Irish pair take Flying 15 Worlds warm-up event

by Gerald New on 9 Jun 2007 Darren Martin and Simon Murray of Ireland won the Flying Fifteen pre-world event at the Royal Port de Pollença YC, Mallorca.

Martin and Murrey finished in 17th place in the final race but their only rivals for the title, Make Hart and Tim Hall (GBR) were unable to improve on their score line (finishing 12th) leaving Martin and Murrey able to discard the final race result.

The final race was held in an easterly of 10 to 12 knots. Obviously finding the fresher conditions more to their liking, Steve Goacher and Phil Evans got into single figures for the first time in this event with a race win.

Second were Dave McKee and Chris Hewkin (GBR) to move up to fourth overall and in third were Australians Grant Alderson and Dean McAullay, to recover from Wednesday’s woes and finish third overall.

Twenty of the competitors in the pre-worlds failed to move on to the World event, so seventy boats will sail for the World Championship.

Friday and Saturday are measurement days ahead of the start of the Flying 15 World Championship on Sunday. Following from the pre-world event, which had a wide spread of competitors in contention for the top ten, the championship looks to be very open.

Martin and Murrey (IRL) will be buoyed by their pre-event win and the top six positions were filled with familiar names who are sure to be in the running, plus the good performance of the local pair, Paco Ibáñez and Juan Merayo, bodes well for them.

Still to make their mark are teams such as Charles Apthorp and Dave Richards, who finished with an 11th in the final race, and Alan Bax and Paul Busby who had a couple of fourth places in the final races.

Flying 15 Pre-Worlds – Final overall positions:

