Australian Optimist National Championships Asia Pacific Teams Racing

Mark rounding - Australian Optimist National Championship Brenda Campbell

Start from Boat End - Australian Optimist National Championship © Brenda Campbell

The Australian Championship Regatta was sailed in a range of testing conditions, varying from light to moderate variable winds, through to very strong sea breezes. The 90 boat gold fleet comprised of 51 Australian entries and 39 overseas sailors representing Singapore, New Zealand, Norway, New Caledonia, Germany, Great Britain and the United Arab Emirates. The record number of overseas entries substantially boosted the quality of the fleet, providing Australian sailors with a unique opportunity to test their capabilities.

In the Australian Championships Royal Perth Yacht Club sailors Douglas Campbell and Mark Spearman finished first and second. Third was Lloyd Collings from Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club - (VIC), fourth was Paris Stowell from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club - (WA) and fifth was James Brewer from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club - (NSW). These five sailors will represent Australia at the World Championships to be sailed in Niteroi – Brazil in August.

The Open Championship was won by Clement Muller (New Caledonia), Kimberly Lim (Singapore) 2nd, Andrew Tang (Singapore) 3rd, Douglas Campbell (Australia) 4th and Mark Spearman (Australia) 5th.

34 sailors competed in the Green Fleet, which was won by Tyrone Gowans - (VIC), Jack Blaauw - (WA) 2nd and Carolina Townsend Arellano - (WA) 3rd. The Green Fleet raced a total of 17 races and is regarded the breeding ground for the Optimist Champions of the future.

The International Optimist Dinghy Association Asia Pacific Teams Racing Championship was held on the final day of the Regatta. A round robin series of 28 races saw a hotly contested semi final raced between the two top Singapore teams. The final was raced between the Australian Worlds Team and Singapore’s No. 1 team with Australia winning 2 – Nil. This is a substantial achievement for Australia as Singapore is a top ranked Optimist Teams racing nation.

The Australian Optimist Fleet is growing at approximately 100 boats per year which should guarantee an even bigger regatta in Adelaide in 2010.

