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Sail-World.com : North American Challenge Cup - Sportsmanship prevails
North American Challenge Cup - Sportsmanship prevails
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North American Challenge Cup. In sailing we often hear the term 'Corinthian spirit' used, although anyone who has faced the protest room knows that isn’t always the reality. But at the 2010 North American Challenge Cup, good old fashion sportsmanship was the theme to the end of Chicago Yacht Club’s annual regatta for disabled sailors.
Just before the awards were to be handed out, and after press release was issued announcing the winners, Kristi Walker, the pronounced winner in the 2.4mR class discovered a scoring error and pointed it out to her competitor Nigist Sewnnet, which ultimately bumped Walker to second place.
While the other NACC competitors were enjoying the cocktail hour leading up to the evening’s awards ceremony, Walker and Sewnnett approached the Race Committee and requested the rescoring of the races in question.
'The competitors in the 2.4mR class identified scoring errors in the finishes for three of the four races held on Monday. Races 6, 7, and 8 were found to be in error, according to the testimony of four of the five competitors, ' explained Race Committee member Ann Rundle.
'It was pretty powerful that the woman who was scored initially as winning, came up to the real winner, Nigist, to inform her there was a mistake and it needed to be corrected. That's what makes this such a great regatta.'
After revisions to scoring, Walker and Sewnnet ended in a tie. Given Sewnnet’s higher number of first place finishes, the Canadian Paralympic hopeful was ultimately cast as the winner.
Here are the revised results:
2.4mR (5 boats) (top)
Series Standing - 9 races scored
Information is final.
Regatta results last updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:15:03 PM CDT
Pos,Sail, Boat, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. can 40, Abisinia, Nigist Sewnnet, NYC/DSAO, 3-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-4- ; 16T
2. 114, charter, Kristi Walker, JGASP, 1-2-2-3-1-1-2-2-2- ; 16T
3. 123, , joseph Hill, Nassau Bay Yacht Club, 2-4-5-6/DNS-4-4-4-3-1- ; 33
4. 66, 2.4mR, Tamara Vermette, Noroton Yacht Club, 6/DNF-3-4-2-5-5-3-5-3- ; 36
5. CAN8, , Audrey Kobayashi, Kingston Yacht Club, 4-5-3-6/DNS-3-3-5-4-5- ; 38
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by Christie Denson
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