2009 Laser European Championship - Goodison dominates

2:23 AM Thu 6 Aug 2009 GMT

'Laser European Championships' Mats Svensson

The 2009 Laser European Championships are being sailed in Borstahusens, Sweden.

Great Britain's Paul Goodison is in a strong leading position with two race wins and two seconds on his score card and an eleven point leading margin over second placed James Sandall (NZ). Tom Slingsby (AUS) is a further seven points back.

James Sandall is just 20 years old and represents the Wairoa Yacht Club in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

'The wind has been 5-12 knots and pretty shifty,' says Sandall. 'I've managed to start at the right end of the line, and executing the start well is important.'

In the two races sailed last night Sandall was fourth and then 26th, but despite the hiccup in race six of the regatta, Sandall is able to discard that score form his total. 'I still have a lot of work to do over the next three days,' he says.

Six races of the qualifying series have been sailed over the initial three days of the European Championship in this Olympic class boat. The regatta is now at the mid way point with another six races scheduled over the next three days. Racing concludes and the European title will be decided on August 8th in Sweden.

The leader in the European Laser Standard Youth Championship after six races is Michal Gryglewski (POL) with two seconds today. Philipp Buhl (GER) is second, with Gijs Pelt (NED) third.

European Laser Standard Senior Trophy 2009
1 - 8 august 2009

Nordic Week 2009
Borstahusens SS, Sweden

(all Nations)
results as of 16:54 on August 5, 2009

Overall

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 122, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Nat	SailNo	HelmName	Born	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Total	Nett
1st	GBR	193501	Goodison Paul	1977	(BFD 62)	8	1	1	2	2	76	14
2nd	NZL	192307	Sandall James	1988	10	2	7	2	4	(26)	51	25
3rd	AUS	195532	Slingsby Tom	1984	5	1	20	5	(24)	1	56	32
4th	RUS	183070	Semerkhanov Maxim	1975	(BFD 62)	11	8	9	1	3	94	32
5th	ESP	188623	Hernandez Javier	1983	12	3	4	3	(13)	11	46	33
6th	GER	194749	Kamrath Malte	1986	1	10	1	(OCS 62)	17	5	96	34
7th	CRO	195695	Stipanovic Tonci	1986	(17)	9	7	12	6	1	52	35
8th	GBR	195130	Thompson Nick	1986	15	2	(BFD 62)	6	8	7	100	38
9th	CRO	194935	Mihelic Daniel	1986	6	6	13	4	9	(22)	60	38
10th	CYP	194752	Kontides Pavlos	1990	10	(40)	2	24	1	2	79	39
11th	AUT	194464	Geritzer Andreas	1977	11	7	10	1	(17)	12	58	41
12th	SWE	193199	Cedergardh Emil	1988	3	(37)	16	2	4	17	79	42
13th	CAN	168932	Leigh Michael	1984	3	3	23	7	(27)	8	71	44
14th	ITA	190821	Regolo Michele	1978	13	(19)	2	12	8	13	67	48
15th	NED	195179	Schaardenburg Rutger	1987	(ARB 25)	14	12	3	12	9	75	50
16th	UKR	192683	Kudryashov Valeriy	1983	(38)	24	5	8	12	5	92	54
17th	HUN	194790	Berecz Zsombor	1986	2	4	(BFD 62)	5	28	16	117	55
18th	NED	192646	Bouwmeester Roelof	1985	2	4	(26)	24	10	15	81	55