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Prima giornata:

Pori, 28 luglio 2006. Vento leggero da Nord. Iscritti Poggi - Boccato, Rodati - Bonini, Rochelli - Rochelli e Olivieri - Pederiva. A terra rimangono a sistemare le loro barche Longhi, Stella e Fantoni (in attesa dell`arrivo dall´Italia dei loro prodieri). Ancora assenti Perdisa Joime e Zaoli - Zaoli.

La regata vierne vionta dai Norvegesi Grodem (quest`anno allenati da Jan Persson). Bene il favorito Bomans. Poggi 7, ma in realta´ e´ sesto perche` i Russi si sono infilati dopo essere partiti. Rodati, Rochelli e Olivieri non riescono a ragfgiungere il tempo di regata in tempo, nonostante ci fossero alcuni gommoni dell` organizzazione che li avrebbero potuti tirare.

Sotto la classifica e il commento del press officer della manifestazioni Henry Ericcson.

Nordic Championships, Snipe Class, in Pori, Finland.

Preliminary results, Day 1, Race 1:

1) Jostein Grödem – Asbjörn Grödem, Norway.

2) Bart Bomans – Jill Ponet, Belgium.

3) Birger Jansen – Cecilia de Faire, Norway.

4) Piotr Manczak – Premyslaw Blazka, Poland.

5) Jordi Triay – Jose Escudero, Spain.

6) Eduard Skornykov – Pavel Karachev, Russia.

7) Giampiero Poggi – Silvia Boccatao, Italy.

8) Ben van Cauwenberg – Nadia Deferm, Belgium.

9) Magnus Christensen – Michael Irgens, Norway.

10) Andrea Borenius – Charlotta Renvall, Finland.

11) Paco Sanchez – Juan Meroyo, Spain

12) Tiago Roquette – Hugo Teixieira, Portugal

13) Robert Winther – Emil Svensson, Sweden

14) Sampo Valjus – Mikko Valjus, Finland

15) Giovanni Galeotti – Floris Mortelmans, Belgium

16) Ulrik Sandvig – Henrik Grythe, Norway

17) Perez Campos – Benitez Lazna, Spain

18) Thierry den Hartig – Greet Jansen, Belgium

19) Magnus Hedemark – Asne Berner, Norway

20) Reijo Suonsilta – Tim Hamel, Finland

21) Ola Nygard – Hans Magnus Nygard, Norway

22) Henning Balzer – Heinz Balzer, Norway

23) Kristian Skjoldvang – Andreas Löwenberg, Denmark

24) Risto Sillanpää – Juhani Fagerholm, Finland.

25) Ville Aalto-Setälä – Jussi Nevas, Finland.

26) Timo Nurmi – Tomi Isotalo, Finland.

27) Claus Carpelan – Alf Renvall, Finland.

28) Jussi Sävelä – Kari Tuomala, Finland

29) Kristine Schuessler – Camilla Christenssen, Norway.

30) Bernhard Rost – Nicklas Toregård, Sweden

31) Erkki Luhta – Irmeli Lind, Finland.

32) Kai Saarhelo – Markus Wikar, Finland.

33) Pasi Kalliala – Mikael Niinivaara, Finland.

34) Tomi Pelli – Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Finland.

35) Outi Kivimäki – Minna Saarela, Finland.

2 DNFs, 6 DNCs.

Seconda giornata:

Pori, 29 luglio 2006. Bene Poggi nel test pre-europeo.

Tre prove disputate ieri con vento medio che ha toccato i 15 nodi.

Tra gli Italiani in gara (Poggi, Rochelli, Rodati, Olivieri) si sono comportati molto bene i Campioni italiani in carica Giampiero Poggi e Silvia Boccato che, nelle due prove cui hanno preso parte, hanno ottenuto un secondo ed un terzo, che si aggiunge al sesto del primo giorno. Da segnalare la squalifica nella prima prova del russo Eduard Skornykov che si era "infilato" nel campo di regata senza prendere parte alla regata. Anche ieri si e` registrato un episodio simile: un equipaggio spagnolo non solo si e´ buttato nella mischia senza essere iscritto, ma ha anche centrato la poppa dei nostri Poggi - Boccato, mentre si trovavano in seconda posizione.

