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Italians on fire

Negri/Voltolini extend as three races are held at the Star Europeans in Dun Laoghaire

Thursday September 8th 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: Ireland

The weather gods finally allowed a full day of racing at the Star European Championship in Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay as a moderate westerly breeze allowed Principal Race Officer David Lovegrove and his team to deliver three races. It is hoped to have two races tomorrow ahead of the forecast for heavier winds.

With their form unchanged since Sunday, Italians Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini extended their overall lead in the 26-boat fleet, counting one win plus a third place while discarding their eighth place in race six.

Polish 2008 World champion and past Finn Olympic Gold medallist Mateusz Kusznierewicz with Dominik Zycki also showed good pace, with a fifth place and a win yesterday while discarding a ninth in the hunt for the overall lead. Canada’s Richard Clarke with Tyler Bjorn also moved up a place to third overnight as the final two races are slated for Friday – weather permitting.

In local interest, a slip in form for Peter O’Leary and David Burrows saw the Cork/Dublin pair drop to fifth place while Max Treacy and Anthony Shanks failed to find their form today.

Provisional overall standings after six races:

Pos Nat Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Tot Net
1 ITA Diego Negri Enrico Voltolini 1 2 1 1 3 -8 1 17 9
2 POL Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Zycki 5 8 2 5 1 -9 3 33 24
3 CAN Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn 9 1 5 2 -13 7 2 39 26
4 POR Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo 6 4 10 8 -14 5 4 51 37
5 IRL Peter O'Leary David Burrows 3 6 3 6 12 -13 9 52 39
6 FRA Guillaume Florent Pascal Rambeau 2 3 6 4 11 -19 17 62 43
7 GER Johannes Polgar Markus Koy -19 12 4 12 9 1 8 65 46
8 NOR Eivind Melleby Petter Morland Pedersen 13 -17 7 10 6 3 7 63 46
9 USA George Szabo Mark Strube 10 15 (28.0 DNF) 7 18 2 11 91 63
10 USA Andrew Campbell Ian Coleman 14 16 13 13 4 -17 5 82 65
11 CRO Mate Arapov Ante Sitic -20 13 8 18 16 4 6 85 65
12 UKR Arthur Anosov Vitalii Kushnir 18 10 11 11 -19 6 10 85 66
13 FRA Xavier Rohart Pierre Alexis Ponsot 4 5 (28.0 DNF) 14 8 23 14 96 68
14 ESP Fernando Echavarri Fernando Rodriguez Rivero 7 14 9 3 -21 20 16 90 69
15 POR Gustavo Roxo Lima Rubrio Basilio 16 9 12 16 7 12 -21 93 72
16 GER Alexander Schlonski Matthias Bohn 17 19 (28.0 DNF) 9 5 11 15 104 76
17 GBR John Gimson Stephen Milne 11 20 14 17 2 (28.0 RAF) 18 110 82
18 IRL Maxwell Treacy Anthony Shanks 15 11 (28.0 DNF) 15 10 22 13 114 86
19 UKR Vasyl Gureyev Volodymyr Korotkov 12 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 19 15 10 22 134 106
20 SWE Tom Loefstedt Hakan Lundgren (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 16 21 17 15 12 137 109
21 GBR Ante Razmilovic Brian Hammersley 22 21 15 20 23 14 -24 139 115
22 UKR Denis Khashina Dmitriy Mechetin -24 18 17 22 20 21 23 145 121
23 SUI Michel Niklaus Vincent Hagin 21 22 (28.0 DNF) 24 24 16 19 154 126
24 GBR Iain Percy Andrew Simpson 8 7 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 155 127
25 SUI Jean-Pascal Chatagny Patrick Ducommun 25 24 (28.0 OCS) 23 22 18 20 160 132
26 RUS Andrey Berezhnoy Sergey Masalov 23 23 (28.0 DNF) 25 28.0 DNE 24 25 176 148
27 HUN Tibor Tenke Miklos Bezereti 26 (28.0 DNF) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 194 166

 

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