New Zealand wins gold and bronze in Splash Worlds

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World on 26 Jul 2008
New Zealand sailors have won the gold and bronze medals in the 2008 World Splash Championships being sailed in Tavira, Portugal.

Ben Lutze (NZL) is the 2008 World Champion, with George Lane (NZL) taking the Bronze medal. Gilles Cleeren (BEL was third.

100 sailors from seven countries competed in the event, including a 13 strong NZ team, six New Zealanders finished in the top ten overall.

This report on the final day of the World Championships from the NZ Spalsh Association:

25/7, final day, same people, different position, George 2 first and Ben two seconds. What a final race and follow on. Start, looked like a number of boats over at the pin, after about 20 seconds, individual recall flag goes up, by which stage, the sailors are gone - should have be been cancelled and restarted - it should have been a general recall. Race finishes, the Belgium coaches have done the numbers, their 2221 sailor needs to finish in top 7 and Ben in second. Ben finishes 2 and 2221 finishes 6th, he is very happy. We all head back to shore, start packing up and then the OCS go up, 2221 was OCS, along with some of ours, but not the ones which were over. Result - looks like Ben has won and George second - still be confirmed. We should have country one as well. In the end could be ok result - thanks to some so-so race management. Go the Taipa Kid

Results Splash - Gold

 
Scores take into account 2  discards
 

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	NZL 2488	Ben Lutze, Male	54,0	12	5	1	2	(16)	(13)	4	11	13	1	1	2	2
2	BEL 2221	Gilles Cleeren, Male	63,0	3	3	1	2	3	3	2	(12)	9	5	15	17	(ocs)
3	NZL 2497	George lane, Male	64,0	13	2	2	10	12	15	(31)	4	(18)	2	2	1	1
4	BEL 2341	Anthony Pieters, Male	74,0	8	2	2	(16)	8	9	9	14	6	(dsq)	5	4	7
5	NZL 2491	Scott Fyfe, Male	77,0	1	1	(9)	8	5	3	2	2	2	21	16	16	(26)
6	NED 2237	Karsten Pierik, Male	99,0	11	3	6	9	8	21	(26)	11	14	4	4	(ocs)	8
7	NZL 2485	Michael Cate, Male	107,0	7	1	9	8	2	4	16	16	(17)	10	(28)	23	11
8	BEL 2372	Gil Cosyns, Male	112,0	2	6	13	5	3	4	3	(19)	9	(32)	31	11	25
9	NZL 2493	Joshua Edmonds, Male	119,0	(27)	17	5	17	11	19	5	13	2	(26)	10	15	5
10	NZL 2490	Jordan Coles, Male	124,0	4	4	10	13	14	6	(33)	5	8	18	34	8	(ocs)
11	AHO 2502	Philipine Van Aanholt, Female	133,0	6	(32)	16	4	10	1	8	3	3	34	27	(ocs)	21
12	NED 2454	Hansebas Meijer, Male	134,0	21	5	8	(33)	(dsq)	6	10	6	7	22	9	22	18
13	NED 2449	Stan Hart, Male	134,0	1	20	(24)	1	1	1	1	1	1	42	(43)	35	30
14	NED 2367	Ruud Westerbeek, Male	137,0	10	14	7	24	17	(37)	30	23	(31)	3	3	3	3
15	BEL 2442	Thomas Deckers, Male	137,0	7	17	3	15	7	10	20	21	(ocs)	15	(25)	6	16
16	NZL 2487	Declan Burn, Male	151,0	2	19	(32)	1	1	2	1	1	1	36	36	(ocs)	ocs
