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FIRED UP
T
eam GBR
FIREBALLS
Fleet battles it out for National Championship
Hail the
golden
heroes
STEVIE Morrison and Ben Rhodes
picked up gold by winning the 49er
World Sailing Championships 2007 in
Cascais, Portugal.
Theirs was one of six medal-winning
performances from the Skandia Team
GBR squad in a week of outstanding
sailing from the British contingent.
EASY RIDER: Action from the 2007 National Fireball Championships at Brightlingsea Picture: Tim Bees/Fotoboat
Sarah Ayton-Sarah Webb-Pippa Wilson
IT was an expectant fleet that convened on themselves for the World Championships various parties) further added to the mix. Of
also brought home gold from the Yngling
the Essex Coast at Brightlingsea Sailing Switzerland, they looked the team to beat. the local fleet Penny and Ian Gibbs looked to
class and bronze went to Christina
Club for the 2007 National Championships. 2003 winner Kevin Hope crewed by be leaders of the pack. First timers at the
Bassadone and Saskia Clark (470), Nick
The forecast for the week looked good for Russell Thorne had won the previous week's Fireball Nationals Tom Jeffcoate and Mark
Dempsey (RSX), Shirley Robertson-
a full championship’s racing and an excellent French Nationals off the coast of Normandy. Hogan were also looking to make an impres-
Annie Lush-Lucy Macgregor (Yngling),
social programme had been pulled together. Regular championship performer and former sion after some good form on the open cir-
and Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson
So who were the pre-event favourites? champion Vince Horey had recruited cuit.
(Star).
Matt Mee and Richard Wagstaff had won at Tornado sailor Stuart Bithell and the addition After measurement on Saturday many of
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Chew Valley, Shoreham and Hayling Island Jonny McGovern and Ben McGraine (who
and with a number of big names saving had managed to borrow a boat and sails from pennantCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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