Silver and Bronze for GBR at Laser Master Worlds
by Event/GN on 9 Oct 2005
Laser Master Worlds Bia Saboia/2005LaserWorlds
On the last day of Laser Masters Worlds, Britain took three medals, two silver and a bronze. For Britain the best placed were Nick Livingstone, second in the Standard Laser Grand Master, and Keith Wilkins third. Steve Cockerill was second in the Laser Radial, Apprentice.
The Australians, favorites since the beginning of the competition, occupied first place on the podium in five of the eight categories, Brett Beyer, Mark Bethwaite, Kerry Waraker, Peter Heywood and Lyndal Patterson taking gold. The other three categories were led by Murray Thom and Mark Orams, from New Zealand, and Alexander Nikolaev, from Russia.
The 2005 Laser Masters World Championships began on 22 September with the competition for the Laser Seniors Worlds, when Robert Scheidt won his eighth world title. The second championship, the Laser Masters Worlds, began on 2 October. In December, the championship continues in Fortaleza with more two championships: Radial Open & Women (from 2 to 9 Dec) and Radial Youth (from 10 to 17 Dec).
Final Overall leader results:
Standard Laser:
Apprentice
1st place: Brett Beyer (AUS), 9 points
2nd place: Xavier Leclair (FRA), 17
3rd place: Scott Fergunson (USA), 30
15 GBR Harry Ogden
Master
1st place: Murray Thom (NZL), 11 points
2nd place: Peter Conde (AUS), 28
3rd place: Kurt Miller (USA), 38
8 GBR Nick Harrison
Grand Master
1st place: Mark Bethwaite (AUS), 11 points
2nd place: Nicolas Livingstone (GBR), 22
3rd place: Keith Wilkins (GBR), 36
Radial Laser:
Apprentice
1st place: Mark Orams (NZL), 11 points
2nd place: Stephen Cockerill (GBR), 14
3rd place: Carlos Eduardo Wanderley (BRA), 27
Master
1st place: Alexander Nikolaev (RUS), 13 points
2nd place: Adam French (AUS), 23
3rd place: Chris Raab (USA), 24
10 GBR Richard Major
Grand Master
1st place: Peter Heywood (AUS), 14 points
2nd place: Gary McCrohon (AUS), 27
3rd place: Alden Shattuck (USA), 31
5 GBR Peter Wipp
6 GBR Ian Rawet
Great Grand Master
1st place: Kerry Waraker (AUS), 13 points
2nd place: Peter Seidenberg (USA), 22
3rd place: Denis O´Sullivan (IRL), 31
18 GBR Robin Stenhouse
Full results: http://www.2005laserworlds.com.br/results.html
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