Tra gli altri equipaggi italiani Rochelli ha preso parte a tutte le prove di ieri, mentre Rodati e Olivieri hanno preferito rientrare a terra in anticipo.

Sotto la classifica provvisoria dopo quattro prove ed il commento di Enry Ericsson.

Nordic Championships, Snipe Class, in Pori, Finland.

Provisional results after 2 days, 4 races, no discard:

1) Tiago Roquette – Hugo Teixieira, Portugal, 31 points

2) Ben van Cauwenberg – Nadia Deferm, Belgium, 32 p.

3) Jostein Grödem – Asbjörn Grödem, Norway, 33.75 p.

4) Giovanni Galeotti – Floris Mortelmans, Belgium, 38 p.

5) Ulrik Sandvig – Henrik Grythe, Norway, 38 p.

6) Birger Jansen – Cecilia de Faire, Norway, 40 p.

7) Bart Bomans – Jill Ponet, Belgium, 47.5 p.

8) Perez Campos – Benitez Lazna, Spain, 52 p.

9) Giampiero Poggi – Silvia Boccatao, Italy, 53 p.

10) Jordi Triay – Jose Escudero, Spain, 53,75 p..

11) Andrea Borenius – Charlotta Renvall, Finland, 59 p.

12) Magnus Hedemark – Asne Berner, Norway, 59 p.

13) Robert Winther – Emil Svensson, Sweden, 59 p.

14) Magnus Christensen – Michael Irgens, Norway, 63 p.

15) Ola Nygard – Hans Magnus Nygard, Norway, 64 p.

16) Eduard Skornykov – Pavel Karachev, Russia, 65 p.

17) Ville Aalto-Setälä – Jussi Nevas, Finland, 67 p.

18) Christian Skjoldvang – Andreas Löwenberg, Denmark, 68 p.

19) Thierry den Hartig – Greet Jansen, Belgium

20) Henning Balzer – Heinz Balzer, Norway, 72 p.

21) Jussi Sävelä – Kari Tuomala, Finland, 87 p.

22) Claus Carpelan – Alf Renvall, Finland, 89 p.

23) Kai Saarhelo – Markus Wikar, Finland, 90 p..

24) Sampo Valjus – Mikko Valjus, Finland, 93 p.

25) Fabio Rochelli – Daniela Semec, Italy, 95 p.

26) Bernhard Rost – Nicklas Toregård, Sweden, 96 p.

27) Maxim Kuzmin – Aleksander Shirokov, Russia, 97 p.

28) Timo Nurmi – Tomi Isotalo, Finland, 102 p.

29) Piotr Manczak – Premyslaw Blazka, Poland, 103 p.

30) Andrey Astashev – Andrey Samoilov, Russia, 119 p.

31) Kristine Schuessler – Camilla Christenssen, Norway, 122 p.

32) Juhani Sillanpää – Risto Fagerholm, Finland, 124 p.

33) Erkki Luhta – Irmeli Lind, Finland, 130 p.

34) Allessandro Rodati – Barbara Bonnini, Italy, 131 p.

35) Paco Sanchez – Juan Meroyo, Spain, 133 p.

36) Stian Pedersen – Cathrine Karlsson, Norway, 137 p.

37) Reijo Suonsilta – Tim Hamel, Finland, 138 p.

38) Tomi Pelli – Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Finland, 141 p.

39) Pasi Kalliala – Mikael Niinivaara, Finland, 144 p.

40) Hanna-Leena Lehtinen – Juha Lehtinen, Finland, 145 p.

41) Roger Olivieri – Silvia Pederiva, Italy, 154 p.

42) Outi Kivimäki – Minna Saarela, Finland, 154 p.

ROQETTE ROCKETS TO THE TOP

After a long windless morning, the breeze arrived in Pori. Starting the first race of the day at 14:15, the efficient race committee managed to cram three full-length races into the afternoon, starting the third race at 16:59 just a whisker before the deadline at 17 hrs. The northwesterly wind of 6 to 8 m/s kicked up a nasty chop, which seemed to be to Belgian taste. The gang from Antwerp had three places in the top seven in the final race, and is now fighting the Norwegians tooth and nails for the dominance of the proceedings. Without their OCS, Bart Boman and Jill Ponet would be way ahead in points.

