4 Gold - 2 Silver - 2 Bronze for Skandia Team GBR

by Sail-World / Gerald New on 28 Jan 2006 Final day of the US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR and after the final Medal races in the new Olympic format the medal positions have been decided. Only the leading ten boats in each class raced in the Medal race on Friday - the race could not be discarded and counted double points. The rest of the competitors sailed seperate races to decide the remaining positions overall. No doubt there will be considerable discussion among the sailors after the racing, only the second time the format has been tried.

The British team sailing under the Skandia Team GBR banner have taken four gold, two silver and two bronze -winning medals in seven classes. The USA won three gold, France two and Spain and Italy one each if the two outstanding results maintain the existing positions.

First Gold for Briton went to Nic Asher and Elliot Willis in the 470 Men, beating the French pair Ben and Romain Bonnaud in the Medal race to leave them with the Silver. Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal (ISR) won the Bronze. Luke Patience and Chris Grube (GBR) finished ninth overall.

Briton's second Gold was won by Nick Dempsey on the RS:X board, already well ahead he won the medal race as well. Silver went to Nicolas Huguet of France with the Bronze to Ivan Pastor of Spain.

Also on the RS:X, Bryony Shaw of Briton won a Gold in the women's event. Marina Alabau (ESP) took the Silver and Lucy Horwood of Briton the Bronze. Christina Johnstone (GBR) finished fifth overall.

Paul Goodison made it Gold number four for Skandia Team GBR, winning the Laser by a considerable margin. Felix Pruvot of France won the Silver and Maciej Grabowski of Poland the Bronze.

The 49er resailed their Medal race and Piero and Gianfranco Sibello of Italy won the Gold, Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks of Briton the Silver and Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk took the Bronze. Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes (GBR) were fifth overall and John Pink and Alex Hopson (GBR) seventh overall.

Yngling Gold went to Sally Barkow, Deborah Capozzi and Carrie Howe of the USA,and the Silver to Hannah Swett, Melissa Purdy and Liz Filter (USA) with Skandia Team GBR of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Victoria Rawlinson taking the Bronze. FARRELL, Gemma Farrell, Rachel Howe and Diana  Shanks (GBR) finished ninth.

In the Women's 470, Ingrid Petitjean and Nad Douroux of France won Gold, with Briton's Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark fifth in the Medal race and therefore taking the Silver overall. Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler (USA) took the Bronze. Pippa Wilson and Sheena Craig (GBR) finished ninth overall.

In the Finn, Raffael Trujillo of Spain took the Gold, Chris Cook (CAN) the Silver and Jonas Hoegh Christensen 9DEN) the Bronze. Ed Wright of Briton finished in fifth.

Anna Tunnicliffe of the USA won the Gold in the Laser Radial, with Paige Railey, who was unable to discard her second OCS yesterday, taking the Silver. Jennifer Splading of Canada took the Bronze. For Briton, Laura Baldwin was fourth and Andrea Brewster fifth.

Tornado was a certain Gold for John Lovell and Charles Ogletree of the USA. Olivier Backes and Paul Sevestre of France took Silver and another French pair, Revill Xavier and Espagnon Chritophe the Bronze. Briton's Leigh MacMillan and Will Howdon were sixth and Mark Bulkley and Rob Wilson ninth overall.

Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau of France did not sail in the Star final race, they already had the Gold won. Silver went to Andrew Horton and Brad Nichol of the USA with Bronze to George Szabo and Eric Monroe also of the USA.

Final Leading positions :

Finn:
1 ESP 100   TRUJILLO, Rafael   32.00  
2   CAN 41   COOK, Christopher   36.00  
3   DEN 2   CHRISTENSEN, Jonas Hoegh   42.00  
4   NZL 1   SLATER, Dan   45.00  
5   GBR 111   WRIGHT, Edward   47.00  
6   IRL 10   O GRADY, Aaron   72.00  
7   USA 4   RAILEY, Zachary   74.60  
8   USA 80   LEDBETTER, Brian   106.00  
9   USA 11   EWENSON, Geoff   106.00  
10   USA 1140   BOYD, Bryan   110.00  

Laser Radial:
1   4454/ 184454   TUNNICLIFFE, Anna   54.00  
2   3275/ 183275   RAILEY, Paige   67.00  
3   2095/ 182095   SPALDING, Jennifer   72.00  
4   4705/ 184705   BALDWIN, Laura   79.00  
5   2213/ 182213   BREWSTER, Andrea   79.00  
6   2457/ 142457   BRENNAN MYRDAL, Danielle   87.00  
7   3250/ 183250   SOLENNE, Brain   98.00  
8   2352/ 182352   RASA, Keamia   99.00  
9   1569/ 181569   BONNEAU-MARCIL, Magalie   110.00  
10   2730/ 182730   ROSS, Lisa   119.00

