ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne - Successful medal-haul for Australia

by Cora Zillich on 15 Dec 2014 At the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne (8-14 December) it was a successful medal-haul for the Australian Sailing Team. A Hat-trick by Tom Burton in the Laser, Gold in the 49er for Outteridge/Jensen 49er and for Waterhouse/Darmanin in the Nacra17 and 2 Paralympic fleet gold.

It was a successful medal haul for the Australian Sailing Team (AST) at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne (8-14 December) with five gold, five silver and three bronze medals for the Australian Sailing Team and Squad (AST/ASS) in the Olympic fleet as well as two gold and one bronze in the invited Paralympic fleet.

Laser World #1 Tom Burton (NSW) finished off a successful year with another win, his third consecutive gold at the annual Melbourne Sailing World Cup. Teammate Matt Wearn (WA) won silver, completing the strong performance of the Australian Laser squad, which saw four AST/ASS sailors in the top ten.

Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) added another gold medal in the Nacra 17 with teammates Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW) winning silver and Euan McNicol (NSW) and Lucinda Whitty (NSW) bronze.

Already on Saturday (13 December) saw a strong first Medal Race day for AST and ASS athletes at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne with Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) winning gold and Queenslanders Joel Turner and Lewis Brake winning silver in the 49er class. Jo Sterling (QLD) added a silver in the women’s RS:X, her first World Cup medal, while Tess Lloyd (VIC) and Caitlin Elks (WA) won a bronze in the 49erFX.

Australian Sailing Squad and local Victorian Oliver Tweddell finished overall second in the Finn, followed by Jake Lilley (QLD) in third.

The AST also won both invited Paralympic classes with the Paralympic gold medallists Daniel Fitzgibbon (NSW) and Liesl Tesch (NSW) winning the SKUD18 and Paralympian Matt Bugg (TAS) the 2.4mR. Australian Sailing Squad’s Ame Barnbrook (NSW) and Brett Pearce (NSW) won the bronze medal in the SKUD17.

2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne Australian Sailing Team and Squad Results (as of 14 December 2014):

Men's One Person Dinghy – Laser

• Tom Burton (NSW) – AST: 2, 2, 1, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1, 4, (12), 3 – first
• Matthew Wearn (WA) – ASS: 3, 10, 2, 1, 5, 1, 11, 2, 5, (13), 6 – second
• Ryan Palk (QLD) – ASS: 14, 7, 6, 10, 8, 7, 1, 13, (21), 7, 9 – ninth
• Luke Elliott (NSW) – ASS: 17, (20), 5, 3, 6, 3, 17, 4, 15, 16, 10 – 10th
• Mitchell Kennedy (QLD) – ASS: 11, 12, 13, 9, 7, 15, 2, (18), 8, 12 – 12th
• Mark Spearman (WA) – ASS Bridging: 29, 22, 22, 12, 10, 11, 19, 17, 22, 26 – 19th

Mixed Multihull – Nacra17 – status to be confirmed

• Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) – AST: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, (3), 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3 – first
• Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW) – AST: (3), 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, (6 DNF), 2 – second
• Euan McNicol (NSW) and Lucinda Whitty (NSW) – ASS: 2, 3, 2, (4), 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 6 (DNF), 2, 2, 3, 1, 1 – third
• Paul Darmanin (NSW) and Lucy Copeland (NSW) – ASS Bridging: (4), 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3 – fourth (did not race medal race due to material breakage)

Men’s Skiff – 49er

• Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) – AST: 1, 2, 2, (16 BFD), 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 7, 3, 1 – first
• Joel Turner (QLD) and Lewis Brake (QLD) – ASS: 2, (16 OCS), 5, 3, 6, 7, 7, 3, 1, 5, 7, 11, 4 – second
• David Gilmour (WA) and Rhys Mara (VIC) – AST: 5, 1, 1, (16 BFD), 1, 6, 2, 7, 16 DSQ, 1, 2, 3, 2, 7 – fourth
• Harry Price (NSW) and Harry Morton (NSW) – ASS Bridging: 3, (16 OCS), 5, 3, 6, 7, 16, 10, 7, 10, 8, 10, 8, 2 – 10th

Women's Skiff – 49erFX

• Tess Lloyd (VIC/ASS) and Caitlin Elks (WA/ASS): 1, (6), 1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 7 – third
• Olivia Price (NSW/AST) and Eliza Solly (VIC/ASS): 2, 2, 4, 3, 6, 7, 3, (9 RET), 9 RET, 2, 5, 2, 1, 2 – fourth
• Haylee Outteridge (NSW/ASS) and Sarah Cook (VIC): 5, 5, 3, 6, 2, 5, 7, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 5, 3 – sixth

Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) – Finn

• Oliver Tweddell (VIC) – ASS: 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4 – second
• Jake Lilley (QLD) – ASS: 3, 2, 2, (4), 3, 2, 4, 3 – third

Men’s Two Person Dingy – 470M

• Alexander Conway and Patrick Conway (NSW) – ASS: 1, 1, 2, (3), 2, 1, 1, 1 – first

Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470W

• Sasha Ryan (QLD) and Amelia Catt (TAS) – ASS: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 – first
• Jeni Lidget-Dansk and Jaime Ryan (QLD) – ASS: 2, 2, (3 UFD), 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 – second

Women's One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial

• Ashley Stoddart (QLD) – ASS: 2, 2, (9), 8, 3, 3, (13), 6 – fourth
• Anna Philip (VIC) – ASS Bridging: 18, 15, 14, 10, 16, 15, 14, 17 – 16th

Women's Windsurfer – RS:X

• Joanna Sterling (QLD) – ASS: (7 OCS), 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 1 – second

Paralympic Boat Classes

Skud 18

• Daniel Fitzgibbon (NSW) and Liesl Tesch (NSW) – AST: 1, 1, (3), 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 – first
• Amy Barnbrook (NSW) and Brett Pearce (NSW) – ASS: 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, (11 RET), 3 – third

2.4mR

• Matt Bugg (TAS) – AST: 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1 – first
• Neil Patterson (TAS) – ASS: 8, 6, (10), 6, 3, 8, 10, 8, 4 – eighth