British Teams Dominate Day 1 of Fireball Worlds

by Noah Purves-Smith on 3 May 2010 The leaderboard was filled with teams from Great Britain on day 1 of the 2010 Fireball World Championships. Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend continued their strong performance with another first in Race 1, while their compatriots Matt Findlay and Richard Anderton won Race 2. In fact, British teams held down the top 7 spots in Race 1.

As of Race 2, Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend (GBR) sit in first, Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff (GBR) are second, and Matt Findlay and Richard Anderton are in third.

Even with a deep field of accomplished entries from 15 countries including a number of past world champions, Matt Findlay was not surprised at the strength of the British entries.

'We have a lot of very good teams from the UK. We love to sail in the breeze. If it’s sunny and not much wind, we don’t go out. If it’s windy, we love to go out and sail.'

Evidently, the training in breezy conditions pays off. Competitors enjoyed another picture perfect day in Barbados to kick off the 2010 championship regatta. Winds peaked at 22 knots during the end of Race 1 and the start of Race 2, with sunny skies and warm temperatures both in and out of the water.

Racing continues in Barbados, Monday, May 3, at 12:30 with two races scheduled.

Provisional Results

Rank Nat Sail#Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 Total score
1st GBR 15013 CHIPS HOWARTH VYV TOWNEND 1 3 3 7 7
2nd GBR 15032 DAVID WADE TIM SAUNDERS 2 6 1 9 9
3rd GBR 15036 MATT BURGE RICHARD WAGSTAFF 3 4 2 9 9
4th GBR 14924 DAVID EDWARDS SIMON POTTS 6 2 4 12 12
5th GBR 15031 MATT FINDLAY RICHARD ANDERTON 7 1 7 15 15
6th AUS 15025 ROBIN INNS JOEL COULTAS 8 5 5 18 18
7th GBR 14807 TIM RUSH RUSS CLARK 4 7 20 31 31
8th GBR 14950 KEVIN HOPE RUSSELL THORNE 5 8 19 32 32
9th CZE 15019 MARTIN KUBOVY MILAN CAP 11 18 6 35 35
10th GBR 15020 VINCE HOREY SAM BREAREY 18 9 11 38 38
11th GBR 14977 PHILIP POPPLE GAVIN TILLSON 9 12 18 39 39
12th AUS 15011 NATHAN STOCKLEY ALLAN BLENKLE 21 14 9 44 44
13th GBR 15004 PETER GRAY ROBIN TOOZS-HOBSON 14 16 17 47 47
14th GBR 14941 DERIAN SCOTT ANDY SCOTT 10 26 13 49 49
15th CZE 14979 EVA SKORAPKA JAKUB NAPRAVNIK 31 11 8 50 50
16th GBR 14949 MIKE SENIOR ANDY THOMPSON 13 24 15 52 52
17th FRA 14793 FREDERIC MOUCHES JEAN-FRANCOIS NOUEL 15 15 32 62 62
18th AUS 14943 HEATHER MacFARLANE CHRIS PAYNE 19 17 27 63 63
19th GBR 14628 SIMON LOMAS-CLARKE TIM RILEY 26 28 12 66 66
20th IRL 14894 NOEL BUTLER SEAMUS MOORE 24 20 22 66 66
21st SUI 14799 CLAUDE MERMOD RUEDI MOSER 12 31 24 67 67
22nd CAN 15024 JOE JOSPE TOM EGLI 17 21 30 68 68
23rd CAN 14907 GUY TIPTON MATTHEW KING 22 25 21 68 68
24th IRL 14996 NEIL SPAIN FRANCIS ROWAN 23 22 25 70 70
25th GBR 14805 MARK MASKELL CHRIS PROFFITT 16 23 33 72 72