Start line - Australian Optimist National Championship 2009 © Brenda Campbell

Overall Results - Open

Pl	Name	Sail Num	Bow Num	Club /Cty	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total Points	Net Points
1	MULLER, Clement	FRA97		FRA	3	6	(34)	3	2	1	2	5	1	1	17	3	(91) RAF			169	44
2	LIM, Kimberly	SIN3129		SIN	5	1	(91) BFD	10	16	(29)	1	1	7	3	3	1	4			172	52	12 F
3	TANG, Andrew	SIN111		SIN	1	4	5	1	6	6	7	8	(12)	(19)	2	11	1			83	52	12
4	CAMPBELL, Douglas	AUS543		AUS	16	3	16	(20)	(21)	7	9	3	5	6	4	6	3			119	78	13
5	SPEARMAN, Mark	AUS557		AUS	4	9	(64)	23	1	2	5	18	2	2	(45)	10	11			196	87	13
6	NG, Sue Shen	SIN582		SIN	6	5	(35)	(40)	13	3	10	16	6	26	5	2	9			176	101	13 F
7	COLLINGS, Lloyd	AUS374		AUS	18	8	(54)	(28)	5	5	24	15	4	4	10	8	5			188	106
8	LEE, Bryan	SIN318		SIN	(91) DNF	12	9	9	9	(50)	8	11	18	12	1	4	16			250	109	12
9	TAN, Nicodemus	SIN5163		SIN	9	17	8	12	7	23	4	9	(53)	7	(40)	7	7			203	110	13
10	PARSONS, James	NZL4335		NZL	20	16	18	8	10	8	(28)	7	13	9	(69)	18	8			232	135
11	STOWELL, Paris	AUS562		AUS	(91) OCS	13	(44)	24	11	15	13	10	11	8	15	9	23			287	152	F
12	BREWER, James	AUS506		AUS	2	7	10	21	(30)	11	17	14	9	23	26	(41)	18			229	158
13	KOH, Ling Yin	SIN363		SIN	21	22	(53)	25	3	(46)	11	4	14	5	30	25	12			271	172	13 F
14	CHEW, Zandra	SIN5131		SIN	24	14	1	13	12	34	20	19	(35)	22	9	13	(44)			260	181	12 F
15	OLIVER, James	AUS539		AUS	17	18	17	5	14	21	(37)	2	28	13	21	26	(31)			250	182
16	MANNERING, Naomi	NZL4269		NZL	25	24	13	22	8	9	(49)	22	26	11	(49)	17	6			281	183	F
17	BLACKBURN, Sam	AUS556		AUS	7	27	14	19	(52)	13	(36)	17	16	24	8	19	28			280	192	13
18	SKIPWORTH, Riley	AUS302		AUS	(38)	23	29	6	17	35	25	6	25	29	(48)	5	2			288	202	13
19	BENNETT, Milly	AUS444		AUS	8	29	11	(55)	20	4	(91) OCS	24	32	17	38	12	13			354	208	F
20	GUO, Joshua	SIN3106		SIN	19	2	27	17	(69)	(49)	3	13	29	31	11	46	20			336	218
21	AGERUP, Ragna	AUS541		AUS	26	20	(46)	7	24	10	26	(58) PMD	21	16	6	34	41			335	231	13 F
22	TAN, Daniel	SIN5125		SIN	15	(91) OCS	47	(91) OCS	4	17	12	27	19	25	25	22	19			414	232	13
23	ONG, Jazlene	SIN3150		SIN	31	34	(91) BFD	16	19	20	6	(55)	23	18	39	20	10			382	236	13 F
24	TAN, Jen-E	SIN3116		SIN	11	(40)	6	36	26	(91) DNC	23	12	38	21	23	15	30			372	241	12
25	GILMOUR, Lachlan	AUS239		AUS	23	33	(36)	11	22	30	15	34	3	10	34	28	(51)			330	243	12
26	TAN, Andrew	SIN3279		SIN	29	15	2	4	(42)	42	14	35	24	40	16	(53)	36			352	257	12
27	GROGONO, Oliver	GBR5863		GBR	(43)	37	26	37	27	14	19	23	8	27	7	(91) DNC	33			392	258	12
28	KOELEMIJ, Fieke	AUS245		AUS	10	10	(56)	27	31	27	31	29	15	41	(54)	24	38			393	283	12 F
29	GOH, Rebecca	SIN5882		SIN	35	(43)	7	38	23	43	(56)	28	17	20	20	27	35			392	293	13 F
30	JERWOOD, Nia	AUS405		AUS	14	(91) OCS	(72)	15	25	26	48	39	10	43	41	21	27			472	309	10 F
