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Beijing contenders win Spring Series finale
WINNERS: Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark, left
and, above, Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes
Pictures: Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR
Hayling heroes
THREE of Great Britain’s Beijing-bound crews Morrison-Ben Rhodes and the 470 crews of Programme or aspiring to be, the chance to thanks to their first place at Weymouth ear-
claimed wins at the final event in the 2008 RYA Christina Bassadone-Saskia Clark and Nick race against regular Olympic classes com- lier this year.
Olympic Classes Spring Series, which drew to Rogers-Joe Glanfield topped the tables at the petitors and some of Skandia Team GBR’s The overall Spring Series victory in the
a close at Hayling Island Sailing Club over the end of the two-day Spring Series event, which top performers. 49er goes to John Pink, who won the
weekend May 10th-11th. provides home-grown talents in the Olympic Racing finally got under way on February leg at WPNSA with double
49er world silver medallists Stevie classes, either on the RYA’s World Class Saturday afternoon after a stint on shore Olympic medallist Simon Hiscocks, and
waiting for the wind to build. Morrison and finished second with Rick Peacock.
Rhodes took an early lead in the 49er “A great weekend of China-esque
event, with two race wins and a second conditions and determined race manage-
from the three races held on the first day, ment meant that the full complement of six
while Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes races gave the China stars a chance to
were the leading female 470 crew at the brush up on light winds and tidal sailing
end close of play on the Saturday. Athens and the rest of the fleet a chance to line up
silver medallists Nick against Britain’s
Rogers and Joe best,” explained
Glanfield topped the Skandia Team
combined 470 results GBR
table with scores of Development
1,2,3 from the three Squad Manager
races. Barrie Edgington.
But while “The slick turn-
Morrison and Rhodes around of races
held on to their lead was helped by an
to claim honours by unusually small
five points in the 49er number of classes
class, it was all due to
change in the 470 International event
fleet on the Sunday, clashes but this did
with Christina enable the race
Bassadone and Saskia team to maximise
Clark posting a the wind window
steady 3,1,1 to allow and finish of the
them to discard the Spring series in
seventh they picked nip and tuck style
up on Saturday and with the fleets
win the weekend by a close and competi-
point over Athens sil- tive. “
ver medallists Rogers Edgington con-
and Glanfield. tinued: “Next year
Mills and Hughes I would expect we
finished in third, but will
combined with their be back to a full
sixth place at the first complement of
Spring Series event, classes and event
held at the weekends, but for
Weymouth and
WINNERS: Nick Rogers and Joe
anyone keen to cut
Portland National
Glanfield in action
their teeth with the
Sailing Academy in
Picture: Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR
best in Olympic
February, it was enough to see them take Classes, this autumn’s RYA Olympic
the 2008 Spring Series crown in the 470 Classes National Ranking Series kicks off at
women’s event. the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta (16- 20
Luke Patience and Chris Grube, who September) followed by two further events
finished in fourth at the event, win the at WPNSA on 4-5 October and 18-19
overall 470 men’s Spring Series title October.”
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