Australian leads NZ NZ National Laser Championships at Torbay

by Richard Gladwell on 22 Jan 2011

Ryan Palk AUS) is leading the Laser fleet in the 2011 NZ Nationals Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library http://www.sportlibrary.com.au

Australia's Ryan Palk leads the New Zealand National Laser Championships, after the first day of racing.

He opened with a sixth placing and followed up with a win in the second race of the day to hold a two point lead over Wellington's Josh Junior.

The points are very close in the NZ Open with just eight points covering the top nine competitors, with five of them being separated by just one point.

Series favorites, Michael Bullot and Andrew Murdoch are locked together on 15 points in 8th and 9th positions respectively.

In the Laser Radial class 2008 Olympic representative and runner up in the 2010 Womens 470 Worlds, Jo Aleh, is leading the fields with a handy margin after placing second in both races sailed in light-moderate sou'easterly breezes at North Shore's Torbay Sailing Club. NZL Sailing Team member, Sara Winther is lying sxth overall in the Open Radial fleet.

Over 180 sailors are contesting the regatta which continues until Tuesday.

Day 1 - 22 Jan 2011

Open Laser Standard and Open Radial

Open Laser Standard
Rank	Fleet	Division	SailNo	HelmName	Club	Nat	ISADId	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	Laser Open		199075	Palk, Ryan	NYRC/RQYS	AUS	AUSRP5	1	6	7	7
2nd	Laser Open		199328	Junior, Josh	Worser Bay YC	NZL	NZLJJ1	6	3	9	9
3rd	Laser Open	U21	188807	Saunders, Thomas	Tauranga Y&BC	NZL	NZT55	8	2	10	10
4th	Laser Open		188803	Weaver, David	WBBC	NZL	NZDW02	2	8	10	10
5th	Laser Open	U21	192612	Lane, George	MBSC	NZL	NZLGL12	3	11	14	14
6th	Laser Open	U21	196871	Meech, Sam	Tauranga Y&BC	NZL		4	10	14	14
7th	Laser Open		191618	Porebski, Josh	Worser Bay YC	NZL	NZLJP6	7	7	14	14
8th	Laser Open		192639	Murdoch, Andrew	Kerikeri Cruising Club	NZL	NZLAM4	14	1	15	15
9th	Laser Open		198114	Bullot, Mike	Murray's Bay SC	NZL	NZLMB	10	5	15	15
10th	Laser Open		198109	Maloney, Andy	Murray's Bay Sailing Club	NZL	NZLAM8	16	4	20	20
11th	Laser Open		196883	McLay, Blair	Nelson YC	NZL	NZLBM2	5	16	21	21
12th	Laser Open		198325	Steiger, Christian	SCSG	SUI	SUICS3	15	13	28	28
13th	Laser Open	U21	196868	Loxton, Spencer	Onerahi YC	NZL		20	9	29	29
14th	Laser Open		199012	Burton, Tom	Gosford SC	Aus	AUSTB17	9	20	29	29
15th	Laser Open		197293	Botzer, Yuval	HTA SC	ISR	ISRYB2	12	17	29	29
16th	Laser Open		199014	Brunning, Ash	Woolahra SC	AUS	AUSAB10	11	19	30	30
17th	Laser Open	U21	199060	Whittington, Mark	Fremantle SC	AUS	AUSMW29	19	12	31	31
18th	Laser Open		193122	West, Jared	RQYS	AUS	AUTJW2	17	15	32	32
19th	Laser Open	U21	193131	Geddes, Rawiri	RNZYS	NZL	NZLRG5	13	22	35	35
20th	Laser Open		190325	Hix, Matthew	Waimakiriri SC	NZL	NZLMH12	22	14	36	36
21st	Laser Open		187774	Henry, Peter	Cook Island SC	COK	COKPE1	23	18	41	41
22nd	Laser Open	U21	181950	Osborne, Scott	Torbay SC	NZL		18	24	42	42
23rd	Laser Open		174322	Morris, Alex	Macandrews BBC	NZL		21	21	42	42
24th	Laser Open		195702	Charlie, Junior	Cook Island SC	COK	COKJC1	24	23	47	47
25th	Laser Open		159998	Adams, Bruce	Naval Point	NZL		26	25	51	51
26th	Laser Open		171098	Shannon, Chris	Napier SC	NZL	NZLCS11	25	26	51	51
27th	Laser Open		192303	McAuley, Alastair	Tamaki YC	NZL		29 DNC	27	56	56
28th	Laser Open		193141	Cook, Lewis	Torbay SC	NZL		29 DNS	29 DNC	58	58