31	YOUNG, Alistair	AUS565		AUS	28	(91) OCS	24	26	18	28	(47)	36	45	32	35	37	15			462	324	10
32	JUMALI, Ryushda	SIN311		SIN	22	32	25	43	44	37	22	(50)	39	(74)	12	38	14			452	328	12 F
33	OLIVER, Suzanne	AUS482		AUS	12	28	(91) BFD	33	15	16	27	33	43	(50)	46	40	40			474	333	F
34	GUO, Jeremiah	SIN3107		SIN	34	(91) OCS	31	34	28	31	18	(49)	42	42	22	14	43			479	339
35	LO, Ryan	SIN5757		SIN	62	(91) OCS	(70)	2	34	51	41	30	20	30	13	36	21			501	340	11
36	YI-LON, Dylan	SIN3273		SIN	13	(53)	4	18	29	(56)	16	41	46	47	33	42	53			451	342	12
37	HOEST, Line	NOR3595		NOR	49	35	3	48	(51)	33	40	38	27	15	28	(57)	29			453	345	13 F
38	HITCHEN-HAW, Melissa	AUS211		AUS	36	36	22	(49)	(45)	12	30	44	41	35	43	16	32			441	347	13 F
39	STEPHENS, Alex	AUS219		AUS	37	25	12	(66)	36	22	33	31	31	38	(64)	47	56			498	368
40	THOMPSON, Georgia	UAE559		UAE	41	21	38	29	38	39	(61)	(51)	33	28	19	39	45			482	370	F
41	EVANS, Louise	AUS499		AUS	32	19	(58)	(61)	41	18	39	45	40	44	53	29	22			501	382	12 F
42	PASSMORE, Dylan	AUS380		AUS	46	41	42	30	33	41	(54)	(58)	54	14	31	43	25			512	400	13
43	PUN, Malone	SIN5119		SIN	45	11	(91) BFD	41	39	(91) DNF	42	32	22	78	14	44	37			587	405	11
44	GROGONO, Freddie	GBR5864		GBR	27	39	59	32	62	(63)	35	42	34	37	(77)	32	17			556	416	10
45	YOKOYAMA, Elisa	SIN3186		SIN	(81)	(60)	19	35	37	60	32	37	50	45	32	33	48			569	428	11 F
46	ONG, Jevyn	SIN3149		SIN	66	30	(91) BFD	31	60	53	29	40	44	(83)	27	23	26			603	429	12
47	AGERUP, Maia	AUS542		AUS	44	46	(61)	51	40	19	51	21	47	33	42	(68)	46			569	440	13 F
48	PHILIP, Anna	AUS564		AUS	50	42	(68)	50	50	25	21	43	52	36	(56)	49	34			576	452	12 F
49	GIUDICE, Ella	AUS481		AUS	33	58	(71)	57	32	24	34	54	51	34	(65)	30	58			601	465	12 F
50	BAUER, Mats	GER11918		GER	52	(91) OCS	32	14	54	36	52	47	62	39	37	61	(67)			644	486	12
51	TAN, Danial Norman	SIN5182		SIN	30	47	(91) BFD	54	56	(91) DNF	38	20	84	51	29	31	76			698	516
52	LIDGETT, Tom	AUS568		AUS	47	(91) DNF	(91) BFD	73	59	40	44	25	30	49	44	51	54			698	516	13
53	HORGAN, Benjamin	AUS309		AUS	54	45	40	(58)	46	38	45	(56)	55	56	50	45	50			638	524
54	KERR-READ, Mitchell	AUS450		AUS	40	38	52	46	35	32	66	48	61	52	(75)	(85)	57 PMD			687	527	12
55	LIM, Joshua	SIN3137		SIN	39	49	50	39	(66)	(68)	46	65	37	48	55	48	55			665	531	12
56	LEE, Jillian	SIN5121		SIN	58	26	20	64	67	52	60	53	36	46	57	(69)	(69)			677	539	12 F
57	BRAND, Haydon	AUS325		AUS	42	31	60	59	53	59	(69)	57	(69)	53	59	35	47			693	555
58	HOWE, Amos	SIN3134		SIN	51	50	23	60	73	(77)	53	(81)	58	76	24	56	42			724	566	11
59	SKINNER, Stuart	AUS387		AUS	57	62	39	52	63	(74)	50	(76)	63	71	36	50	39			732	582	12
60	CUNICH, Thomas	UAE719		UAE	53	68	(91) BFD	42	(79)	67	57	71	59	66	18	54	57			782	612	10
61	STEPHENS, Rowan	AUS222		AUS	60	56	30	62	64	55	58	66	57	(67)	63	52	(73)			763	623	11
