Splash Worlds get underway off Takapuna Beach

by Richard Gladwell on 3 Jan 2010
The 2010 Splash World Championships, the first World sailing championship of the new decade, got underway off Takapuna Beach today with sailing of two Practice Races.

77 competitors from 12 countries are competing in the event which has been dominated by New Zealanders since 2000 - winning five of the 10 world championships sailed in that time.

Event Director Grant Cunningham says the regatta is the ninth world championship staged at the club since new club facility was established in 2005, and used for th Int14 Worlds in that year. Each regatta puts over a million dollars economic benefit into the local economy, he says.

Last year the venue hosted the 2008 World Championships for four Olympic classes, including the RS:X Mens Worlds, won by Tom Ashley, who went on to win the Gold medal in the same event in the 2008 Olympics in Qingdao, China.

Around 100 people are involved in the on the water organization, with a further 35 or so involved on shore.

Primary supporters for the event are SPARC, the North Shore City Council and the Lion Foundation.

The world championship will consist of 13 races starting tomorrow, Monday, and concluding on Friday 8 January starting at 1100hrs each day.

Entry List

 

2010 SPLASH WORLDS						DAY 1.
Nat	Bow	SailNo	HelmName		Sign			Sign Off
NZL	1	1436	Declan Burn	M	NZL	39	1416	James Ayr	M
AHO	2	2599	Ard van Aanholt	M	NZL	40	1417	Dylan Wichman	M
NZL	3	2303	Ben Lutze	M	NZL	41	1418	Melissa Gibbs	F
NED	4	2594	Bart Sluijter	M	NZL	42	1433	Hohepa Lewer	M
NZL	5	1836	George Lane	M	NZL	43	1820	Bradley Taylor-Swan	M
NZL	6	2314	Michael Cate	M	NZL	44	1838	Klaus Ohlendorf	M
NZL	7	1840	Chris Steele	M	NZL	45	1839	Daniel Foley-Logan	M
NED	8	2589	Mathieu de BY	M	NZL	46	1841	Harris Read Bindon	M
NZL	9	1849	James Little	M	NZL	47	1843	Liam Foley-Logan	M
AHO	10	2600	Philipine Van Aanholt	F	NZL	48	1845	Hamish Powrie	M
BEL	11	2516	Jock Coppejans	M	NZL	49	1848	Curtis Taylor-Swan	M
NED	12	2596	Nienke Reina Jorna	F	NZL	50	1850	O'Shea Butler	M
ASA	13	2602	Tu\'iemanu  Ripley	M	NZL	51	1851	Adrian Warwick	M
BEL	14	2518	Olivier Bocklandt	M	NZL	52	1852	Jessica Helm	F
BEL	15	2517	Louise Maes	F	NZL	53	1853	Joshua Gardiner	M
CHN	17	2608	Cunrui Lv	M	NZL	54	1856	Joshua Niuhulu	M
CHN	18	2607	Ning Huang	M	NZL	55	1879	Rosemary Sim	F
COK	19	2512	Tokaputifara Charlie	M	NZL	56	2301	Grant Hamilton	M
FRA	20	2610	Etienne Le Pen	M	NZL	57	2305	James Parsons	M
GER	21	2611	Svenja Weger	F	NZL	58	2306	Thomas Wotton	M
NED	22	2514	Roald Verschuure	M	NZL	59	2307	David Turney	M
NED	23	2587	Marianne Pijlman	M	NZL	60	2309	Sebastien Masters	M
NED	24	2591	Michael Kamp	M	NZL	61	2311	Michael Turney	M
NED	25	845	Wouter Hufen	M	NZL	62	2313	Marshall von Keisenberg	M
NED	26	2585	Maarten Kuipers	M	NZL	63	2315	Jordan McKenzie-Brown	M
NED	27	2327	Frank Woltman	M	NZL	64	2316	Stacey Wright	F
NED	28	2597	Marc van Horssen	M	NZL	65	2317	Hamish Thurston	M
NED	29	2513	Alexander Rijkmans	M	NZL	66	2318	Oliver Clark	M
NED	30	2506	Myrna Eussen	M	NZL	67	2431	Byron van Vugt	M
NED	31	2519	Mick van der Meer	M	NZL	68	2432	Tyler Russell	M
NED	32	2520	Samantha De Schiffart	F	NZL	69	2433	Laura Hemingway	F
NOR	33	2606	Ina K. Berentsen Kullmann	F	NZL	70	2437	Annalise Nixon	F
NZL	34	2434	Nicholas Mahoney	M	NZL	71	2439	Evangeline Masters	F
NZL	35	2436	Fenn Anderson	M	NZL	72	2440	Tyler Hogan	M
NZL	36	1844	Romano Chung	M	SAM	73	2605	Mabelle Humrich	F
NZL	37	1414	Olivia Evans	F	SAM	74	2604	Uitualagi Lorenz Ripley	M
NZL	38	1415	James Roberts	M	SUI	75	2129	Thirza Hoffmann	F