Andy Beadsworth, Ali Tezdiker and Simon Fry finished the Pre-World, Australasian Championship event with a five point overall lead.
Two 8th place finishes were enough for Beadsworth, Tezdiker and Fry sailing TUR 1212 Provezza Dragon to confirm thier overall pre-world event victory, and their first Prince Philip Cup win at the Royal Freshwater Bay YC on Wednesday.
Australia’s William Packer, Julian Harding and Jock Packer finished in second place with a 9 and 10, and are also winners of the Corinthian trophy. Anatoly Loginov, Vadim Statsenko and Alexander Shalagin of Russia added two 3rd place finishes to complete the podium.
Winners on the final day were Charlotte and Juliette Ten Wold, Pedro Andrade and Janka Holan of the Netherlands, sailing NED411 Olinghi, with back-to-back wins in race 7 and 8, to finish in ninth place overall.
Grant Gordon, Ruairidh Scott, Sophia Weguelin and James Williamson, sailing GBR 820 Louise Racing, were the best placed British team, finishing in fifth overall despite counting a DNS.
Team Provezza with Gordon Ingate
The trophy presentation was made that much more special by the sight of Dragon legend Gordon ‘wingnut’ Ingate regalling his long history of sailing the class and how he won his first Prince Philip Cup before most people in the room were born!
At the young age of 92 years, Gordon handed out the trophies with a personal touch as the room remained silent lapping up every word he said. A special moment indeed to bring what has been an outstanding event to a close.
The fleet now enjoy a days break and re-coup before the start of the 2019 Dragon World Championships that take place with racing every day from Friday 4 – Weds 9 January.
Dragon – 2018-19 Australasian Championship Final positions after 8 races (33 entries)
1st TUR1212 Andy Beadsworth / Ali Tezdiker / Simon Fry 18 pts
2nd AUS214 William Packer / Julian Harding / Jock Packer 23 pts
3rd RUS27 Anatoly Loginov / Vadim Statsenko / Alexander Shalagin 24 pts
4th JPN56 Peter Gilmour / Yasuhiro Yaji / Sam Gilmour 31 pts
5th GBR820 Grant Gordon / Ruairidh Scott / Sophia Weguelin / James Williamson 56 pts
6th SUI318 Wolf Waschkuhn / Tim Tavinor / Philip Catmur 59 pts
7th AUS203 Andrew Foulkes / Andrew Bennett / Matthew Stafford 66 pts
8th AUS210 Simon Prosser / Mark Glew / Stephen Wray 67 pts
9th NED411 Charlotte Ten Wolde / Juliette Ten Wolde / Pedro Andrade / Janka Holan 72 pts
10th AUS205 Nick Rogers / Leogh Behrens / Simon Burrows 75 pts
11th GER1058 Kai Michael Schaper / Jochen Schuemann / Klaus Skripalle 76 pts
12th AUS211 Ron Packer / John Longley / Matt Maxted 82 pts
13th GBR819 Klaus Diederichs / Jamie Lea / Diego Negri 87 pts
14th AUS109 Peter Bowman / Jennie Fitzhardinge / Ben Fitzhardinge 101 pts
15th AUS193 Graeme Aldersea / Jonny Warren / James Aldersea 103 pts
16th AUS201 Ray Chatfield / Peter Massee / Karen Chatfield 105 pts
17th GBR600 Robert Campbell / Richard Timms / Andrew Biddle 108 pts
18th AUS198 Robin Hammond / Tony Yates / Arthur Phillips 111 pts
19th AUS144 Ethan Prieto-Low / Brad Stout / John Low 113 pts
20th AUS213 Geoff Totterdell / Shane Yensch / Chris Maclean 115 pts
21st AUS184 Stephen Locke / Reuben Rosolin / Darren Palmer 118 pts
22nd AUS223 Trish Ford / Graeme Fardon / David Hay 120 pts
23rd AUS191 David Lynn / Jack Lynn / Darryl Dedman 158 pts
24th AUS221 Ian Malley / John Hay / Andrew Henderson 161 pts
25th AUS219 Sandy Anderson / John Moncrieff / Harry Coulson / Caroline Gibson 162 pts
26th AUS216 Richard Franklin / Stephen Collibee / Phil Burgess 163 pts
27th HKG1 Marc Castagnet / Frank Dobbels / Clive Jones 179 pts
28th GBR802 Hugh Howard / Jacqui Crawford / Kevin Podger 184 pts
29th GBR763 Simon Barter / James Barter / Donald Wilks 190 pts
30th AUS176 Andrew Moss / Charles Stanton / Jeremy Nolan 199 pts
31st AUS224 Matthew Whitnall / Steven Cole / Christian Brook / Andris Blankenburg 204 pts
32nd AUS197 John Anderson / Brian Thornley / Freek Bijlsma 208 pts
33rd RUS76 Dmitry Samokhin / Andrey Kirilyuk / Alexey Busheuv 238 pts
