Britain’s Graham Vials and Chris Turner won both opening day races to top the leaderboard at the 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship in Freshwater, Australia.
The four-time champions lead by two points from Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan of Australia, with Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader of Britain in third, six points off the leaders.
In Race 1 . . . Jerwood and Sheridan took second place ahead of Pinnell and Cadwallader in third, with Scotland’s Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson in fourth and fifth Michael Wilson and Pete Greenhalgh (GBR).
Race 2 . . . was a repeat win for Vials and Turner with Jerwood and Sheridan again in second place, but this time Philippa Packer and Dean McAullay (AUS) claimed third.
Fourth went to Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson (AUS) with Pinnell and Cadwallader only managing fifth, but enough to put them in third overall at this early stage of play.
2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship – Day 1 after 2 races
1st GBR 4071 Graham Vials-Chris Turner 1( 1) 1( 1) – – 2 pts
2nd AUS 4105 Nick Jerwood-Brad Sheridan 2( 2) 2( 2) – – 4 pts
3rd GBR 4096 Ian Pinnell-Ian Cadwallader 3( 3) 5( 5) – – 8 pts
4th AUS 4063 Philippa Packer-Dean McAullay 6( 6) 3( 3) – – 9 pts
5th GBR 4089 Hamish Mackay-Andrew Lawson 4( 4) 6( 6) – – 10 pts
6th GBR 4098 Michael Wilson-Peter Greenhalgh 5( 5) 13( 13) – – 18 pts
7th AUS 3933 Grant Alderson-Luke Paterson 15( 15) 4( 4) – – 19 pts
8th AUS 3980 Lachy Gilmour-Ryan Donaldson 12( 12) 7( 7) – – 19 pts
9th AUS 3986 Mike Dunbar-Paul Dunbar 7( 7) 12( 12) – – 19 pts
10th IRL 4083 John Lavery-Alan Green 11( 11) 8( 8) – – 19 pts
11th GBR 4004 Charles Apthorp-Charlie Apthorp 8( 8) 11( 11) – – 19 pts
12th GBR 4082 Terry Scutcher-Chris Hewkin 10( 10) 9( 9) – – 19 pts
13th AUS 4072 Greg Tonnison-Nick Robinson 16( 16) 10( 10) – – 26 pts
14th AUS 3822 Andrew Knowles-Anne Knowles 9( 9) 19( 19) – – 28 pts
15th 4061 Chris Waples-Simon Hunt 13( 13) 17( 17) – – 30 pts
16th AUS 3809 Hamish Carnachan-Peter Mudford 19( 19) 15( 15) – – 34 pts
17th AUS 4108 Rod Beurteaux-Simon Wilder 21( 21) 14( 14) – – 35 pts
18th RSA 4009 Campbell Alexander-Ralph Thomas 14( 14) 24( 24) – – 38 pts
19th AUS 3992 Greg Leaversuch-Peter Barblett 24( 24) 16( 16) – – 40 pts
20th AUS 4053 David Swan-Matt Elliot 22( 22) 18( 18) – – 40 pts
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