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Enterprise World Championships in Bogmalo, Goa Overall

by Bob Southworth 13 Apr 2002 07:44 BST

Richard Estaugh & Pete Rowley clinched an impressive victory in the Enterprise World Championship by winning Race 9, then coming in to shore to pack their boat away in the secure knowledge that no-one could improve on their total of 23 points in the last race.

Farokh Tarapore & Pushpendra Garg won the last race after coming second in Race 9, leaving these previous winners of the World championship in seventh place overall with 43 points.

Shane McCarthy & Simon Cook were second, completing a remarkably consistent series, counting 8 results, none worse than fifth, leaving them with a total of 28 points in second place overall.

Third was Jeremy Stephens & Andy Poole, leaving the duo from Cornwall as the happiest men on the beach with their best place of the week.

Fourth was another solid performance from Naresh Yadav & Girdharilal Yadav, bringing their total points to 35 and their final placing to third overall.

Irish Team Report by Martin Cuppage:

After an extremely competitive 5 days, these championships have concluded with a significant Irish success; Shane McCarthy and Simon Cook have finished 2nd overall to give the best result for an Irish crew ever in a World Championships in the Enterprise class!

The last day 2 days Thursday and Friday saw lighter winds than earlier in the week although Thursday started with a fresher breeze than normal almost immediately dying to a reasonably steady 6 knots from the west. This suited Shane and Simon well who have been going very consistently all week and particularly in the lighter breezes. The most consistent team of the week were the eventual winners Richard Estaugh and Pete Rowley who almost put themselves into an unassailable lead by the end of Thursday having added a 2nd and 7th. They showed their world class status by winning the first race on Friday by a reasonable margin confirming their championship at that point and not having to sail the last race. Shane and Simon had had a good day on Thursday with a 3rd and 4th and confirmed their second overall with more consistency on Friday notching a further 4th and finally a 2nd. This culminated an excellent performance where Shane/Simon counted 8 results in the top 5 discarding a 15th and an 8th.

The rest of the Irish team found the lighter winds and persistent short chop difficult and added to the intense heat, concentration was lacking. Moreover a certain amount of bad luck dogged all teams with illness, particularly Stephen O'Driscoll who didn't sail as a result on the last day and also Tim Redmond/Heather King who despite sailing with illness, had to count an unlucky disqualification in Race 8 due effectively to a "graphical" error. However despite all the difficulties, this experience for all the Irish team will remain unforgettable and should encourage all to redouble efforts for future Worlds in tropical climes!

Overall Results: (10 races, 2 discards)

PosHelm & CrewNatSail NoR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Pts
1R ESTAUGH P ROWLEYGBR230061353172714223
2SHANE MC CARTHY SIMON COOKIRL229322481554344228
3NARESH YADAV GIRDHARILAL YADAVIND1668294141115435
4NICK CRAIG CLAIRE UPTON BROWN (F)GBR22975313469.435423639.4
5ROGER GILBERT ALISTAIR FRYGBR2293692643124125740
6GAUTAMA DUTTA UTPAL MOREIND9137311617136543
7FAROKH TARAPORE PUSHPENDRA GARGIND8115729612112143
8AASHIM MONGIA R MAHESHIND5281111211202421147
9DHARMENDAR SINGH JOJI JOSEPHIND229165189208261972574
10NITIN MONGIA SANDEEP JAININD1216107691414381480
11CRAIG BURLTON TRUDIE DANBURN (F)GBR2294510101316124215310982
12LALIN JIRASINHA KDS KUMARASRI22973181215191558169888
13STEPHEN O'DRISCOLL KATE HAVILL (F)IRL2291041616101713119424296
14SANJEEV CHAUHAN RAJESH DHULAJIIND7151412131419106131797
15MEHUL ASHAR KULWANT SINGHIND15191119523172151113100
16JONATHAN LEWIS SARAH ALLAN (F)GBR22900244217811159101442108
17AUNG MYIN THU SAIN PYAE SONE HEINGMYA1715221421816422215118
18J STEPHENS A POOLEGBR22652224211231320271883120
19JONATHAN WOODWARD JULIE MOORE (F)GBR228104291817101618241821127
20GERRARD DEMPSEY LANNA OREILLY (F)IRL2257223172712192513171612129
21TIM REDMOND HEATHER KING (F)IRL229761419421871042421216138
22ZAW ONE AUNG MIN HTUTMYA62528422625211782310155
23ABHIMANYU PATANKAR ANIL DASIND322222124221925232026173
24AMOL RANE RAHUL KANSARAIND15212202428262826262123178
25JAISON GEORGE SURESH SINGHIND429231421243132152727180
26MARTIN CUPPAGE CHRISTINA NOLAN (F)IRL2290926252525202322222419180
27JOHN O'DRISCOLL MICHELLE ROWLEY (F)IRL2294720352830182419251929182
28VINCENT PETER UMESH SHARMAIND1128212029322233272518190
29DILIP ACHARYA SUDHIR PANDEYIND11127302327272642291724200
30LPK GUNATHILAKA WAR NISHANTHASRI2297416323832293030212820206
31S SAINI N SHARMAIND1330242633283331202930218
32WPK JANAKA TTB KODITUWAKKUSRI2297231274231312724302631227
33LOUIS MOULDEN SIMON EVANSGBR2300742292922303423283442229
34PETER HOFMANN MARGARET HOFMANN(F)SA2288734263234342928323032243
35KARAN TAYLOR (F) HELEN WINWARD (F)GBR2289333343042333542313222250
36ANDREW TAYLOR KATHRYN HAYFIELD (F)GBR2271532423135364229423128264
37IAN SARGEANT HEATHER SARGEANT (F)GBR735333437353234333542271
38ROB SCOTT JIMMY BRANDOWSA2286736313336383635363333273
39DOOKBHONJUN RAJA CS VASUDEVA RAJUMRI542363742373736343635288
40ADAM MIFZAL ARINDAM DASMAL8338423642393837353734294
41CHRISTIAN WINTER ANNE SCHILLING (F)GER137423542424242424242324