17	NZL 2492	Keziah Deverell, Female	153,0	5	9	(23)	10	9	7	4	5	10	33	(41)	34	27
18	NED 2466	Cinco Adema, Male	155,0	3	8	17	(25)	2	5	13	2	3	37	37	28	(ocs)
19	NED 2327	Frank Woltman, Male	156,0	(dnf)	23	14	31	20	26	3	(33)	6	6	8	13	6
20	NED 2383	Wietse Pijlman, Male	159,0	20	(28)	19	18	5	16	6	7	11	16	21	20	(23)
21	BEL 2253	Matthias Van de Loock, Male	160,0	15	15	12	14	9	7	19	27	(dsq)	23	(32)	9	10
22	NZL 2489	Joseph Wright, Male	168,0	5	12	3	11	14	(ocs)	20	27	5	27	11	33	(ocs)
23	BEL 2145	Maxim Bocklandt, Male	171,0	10	6	10	20	(28)	(ocs)	10	26	26	20	18	10	15
24	BEL 2364	Maité Demeester, Female	174,0	16	4	4	20	7	12	19	(22)	14	7	20	(ocs)	ocs
25	NZL 2494	Laura Anne Hemingway, Female	174,0	11	(21)	18	6	4	8	17	7	4	39	(40)	29	31
26	NED 2266	Jorick Weijers, Male	177,0	18	10	15	12	(25)	21	11	6	12	14	39	(dnc)	19
27	NED 2385	Hidde van der Molen, Male	179,0	4	11	28	4	11	(ocs)	8	14	7	(38)	38	26	28
28	NED 2187	Mark de Schiffart, Male	180,0	(30)	13	16	22	23	27	(34)	28	22	8	12	5	4
29	AHO 2168	Dennis van den Berg, Male	180,0	25	22	4	5	(ocs)	(ocs)	11	4	ocs	19	7	19	13
30	NED 2407	Emma Knegt, Female	183,0	22	7	17	23	17	11	(29)	18	16	(31)	23	12	17
31	NED 2426	Jeroen Hameter, Male	184,0	13	16	7	19	21	20	18	(raf)	18	24	(30)	14	14
32	NED 2357	Mathieu de BY, Male	188,0	9	9	26	(39)	19	15	16	29	8	(30)	24	21	12
33	NED 2361	Celine Heukensfeldt Jansen, Female	193,0	(32)	13	13	3	29	8	(36)	32	19	11	13	30	22
34	NED 2268	Rogier Weijers, Male	193,0	24	18	6	12	19	(30)	21	(25)	23	12	14	24	20
35	NED 2325	Tom Westerbeek, Male	201,0	18	7	8	28	(ocs)	14	27	26	(ocs)	9	6	7	ocs
36	BEL 2342	Julie Van Schoote, Female	214,0	14	16	(30)	9	12	11	9	20	10	(45)	44	37	32
37	NED 2475	Lennard Pigeaud, Male	220,0	(31)	19	11	16	18	17	12	22	15	17	22	(ocs)	ocs
38	NED 2347	Daan Jalving, Male	224,0	25	18	5	19	24	24	32	(35)	27	13	19	18	(ocs)
39	NED 2177	Charlotte Tanis, Female	229,0	(ocs)	10	19	11	27	(32)	18	30	32	25	17	31	9
40	NZL 2495	Michael Turney, Male	230,0	21	24	(36)	6	10	19	25	10	4	44	(45)	38	29
41	BEL 2348	Bricoult Benjamin, Male	230,0	17	31	(41)	7	4	5	13	8	5	49	49	42	(ocs)
42	NED 2200	Irena Doets, Female	232,0	14	14	18	(30)	22	16	12	24	27	28	33	(36)	24
43	POR 2180	Inês Sobral, Female	247,0	19	11	20	(29)	15	2	23	17	19	35	35	(ocs)	dnf
44	BEL 2395	Maurits Hooft, Male	250,0	16	(35)	21	14	29	23	15	28	21	29	29	25	(ocs)
45	BEL 2017	Bram Van Hecke, Male	261,0	12	26	40	22	6	12	7	(dsq)	13	48	(dnf)	40	35
46	NED 2505	Tobias Tanis, Male	267,0	9	25	(48)	3	6	40	6	12	(ocs)	46	48	39	33
47	NED 2350	Lisanne Parre, Female	270,0	29	8	27	27	13	10	(41)	23	37	43	26	27	(ocs)
48	NZL 2486	Melissa Gibbs, Female	273,0	8	27	29	(33)	15	24	23	17	11	41	46	32	(ocs)
49	BEL 2137	Margot Audenaerdt, Female	300,0	19	(39)	35	15	28	17	24	15	25	(47)	47	41	34
50	NED 2257	Amerenske Jorna, Female	316,0	35	(41)	33	7	36	35	5	16	16	40	42	(ocs)	ocs

  Results Splash - Gold