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Gold for France and USA at IFDS World Championship

by Sail-World.com/uk on 15 Sep 2007
Skud event at IFDS Worlds 2007 - photo Betsy Allison SW

The final races for the 2007 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship took place Friday at the Rochester Yacht Club, racing on Lake Ontario. Gold went to Damien Sequin of France (2.4mR), Karen Mitchell and JP Creignou of the USA (Skud) and Rick Doerr, Tim Angle and Bill Donahue of the USA (Sonar).

In the Single-Person 2.4mR, Damien Sequin of France was a clear winner. Second went to Heiko Kroeger of Germany with Thierry Schmitter of the Netherlands in third.

Megan Pascoe of Britain finished in sixth place and Helena Lucas ninth. Mike Cogswell was 17th, Nikki Birrell 20th, Tony Prior 32nd

In the Two-Person Skud event, Karen Mitchell and JP Creignou of the USA were the new title holders, with second Nick Scandone and Maureen McKinnon also from the USA. Carl-Gustaf Fresk and Annika Lindgren from Sweden were third.

Britain's Allan Smith and Jackie Gay finished 8th, Simon Harle and Val Millward 11th and David Durston and Rachel Morris 14th.

Sonar Three-Person Keelboat, and Rick Doerr, Tim Angle and Bill Donahue of the USA came through to take the title. With Paul Callahan, Tom Brown and Roger Cleworth, Tobias Schuetz and Siegmund Mainka of the USA in second and Jens Kroker of Germany in third.

Britain's double World champion, John Robertson with Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas, finished in sixth after leading in the early rounds. Andrew Millband, Brian Harding and Keith Jamieson finished 17th.

Final Single-Person, Two-Person, Three-Person Keelboats results

2.4mR - Final leading results (45 entries)

1 FRA Damien Sequin 14 pts
2 GER Heiko Kroeger 36 pts
3 NED Thierry Schmitter 43 pts
4 CAN Bruce Millar 46 pts
5 CAN Paul Tingley 55 pts
6 GBR Megan Pascoe 59 pts
7 DEN Jens Als Anderson 66 pts
8 NOR Bjornar Erikstad 74 pts
9 GBR Helena Lucas 81 pts
10 USA John Ruf 99 pts
11 GRE George Delikouras 118 pts
12 NED Andre Rudemaker 121 pts
13 CHN Mingxue Qi 123 pts
14 USA Mark Bryant 129 pts
15 ITA Fabrizio Olmi 146 pts
16 USA Charles Rosenfield 147 pts
17 GBR Michael Cogswell 153 pts
18 USA Mark LeBlanc 153 pts
19 PUR Julio Reguero 160 pts
20 GBR Niki Birrell 187 pts

Skud - Final overall

1 USA Karen Mitchell JP Creignou 21 pts
2 USA Nick Scandone Maureen McKinnon 28 pts
3 SWE Carl-Gustaf Fresk Annika Lindgren 28 pts
4 USA Scott Witman Julia Dorsett 28 pts
5 AUS Daniel Fitzgibbon Rachel Cox 58 pts
6 CAN John McRoberts Stacie Louttit 59 pts
7 USA Sarah Everhart-Skeels Bob Jones 60 pts
8 GBR Allan Smith Jackie Gay 70 pts
9 CAN David Cook Brenda Hopkin 73 pts
10 CHN Hailiang Jia Yang Xiujuan 91 pts
11 GBR Simon Harle Val Millward 98 pts
12 USA Mark Lewis Amy Scaramuzzio 99 pts
13 POR Bento Amaral Luisa Silvano 100 pts
14 GBR David Durston Rachel Morris 136 pts
15 IRL Amy Kelehan Stephan Glynn 147 pts
16 CAN Rick Watters Audrey Kobayashi 149 pts
17 AUS Ame Barnbrook Denis Critchley 150 pts
18 AUS Bill Bradley Carol Henson 176 pts

Sonar - Final leading results

1 USA Rick Doerr 45 pts
2 USA Paul Callahan 47 pts
3 GER Jens Kroker 48 pts
4 ISR Dror Cohen 53 pts
5 FRA Bruno Jourden 62 pts
6 GBR John Robertson 73 pts
7 ISR Shimon Ben Yakow 84 pts
8 AUS Colin Harrison 90 pts
9 IRL John C Twomey 92 pts
10 NOR Jostein Stordahl 93 pts
11 GRE Vasilis Christoforous 108 pts
12 USA Jennifer French 115 pts
13 USA Bert Foster 120 pts
14 USA David Schroeder 123 pts
15 IRL Paul McCarthy 144 pts
16 CAN Ken Kelly 153 pts
17 GBR Andrew Millband 158 pts
18 BRA Luiz Faria 170 pts
19 AUT Sven Reiger 171 pts
20 ITA Marco Collinetti 182 pts

Event website - http://www.2007ifdsworlds.com
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