IFDS Worlds to take place at RNSYS in Halifax

by Kathy Large on 13 Aug 2014

Heiko Kroger (GER) during the Paralympics London 2012 David Staley - IFDS

Sailors from 24 countries will be racing in Halifax harbour all next week for a chance to win a world championship in the 'High Liner Foods IFDS Worlds 2014' at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Check-in and measurement starts on Friday, Aug. 15th. Opening ceremonies take place on Monday, Aug. 18th at 1800 hrs. at the Squadron. Acclaimed U.S. sailor and commentator Gary Jobson will be representing the International Sailing Federation at the opening ceremonies where he will be presenting an award.

Sailors will start the championship series on Tuesday, Aug. 19th with two races on each of three courses scheduled daily until Saturday, depending on the weather. A championship race is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 24th with the world championship and trophy presentations to follow racing at approximately 1800 hrs.

Racing will take place off McNabb’s Island, Point Pleasant Park and further out the harbour towards Herring Cove. Seventy-seven competitor’s boats and many more support vessels will head out from the Squadron each day in the late morning. A total of 176 athletes and coaches are registered for the event. 47 sailors race the 2.4 mR, a solo keelboat.14 teams of two are entered in the SKUD-18 competition. 16 teams of three sailors are entered in the Sonar competition.

Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell, SKUD 18 medal race at the 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta © Guilain Grenier

All three reigning world champions are expected to be here in Halifax to defend their titles – Heiko Kroeger (GER) in the 2.4 mR, Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell (GBR) in the SKUD-18 and Bruno Jourdren, Eric Flageul and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary (FRA) in the Sonar.

The International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) is the governing body that sets the competition criteria for disabled sailors around the world. IFDS rules allow for adaptations to level the playing field for competitors, depending on their level of disability. IFDS is an affiliate member of the International Sailing Federation and the International Paralympic Committee.

This World championship is a major undertaking for the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. Many upgrades have been made to the club’s infrastructure to ensure that all facilities are fully accessible to all competitors. The work has been financed by contributions from club members, corporate sponsors and government partners, leaving a lasting legacy for the sport of disabled sailing in Nova Scotia.

The top ranking sailors in each class will pre-qualify for the Rio Paralympics in 2016.

Participants

2.4mR, 1 Person Sailboat

Sail #	First Name	Last Name	Country Representing	IFDS Sailor ID
GBR 98	Megan	Pascoe	United Kingdom	GBRMP039
165	Daniel	Evans	United States	USADE29
USA 88	John	Ruf	United States	USAJR74
USA 118	Tim	Ripley	United States	USATR62
CAN 19	Siobhan	MacDonald	Canada	CANSM39
USA 142	Charles	Rosenfield	United States	usacr44
ISV 1	Antonio	Sanpere	United States	ISVAS 2
GBR 75	Helena	Lucas	Great Britain	GBRHL1
AUT 1	Sven	Reiger	Austria	AUTSR3
113	John	Brooker	United Kingdom	GBRJB168
NOR 1	BjÃ¸rnar	Erikstad	Norway	norbe1
GER 1	Heiko	Kroeger	Germany	GERHK1
142	Carol	Dugdale	Great Britain	GBRCD55
1	Barend	Kol	The Netherlands	NEDBK3
GER 44	Lasse	KlÃ¶tzing	Germany	GERLK8
FRA13	Damien	Seguin	France	FRA DS3
FRA 5	Kevin	Cantin	France	FRA KC3
PUR 14	julio	Reguero	Afghanistan	purjr2
837	antonio	santa rosa	Brazil	BRAAS43
ITA104	Antonio	Squizzato	Italy	ITAAS75
AUS38	Neil	Patterson	Australia	AUSNP14
AUS36	Matthew	Bugg	Australia	AUSMB33
CAN18	Audrey	Kobayashi	Canada	CANAK6
Can 7	Stacie	Louttit	Canada	CANSL8
CZE7	Daniel	BÃna	Czech Republic	CZEDB3
124	Jonathan	Currell	Great Britain	GBRJC157
CAN 88	Aaron	Wong-Sing	Canada	CANAW18
160	Kevin	Holmberg	United States	USAKH47
JPN5	Masakazu	Suto	Japan	MSJPN001
GBR 3	Will	Street	Great Britain	GBRWS22
ESP-509	Rafael	Andarias Buigues	Spain	ESPRA9
esp 7	antonio	maestre hernandez	Spain	ESPAM75
145	Ted	Green	United States	USATG20
173	Niko	Salomaa	Finland	FINNS1
NZL 1	Paul	Francis	New Zealand	NZLPF1
RUS7	Elena	Belodedova	Russia	RUSEB8
RUS4	Nikolai	Uliashev	Russia	RUSNU1
ESP-15	Arturo	Montes Vorcy	Spain	ESPMA32
ESP 16	BORJA	Melgarejo	Spain	ESPBM12
NZL92	Brett	Willcock	New Zealand	AUSRW20
CAN 39	Bruce	Millar	Canada	CANBM14
Can 12	Christine	Lavallee	Canada	Cancl14
can19	joseph	gerlinsky	Canada	CANJG19
POL 7	Piotr	Nowak	Poland	POLPN4
KOR1	Yun	ByeongHwan	South Korea	KORBY1
CAN23	peter	eagar	Canada	CANPE7
ARG 3	Matias	Paillot	Argentina	MP6
ARG1	Juan	Fernandez Ocampo	Argentina	ARGJF1