1 IRL 3866 DARREN MARTIN and SIMON MURRAY 1 9 1 2 17 13pts
2 GBR 3817 MIKE HART and TIM HALL 11 1 4 3 12 19
3 AUS 3833 GRANT ALDERSON and DEAN MCAULLAY 2 2 26 13 3 20
4 GBR 3805 DAVID MCKEE and CHRIS HEWKIN 6 8 10 6 2 22
5 AUS 3743 NICK JERWOOD and JANET JERWOOD 17 4 2 9 RDG 23
6 NZL 3739 AARON GOOGMANSON and ALISTER ROWLANDS 4 5 15 1 27 25
7 ESP 3804 PACO IBAÑEZ and JUAN IGANCIO MERAYO 14 13 3 8 8 32
8 GBR 3883 ALAN BAX and PAUL BUSBY 15 18 16 4 4 39
9 GBR 3721 STEVE GOACHER and PHIL EVANS 25 16 14 23 1 54
10 AUS 3800 RUPERT LESLIE and GRAEME LILLINGSTON 7 14 12 30 23 55
11 AUS 3619 RON PACKER and PETER MUNDFORD 3 28 9 16 44 56
12 IRL 3886 ANDREW McCLEERY and COLIN DOUGAN 5 11 23 17 43 56
13 IRL 3892 BRIAN MCKEE and IAN SMYTH 30 39 5 19 7 61
14 GBR 3760 JEREMY DAVID and RICHARD RIGG 18 23 25 10 14 64
15 GBR 3675 ADRIAN TATTERSALL and TIM SHART 33 22 13 25 6 66
16 GBR 3681 PIP HUDSON and ALICE HUDSON 34 12 7 35 16 68
17 IRL 3708 NIALL MEAGHER and NICKI MATTHEWS 27 17 50 5 26 74
18 GBR 3716 JUSTIN WAPLES and IAN STONE 31 3 24 28 22 76
19 AUS 3781 ROD BZVRFEAUX and CHRIS O'ICEEFE 13 OCS 35 20 10 77
20 ESP 3796 JAVIER CHACARTEGUI and MIGUEL SANTAURSULA 20 24 21 44 13 77
21 IRL 3691 IAN MATHEWS and BEN MULLIGAN 19 6 43 29 25 78
22 IRL 3803 MORGAN SHEEHY and ALAN GREEN 32 19 37 24 5 80
23 NZL 3840 MURRRAY GILBERT and JOHN BURGUES 9 32 18 21 42 80
24 ESP 3853 ROBERT HOGBEN and ADAM KINGSTONE 22 10 19 33 30 80
25 RSA 3868 PATRICK HARRIS and JEMMY KRIEK 23 20 6 32 33 81
26 IRL 3641 ANDY MARTIN and RORY MARTIN 16 27 29 14 28 84
27 IRL 3850 JUSTIN BURKE and CHRIS DOORLEY 26 38 30 11 29 95
28 GBR 3851 IAN LINDER and KEVIN SWEETMAN 54 29 22 27 21 98
29 HKG 3830 HOWARD WILLIAMS and ANDY SERVICE 10 35 28 31 31 99
30 GBR 3734 HOWARD GREEN and IAN PRESTON 50 7 59 38 15 109
31 GBR 3818 GILL BROWNING and TIM RUMFITT 47 36 47 12 18 112
32 GBR 3787 DAVID BROCKBANK and JANETLEFTON 12 48 51 37 20 116
33 IRL 3773 JOHN LAVERY and DAVID O'BRIEN 35 33 40 36 19 122
34 NZL 3534 PHIL QUINN and ROWENA CREMER 57 34 20 22 53 128
35 AUS 3717 GREC LEAVERSUCH and PETER BARBUSH 37 15 38 41 46 131
36 IRL 3753 KEN DUMPLETON and JOHN McNEILLY 51 25 8 56 49 132
37 GBR 3890 GEOFFREY BAYLISS and MARTIN GRADY 36 30 52 39 34 138
38 AUS 3767 KEN BUBB and LEE BUBB 29 40 53 18 57 140
39 GBR 3611 STEVE DOVTHATE and PAUL AVERLEY 24 45 34 60 41 143
40 NZL 3809 SARAH KIFF and GERALD MARTIN 28 47 32 46 38 143
41 GBR 3615 ROGER PALMER and IA SHAWFIELD 49 50 11 34 52 144
42 GBR 3737 SIMON ROBINSON and DAVID VASEY 8 43 48 48 56 147
43 AUS 3855 PETER ROOKR and MARTIN ARROWSMITH 61 37 45 43 24 148
44 RSA 3872 STEVE HEGERSTROM and JOE BOX 52 51 17 42 40 149
45 GBR 3897 CHARLES APTHORP and DAVID RICHARDS DNC DNC 41 26 11 153
46 NZL 3553 RICHARP GUEY and GRAHAM GRUEY 43 31 49 53 36 158
47 NZL 3754 STEPHEN WILSON and GRAEME ROBINSON 46 41 42 45 32 159
48 ESP 3600 MICHAEL CLOUGH and GREGORY CLOUGH 44 42 27 61 54 166
49 GBR 3845 TESSA LANCASTER and NICK LANCASTER 38 53 55 40 37 167
50 AUS 3718 ASHLEY SMITH and KYM THUMRKIW RAF 21 56 15 DNC 168
51 ESP 3610 DAVID MILES and ANDREW VINSON 59 59 46 7 DNC 171
52 GBR 2663 SIMON DANGERFIELD and DAVID HEMINGWAY 39 54 36 49 50 173
53 RSA 3870 GREGG HUNTER and GREG DOBSON 55 46 44 47 45 181
54 AUS 3775 PHILIPPA PACKER and THOMAS BROWN 56 26 57 50 51 182
55 AUS 3719 JOHN WILSON and NICK HANCOCK 42 52 39 51 63 184
56 ESP 3598 STEVE BRANAGH and MARK BRANAGH 60 49 33 66 48 189
57 GBR 3815 ATHOL KING and TREVOR BELLIS 48 60 58 54 35 194
58 ESP 3825 JOHN LEAF and RICHARD KEMPT 40 58 62 59 47 203
59 GBR 3885 TPNY LEE and CHRIS HOUGH 21 DNC 31 DNC DNC 204
60 GBR 2684 JEREMY ARNOLD and DAVID BROWN 41 61 63 55 58 214
61 ESP 3650 DAVID THEWLIS and PERE ANTONI ENSENYAT 62 44 60 57 68 223
62 ESP 2873 JOHN WALKER and DEAN HARPER 58 62 64 52 61 232
63 GBR 2964 VINCENT HARRIS and PATRICK HARRIS 63 55 65 67 65 247
64 GBR 3420 IAN CAMPERON and TIG-NA- CRAIG 53 65 67 64 67 248
65 GBR 3577 JOE NELSON and BRET GULLAN 65 64 70 69 55 252
66 IRL 3382 DARREN BURKE and ROBERT MAHON 64 56 71 62 DNC 253
67 GBR 759 PETER MOGG and ALEX DOBSON 45 57 DNC DNC DNC 254
68 GBR 3139 GILES PASSMORE and ANDREW MC LAUCHLAN 66 63 68 63 66 257
69 ESP 3279 PEDRO CAVACO and JOHN WASHINGTON BFD DNC 54 65 64 258
70 ESP 3432 TIM AISHER and PAUL ALLAN DNC DNC 66 58 59 258
71 AUS 3766 NILS BLUMANN and CHRIS GILMOUR RAF DNC 61 68 60 264
72 GBR 3801 JOHN HARDITSTY and ROGER ERRINGTON DNC DNC DNC DNC 39 266
73 RSA 3777 RICHARD BATE and HENRY FRENCKEN DNC DNC 69 DNC 62 282
74 ESP 2950 MATIAS BRUNET and BIEL CANAVES 67 DNC 72 DNC DNC 291
75 GBR 2433 TIM TOMLINSON and MARK GREER DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 304

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