Bart Bomans, how can a small snipe country like Belgium do so well, all of a sudden? – Well, we race and train a lot together, and push ourselves to be better. Our mixed crews are light and agile. In my boat, I have two secret weapons. One is my Finnish suit of sails from WB, which I have helped to develop. The other is my crew Jill, who has Olympic experience from the Europe class, and calls our tactical shots. – Don’t forget the famous Belgian beer, it also helps a lot, mentions his countryman.

Still, at the top of the leaderboard is neither a Belgian nor a Norwegian, but a solitary Portuguese by the name of Tiago Roquette. His series of 10-3-8-10 is the most consistent one in the field so far, which gives an idea of the varying conditions during two days of shifty northwesterlies and hidden riverine eddy currents. Tiago certainly has the Snipe credentials to go, as his father Pedro was a fixture on the Snipe championship circuit for decades. Another impressive performance was given by the Russia snipe sailor Eduard Skornikov, who rounded the weather mark first in two races, and only slowly lost ground to the surfing Belgians and Spaniards on the reaches. Watch him (and Bomans) rise in the standings after the fifth race, when one discard is allowed.

Overall, the open Nordic championship does not look terribly Nordic. The Norwegian Vikings are doing well in third, fifth and sixth place. But the best Finnish place is 11^th, secured by the female team of Andrea Borenius and Charlotta Renvall. The Swedes represented by Robert Winther are in 13^th place, the solitary Dane Christian Skjoldvang in 18^th place. The two final races on Sunday will give the Nordics their final possibility to rise in the overall standings.

Henry Ericsson

Terzo giornata, risultati finali:

Pori, 30 luglio 2006. Poggi - Boccato vincono in acqua. Ma Triay - Escudero vincono a terra.

Due prove disputate con due secondi posti parziali di Poggi ed un terzo posto nella seconda prova di Rochelli.

La squalifica è stata determinata da una protesta degli spagnoli contro Poggi perché questi non avrebbe effettuato, a loro dire, completamente i due giri di penalizzazione conseguenti ad una bandiera gialla (per infrazione della regola 42).

La decisione della Giuria è stata la squalifica dell´equipaggio italiano. L´aspetto singolare è che i giudici in acqua, che avevano accertato la violazione della regola 42, chiamati da Poggi come testimoni nella successiva protesta, hanno affermato di non aver verificato se Poggi avesse effettuato completamente i giri di penalizzazione (cosa che avrebbero dovuto fare).

La classifica e la cronaca di Henry Ericsson;

