Kiel Week - Olympic Classes Overall

The Tornado fleet at Kiel Week © Kieler Woche

The Yngling fleet at Kiel Week © Kieler Woche

Three medals for Team GBR at the Kiel Regatta

After a week of racing at the Kiel Regatta, Team GBR walks away with three medals. 49er sailors Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks and Laser sailor Paul Goodison took gold medals, while Helena Lucas competing in the 2.4 Meter won a bronze medal.

As forecast, light and shifty 4-6 knot winds dominated the last day of racing at Kiel. Going into the final day there were podium positions still up for grabs meaning that for many sailors, winning today’s races meant a position in the top three.

Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks managed to pull off two top five finishes and put themselves in the lead by a solid 12 points. With some tactical thinking and good boat speed, the pair was able to out sail their competitors and claim a gold medal. Draper and Hiscocks will now set their sights on performing well at the up coming 49er Europeans.

“We are pleased with how we sailed this week.” Draper commented, “The Kiel Regatta is always exciting. The space is limited, the winds are shifty and it makes for some really good, intense racing.”

In the Laser, Paul Goodison edged out his competitors and ended the Regatta in first place overall. After finishing ninth at the Hyeres Regatta and fourth at the Holland Regatta, Goodison took the lead at Kiel and never let first place out of his sight.

Goodison explained “After such a frustrating start to the season it feels great to finally finish the job and win the Regatta. I had a really good series and although I got in some sticky situations, I managed to recover and finish well.”

Helena Lucas brings home the third medal. Winning a bronze in the 2.4 Meter, Lucas knew she would have a tough time catching her competitors but went into the final day hoping to sail well and stay out of trouble. With 24 points over all Lucas sailed consistently throughout the Regatta.

Another notable performance was given by Sarah Ayton, Annie Lush and Lisa McDonald. Breaking into the top three on the fourth day of the Regatta, the three Yngling sailors were hoping to hold their position. However, Athens Olympic Silver Medallist, Ukrainian Ruslana Taran and her team, managed to place second in the final race, edging the British team out by a single point. Ayton, Lush and McDonald will now be turning their thought towards competing well at the Yngling Worlds in July.

Further information and results can be found on the event website www.kieler-woche.de

Overall Results:

470 Men
1, Michael Anderson-Mitterling/ David Hughes, USA (3,2,3,(6),1,2,12,11,1) 35 pts
2, Sven Coster / Kalle Coster, NED (7,6,5,(11),2,9,5,1,2) 37 pts
3, Dimitri Berezkin/ Alexander Zibin, RUS ((16),12,4,2,1,1,4,5,11) 40 pts
GBR
20, Jonny McGovern/ Tom Mapplebeck (2,8,3,8,(14),19,29,26,17) 112 pts
31, Guy Tipton/ Chris Tattersall (10,10,13,(14),12,OCS,23,24,28) 152 pts

470 Women
1, Elise Rechichi/Tessa Parkinson, AUS (1,(OCS),1,1,1,4,4,(5),4) 16 pts
2, Sabine Walter/ Amtje Struckat, GER ((9),1,5,3,4,1,8(16),1) 24 pts
3, Stefanie Rothweiler/ Vivien Kussatz, GER (8,7,4,(10),6,2,(OCS),1,5) 33 pts
GBR
10, Melissa Heppell/ Rebecca Marriott ((24),19,20,11,11,(23),7,21,(25)) 113 pts
22, Elizabeth Greenhalgh/ Rachel Larman (21,25,18,8,21,21(OCS),14,(26)) 128 pts

49er
Gold Fleet
1, Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks, GBR (3,1,1,1,1,(8),(11),3,2,1,1,5) 19 pts
2, Nico Delle Karth / Niko Resch, AUT (4,2(DNF),1,3,2,3,12,1,6,3,6) 31 pts
3, Pietro Sibello / Gianfranco Sibello, ITA (1,1,4,2,4,(5),1,2,5,3,14,(16)) 37 pts
GBR
5, Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes, (2,4,2,8,5,7,(8),9,10,5,(23),2) 54 pts
11, John Pink/Alex Hopson (6,(15),3,7,2,6,(30),10,24,20,12,3) 95pts
18, Ian Martin/ Ben McGrane ((15),9,10,3,8,8,25,20,17,22,16,15) 129 pts
25, Roger Gilbert/ Olivier Vidal (,9,(16),9,10,14,13,21,26,9,(26),18,23) 153 pts
30, John Wilson/ James Barker (13, 9, 5, 2,(23),19,26,23,25,24,(30),27) 164 pts
Silver Fleet
4, Dave Evans/Rick Peacock (14,(DNC),14,15,11,14,1,6,8,8,(13)) 273 pts
5, Paul Campbell James/Jony Clegg (RDG,20,7,12,13,(25),(15),10,1,9,10) 276.4 pts