26th GBR 14982 MARTIN SCARTH TONY KING 34 19 23 76 76
27th BAR 15034 COLIN SYMES CHARLIE GLOYMEAY 20 29 28 77 77
28th FRA 15014 FRANCK JUIN PIERRE PERDON 25 36 31 92 92
29th AUS 15026 PETER INNS EDWARD ALDER 71.0 DNC 13 10 94 94
30th AUS 15027 BEN SCHULZ PHILLIP BOWLEY 71.0 DNF 10 14 95 95
31st GBR 14864 IAN KELLY PETER ELVER 49 30 16 95 95
32nd IRL 14990 OWEN LAVERTY ED BUTLER 32 27 41 100 100
33rd SUI 14960 MELANIE LEDERER MICHAEL SCHAEFER 36 39 26 101 101
34th RSA 14411 ANTHONY PARKER DAVID LAING 30 43 29 102 102
35th SHE 15022 JOHN MANSON STEVEN LEASK 29 34 42 105 105
36th GBR 14789 RHYS LANKESTER BARRY SMITH 42 38 38 118 118
37th BAR 15033 ROBIN PATTERSON STEVEN BENSON 33 42 44 119 119
38th SUI 14890 ERICH MOSER GERY SAUER 40 45 34 119 119
39th CAN 15043 ROBERT LEVY ERIC OWSTON 35 37 49 121 121
40th USA 14846 PATRICK CRUMP ROBERT THOMPSON 37 33 52 122 122
41st GBR 14755 DAVID RYDER MICHELLE RYDER 38 48 40 126 126
42nd GBR 14798 MARIA RICHARDS GRAHAM HOY 39 41 46 126 126
43rd GBR 14964 MATT GREENFIELD LUCY FOULDS 45 44 39 128 128
44th GBR 14791 ANDREW PEARCE STEVE CHESNEY 27 32 71.0 DNC 130 130
45th GBR 14682 JONATHAN CARTER GARETH WILKINSON 28 71.0 DNC 35 134 134
46th SUI 14859 CHRISTINA LANDERER CEDRIC LANDERER 51 51 37 139 139
47th GBR 14556 DEBBIE KIRKBY PAUL DOWNING 46 47 51 144 144
48th AUS 14972 NICK GUNNER GLENN PEVERELL 57 35 54 146 146
49th SUI 14602 FRITZ WIDMER NIKOLAI ALLERS 71.0 DNC 40 36 147 147
50th SLO 14881 MIRAN GUSTIN DOMEN KANSKY 59 46 45 150 150
51st CAN 14768 PIERRE CARPENTIER TOM BIRD 50 59 43 152 152
52nd IRL 14713 FRANK MILLER MARGUERITE O'ROURKE 47 49 57 153 153
53rd GBR 14999 DAVID FESTING KAREN FESTING 52 56 50 158 158
54th SUI 14921 MAJA SUTER FRANCOIS SCHLUCHTER 60 52 47 159 159
55th GBR 14873 STEVE PATTEN BRIAN ALDGATE 44 54 62 160 160
56th GBR 14621 JEREMY HURST JANE MILLMAN 41 60 63 164 164
57th IRL 15007 LOUIS SMYTH CORMAC BRADLEY 43 50 71.0 DNC 164 164
58th USA 14968 PETER WIRTH PETER KELLY 56 55 55 166 166
59th GBR 14821 NICK HURST ALEX DOWNING 48 61 59 168 168
60th BAR 14922 ROBERT POVEY NEIL BURKE 53 62 53 168 168
61st SUI 14896 RICHARD SCHELLER LINUS EBERLE 54 57 61 172 172
62nd IRL 14877 HANNAH SHOWELL MARTINA MICHELS 55 71.0 DNS 48 174 174
63rd CAN 14835 MIKE McEVOY JEREMY KENNEDY 62 53 60 175 175
64th GBR 14872 BARBARA NEWSON GUY NEWSON 58 64 58 180 180
65th GBR 15038 STEWART SCARFF LESLEY SCARFF 63 71.0 DNC 56 190 190
66th LCA 6261 BETH LYGOE JERRY BETHELL 61 66 64 191 191
67th SUI 14594 MIANNE ERNE CLAY POULSON 65 65 65 195 195
68th USA 14957 GRAHAM SCHAEFER DUNCAN SCHAEFER 64 63 71.0 DNC 198 198
69th SUI 14961 DOMINIK MUELLER CHRISTINE MEBES 71.0 DNC 58 71.0 DNC 200 200
70th JPN 14291 TAKUMI ISHIBASHI JURJEN FEIKENS 71.0 DNC 71.0 DNC 71.0 DNC 213 213 If you want to link to this article then please use this URL: www.sail-world.com/69126