After day 3 of the GUL International Fireball 2022 World Championships and three more races, Britain’s Tom Gillard and Andy Thompson have opened an eight point lead.
Gillard and Thompson (1,6,1) top the leaderboard after the first discard with 11 points.
But biggest movers were Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne of Australia who stormed into second with 19pts after a great day’s scoreline of 2, 3, 2.
Slipping to third overall are Barry McCartin and Conor Kinsella (6,-9,4) of Ireland on 22pts.
In fourth overall are Claude Mermod and Ruedi Moser (16,4,3) of Switzerland, fifth Jiri Paruzek and Jakub Kosvica (5,-24,9) of the Czech Republic and sixth David Hall and Paul Constable (-17,2,17).
Gillard and Thompson won races 4 and 6, with Martyn and Daniel Lewis (13,1,7) winners of race 5.
The event is taking place at Lough Derg YC, Dromineer, Ireland.
Wednesday is scheduled as a Lay-Day with the event finishing on Friday 26 August. A total of ten races are planned.
2022 Fireball Worlds – Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard (79 entries)
1st GBR 15122 Thomas Gillard and Andy Thompson 2 -8 1 1 6 1 – – 11 pts
2nd AUS 15152 Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne (12) 6 6 2 3 2 – – 19 pts
3rd IRL 15093 Barry McCartin and Conor Kinsella 3 4 5 6 (9) 4 – – 22 pts
4th SUI 14799 Claude Mermod and Ruedi Moser 1 -18 4 16 4 3 – – 28 pts
5th CZE 15141 Jiri Paruzek and Jakub Kosvica 7 2 8 5 (24) 9 – – 31 pts
6th GBR 15155 David Hall and Paul Constable 8 5 2 (17) 2 17 – – 34 pts
7th GBR 15151 Martyn Lewis and Daniel Lewis 9 -13 9 13 1 7 – – 39 pts
8th GBR 14941 Derian Scott and Andy Scott 5 11 7 (18) 15 10 – – 48 pts
9th SUI 14859 Christina Haerdi and Cedric Landerer 11 15 (32) 9 8 6 – – 49 pts
10th GBR 15162 Isaac Marsh and Oliver Davenport 10 20 3 7 12 (24) – – 52 pts
11th GBR 15145 Steve Goacher and Tom Goacher 6 1 11 (35) 28 15 – – 61 pts
12th GBR 14883 Katie Byne and Lia Horne (27) 14 16 15 5 16 – – 66 pts
13th IRL 14969 Ed Butler (jr) and Fionn Conway 25 12 18 4 13 (28) – – 72 pts
14th IRL 14695 Josh Porter and Cara McDowell 17 10 19 (28) 19 8 – – 73 pts
15th CZE 15019 Martin Kubovy and Roman Rocek 18 -29 13 3 27 14 – – 75 pts
16th GBR 15133 Kevin Hope and Russell Thorne 15 19 (20) 10 20 11 – – 75 pts
17th GBR 14928 Anthony Willcocks and James Willcocks 13 -22 22 11 16 13 – – 75 pts
18th IRL 14750 Chris Bateman and Thomas Chaix (RET) 7 10 50 11 5 – – 83 pts
19th GBR 14778 Mike Deane and Paul Disney 24 3 14 14 31 (RET) – – 86 pts
20th FRA 14950 Charles a Calvez and Eloise Maussion 23 16 (38) 20 10 23 – – 92 pts
21st FRA 14779 Xavier Broise and Trystan Robin 14 30 12 38 (44) 12 – – 106 pts
22nd GBR 15112 David Sayce and Gareth Edwards 4 33 24 12 34 (40) – – 107 pts
23rd IRL 14990 Jane Butler and Jenny Andreasson (35) 9 23 19 33 26 – – 110 pts
24th SUI 15063 Mianne Erne and Clay Poulson 31 25 (43) 29 7 22 – – 114 pts
25th IRL 15156 Daniel and Harry Thompson 19 17 33 27 22 (44) – – 118 pts