420 World Selection Trials at Plimmerton

by 420 Class and Sail-World NZL on 8 May 2006 Carl Evans and Peter Burling continued their dominance of the 420 class winning the Open Worlds Selection Trials at Plimmerton over the weekend, adding to their National and Auckland Championship titles. Former 470 World Champion, Simon Cooke, sailing with Scott Illingworth finished second in the trials to select NZ crews for the 2006 420 World Championships in the Canary Islands.

2005 ISAF Youth representatives, Georgina Hill and Michelle Kennedy headed off Shelley Hesson and Bianca Barbarich (Murrays Bay) to be the top womens crew.

Key point of interest in the Open event was the re-match between the top two crews from the Youth Trials, Carl Evans and Peter Burling against the selected crew of Jason Saunders and Bruce Kennedy (Tauranga). The Burling/Evans combination asserted themselves on the final two days, winning six out of the ten races sailed in the regatta and finishing a massive 21 points ahead of the nominated 2006 Youth representatives. Cooke and Illingworth were only five points behind the trials winners, and clearly these two crews are in a league of their own.

Seven Open and seven Womens crews will be selected for the 2006 World Championships, based on placings in the selection trials.

Thirty one crews competed in the trials with all but one sailor coming from the North Island.

Reports on the first two day's racing are as follows:

Day3

The final day of the trials saw more southerly winds and rain, however all thirty one boats coped well with the conditions, though many were beginning to hurt after the sustained and fairly intense racing. As is the case in all team trials, there were those who were in reasonably safe positions and 2 or 3 crews in each division who had to out-perform those hovering around the cut off point.

In the Open division ability to handle the windy conditions and good tactics helped Burling/Evans, Cooke/Illingworth finish ahead of their main competitors; consistent team work saw Saunders/Kennedy and Snow-Hansen/McCormack battle it out for the next two placings; Swanson/Hanns, newcomers Maloney/Tuke and Langley/Dean were reasonably safe but for 'the young ones' Williams/Bryant from Wellington and Aucklanders Thompson/Dawson it came down to a 2 point difference - experience won the day and Williams/Bryant took the 7th position as Maloney is already committed to sailing in the Splash Worlds.

In the Womens' division Hill/Kennedy made large gains on the very windy first day which secured first position and a creditable 6th overall, Hesson/Barbarich were reasonably consistent to take second position and 9th overall, followed a by Bilkey/Sargisson took 3rd position and 13th overall; 4th, 5th and 6th positions were taken by the Berry sisters, Hazard/Hamilton and Till/Bowater (on countback); Moncheur/Trudgen took the final spot in the women's team.



Day2:

Four races were sailed today, conditions were lighter but still cold, very shifty and choppy. During the two races before lunch the southerly winds were peaking at 18 knots but were quite variable.

In the afternoon similar conditions continued during the first race, but the wind eased during race four. Light winds are predicted for tomorrow when the race committee hopes to sail the final three races of the trials. For results click here.

Day 1

Thirty one boats took part in first day of the NZ selection trials which were sailed in heavy, southerly, shifty winds and short but steep waves. Two races were sailed before coming in for lunch - wind readings peaked around 20 knots and conditions were testing for the less experienced.

After lunch the sailors launched in very gusty winds. The race committee managed to get the third race away, but the fourth race was abandoned when the wind built to 32 knots and the sea was littered with capsized boats.

Sailors, supporters and the race management team worked together to rescue those in trouble in the very testing conditions. Saturday's forecast is for more of the same, for results from todays racing click here.

