Australian Laser sailor Tom Slingsby wins Hyères

by Rob Kothe on 29 Apr 2006 Gosford sailor Tom Slingsby successfully defended his Hyères Laser title overnight. In the Medal race Slingsby made sure his Croatian rival Mate Arapov stayed behind him, keeping close cover from start to finish. Slingsby finished fourth to keep his title.

He is, no doubt, hoping this is going to be a 'groundhog' European Regatta season, at least result wise. Last year the 21 year old won four European regattas - Hyères, Kiel, Garda and the Holland regatta.

Before the Tornado medal race, Australians' Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby were leading the regatta. However a clash of event commitments meant the dual World Champions had to miss the Medal Race, heading to the Eurocat regatta in Carnac, and therefore incurring the full penalty of 74 points, dropping them to 10th overall.

Matthew Belcher and Nick Behrens finished fifth overall in the Mens 470 fleet. In the 470 Women’s Fremantle sailors Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson had two good results with a fourth and a fifth and finished 15th overall. Royal Queensland’s Lauren Jefferies and Rike Ziegelmayer saved their best race until last with a fifth and finished 24th overall.

In the Laser Radial Class Sandringham sailor Krystal Weir finished eighth and Melanie Dennison 16th. Tom Slingsby won the Laser Class and Brendan Casey was 34th. In the RS:X Mens Corey Plant was 65th.


Laser

Results after 11 races ( Discards : 2 ) (137 entries)

Pos, Sail, Competitors, Grp, Pts Net, Pts tot, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9

1, AUS 184675, SLINGSBY Tom, -MR, 2800, 5000, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 16, 5, 6

2, CRO 179403, ARAPOV Mate, -MR, 4200, 9000, 8, 2, 1, 1, 1, BFD, 5, 12, 4

3, CAN 186629, LEIGH Michael, -MR, 4400, 6700, 12, 11, 7, 6, 4, 2, 1, 8, 5

4, NZL 184682, MURDOCH Andrew, -MR, 4700, 8100, 7, 4, 5, 4, 4, 10, 18, 16, 7

5, ARG 185399, ROMERO Diego, -MR, 4800, 9500, 6, 3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 2, 22, 25

34, AUS 185364, CASEY Brendan, GOL, 12400, 19600, 21, 3, 1, 5, 2, BFD, 27, OCS, DNF

Laser Radial

Results after 11 races ( Discards : 2 ) (80 entries)
Pos, Sail, Competitors, Grp, Pts Net, Pts tot, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9

1, USA 183275, RAILEY Paige, -MR, 3700, 11900, BFD, 4, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 2, 2

2, FRA 183248, DE TURCKHEIM Sophie, -MR, 3900, 10700, BFD, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 27

3, CHN 182008, XU Lijia, -MR, 4300, 8100, 1, 5, 6, 6, 1, 2, 9, 19, 19

4, NZL 177775, ALEH Jo, -MR, 4500, 10000, BFD, 14, 6, 5, 4, 12, 3, 6, 3

5, USA 184544, TUNNICLIFFE Anna, -MR, 5400, 8200, 3, 6, 2, 8, 1, 13, 5, 5, 15

8, AUS 185828, WEIR Krystal, -MR, 8400, 15300, 19, 8, 4, 3, OCS, 3, 28, 16, 1

16, AUS 168683, DENNISON Melanie, GOL, 9400, 17000, 14, 3, 18, 5, 5, 3, 22, 36, 40


470 Mens

Results after 8 races ( Discards : 1 ) (86 entries)
Pos, Sail, Competitors, Grp, Pts Net, Pts tot, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, MR, Club/Country

1, ISR 7, KLIGER Gideon
GAL Udi , -MR, 1800, 6200, 5, 1, DNF, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, Israel

2, ITA 2, ZANDONA' Gabrio
TRANI Andrea , -MR, 2500, 3500, 10, 3, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 2, CIVMM - Italy

3, FRA 11, BONNAUD Benjamin
BONNAUD Romain , -MR, 4000, 8400, 14, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, BFD, 4, S N SABLAIS - France

4, POR 22, MARINHO Alvaro
NUNES Miguel , -MR, 4300, 6800, 5, 25, 2, 12, 1, 5, 2, 8, CLUBE VELA BARREIRO - Portugal

5, AUS 361, BELCHER Mathew
BEHRENS Nick , -MR, 5800, 9900, 22, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7, 41, 6, ROYAL QUEENSLAND YAC - Australia

470 Womens,

Results after 7 races ( Discards : 1 ) (48 entries)
Pos, Sail, Competitors, Pts Net, Pts tot, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, Club/Country, ,

1, ISR 13, GILBOA Adi , BOUSKILA Vered , 4100, 6600, 25, 3, 8, 3, 7, 5, 15, Israel, ,

2, JPN 4152, YOSHISAKO Yuka, OHKUMA Noriko , 4300, 6500, 1, 1, 7, 16, 11, 22, 7, BENESSE - Japan, ,


3, FRA 9, LECOINTRE Camille, LEMAITRE Gwendolyn , 5300, 7700, 3, 24, 10, 5, 19, 14, 2, S R DE BREST - France, ,


4, FRA 4, PETITJEAN Ingrid,, DOUROUX Nadege 5400, 7900, 18, 13, 9, 9, 4, 1, 25

5, GBR 831, WILSON Pippa, CRAIG Sheena 5400, 8700, 8, 14, 15, 4, 9, 4, 33

15, AUS 357, RECHICHI Elise, PARKINSON Tessa 9600, 14500, 41, DSQ, 5, 13, 16, 17, 4,

24, AUS 346, JEFFRIES Lauren, ZIEGELMAYER Rike 12700, 16600, 39, 29, 20, 25, 25, 23, 5,


Tornados,
Results after 8 races ( Discards : 1 ) (36 entries)

Pos, Sail, Competitors, Grp, Pts Net, Pts tot, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, MR, Club/Country

1, FRA 1, REVIL Xavier ESPAGNON Christophe , MedRace, 3780, 4780, 3, 10, 5, 5, RDG, 6, 3, 5, S R V ANNECY / EQ FRANCE MILITAIRE - France

2, GER 1094, GAEBLER Roland STRUCKMANN Gunnar , MedRace, 4200, 6500, 2, 14, 2, 12, 2, 2, 23, 4, NRV KYC - Germany

3, GRE 7, PASCHALIDES Iordanis TRIGONIS Konstantinos , MedRace, 4300, 5600, 10, 3, 10, 13, 3, 13, 2, 1, LOKT NOTH - Greece

4, GER 1101, POLGAR Johannes SPALTEHOLZ Florian , MedRace, 5100, 6400, 1, 11, 4, 8, 13, 4, 11, 6, NRV - Germany

5, ESP 1, ECHAVARRI Fernando PAZ Anton , MedRace, 5300, 8100, 25, 13, 1, 2, 1, 7, 28, 2, Spain

10, AUS 8, BUNDOCK Darren ASHBY Glenn , MedRace, 9400, 11000, 7, 1, 3, 1, 7, 1, 16, DNS, VSAW BERLIN – Australia