Finn
1, Gasper Vincec, SLO (2,3,3,1,2) 8 pts
2, Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, DEN ((20%),2,6,2,1) 11pts
3, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, CRO (3,9,9,3,(21)) 24 pts
GBR
10, Ed Greig (8,17,12,15,(20)) 52 pts
26, Ed Wright (BFD, 1,(BFD),4,30) 100 pts
33, Mark Andrews (15,29,(BFD),30,38) 112 pts
41, Matt Howard (BFD, 22,(BFD),14,32) 131 pts

Laser
Gold Fleet
1, Paul Goodison, GBR ((2),1,1,1,1,1,2,4,11,1) 23 pts
2, Matias Del Solar, CHI ((12),4,3,2,2,6,3,1,6,3,3) 31 pts
3, Robert Scheidt, BRA (1,2,1,1,(2),1,16,9,4,5) 39 pts
GBR
9, Keir Clark (1,12,(17),11,5,13,21,1,15,14) 93 pts
15, Nick Thompson (10,3,10,(20),6,2,14,18,29,18) 109 pts
22, Mark Powell (5,5,4,5,6,(ZFP),45,19,13,31) 131 pts
26, Charles Ballie Strong (14,2,5,1,9(ZFP),38,42,17,15) 139 pts
35, Bruce Keen, (9,14,11,7,14,(15),10,23,32,DNC) 164 pts
41, Stephen Powell (4,13,2,(29),5,22,41,25,35,38) 183 pts
42, James Gray (6,6,3,12,12,(12),44,BFD,43,11) 185 pts
Silver Fleet
8, Luke Breen-Turner (16,25,(28),26,17,8,2,7,11,BFD) 340 pts
18, Andy Brooks (4,11,9,(18),17,17,32,28,BFD,3) 354 pts
24, Andrew Commander (14,16,5,17,(24),ZFP,1,29,BFD,32) 370 pts

Laser Radial
1, Gintare Volungeviciute, LIT (10,6,(14),4,3,2,2,11,8,10,6) 62 pts
2, Paige Railey, USA (1,2,2,(7),1,4,3,7,1,BFD,3) 63 pts
3, Petra Niemann, GER (2,7,1,8,6,19,(20),14,3,5,4) 69 pts
GBR
7, Laura Baldwin ((OCS),13,6,7,1,26,2,2,23,16,1) 97 pts
11, Lizzie Vickers ((20),14,5,14,9,17,10,22,11,12,10) 124 pts
20, Andrea Brewster (9,(18),5,1,6,10,7,12,30,31,34) 145 pts
21, Charlotte Dobson ((15),12,8,2,8,3,1,1,OCS,BFD,35) 148 pts
26, Colette Blair (17,18,19,(20),11,5,13,24,33,17,7) 164 pts

Yngling
1, Ekaterina Skudina/ Tatiana Lartseva/ Diana Krutskina, RUS (3,5,1,(13),2,(16),10,1,1) 23 pts
2, Vlada Ilienko/ Natalia Gaponovich/ Ekaterina Kovalenko, RUS (1,4,2,5,6,(12),1,8,(10)) 27 pts
3, Ruslana Taran/Ganna Kalinna/Svitlana Matevusheva, UKR (8,2,5(10),8,(18),4,2,2) 31 pts
GBR
4, Sarah Ayton/ Annie Lush/ Lisa McDonald (7,3,(10),3,5,(10),3,4,7) 32 pts
11, Dom Lindsey/ Diana Shanks/ Fleur Oswald (12,10,11,6,9,(14),8,(15),4) 60 pts
15, Gemma Farrell/ Rachel Howe/ Caroline Bowen ((OCS),14,16,12,(20),2,RDG,14,18) 90.5 pts

2.4mR
1, Heiko Kröger, GER (2,1,2,3(5),1,1,2,(5),2,1) 15 pts
2, Thierry Schmitter, NED (3,2,(3),1,1(6),2,1,2,1,2) 15 pts
3, Helena Lucas, GBR, (1,3,1,4,3,3,5,3,1,(5),(5)) 24 pts
GBR
5, Michael Cogswell (6,(13),4,2,2,5,4,6,10,4,(11)) 43 pts
6, Allan Smith (4,(9),6,7,8,7,5,5,4,(10),4) 51 pts