D-One Gold Cup at Riva Del Garda - Overall
by Chris Sallis 18 Sep 2016 22:17 BST
16-18 September 2016
D-One Gold Cup at Lake Garda day 3 © Edoardo Baj Macario
The final 2 races were sailed in a strong and shifting northerly. In race one the fleet split with the Torbole side paying and big gains and losses downwind in the bands of pressure. Nick Craig won, with Mario Rabbo second and Tomai Balazs 3rd.
The final race was a show down for the Gold Cup between Nick and Mario. At a shortened finish Tamas Szamody (HUN) was first with Mario second and Nick 3rd. This left Mario and Nick equal on points with Mario winning the Gold Cup on countback. Tamas moved up to 4th overall and Chris Sallis rounded out the top 5 and won the Masters trophy.
With entries from 6 nations and close racing throughout the fleet the 2016 Gold cup was a memorable event with everyone looking forward to meeting again in Hungary next May
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | ITA 135 | Rabbò Mario | 1 | ‑2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | GBR 5 | Craig Nick | 2 | 1 | ‑3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | HUN 119 | Tomai Balàzs | 3 | ‑11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | HUN 10 | Szamòdy Tamàs | 6 | ‑10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | GBR 410 | Sallis Chris | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | (dnf) | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | GBR 419 | Hawkes Simon | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ‑10 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | ITA 4 | Pontremoli Beppe | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ‑20 | 32 |
| 8 | ITA 41 | Pontremoli Riccardo | 7 | ‑12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | CZE 40 | Marek Bachtík | 9 | 4 | 12 | ‑13 | 8 | 8 | 41 |
| 10 | GBR 72 | Garvin Tim | ‑14 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 50 |
| 11 | HUN 767 | Gyula Gémesi | 11 | 6 | 13 | ‑15 | 13 | 15 | 58 |
| 12 | POL 120 | Machel Piotr | 10 | 8 | (dnf) | 18 | 17 | 9 | 62 |
| 13 | GBR 420 | Birbeck Paul | 12 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 12 | ‑22 | 63 |
| 14 | GBR 8 | Orman Nick | 13 | (dnf) | 14 | 4 | 7 | ocs | 64 |
| 15 | SUI 27 | Mutti Michael | 17 | 18 | 9 | 11 | ‑20 | 10 | 65 |
| 16 | SUI 7 | Rüfenacht Patrick | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | ‑18 | 74 |
| 17 | ITA 315 | Ciferri Enrico | 18 | 13 | 18 | ‑19 | 16 | 13 | 78 |
| 18 | ITA 10 | Toccoli Fabio | 16 | 16 | 19 | (dnf) | 11 | 16 | 78 |
| 19 | UK 55 | Ward Ken | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | (dnf) | 12 | 83 |
| 20 | HUN 122 | Géza Matyasovszki | ‑23 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 86 |
| 21 | ITA 24 | Buzzi Tommaso | 19 | ‑21 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 87 |
| 22 | GBR 502 | Gray Steve | 21 | ‑23 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 95 |
| 23 | SUI 53 | Erni Michel | 22 | 20 | (dnc) | dnf | 21 | 19 | 108 |
| 24 | SUI 101 | Andreas Von Arx | 24 | 22 | (dnf) | dnc | 22 | 21 | 115 |
| 25 | SUI 22 | Tellenbach Peter | (dnf) | dnc | 22 | dnc | dnf | dnc | 126 |