Cadet Worlds at Buenos Aires, Argentina - Overall
by Andy Shorrock 5 Jan 2010 10:18 GMT
26 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
ARG Champion, GBR Runners-Up
Day 6 of the Cadet World Championships dawned with torrential rain in Buenos Aires. However, the weather gods were favourable as the sun emerged at launch time with 15 knots of breeze blowing in from the east.
The lumpy sea provided exciting racing for the fleet and it was ARG 9476 (Gonzalo Nandin & Julian Rodriguez Viegas) who led around the first windward mark and all the way to the finish. The racing was to be as close as ever in the high quality fleet and it was GBR 5000 (Sophie Dingwall and Chris Sycamore) who emerged down the reaches into 2nd place and BEL 9739 (Tom Alleman and Jens Vancraenenbroeck) into 3rd.
The battle for the title was on and ARG 8023 (Clara Cosentino and Cristobal Billoch) moved through to 5th place to secure the World Championship with a race to spare. Will Kennedy & Rhos Hawes in GRR 8539 finished 6th in this race with Chris Brewer & Ole Alcock (GBR 8997) 9th.
The final race of the championship was more challenging as the wind first eased to under 5 knots and then swung by up to 50-60 degrees on the course. AUS 4887 (Alec & Samantha Bailey) mastered these conditions to take 1st ahead of fellow countrymen AUS 4109 (Ian lee & Alex Brzoska). GBR 8997 (Chris Brewer & Ole Alcock) secured a hard fought 3rd place to finish as runners-up in the World Championship ahead of the Baileys in 3rd overall.
The International Cadet Class have crowned very worthy new World Champions in Clara Cosentino & Cristobal Balloch. In the 12 race series they counted 10 top 5 results and demonstrated the consistency necessary in the varied conditions of the River Plate. This was a regatta run in a very friendly atmosphere by the host club, Yacht Club Argentino and thanks go all involved in the organisation and running of the event.
Overall Results:
1st ARG 8023, Clara Cosentino and Cristobal Billoch, 40pts
2nd GBR 8997, Chris Brewer and Ole Alcock, 52pts
3rd AUS 4887, Alec and Samantha Bailey, 66pts
4th BEL 8909, Toon de Munck and Eline Spittaels, 66pts
5th GBR 8561, Arthur Henderson and Matthew Currell, 68pts
Other GBR Placings:
7th GBR 8539, Will Kennedy and Rhos Hawes
18th GBR 8363, Abigail Croft and Matthew Shorrock
19th GBR 5000, Sophie Dingwall and Chris Sycamore
26th GBR 8407, Jessica Quinlan and Alex Warrington
28th GBR 8855, Max and Francesca Ingall
In the promotional fleet, Mary Henderson and Ben Shorrock finished in 4th place overall.
Full results can be found here and more photographs can be found here.