Paul Childs claims 2012 RS100 European Championship title – Sailing Update
Weather conditions on the Riva Del Garda waters were quite strong on the final day of the 2012 RS100 European Championship which made the RS100 fleet complete their scheduled proceedings. The participants of the regatta put up excellent sailing skills on
the racing area and finished the final day races successfully.
Great Britain’s Paul Childs performed tremendously in the regatta and was able to claim the event title by nine points. The British sailor grabbed seven bullets from overall races and topped the standing positions.
Childs participated in 10 races from which two races were discarded as per rules of the regatta. The winds that were blowing up to 18 knots were very helpful for the fleet to finish the races. Childs set up his event voyage with two classy bullet finishes
in the first two races followed by a sixth finish on the opening day of the regatta.
After that, the Briton cruised into some superb form and clinched five consecutive bullets which put him on the leading podium place. In the final race of the regatta, Childs did not cross the finish line but this race was discarded from the final scores.
Australia’s Jon Holroyd was able to hit the second podium place with 16 points.
Overall standings at the end of the regatta:
1. GBR 393 Paul Childs, 1 1 (6) 1 1 1 1 1 2 (dnf) = 9 Points
2. AUS 302 Jon Holroyd, One Man Wolfpack 2 2 2 2 2 (3) 2 2 (3) 2 = 16 Points
3. GBR 134 Mark Harrison, 7 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 (10) (dnc) = 27 Points
4. GBR 428 Greg Booth, (5) 5 5 4 4 4 (6) 4 1 1 = 28 Points
5. GBR 321 Giles Chipperfield, Pizza Express 3 4 4 (6) 6 5 4 5 (9) 3 = 34 Points
6. GBR 310 David Gorringe, Delihla 4 (8) 1 8 5 8 7 (dnc) 4 6 = 43 Points
7. GBR 298 Al Hall, (9) 6 7 5 (8) 6 8 6 5 5 = 48 Points
8. SUI 318 Michel Rotach, Caribbean Express 6 7 (10) (12) 7 9 5 7 6 4 = 51 Points
9. ESP 327 Tobias Claudius, MagPies (12) 10 9 7 9 (11) 9 9 7 8 = 68 Points
10. USA 102 David Reed, 8 11 11 9 11 (12) 10 (dnc) 11 7 = 78 Pointshttp://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/4588/joaquin-benoit
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