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Brits lead Mirror European Championships

by Sail-World.com/uk on 6 Aug 2008
Mirror Europeans 2008 SW
Edward and Bethany Grey of Britain lead the Mirror Europeans after day 1. Three races were completed on the opening day in Sweden. Emma and Martin Barry won the first and third races but an 18th in the second race places them seventh overall. Ross Kearney and Kathy Jones from Ireland won the second race and are third overall, two points behind Chris Rust and Oliver Newman.

Earlier in the week Edward and Bethany Grey won the Swedish Championships. Second were Ross Kearney and Katy Jones and third Hugo Sloper and Aidan McCarthy of Britain.

The events are taking place during Gottskär Race Week in Sweden.

Mirror - Positions in World Championship 2008 after 3 races

1st GBR 70515 Grey Edward Grey Bethany Royal Windermere Yacht Club 3 8 2 13
2nd GBR 70537 Rust Chris Newman Oliver Brightlingsea Sailing Club 9 3 3 15
3rd IRL 70506 Kearney Ross Jones Kathy RNIYC// Northampton 5 1 11 17
4th IRL 70533 Hill Michael Hill Sarah Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 7 4 7 18
5th GBR 69906 Newman Millie Conlon Mike Brightlingsea Sailing Club 12 2 5 19
6th GBR 70477 Sweeney Brendan Ligema Max Royal Windermere Yacht Club 4 5 10 19
7th GBR 69776 Barry Emma Barry Martina Brightlingsea Sailing Club 1 18 1 20
8th GBR 70502 FitzGerald Charlotte Sibthorp Annie Itchenor 2 15 4 21
9th GBR 70356 Conlon David Bond Mitchell Brightlingsea Sailing Club 6 11 8 25
10th GBR 70457 Yeoward Roseanna Yeoward Harry Rhosneigr Boatowners Association 23 6 6 35
11th GBR 70504 Sloper Hugo McCarthy Aidan Itchenor 11 14 12 37
12th GBR 70442 Spruce Emma Ford Lucy Hill Head SC/Itchenor SC 16 9 14 39
13th GBR 70437 Lloyd Alex Moore Jack BSC 10 12 19 41
14th GBR 70519 Lovesey Tom Lovesey James RYA 14 17 13 44
15th IRL 70075 mc Loughlin Joseph Maye Jack Sligo Yacht Club 18 7 20 45
16th IRL 70428 Boylan Mark Hickey Eoin Skerries Sailing Club 8 35.0 OCS 9 52
17th IRL 70518 Vaughan Catherine Martin Craig Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 13 22 21 56
18th IRL 70465 Daly Graham Wiall Collins Skerries Sailing Club 17 23 16 56
19th IRL 70333 Carbery Niall Quill Sam MYC 20 20 17 57
20th GBR 70472 Parkinson William Brown Hannah Royal Windermere Yacht Club 22 10 27 59
21st GBR 70361 FitzGerald Izzy McDanell Lisa Itchenor 24 13 23 60
22nd SWE 69825 Carlsson Anna M Lindenbaum LIsa Mora SS 19 24 18 61
23rd IRL 70507 Hill Johnny Hill Adam Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 21 16 25 62
24th GBR 70535 Parkinson Hannah Brown Charlotte Royal Windermere Yacht Club 15 35.0 RAF 15 65
25th SWE 70353 Wille Ulrich Hörblad Linn Dadell StoSS 25 21 22 68
26th NED 70358 de Weger Reinier The David zv Belterwiede Wanneperveen 27 19 30 76
27th SWE 70342 Högbom Viktor Netzler Rebecca StoSS 26 26 26 78
28th IRL 69949 Mc Loughlin Callum Creamer Cormac Sligo Yacht Club 29 28 24 81
29th GBR 70391 Hansen Inge-lisa Townsend Oliver N Lincs 28 27 28 83
30th SWE 68815 Göransson Jens Andersson Elias StoSS 30 29 29 88
31st IRL 70225 Hickey Cian Weldon Sean Skerries Sailing Club 32 25 32 89
32nd IRL 70087 Boylan Kerri Anne Boylan Megan Skerries Sailing Club 33 30 31 94
33rd GBR 70538 Peterson John Peterson Clare Whitstable YC 31 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 101
34th SWE 69751 Sandström Ludwig Wallden Tore StoSS 35.0 DNF 35.0 DNS 33 103

Mirror - Result of Swedish Championship 2008

1st GBR 70515 GBR Edward Grey Bethany Grey Royal Windermere Yacht Club 17
2nd IRL 70506 IRL Ross Kearney Katy Jones Stanton Harold SC 17
3rd GBR 70504 GBR Hugo Sloper Aidan McCarthy Itchenor 31
4th GBR 70537 GBR Chris Rust Oliver Newman Brightlingsea Sailing Club 36
5th GBR 70502 GBR Charlotte FitzGerald Annie Sibthorp Itchenor 59
6th GBR 70356 GBR David Conlon Mitchell Bond Brightlingsea Sailing Club 64
7th GBR 70519 GBR Tom Lovesey James Lovesey RYA 58
8th GBR 70477 GBR Brendan Sweeney Max Ligema Royal Windermere Yacht Club 53
9th GBR 70457 GBR Roseanna Yeoward Harry Yeoward Rhosneigr Boatowners Association 58
10th GBR 69906 GBR Mille Newman Mike Conlon Brightlingsea Sailing Club 63
11th IRL 70075 IRL Joseph mc Loughlin Jack Maye Sligo Yacht Club 81
12th GBR 70472 GBR William Parkinson Hannah Brown Royal Windermere Yacht Club 82
13th GBR 70437 GBR Alex Lloyd Jack Moore BSC 75
14th GBR 70361 GBR Izzy FitzGerald Lisa McDanell Itchenor 78
15th GBR 70442 GBR Emma Spruce Lucy Ford Hill Head SC/Itchenor SC 91
16th IRL 70507 IRL Johnny Hill Adam Hill Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 96
17th GBR 70535 GBR Hannah Parkinson Charlotte Brown Royal Windermere Yacht Club 89
18th SWE 69825 SWE Anna M Carlsson Lisa Lindenbaum Mora SS 101
19th NED 70358 NED Reinier de Weger David The zv Belterwiede Wanneperveen 109
20th GBR 70391 GBR Inge-lisa Hansen Oliver Townsend N Lincs/Ripon 112
21st GBR 70538 GBR John Peterson Clara Peterson Whitstable YC 121
22nd SWE 70353 SWE Linn Dadell Wille Sjöström StoSS 128
23rd IRl 69949 IRl Callum Mc Loughlin Cormac Creamer Sligo Yacht Club 142
24th IRL 70333 IRL Niall Carbery Sam Quill MYC 143
25th IRL 70533 IRL Michael Hill Sarah Hill Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 151
26th IRL 70465 IRL Graham Daly Melissa Daly Skerries Sailing Club 174
26th SWE 69752 SWE Per Bäcklund Thomas Bäcklund S„SS 174
26th IRL 70518 IRL Catherine Vaughan Craig Martin Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 174
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