29 for Yngling Europeans

Ukrainian team win warm-up event in toasty Medemblik

Almost 30 teams from 17 countries will compete in the Volvo Women Yngling European Championships starting tomorrow. The racing will get underway at 11.00 if weather permits in tropical Medemblik. Today at 19.00 hours the event was officially opened by the Vice-President of the International Yngling Association Huib de Haer.  
 
Last weekend In the Volvo Euro Cup, the warm-up event for this race, Ruslana Taran (UKR) showed great form in the light and slippery conditions. The team of Nicola Bethwaite from Australia finished second and the third finisher was the team of Anna Basalkina from Russia. In this open event male teams were able to compete and the Dutch team of Hidde-Jan Haven managed to finish fifth as first male amateur sailors between all the female Olympic hopefuls.    
 
The committee sets out to sail two races per day, with the final races on Saturday. All races will be sailed on the shallow and challenging IJsselmeer.

Line-up:

	Helm	Crew	Crew	Nat	Sail no
1	Bethwaite Nicola	Gojnich Karyn	Farrell Angela	AUS	57
2	Hand Kelly	Leger Chantal	Crampton Deirdre	CAN	888
3	Ward Susanne	Munk-Hansen Anne Sofie	NB	DEN	199
4	Palludan Trine	Gade Maria	Hartvig Ida	DEN	202
5	Evers Christine	Noergaard Laerke Ilsoe	Boidin Susanne	DEN	205
6	Azon Monica	Azon Sandra	Pisonero Graciela	ESP	3
7	Le Helley Anne	Deplanque Marion	Lepesant Catherine	FRA	6
8	Le Berre Anne-Claire	Gerecht Julie	Ponsar Alice	FRA	8
9	Farrell Gemma	Howe Rachel	Larman Rachel	GBR	14
10	Schuemann Ulrike	Kappel Runa	Hoepfner Ute	GER	261
11	Karzi Alexandra	Karzi Loukia	Haramountani Christina	GRE	2
12	Calligaris Chiara	Pignolo Giulia	Scognamillo Francesca	ITA	16
13	Shige Yumiko	Horiuchi Mayumi	Eguchi Eri	JPN	1
14	Hin Janneke	Faber Marije	Hendriksen Floortje	NED	1
15	Mulder Mandy	Werf Brechtje van der	Jong Petronella de	NED	11
16	Huber Barbara	Schokker Marleen	Schurer Amerens	NED	74
17	Thies Annelies	Bes Annemieke	Kampen Marije	NED	111
18	Horst Jildau ter	Versteegt Marieke	Krzeminski Vera	NED	335
19	Kedde Lianne	Eichhorn Roos	Boer Mirjam de	NED	336
20	Zweistra Astrid	Wierenga Lieske	Hakkel Chantal	NED	337
21	Ferris Sharon	Holtum Ashley	Smeal Raynor	NZL	4
22	Wolniewicz Karolina	Szaszor Magda	Piech Agata	POL	1
23	Dominique Provoyeur	Penny Alison	Kim Rew	RSA	1
24	Ilienko Vladelina	Gaponovich Natalya	Kovalenko Ekatarina	RUS	1
25	Basalkina Anna	Maximova Ekatarina	Lukashova Galina	RUS	4
26	Skudina Ekaterina	Sokolova Alexandra	Krutskikh Diana	RUS	8
27	Soderström Ingrid	Larsson Johanna	Åberg Caroline	SWE	51
28	Taran Ruslana	Matevusheva Svetlana	Kalinina Anna	UKR	1
29	Kalyncheva Angelina	Babichuk Kateryna	Dmytrenko Kateryna	UKR	11