Mirsky Racing Team given a second chance in Gold Cup

1:38 AM Fri 9 Oct 2009 GMT

'Mirsky Racing Team in action' Bermuda Gold Cup/ Charles Anderson &copy Click Here to view large photo

After a disappointing second half of the round robin, Mirsky Racing Team failed to qualify immediately for the quarter finals after losing three straight races.

The final race of the round, a derby match against Black Swan Racing, Keith Swinton from South of Perth Yacht Club saw MRT receive a penalty in the prestart, Black Swan Racing had the advantage off the line but MRT fought back to take the lead.

Unable to extend and clear their penalty, Swinton narrowly sneaked in on a mark trap laid by MRT to end their chances of fasttracking to the next stage.

Nevertheless, MRT managed to have enough points to go into the 'second chance' repechage round where the top two teams will make up the deciding two spots in the quarter finals.

'The repechage round allows us to have an extra five races, so if we can make it through this round it will put us in a good position going into the quarter finals' commented Spence.

Keen to find some form, MRT came out in the first two races of the repechage with victories, comfortably defeating America Dave Perry then inflicting a black flag on France's Damien Iehl.

With three races remaining in the repechage, MRT need to secure at least two more wins in order to stay in the fight for the Gold Cup title.

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