Slingsby wins Lasers, Australians in Medal Rounds at Holland Regatta

by RYA/Sail-World on 28 May 2006 Tom Slingsby won the Laser Class at the Holland Regatta, not needing to sail tomorrow Medal Race. After winning at Hyeres and again last week at the ISAF World Games, Central Coast sailor Tom Slingsby has maintained another classy display, clear ahead of the field, with only 19 points after 10 races, 30 points ahead of Dei Solar from China with Paul Goodison from the UK another point back, he can not be beaten in the 10 boat Medal Round.

This is looking like a 'groundhog' European Regatta season, for the 21 year old from Gosford Sailing Club. Last year the freckled faced youngster won four European regattas - Hyères, Kiel, Garda and the Holland regatta.

Three police boats continued their search for the missing German coach, who disappeared from his boat on the Laser Radial race course yesterday (Thursday) while out supporting his daughter, who was competing here in Medemblik. His identity is still to be confirmed by regatta organisers.

Heading in to the final day of competition, the Medal Race on Sunday, Australian sailors currently occupy podium positions in four classes.

The medal race is the new Olympic competition format which has been in operation only since Sail Melbourne in January. It features a single final race featuring the top ten boats, to conclude the race series in each of the classes. The medal race must be counted in the scoreline and scores double points.

In the Mens 470 Class Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page were inconsistent after their first race win, but have come back strongly to be second placed going into the Medal Round, with Matt Belcher and Nick Behrens close behind in fifth place.

Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby were also inconsistent in the early part of the regatta but came back strongly when it counted yesterday with a third and two wins behind two French crews.

In the Laser Radial Class, Sarah Blanck is third overall and Krystal Weir seventh.

Nathan Outteridge and Ben Austin have made the cut finishing seventh in the 49er class.

Queenslander Brendan Casey just missed the cut in the Laser Class finishing eleventh overall. Lauren Jefferies and Rike Zeigelmayer missed the cut, finishing 15th in the Womens 470. Anthony Nossiter was 11th in the Finn Class, Allision Shreeve will be disappointed with her 21st place in the RS:X Womens fleet. Nicky Bethwaite and crew were 19th in the Ynglings and Sean O'Brien 58th in the Mens Windsurfers.

Rank	Country	Sail Nr	Start Nr	Helmsman		Crew	Crew 2	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Points
470 men
3	AUS	311	84	Nathan	Wilmot	Page Malcolm		1	16	14	OCS	4	5	2	2	7	2						53
5	AUS	361	10	Mathew	Belcher	Nick Behrens		OCS	8	3	1	OCS	1	4	5	3	5						60
35	AUS	355	47	Mathieu	Higgins	Tim Lynch		19	18	OCS	9	8	20	15	12	5	7						113
43	AUS	359	32	Dylan	Clarke	Ayden Menzies		14	25	26	28	26	15	21	3	14	9						153
4 team(s) in this class
470 women
15	AUS	360	16	Lauren	Jeffries	Rike Ziegelmayer		8	25	OCS	OCS	11	7	10	7	5	16						122
1 team(s) in this class
49er
7	AUS	875	46	Nathan	Outteridge	Ben Austin		7	6	22	13	6	6	4	7	RDG							56
17	AUS	7	49	Will	Phillips	Jon Newman		15	OCS	13	8	17	16	18	23	14							124
2 team(s) in this class
Finn
11	AUS	221	68	Anthony	Nossiter			15	3	7	22	10	10	5									50
1 team(s) in this class
Laser
1	AUS	184675	9	Tom	Slingsby			1	1	1	2	4	1	4	9	2	3						19
11	AUS	185364	13	Brendan	Casey			2	27	5	14	5	10	OCS	1	26	25						115
2 team(s) in this class
Laser Radial
3	AUS	184233	24	Sarah	Blanck			6	17	4	13	19	3	24	3	18	7						90
6	AUS	185828	5	Krystal	Weir			5	13	24	21	3	29	10	9	3	OCS						117
2 team(s) in this class
Neil Pryde RS:X men
58	AUS	120	0	Sean	Obrien			26	29	21	23	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF								195
1 team(s) in this class
Neil Pryde RS:X women
21	AUS	911	0	Allison	Shreeve			22	22	11	21	16	22	21									113
34	AUS	4	0	Anna	Davis			25	34	29	34	36	34	29									185
2 team(s) in this class
Tornado
3	AUS	8	10	Darren	Bundock	Gleen Ashby		9	15	2	8	OCS	19	3	1	1							58
1 team(s) in this class
Yngling
19	AUS	57	19	Nicola	Bethwaite	Helen Impey	Julie Grimshaw	17	18	17	17	3	OCS	19	17	13							121
26	AUS	54	34	Jeanne-claud	Strong	Nicole Douglass	Ruth Mccance	19	25	27	27	28	18	23	22	26							187
2 team(s) in this class
18 team(s) for "AUS" found.
DNC: Did not come to the starting area DNS: Did not start OCS: On the course side of the starting line DNF: Did not finish RAF: Retired after finishing DSQ: Disqualification RDG: Redress given