Tornado Worlds Championships Overall

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Tornado Worlds Championships Overall

by Editor 11 Jul 1999 08:33 BST

Overall results from this Championship (top 6 and British Placings) held at Vallensbæk, Denmark. The final days racing was cancelled as there was only a 3-5 kont wind.

Plc	Sail No.	Crew	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	AUT 360	Roman Hagara	4	7	5	1	16	1	1	2	21
		Hans Peter Steinacher
2	AUT 357	Andreas Hagara	13	5	9	5	11	4	2	9	45
		Wolfgang Moser
3	GER 1056	Roland Gaebler	15	24	8	8	2	2	10	6	51
		Rene Schwall
4	AUS 2000	Darren Bundock	3	17	1	2	23	6	13	13	55
		John Forbes
5	FRA 269	Olivier Backes	10	4	15	3	6	8	21	23	67
		Laurent Voiron
6	ESP 39	Fernando Leon	5	3	12	21	14	38	20	1	76
		Jose Luis Bauester
British Placings:
15	GBR 407	Rob Wilson	25	12	16	23	20	11	19	16	117
		Will Howden
17	GBR 40	John Pierce	16	25	25	16	28	23	5	20	130
	Barry Roche
22	GBR 403	Hugh Styles	20	13	45	10	59	27	15	19	149
		Adam May
32	GBR 404	Tim Reid	24	31	32	26	33	25	26	43	197
		Trevor Hewitt
61	GBR 378	Leigh McMillan	37	DNF	65	66	65	54	49	52	388
		Joe Hutchinson

Event Website: www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c971703/worlds

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