet 42nd Spencer Loxton

Radial (91 entries)
9th Sara Winther
29th Miranda Powrie

RS:X Men (86 entries)
1st JP Tobin
9th Tom Ashley
Silver fleet 38th Carl Evans

RS:X Women (59 entries)
16th Natalia Kosinska
22nd Stephanie Williams
Silver fleet 11th Justina Sellers
Silver fleet 13th Jazmine Lynch

Star (41 entries)
9th Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk

Women's Match Racing
Bronze Round Robin 1st Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt

2.4 metre (34 entries)
21st Joshua McKenzie-Brown

SKUD18 (17 entries)
8th Tim Dempsey and Jan Apel


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