Open Laser Radial
Rank	Fleet	Age	SailNo	HelmName	Club	Nat	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	Radial Women		177776	Aleh, Jo	RNZYS	NZL	2	2	4	4
2nd	Radial Open		195545	Burn, Declan	QCYC/MBSC	NZL	4	7	11	11
3rd	Radial Youth	18	192708	Mazard, Maxine	Noumea	FRA	3	11	14	14
4th	Radial Youth	17	198106	Collinson, Jack	Takapuna YC	NZL	11	4	15	15
5th	Radial Youth	18	196406	Cate, Michael	Onerahi YC	NZL	10	6	16	16
6th	Radial Women		197278	Winther, Sara	Takapuna BC	NZL	5	14	19	19
7th	Radial Youth	17	168394	Schofield, Sam	Wakatere SC	NZL	6	13	19	19
8th	Radial Youth	18	196866	Sise, Peter	Macandrews Bay BC	NZL	20	1	21	21
9th	Radial Youth	17	185806	Pepper, Mahia	DYC/MBSC	NZL	18	3	21	21
10th	Radial Women		195548	Powrie, Miranda	RNZYS	NZL	9	19	28	28
11th	Radial Youth	18	198115	Dunning Beck, Logan	Wakatere SC	NZL	7	22	29	29
12th	Radial Youth	18	197252	Croft, Nicolas	Manly YC	NZL	17	12	29	29
13th	Radial Youth Female	17	181961	Beavis, Elise	MBSC	NZL	8	23	31	31
14th	Radial Youth	18	188804	Dyet, Alex	Torbay SC	NZL	23	10	33	33
15th	Radial Women		185811	Basevi, Rachel	Takapuna	NZL	26	9	35	35
16th	Radial Youth	16	193141	Amlehn, Ryan	Nelson YC	NZL	1	35	36	36
17th	Radial Youth	18	195543	Mckenzie, Sam	Kohimarama YC	NZL	22	15	37	37
18th	Radial Youth	16	196864	Caundle, Ben	Tauranga YC	NZL	35	5	40	40
19th	Radial Open		150092	Peard, Byron	Torbay SC	NZL	12	28	40	40
20th	Radial Youth	18	199215	Roberts, James	Wakatere SC	NZL	25	16	41	41
21st	Radial Women		195712	Williams, Helema	Cook Island SC	COK	36	8	44	44
22nd	Radial Youth	17	193028	Tatira, Aquila	Cook Island SC	COK	15	29	44	44
23rd	Radial Youth	16	192613	Jones, Trent	MBSC	NZL	14	32	46	46
24th	Radial Youth	16	199225	Kempkers, Matthew	Wakatere SC	NZL	30	18	48	48
25th	Radial Open		196911	Steele, Chris	Wakatere BC	NZL	28	20	48	48
26th	Radial Open		193066	Vining, Matthew	Nelson YC	NZL	21	27	48	48
27th	Radial Women		181871	Hibbard, Aevril	Torbay SC	NZL	16	40	56	56
28th	Radial Youth	18	197253	Philpott, Daniel	Naval Pt YC	NZL	39	17	56	56
29th	Radial Women		191617	Barrell, Jessica	Torbay SC	NZL	41	21	62	62
30th	Radial Open		163936	Halliburton, Nigel	TYC	NZL	33	30	63	63
31st	Radial Youth	18	196468	Okazaki, Kazuki	YMFS Junior Club	JPN	13	52 BFD	65	65
32nd	Radial Open		186660	Barnes, Scott	MBSC	NZL	40	26	66	66
33rd	Radial Youth Female	18	195540	Meech, Molly	Tauranga Y&BC	NZL	27	39	66	66
34th	Radial Youth	17	187887	Leilua, Tane	Torbay SC	NZL	24	43	67	67
35th	Radial Youth	16	185803	Cobb, William	Murray's Bay SC	NZL	42	25	67	67
36th	Radial Youth	18	192615	Shearer, Andrew	Vauxhall SC	NZL	38	31	69	69
37th	Radial Open		187890	Child, Andrew	Torbay SC	NZL	46	24	70	70
38th	Radial Youth Female	17	162804	Holmes, Anita	Nelson YC	NZL	34	36	70	70
39th	Radial Youth	16	187885	Adamson. Angus	Sandspit YC	NZL	19	52 BFD	71	71
40th	Radial Youth	18	196417	Salthouse, Josuha	Torbay SC	NZL	32	42	74	74
41st	Radial Youth	17	181713	Andrew, Ollie	Torbay SC	NZL	37	37	74	74
42nd	Radial Youth	16	196881	McKenzie, Andrew	Kohimarama YC	NZL	29	52 DNC	81	81
43rd	Radial Youth	18	190332	Leilua, Eroni	Torbay SC	NZL	43	38	81	81
44th	Radial Open		181718	Harrex, James	MacAndrew BBC	NZL	31	52 BFD	83	83
45th	Radial Women		192281	Barbarich-Bacher, Bianca	RAYC	NZL	49	34	83	83
46th	Radial Open		160137	Inglis, Darren	Taupo YC	NZL	52 DNC	33	85	85
47th	Radial Youth	15	195544	Le Roy, Cullen	Timaru BC	NZL	44	41	85	85
48th	Radial Youth	16	196879	Chung, Romano	Murray's Bay SC	NZL	45	45	90	90
49th	Radial Open		181967	Stafford, Noah	Pupuke SC	NZL	48	44	92	92
50th	Radial Youth	16	171101	Snedden, Tim	Sandspit YC	NZL	47	47	94	94
51st	Radial Open		196876	Masters, Sebastien	Kohimarama YC	NZL	50	46	96	96