The latest on Team Shosholoza

South Africa's Team Shosholoza achieved two fifth places in Saturday's opening two races of the Valencia Louis Vuitton Act Eleven fleet racing event being held in the Mediterranean off Spain. Their performance improved their ranking from eighth tot third overall in the qualifying rounds of the Americas Cup challenge. In Saturday's first race the South Africans beat Cup defenders Alinghi by three boat lengths. They also beat Italy’s Luna Rossa and America’s BMW Oracle Racing, the winners of the Louis Vuitton Act Ten event. In the second race they finished two places ahead of Emirates’ Team New Zealand and in the process again beat BMW Oracle Racing.