Source: www.420sailing.org.nz

Preliminary Results

Preliminary Results Sailed:10  Discards:1  To count:9  Entries:31
Rank	Fleet	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Nett
1st	O	51984	Carl Evans	Peter Burling	Kohimarama/Tauranga	5	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	13
2nd	O	52575	Simon Cooke	Scott Illingworth	Kohimarama	1	2	1	3	2	1	2	3	4	3	18
3rd	O	52362	Jason Saunders	Bruce Kennedy	Tauranga	13	6	8	2	3	3	3	2	5	2	34
4th	O	51986	Mike Snow-Hansen	Josh McCormack	Wakatere/Murrays Bay	4	1	3	9	5	4	6	7	2	4	36
5th	O	52358	Rowan Swanson	Benjamin Hanns	Worser Bay	6	12	4	5	4	7	8	11	3	5	53
6th	W	52360	Georgina Hill	Michelle Kennedy	Kohimarama	7	7	6	4	11	6	10	6	18	9	66
7th	O	AUS	Andy Maloney	Blair Tuke	Kerikeri	OOD	4	12	11	10	9	4	13	6	6	70
8th	O	51689	Michael Langley	Riley Dean	Howick/Naval Point	20	17	7	10	7	5	5	ZFP	8	7	76
9th	W	52361	Shelley Hesson	Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	Murrays Bay	3	5	13	6	8	8	7	17	15	12	77
10th	O	50271	Phil Williams	Rob Bryant	Worser Bay	2	14	9	19	14	12	12	10	7	11	91
11th	O	51642	Alistair Thompson	Chris Dawson	Torbay/Murrays Bay	9	11	11	7	9	17	9	16	10	14	96
12th	O	52546	Thomas Olds	Martin Pike	Murrays Bay	8	8	5	14	26	13	15	9	11	18	101
13th	W	51982	Sarah Bilkey	Rosie Sargisson	Kohimarama	22	9	17	8	6	11	11	12	12	17	103
14th	O	52359	Paul Snow-Hansen	Sam Marshall	Wakatere/Howick	10	15	24	13	16	10	13	5	13	16	111
15th	O	52364	Adrian Short	David Hazard	Sandspit	19	10	25	12	12	16	16	14	9	13	121
16th	W	49830	Sarah Berry	Emma Berry	Worser Bay	16	19	10	15	17	14	19	8	16	10	125
17th	W	52577	Stephanie Hazard	Cindy Hamilton	Sandspit	21	13	23	20	13	19	18	21	14	8	147
18th	W	51128	Eloise Till	Danielle Bowater	Charteris Bay	17	25	15	18	15	21	14	15	17	15	147
19th	O	49308	Jonathan Clough	Carl Syman	Evans Bay	12	16	14	17	20	15	21	20	21	24	156
20th	O	52363	Ben Goodwin	Kagan Weeks	Napier	18	20	26	16	19	18	17	18	25	19	170
21st	O	51390	Paul de Lisle	Richard Dreverman	Worser Bay	11	18	16	21	18	26	24	27	OCS	21	182
22nd	O	49305	Tim Coltman	Josh Junior	Worser Bay	DNF	21	18	23	21	24	20	22	20	23	192
23rd	O	51561	Kane Illingworth	Josh Impey	Kohimarama/Glendowie	14	22	21	26	24	20	23	25	19	DNC	194
24th	W	52355	Leah Moncheur	Nicola Trudgen	Muritai	15	27	DNF	24	27	22	25	19	23	22	204
25th	O	52580	Chris Staub	Michael Trudgen	Muritai	24	26	19	22	23	27	28	24	22	25	212
26th	W	52356	Alexandra Davies	Madeleine Urry	Kohimarama	DNF	DNC	22	DNC	28	23	27	23	26	20	233
27th	W	52547	Briar Dye Hutchinson	Hannah Bierre	Murrays Bay/Kohimarama	DNF	24	DNF	DNC	22	25	22	30	28	26	241
28th	O	51847	Jackson MacFarlane	Josh Poresbki	Worser Bay	DNF	DNC	20	27	29	29	26	28	27	27	245
29th	O	51846	Luke Tremlett	Nic Parkin	Evans Bay	DNF	23	27	25	30	28	30	31	24	30	248
30th	O	51287	Gabriella Walmsley	Niall Walmsley	Tauranga	23	DNC	DNF	28	25	30	DNC	29	29	29	257
31st	W	52578	Asia Rattenbury	Isabella Blunt	Evans Bay	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNC	DNC	31	29	26	30	28	272

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