420 Worlds goes to Hannah Mills and Peggy Webster

by Sail-World/GJN on 7 Aug 2006 The International 420 Class Open and Ladies World Championships came to a close today, Sunday, 6 of August, in a last exciting racing day.

In the women's event the title went to the British crew of Hannah Mills and Peggy Webster, after a second and a third place in the two last races. Hannah Mills and Peggy Webster are also the current 420 Junior Ladies European champions, and they will compete in Tavira in Porugal next week to fight for the title again.

Tara Pacheco and Elena Barambio (ESP) who were leading until yesterday, lost their chance for the title gaining only a sixth and a seventh place. They finished, in second place. Italy's Benedetta Danti and Elisa Cecconi finished third.

Other britsih results from the Gold group were Sophie Weguelin and Katrina Hughes in eighth place, Sophie Ainsworth and Jasmine Husband in 20th, Amelia Hughes and Lesley Bannister 29th and Charlotte Lawrence and Poppy Husband 34th.

The men's title went to Carl Evans and Peter Burling from New Zealand who did not need to compete in the last race as, also the runners-up, Simon Cooke and Scott Illingworth (NZL) scored a DNC in the second race. Fernando Lodos with Julien Pulve as crew took third place.

Briton's Richard Mason and Dan Schieber fiished in fifth place, with James and Will Rusden eighth, and Neil Marsden and Chris Birrell 13th.

420 Women's final overall leaders:
1 GBR 52425 HANNAH MILLS/PEGGY WEBSTER 49
2 ESP 52312 TARA PACHECO VAN RINJSOEVER/ ELENA BARAMBIO HURTADO 54
3 ITA 52498 BENEDETTA DANTI/ELISA CECCONI 67
4 GRE 52614 KATERINA KOUTSOUGERA/EUGENIA KOFINA 70
5 FRA 51959 MARIE LUMEAU/CLAIRE BOSSARD 70
6 ITA 52304 EUGENIA DE GIACOMO/LISA LARDANI 78
7 ESP 52157 AGUEDA SURIA/MARTA MARTINEZ PONS 79
8 GBR 52063 SOPHIE WEGUELIN/KATRINA HUGHES 95
9 NZL 52721 SHELLEY HESSON/BIANCA BARBARICH-BACHER 102
10 FRA 52650 ANAIS GABORIAU/ZOE DE KERANGAT 106
11 NZL 52717 SARAH BILKEY/ROSIE SARGISSON 109
12 GRE 52463 ELENI STAMKOY/MADY FRAGIADAKI 118
13 GER 51156 IMKE BROCKERHOFF/ANNIKA STORCK 131
14 SUI 51794 CECILE MOULY/DIANE LONGCHAMP 139
15 AUS 52010 BELINDA KERL/CHELSEA HALL 151
16 BRA 51822 MARIANA BASILIO/DANIELA ADLER PIMENTEL DUARTE 161
17 GER 51585 SUSANNE BAUR/KATHARINA BERGGNEN 164
18 NZL 52360 GEORGINA HILL/MICHELLE KENNEDY 187
19 GRE 51592 EVA STEIROY/SOFIA KAITATZIDOY 189
20 GBR 52710 SOPHIE AINSWORTH/JASMINE HUSBAND 189
21 GBR 52227 FRANCES PETERS/KATE SPARKS 190
22 ITA 52601 STEFANIA FANRETTO/FRANCESCA MOCNIK 199
23 GER 52234 TINA LUTZ/LISA FRISCH 200
24 POR 51990 RITA FARIA/TERESAN CUNHA 201
25 ITA 52305 ANNA PISARELLO/GIULIA MORETTO 201
26 FRA 52343 CASSANDRE BLANDIN/KATELL POIRON 212
27 USA 48689 BECCA DELLENBAUGH/LEIGH HAMMEL 214
28 GER 50906 STEFANIE HOLSTE/SVEA ZIMMERMANN 217
29 GBR 51800 AMELIA HUGHES/LESLEY BANNISTER 224
30 GER 51877 JASMIN MAINKA/LISA BRITT RASCHDORF 228
31 NZL 52712 SUSANNAH PYATT/DANIELLE BONATER 236
32 ITA 52307 COSTANZA RODDA/NICOLE CRIO 246
33 GER 52052 KATJA MULLER/SANDRA BOSCHERT 263
34 GBR 52483 CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE/POPPY HUSBAND 264
35 NZL 52577 STEPHANIE HAZARD/CINDY HAMILTON 267
36 SWE 47939 LISA ERICSON/ASTRID GABRIELSSON 279
37 GER 51430 DANIELA GRATHWOHL/MELANIE BENTELE 292
38 ESP 52107 AINA LLEONART PIZA/AYMARA SANTAMARIA RODRIGUEZ 301

