Latest Irish news from ISAF World Sailing Championships in Cascais Portugal
July 6, 2007
Photo: via Scandia.Star. on Flickr
The World Sailing Championships are taking place in Cascais Portugal. You can find full results on the Cascais2007 website, (impressive site) but here’s a summary of the Irish performance to date.
Star
Maurice O’Connell & Ben Cooke, finished 8th and 6th to reach 12th overall.
Max Treacy & Anthony Shanks, finished 6th and 23rd to lie 38th overall.
O’Connell & Cooke qualified for the gold fleet of the top 30 boats. After a rest day, they will resume competing for a high finish and a nation spot for Ireland at next year’s Olympic Games, with 11 on offer at this regatta. Despite a strong effort Treacy & Shanks will race in the silver fleet and cannot finish higher than 31 st overall.
Finn
Tim Goodbody and Aaron O’Grady are competing for Ireland in this event. 19 of the 26 nation sports at the 2008 Beijing Games will be allocated at the end of the regatta.
Tim Goodbody placed 10th and 13th in his section to lie 21st overall.
Aaron O’Grady placed 25th and 14th in his section to lie 37th overall.
Laser Radial
The 3rd and 4th races took place in the Laser Radial. With 107 entries from 50 countries the fleet was divided into two.
Claudine Murphy, finished 9th and 26th to lie 53rd overall.
Debbie Hanna, finished 33rd and 25th to lie 54th overall.
Annalise Murphy, finished 49th and 27th to lie 61st overall.
Ciara Peelo finished 38th and 21st to 63rd overall.
The Irish competitors race today for a place in the gold fleet.
Laser
150 sailors from 60 countries are competing in the class, meaning the fleet is split into three races. Races 3 and 4 took place yesterday.
Roger Craig finished 22nd and 23rd to lie 65th overall.
James Espey, finished 27th and 31st to lie 100th overall.
Races 5 & 6 today will determine the gold fleet.
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