62	HARRIS, Jay	NZL4194		NZL	69	63	63	(74)	49	48	43	61	56	59	(72)	55	59			771	625	13
63	HILL, Rosa Bella	NZL3904		NZL	68	48	48	(71)	61	44	68	59	70	58	(89)	62	52			798	638	13 F
64	WALKER, Ben	AUS205		AUS	(72)	65	57	67	58	45	63	52	48	62	(71)	60	62			782	639	12
65	CAMPBELL, Harrison	AUS507		AUS	64	55	37	45	75	(91) DNF	65	67	(83)	68	52	65	49			816	642	11
66	DREW, Brendan	AUS286		AUS	55	57	67	(81)	48	54	(87)	70	68	55	47	63	61			813	645	11
67	GIUDICE, Max	AUS298		AUS	48	54	43	56	(91) DNF	(91) DNC	55	82	66	75	51	70	64			846	664	12
68	BLAAUW, Thomas	AUS336		AUS	78	(79)	62	65	55	71	(80)	46	49	57	66	64	66			838	679	12
69	GOLIC, Stefan	AUS512		AUS	59	51	78	(88)	47	58	79	60	65	54	(80)	75	70			864	696	13
70	MANNERING, Ava	NZL4216		NZL	76	52	51	53	68	57	75	77	(82)	61	70	66	(81)			869	706	10 F
71	CHARLWOOD, Christopher	AUS267		AUS	73	77	49	68	70	47	70	74	(91) DNF	(81)	61	74	60			895	723	12
72	PROSSER, Jayden	AUS297		AUS	61	76	21	83	57	79	64	68	60	(91) DNF	74	(87)	85			906	728	12
73	HARRIS, Nicholas	AUS447		AUS	63	67	28	(84)	78	72	62	73	74	60	(83)	77	75			896	729	11
74	RIOLO, Antonino	AUS362		AUS	80	73	15	47	81	61	78	78	71	69	81	(84)	(84)			902	734	13
75	BOWATER, Xanthe	NZL4328		NZL	(79)	66	65	63	65	66	73	63	64	65	(76)	76	71			892	737	12 F
76	NEGRI, Alex	AUS293		AUS	67	64	45	(82)	76	80	59	75	76	(82)	58	67	77			908	744	12
77	GOWANS, Rhett	AUS343		AUS	65	44	41	75	(91) DNF	76	85	85	79	(91) DNF	62	79	82			955	773	12
78	BUXTON, Nicholas	AUS560		AUS	56	71	73	70	72	(91) DNF	71	69	(91) DNF	70	67	72	83			956	774	13
79	ROBINSON, Stacey	AUS449		AUS	70	59	(91) BFD	80	82	81	77	64	(91) DNF	91 DNC	60	59	74			979	797	12
80	HAYNES, Mason	AUS497		AUS	75	70	77	(89)	74	75	67	62	73	63	84	78	(86)			973	798	12
81	STOWELL, William	AUS299		AUS	77	61	66	44	80	64	83	(91) DNF	(91) DNC	91 DNC	78	81	80			987	805	12
82	SKIPWORTH, Freya	AUS289		AUS	74	74	74	76	(84)	69	74	72	72	72	(79)	73	78			971	808	12 F
83	DANKS, Sam	AUS484		AUS	71	72	(91) BFD	79	83	(91) DNF	72	80	67	77	68	86	68			1005	823	11
84	ABBOTT, Luke	AUS558		AUS	86	81	55	(87)	87	73	84	83	81	64	(88)	71	63			1003	828	11
85	KENNEDY, Mitchell	UAE715		UAE	(85)	75	76	72	85	78	(86)	79	85	79	82	58	65			1005	834	12
86	LIDGETT, Jack	AUS567		AUS	(91) DNF	(91) DNF	33	77	43	62	91 DNC	91 DNC	91 DNC	91 DNC	91 DNC	91 DNC	91 DNC			1034	852
87	BOWATER, Fenela	NZL3923		NZL	82	78	80	78	(91) DNF	65	76	84	78	80	73	80	(87)			1032	854	10 F
88	LUFF, Peta	AUS446		AUS	(91) DNC	(91) DNC	79	85	77	70	82	87	75	73	87	83	79			1059	877	11 F
89	AINGE, Samuel	AUS296		AUS	83	69	69	86	71	(91) DNF	81	86	77	84	86	(88)	88			1059	880	11
90	HARRIS, Holly	NZL3475		NZL	84	80	75	69	86	(91) DNF	88	(91) DNF	80	91 DNF	85	82	72			1074	892	11 F