Yngling:
1   USA 337 BARKOW, Sally/CAPOZZI, Deborah/HOWE, Carrie   15.00  
2  USA 3 SWETT, Hannah/PURDY, Melissa/FILTER, Elizabeth Merrifield   45.00  
3   GBR 12  AYTON, Sarah/WEBB, Sarah/RAWLINSON, Victoria   47.00  
4   ESP 3   AZON, Monica/AZON, Sandra/PISONERO, Graciela   48.00  
5   FRA 6   LE HELLEY, Anne/LE HELLEY, Anne/LEPESANT, Catherine   51.00  
6   NZL 4   FERRIS, Sharon/SMEAL, Raynor/HOLTUM, Ashley   77.00  
7   FRA 4   ANNE-CLAIRE, Le Berre/ALICE, Ponsar/JULIE, Gerecht   80.00  
8   USA 341 CRONIN, Carol/COURANZ, Kimberly/PODLICH, Margaret   83.00  
9   GBR 14  FARRELL, Gemma/HOWE, Rachel/SHANKS, Diana   106.00  
10  USA 340  PILLEY--LOVELL, Katy/SCHMIDT, Laura/GOCHBERG, Kimberly 114.00  

470 Men:
1   GBR 816   ASHER, Nic/WILLIS, Elliot   42.00  
2   FRA 2651   BONNAUD, Benjamin/BONNAUD, Romain   49.00  
3   ISR 7   KLIGER, Gideon/GAL, Udi   52.00  
4   AUT 3   SCHMID, Matthias/REICHSTAEDTER, Florian   59.00  
5   USA 1734   ANDERSON-MITTERLING, Mike/HUGHES, David   60.00  
6   ITA 2   GABRIO, Zandon༯a>/ANDREA, Trani   67.00  
7   FRA 8   CHARBONNIER, Nicolas/BAUSSET, Olivier   68.00  
8   POR 22   MARINHO, Alvaro/NUNES, Miguel   73.00  
9   GBR 826   PATIENCE, Luke/GRUBE, Chris   94.00  
10   USA 1713   MCNAY, Stuart/BIEHL, Graham   110.00  

470 Women:
1   FRA 4   PETITJEAN, Ingrid/DOUROUX, Nad  33.00  
2   GBR 819   BASSADONE, Christina/CLARK, Saskia   35.00  
3   USA 1736   CLARK, Amanda/MERGENTHALER, Sarah   51.00  
4   NED 11   KONING, Marcelien/BERKHOUT, Lobke   53.00  
5   AUT 431   VOGL, Sylvia/FLATSCHER, Carolina   62.00  
6   CZE 1   SMIDOVA, Lenka/KRATZIG, Elizabeth   64.00  
7   USA 1757   MAXWELL, Erin/MANARD, Alice   68.00  
8   CAN 630   PROVAN, Jennifer/LUTTMER, Carol   91.00  
9   GBR 824   WILSON, Pippa/CRAIG, Sheena   93.00  
10   DEN 143   KOCH, Henriette/SOMMER, Lene   94.00  

49er:
1   ITA 3   PIERO, Sibello/GIANFRANCO, Sibello   34.00  
2   GBR 2   DRAPER, Chris/HISCOCKS, Simon   36.00  
3   UKR 1   LUKA, Rodion/LEONCHUK, George   67.00  
4   USA 840   LARSON, Morgan/SPAULDING, Peter   69.00  
5   GBR 5   MORRISON, Stevie/RHODES, Ben   76.00  
6   USA 795   BERGAN, Dalton/MAXAM, Zack   94.00  
7   GBR 9   PINK, John/HOPSON, Alex   94.00  
8   POL 16   CZAJKOWSKI, Marcin/KIERKOWSKI, Krzysztof   98.00  
9   AUT 10   DELLE KARTH, Nico/RESCH, Nikolaus   101.00  
10   USA 48   WADLOW, Timothy/KARAS, Michael   105.00  

RS:X Men:
1   GBR 21   DEMPSEY, Nick   11.00  
2   FRA 8   NICOLAS, Huguet   38.00  
3   ESP 7   PASTOR, Ivan   49.00  
4   ARG 6   BENITEZ, Martin   56.00  
5   FRA 1   HASSEN, Fabrice   57.00  
6   POR 75   RODRIGUES, Jo㯼/a>   59.00  
7   GRE 8   KOKALANIS, Byron   60.00  
8   CAN 33   PLAVSIC, Zachary   82.00  
9   MEX 1   MIER Y TERAN, David   95.00  
10   USA 25   BARGER, Ben   98.00

RS:X Women:
1   GBR 94   SHAW, Bryony   23.00  
2   ESP 5   ALABAU, Marina   25.00  
3   GBR 95   HORWOOD, Lucy   26.00  
4   GRE 1   FREY, Antonia   37.00  
5   GBR 93   JOHNSTON, Christine   46.00  
6   CAN 5   VALLɅ, Dominique   49.00  
7   CAN 17   GIRKE, Nikola   60.20  
8   BRA 95   BORGES, Carol   95.00  
9   MEX 5   VEGA, Demita   100.00  
10   MEX 6   CAMPOS, Maria Del Mar   102.60  

Laser:
1   GBR 3551/ 183551   GOODISON, Paul   23.00  
2   FRA 1582/ 181582   PRUVOT, felix   42.00  
3   POL 4167/ 184167   GRABOWSKI, Maciej   49.00  
4   6193/ 176193   LEIGH, Mike   56.00  
5   0817/ 170817   CAMPBELL, Andrew