Nordic Championships, Snipe Class, in Pori, Finland.
Final results after 3 days, 6 races, 1 discard:
1) Jordi Triay – Jose Escudero, Spain, 19,5 p..
2) Jostein Grödem – Asbjörn Grödem, Norway, 22.5 p.
3) Ulrik Sandvig – Henrik Grythe, Norway, 34 p.
4) Bart Bomans – Jill Ponet, Belgium, 39.5 p.
5) Ben van Cauwenberg – Nadia Deferm, Belgium, 40 p.
6) Tiago Roquette – Hugo Teixieira, Portugal, 43 p.
7) Birger Jansen – Cecilia de Faire, Norway, 46 p.
8) Thierry den Hartig – Greet Jansen, Belgium, 49 p/./
9) Perez Campos – Benitez Lazna, Spain, 51 p.
10) Andrea Borenius – Charlotta Renvall, Finland, 53 p.
11) Giampiero Poggi – Silvia Boccatao, Italy, 55 p.
12) Magnus Hedemark – Asne Berner, Norway, 61 p.
13) Christian Skjoldvang – Andreas Löwenberg, Denmark, 62 p.
14) Ville Aalto-Setälä – Jussi Nevas, Finland, 68 p.
15) Eduard Skornykov – Pavel Karachev, Russia, 71 p.
16) Maxim Kuzmin – Aleksander Shirokov, Russia, 71/ p./
17) Ola Nygard – Hans Magnus Nygard, Norway, 75 p.
18) Robert Winther – Emil Svensson, Sweden, 78 p.
19) Henning Balzer – Heinz Balzer, Norway, 78 p.
20) Fabio Rochelli – Daniela Semec, Italy, 83 p.
21) Magnus Christensen – Michael Irgens, Norway, 86 p./
/22) Andrey Astashev – Andrey Samoilov, Russia, 101 p.
23) Jussi Sävelä – Kari Tuomala, Finland, 103 p./
/24) Bernhard Rost – Nicklas Toregård, Sweden, 107 p.
25) Piotr Manczak – Premyslaw Blazka, Poland, 109 p.
26) Claus Carpelan – Alf Renvall, Finland, 110 p.
27) Kai Saarhelo – Markus Wikar, Finland, 110 p..
28) Giovanni Galeotti – Floris Mortelmans, Belgium, 115 p.
29) Sampo Valjus – Mikko Valjus, Finland, 116 p.
30) Timo Nurmi – Tomi Isotalo, Finland, 130 p.
31) Kristine Schuessler – Camilla Christenssen, Norway, 131 p./
/32) Juhani Sillanpää – Risto Fagerholm, Finland, 137 p.
33) Allessandro Rodati – Barbara Bonnini, Italy, 144 p.
34) Erkki Luhta – Irmeli Lind, Finland, 150 p./
/35) Stian Pedersen – Cathrine Karlsson, Norway, 161 p.
36) Pasi Kalliala – Mikael Niinivaara, Finland, 167 p.
37) Hanna-Leena Lehtinen – Juha Lehtinen, Finland, 168 p.
38) Paco Sanchez – Juan Meroyo, Spain, 173 p./
/39) Tomi Pelli – Tero-Markus Saarimaa, Finland, 174 p
40) Reijo Suonsilta – Tim Hamel, Finland, 178 p./
/41) Outi Kivimäki – Minna Saarela, Finland, 185 p.
42) Roger Olivieri – Silvia Pederiva, Italy, 188 p.

The final day for the Nordics started out with a easterly breeze from the shoreline, making it quite shifty, but keeping the water flat. The race committee had set a windward-leeward course. The start was quite crowded, leading to individual recalls, not all of which were answered. Some boats, among them yesterday’s leader Roquette, were several minutes late for the start. Gianpiero Poggi took an early lead, showing good roll tacking skill, and stretched out downwind. On the final stretch home, the Grödem brothers from Norway overtook him for a victory, dropping Poggi narrowly into second slot. However, an earlier yellow flagging had forced Poggi to take a penalty, which was not absolved fully, leading to a later disqualification. Sandvig, Campos and Kuzmin took the following slots.

Then the wind fizzled out for a while, and the race committee wisely decided to postpone the start. The awaited sea breeze from the north-west soon picked up, and the final start got going. The first try was a complete shambles as the pin end was set way too low, but after adjustments the fleet got clean away. Again it was Poggi in the forefront, showing tremendous speed in the medium airs, followed by the Finnish all-girl team Borenius & Renvall. As the wind picked up, the strong hikers able to carry more power in the rig to cut through the chop, ate up the distance to the leaders. Jordi Triay from Menorca finally passed Poggi, while Rochelli rose to third and Grödem to fourth. As only two races were scheduled, the Championship was over and done with early in the afternoon.

The preliminary results showed Grödem on top without a discard, and Poggi winning with a discard. But the protest hearing caused the abovementioned DSQ for Poggi, whereupon the victory on total points surprisingly went to Jordi Triay and Jose Escudero from the Baleares in the sunny Mediterranean. Norwegians Grödem and Sandvig were second and third on the final podium. Best mixed team was Bart Bomans – Jill Ponet in fourth and best all-girl crew Andrea Borenius – Charlotta Renvall in tenth place.

The scene is now set for the European Championships, with the first races on Tuesday. The Norwegian team has clearly shown its strength. The Belgians and Russians get our votes for ‘most improved team’. As the majority of the Spanish and Italian teams have mainly been cruising around in practice mode, we can expect the usual strong showing from these large Snipe countries. Stay tuned on this channel for more late-breaking news.

Henry Ericsson, press officer