420 Men's final overall leaders:
1 NZL 51984 CARL EVANS/PETER BURLING 30
2 NZL 52715 SIMON COOKE/SCOTT ILLINGWORTH 55
3 FRA 52682 FERNANDO LODOS/JULIEN PULVE 76
4 ESP 52648 JOSE ANTONIO MEDINA/ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO OLIVARES 86
5 GBR 52426 RICHARD MASON/DAN SCHIEBER 89
6 ESP 52198 FRANCISCO CARDENES MONTESDEOCA/ JUAN M. CEREZO RUIZ 89
7 BRA 52200 MARCOS ADLER PIMENTEL DUARTE/ BRUNO LEAL FARIA 131
8 GBR 52229 JAMES RUSDEN/WILL RUSDEN 132
9 GER 51875 MAX DOHSE/MAX ZIEGELMAYER 142
10 FRA 52034 ANTOINE GUILLOU/VICENT GUILLARM 153
11 POR 51163 ANTONIO PEREIRA/ALONSO PRIETO 154
12 GER 51878 HANS-CHRISTIAN HASSELMANN/MORITZ ROJEK 156
13 GBR 52756 NEIL MARSDEN/CHRISTIAN BIRRELL 158
14 SUI 51816 BRAUCHLI YANNICH/HOSTER SIMON 159
15 NZL 50273 MICHAEL LANGLEY/RILEY DEAN 166
16 FRA 52169 DAMIEN BRENAC/JULIEN LACAZE 170
17 ESP 52485 MACIA ALEMANY POCCEL/JOAN DURAN LITERAS 174
18 FRA 52084 YAN HOLTZ/QUENTIN DANTES 179
19 ISR 50877 OMRI GAZIT/YAIR VISHLIZKI 181
20 BRA 52191 HENRIQUE HADDAD/THIAGO REIS 183
21 NZL 52362 JASON SAUNDERS/BRUCE KENNEDY 188
22 ITA 52669 EDOARDO MAUCINELLI SCOTT/LORENZO DE FELICE 192
23 FRA 52589 BAPTISTE BELHANDOUZ/ROMAIN BETHUNE 197
24 ISR 52583 LIOR LAVIE/GADI LUGOBOI 202
25 GER 52232 DANIEL ZEPUNTKE/LEON BISCHOFF-EVERDING 204
26 POR 52592 MIGUEL GUIMARAES/DAVID ALEIXO 208
27 GBR 52479 JAMES ELLIS/DAN ELLIS 209
28 POR 52378 ANTONIO MATOS/FRANCISCO LACERDA 214
29 GBR 51988 EDWARD POWYS/FYNN STERRITT 230
30 GBR 52291 BEN SAXTON/DAN HARE 230
31 GBR 51740 OLIVER DIX/PHIL LASKO 237
32 ISR 52402 ROEI SANDOVSKY/SHAVIT SHILO 253
33 POR 52379 BERNARDO FREITAS/MANUEL ARRIAGA CUNHA 259
34 GRE 51734 VASSIS KOSTAS/ORFANOS GIANNIS 261
35 FRA 52649 PIERRE MUNOS/YOANN PICON 264
36 NZL 52358 ROWAND SWANSON/BENN HANNS 271
37 GER 52065 TIM ELSNER/HENNING WIETZORKE 271
38 ITA 52309 MARIA MACCARI FEDERKO/ROCCO VITALI 274
39 ITA 52082 TOGNI GIANMARCO/TOGNI FILIPPO 283
40 ITA 52671 DAVIDE ORTELLI/ALBERTO BORTOIT 292
41 FRA 52604 SOFIAN BOUVET/NICOLAS ROSSI 298
42 POR 52408 MIGUEL MAMEDE/TOMAS ALMEIDA 310
43 ESP 52023 JAVIER DIAZ PICABIER/PEP LUIS MANSILLA SARAY 327
44 ARG 50477 BRUNO VERDINO/IGNACIO HARRIAGUE 330
45 GER 51158 JULIUS SCHRADER/TORBEN BOEDDEKER 341
46 IRL 51758 KENNETH RAMBALL/FREYA MACKEN 382

These Championships have been possible thanks to the support of the Government of the Canary Islands, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, City Town of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and also to the support of a wide number of public institutions and private companies.