Singapore seals victory at Australian Youth Championships
Singapore's Darren Choy/Nathan Tang win the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships.
The 2012 Championships drew to a conclusion at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, with a number of classes racing right down to the wire on the final day of racing today. There was a lot at stake for the 175 crews racing on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay, with the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships titles up for grabs, along with positions in the Australian Youth Sailing Team to contest the 2012 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.
For the 28 teams contesting the 420 class, racing was incredibly tight all week, with Singaporeans Darren Choy and Nathan Tang winning overall by just a single point, ahead of West Australians Carrie Smith and Ella Clark, with Tom Klemens and James Oliver third. The victory follows on from Choy/Tang's dominated at the 2011-12 Australian 420 National Championships only a few days previously.
"We’ve worked towards this for the last full year and it’s all over it just a couple of weeks, we’re both really excited to be the top female crew and to go to our second Youth Worlds," said Clark. "Heading to the Youth Worlds this year we know what to expect and after coming so close last year hopefully we’ll get a medal.
"The conditions today weren’t what we expected, it was a bit stronger which mixed up the fleet," she said. "We wanted to beat the Singaporeans for the overall win but they got us by just a point, it was really close all week."
Top 10 Results Overall
Pos | Crew | Nation | Gender | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts |
1 | CHOY Darren TANG Nathan |
SIN | Male | (6) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | (7) | 22 |
2 | SMITH Carrie CLARK Ella |
AUS | Female | 1 | 4 | (8) | (13) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
3 | KLEMENS Tom OLIVER James |
AUS | Male | 3 | (13) | (29) BFD |
5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
4 | GILMOUR Lachlan BLAAUW Thomas |
AUS | Male | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | (14) | 8 | 5 | (15) | 8 | 6 | 38 |
5 | BOULDEN William PAINO Brodie |
AUS | Male | 13 | (16) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | (29) BFD |
4 | 3 | 44 |
6 | BAILEY Alec BROWN Nelson |
AUS | Male | (10) | 3 | (9) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 45 |
7 | BREWER James PASSMORE Dylan |
AUS | Male | 11 | (12) | 4 | (12) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 58 |
8 | WINSTON-SMITH Xavier CAMPBELL Conor |
AUS | Male | (21) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | (11) | 5 | 64 |
9 | DE VRIES Monique CARR Danielle |
AUS | Female | 2 | 11 | (15) | 4 | (18) | 12 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 68 |
10 | LORENZ Klaus ANNEAR Oliver |
AUS | Male | 12 | 14 | (17) | 9 | 2 | 15 | (29) BFD |
9 | 1 | 8 | 70 |
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