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Long Beach, CA (April 14, 2022) – It didn’t take but an instant for Ficker Cup competitors to get their game on, on the first day of racing for the Ficker Cup trophy and a berth in next week’s Congressional Cup. The eight teams from the US, Sweden, and Denmark came out swinging, as cool breezes buffeted the waters off the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier.
In the first half of today’s races, four skippers looked to sweep the pack – Jeppe Borch (DEN), Emil Kjaer (DEN), Jeffery Petersen (USA), and Peter Holz (USA) – but soon the leaderboard shuffle began.
Dave Perry (USA) upset Holz; then Holz beat Borch, after the Danish team drew a foul and red flag stipulating the penalty turn had to be done immediately. Christopher Weis (USA) got on the scoreboard with wins over Petersen and Anna Östling (SWE), while David Wood (USA) warmed up to two wins late in the day…
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