23/8/2009 -
2009 FLYING DUTCHMAN EUROCUP AND 2009'S RIVA CONTENDER REGATTA: TWO SEPARATE EVENTS HELD CONCURRENTLY IN RIVA. BOTH HAVE JUST WRAPPED. MAJTHENYI SZABOLCS AND ANDRAS DOMOKOS (HUN 70) WINNERS OF THE 2009 FLYING DUTCHMAN EUROCUP. VERY TOUGH COMPETITION IN THIS EUROCUP FROM ROBERTO CIPRIANI AND STEFANO MORELLI (ITA 10) AND FROM HANS PETER SCHWARZ AND ROLAND KIRST (GER 87). AMONG RIVA CONTENDER REGATTA SAILORS, NO-CONTEST FOR THAT TOP SPOT: ABSOLUTE VICTORY FOR GIOVANNI BONZIO (V.C. CAMPIONE DEL GARDA). SECOND POSITION FOR FRAGLIA VELA RIVA'S ROBERTO LORENZI. EMILIO BETTA (C.V.ARCO) TOOK THIRD POSITION IN THE FINAL OVERALL SCORES AND RANKINGS OF THE CONTENDER.
Riva del Garda... Sunday, August 23, 2009...the 2009 Flying Dutchman Eurocup has just wrapped, as well as the Riva Contender Regatta. These two separate events have each sailed 7 races in the past 3 days. And what a battlezone it's been: no boring regattas here in Riva! Today, two races were sailed for each event, with winds blowing around 8 meters-per-second, and gusts up to 10 m/s.
Majthenyi Szabolcs and Andras Domokos (HUN 7), well-known names in sailing, are 2009's Flying Dutchman Eurocup champions (scores (7), 2, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1). And the Flying Dutchman sailboat itself inspired some real guerilla-type competition among the 3 top-ranking crews of this year's event. Deadlock tie, with 20 scorepoints each, between Germany's Hans Peter Schwarz and Roland Kirst (GER 87), and Italians Roberto Cipriani and Stefano Morelli (ITA 10). Due to their 3 first-place finishes on Friday, the Italians were awarded the silver medal.
Great results also for Nicola and Francesco Vespasiani (ITA 4): fourth position overall in the final scores and rankings, with a first-place finish in one of today's races!
No-contest in the Riva Contender Regatta: Giovanni Bonzio (V.C. Campione del Garda) is the absolute victor. Second position for Fraglia Vela Riva's Roberto Lorenzi; third position in the final overall scores and rankings for Emilio Betta (C.V. Arco). Dario Cornali (V.C. Campione) is fourth; Daniele Fezzardi (F.V. Desenzano) took fifth!
Final overall scores and rankings are posted on the Fraglia Vela Riva's website (www.fragliavelariva.it).
Press Office: Antonio Sueri
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