SKUD-18, 2 Person Keel Boat

Sail #	First Name	Last Name	Country Representing	IFDS Sailor ID
GBR058	Alexandra	Rickham	Great Britain	GBRAR50
GBR059	Niki	Birrell	Great Britain	GBRNB29
USA 074	Sarah	Everhart Skeels	United States	USASE19
USA 074	Gerard	Tiernan	United States	USAGT10
71	Ryan	Porteous	United States
AUS055	Peter	Beard	Australia	AUSPB40
AUS055	Rachael	Cox	Australia	AUSRC14
can058	john	mcroberts	Canada	canjm34
can058	jackie	gay	Canada	canjg11
70	Vera	Voorbach	The Netherlands	NEDVV05
70	Jan Rein	van Essenveld	The Netherlands	NEDJV67
69	Rolf	Schrama	The Netherlands	NEDRS18
69	Sandra	Nap	The Netherlands	NEDSN1
ITA054	Marco	Gualandris	Italy	ITAMG63
ITA054	Marta	Zanetti	Italy	ITAMZ23
909	Brett	Pearce	Australia	AUSBP2
909	Amethyst	Barnbrook	Australia	AUSAB6
AUS047	Daniel	Fitzgibbon	Australia	AUSDF2
AUS047	Liesl	Tesch	Australia	AUSLT8
POL 050	Andrzej	Bury	Poland	POLAB21
POL 050	Olga	GÃ³rnas-grudzien	Poland	POLOG1
NZL 048	Tim	Dempsey	New Zealand	NZLTD3
NZL 048	Gemma	Fletcher	New Zealand	NZLGF2
ESP41	Sergio	Roig	Spain	ESPBG16
ESP41	Violeta	Del Reino	Spain	ESPVD2
mz01	Hagar	zahavi	Israel	hz01
mz01	Moshe	zahavi	Israel	mz01

SONAR, 3 Person Keel Boat

Sail #	First Name	Last Name	Country Representing	IFDS Sailor ID
gbr747	craig	wood	United Kingdom	grbcw68
gbr747	steve	palmer	United Kingdom	grbsp57
gbr747	luke	sinnott	United Kingdom	gbrls29
usa 810	andrew	fisher	United States	usaaf4
usa 810	bradley	johnson	United States	usabj9
usa 810	keith	burhans	United States	usakb10
USA 1	Rick	Doerr	United States	USADA6
USA 1	Hugh	Freund	United States	USAHF12
USA 1	Tim	Angle	United States	USATA16
CAN835	Paul	Tingley	Canada	CANPT1
CAN835	Scott	Lutes	Canada	CANSL12
CAN835	Logan	Campbell	Canada	CanLc3
NZL 1	Richard	Dodson	New Zealand	NZLRD12
NZL 1	David	Barnes	New Zealand	NZLDB16
NZL 1	Andrew	May	New Zealand	NZLAM3
GER 11	Jens	Kroker	Germany	GERJK6
GER 11	Robert	Prem	Germany	GERRP4
GER 11	Siegmund	Mainka	Germany	GERSM16
ITA720	Cristiano	D'Agaro	Italy	ITACD42
ITA720	Fabrizio	Solazzo	Italy	ITAFS99
ITA720	Gianbaccchisio	Pira	Italy	ITAGP147
FRA840	bruno	Jourdren	France	FRABJ9
FRA840	nicolas	Vimont-Vicary	France	FRANV3
FRA840	eric	Flageul	France	FRAEF12
AUS1	Colin	Harrison	Australia	AUSCH4
AUS1	Johnathan	Harris	Australia	AUSJH42
AUS1	Russell	Boaden	Australia	AUSRB20
1	John	Robertson	Great Britain	GBRJR31
1	Hannah	Stodel	Great Britain	GBRHS1
1	Steve	Thomas	Great Britain	GBRST42
JPN3	Shinya	Yamamoto	Japan	SYJPN001
JPN3	Junichi	Ohnuma	Japan	JOJPN001
JPN3	Noriaki	Nishino	Japan	NNJPN001
IRL694	John	Twomey	Ireland	IRLJT3
IRL694	Ian	Costelloe	Ireland	IRLIC7
IRL694	Austin	O' Carroll	Ireland	IRLAC12
GRE1	VASILeio	Christoforou	Greece	GREVC1
GRE1	Theodoros	Alexas	Greece	GRETA2
GRE1	Anargiros	Notaroglou	Greece	GREAN3
834	Jamie	Dunross	Australia	15060
834	Robert	Cridge	Australia	15740
834	Francis	Guadin	Australia	156770
ISV 3	David	Flaherty	United States	USADF76
ISV 3	Robert	Blackwell	United States	USARB191
ISV 3	Jim	Kerr	United States	USAJK168
isr1	arnon	efrati	Israel	ISRAE2
isr1	dror	cohen	Israel	IDISRDC1
isr1	shimon	ben-yakov	Israel	ISRSB11
Norway 1	Aleksander Wang	Hansen	Norway	NORAW2
Norway 1	Marie	Solberg	Norway	NORMS4
Norway 1	Per Eugen	Kristiansen	Norway	NORPK4