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News 08.09.2003

Windsurfing Euro-Cup Paros (Greece): - FINAL REPORT -

- Wojtek Brzozowski is dominating the event -

The final day of the Euro-Cup was again a demonstration of perfect Racing in the Bay of Golden Beach / Paros. The wind was a little bit lighter than yesterday with 10 to 16 knots all over the day. The race committee set up a classical up and down course and run 3 final races on this day.

Wojtek Brzozowski (POL-10, Starboard, Neil Pryde) has confirmed his domination of the event already yesterday. He was able to win all the five races on Sunday and ensured his first place with an unbeatable lead.

But the fight for the following positions was fully on: In the first race of the day Devon Boulon (ISV-1, F2, Windwing) from the Virgin Islands proved his light wind potential and took the victory. Ross Williams (GBR-83, Starboard, Gaastra) from Great Britain managed to get second in front of Aleks Grynis (POL-86, Starboard, Neil Pryde) from Poland. In the second race Jamie Lever (GBR-5, Starboard, Gaastra) was able to win in front of Wojtek who was relaxed today and tried some experiments. The third place went to Devon Boulon kicking him further up in the result list. The honour to win the 12th and final race of the competition went to the Italian Champion Andrea Cucchi (ITA-1, Starboard, Neil Pryde). Andrea confirmed another time his position as one of the main opponents of Wojtek. The second place went to Jamie Lever in front of Ben van der Steen (NED-57, Fanatic, Neil Pryde).

After a total of 12 races with three discards the Polish dominator Wojtek Brzozowski has delivered an impressive demonstration of his performance: With 7 straight bullets and a total of 8,9 points he has obviously dominated the EC Paros. On the second position with some distance to the winner follows the “Italian Stallion” Andrea Cucchi with 2 victories and 26,4 points. The fight for the third place was very tight. In the end it was Ross Williams who was able to win the third place on the podium with 41,0 points. He wasn’t able to win a race but provided constant pressure and performance. Steve Allen, the EC Champion of 2002 scored a 4th position with a total of 43 points. On his heals on the 5th place we can find Aleks Grynis with 44,7 points who was able to win one of the races.

The EC Paros was a great success for the most important racing series of the World. For the first time an event of the series took place in Greece. Paros has been a perfect host for the top racers. The 12 spectacular races proved that the Meltemi has been a reliable partner for the race organization. Although it also brought a premiere with the first time in the history of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup that it was not possible to compete on one day for too much wind. The venue "Golden Beach" in Paros is a perfect arena for Racing. The beach is fabulous and the “Sunwind Station” and the “Chipie Chipie Beachbar” are the perfect base for high level competitions.

The participants have enjoyed their days on Paros as one of the most beautiful islands in the Aegean Sea and hope that the support for the event will continue so that they will be invited again in the coming season for the Euro-Cup 2004. The local organizer Theo Fisilianis and the Windsurfing Office are also more then satisfied with the event and plan already the competition of the coming year.

                      Dia 3 (Domingo 07/08/2003)      Fotos
 

 07.09.2003

Windsurfing Euro-Cup Paros (Greece): - DAILY REPORT -

Today we had again perfect racing conditions in the Bay of Golden Beach / Paros. As the forecasts were predicting that the wind would drop down during the day the race committee had decided to set up the start early. The skippers meeting was already at 08:00 with the first possible start at 08:30. In the end the perfect wind in Paros proved how wrong the forecasts can be sometimes. The wind stayed until the afternoon and got event stronger over the races. The race committee set up the same classical up and down course in the beginning to run 3 races. Then the competitors were granted a rest. For the last two races the finish was placed directly at the beach.

This day brought a total domination of Wojtek Brzozowski (POL-10, Starboard, Neil Pryde). He was able to win all the five races today and confirmed his potential to win the Euro-Cup 2003 as the most important racing series of the World. At the Euro-Cup in Paros he is leading by far with a total of only 4,9 points and even discarding a second place! So the interest is merely focussing on the fight for the other positions on the podium. The Italian Champion Andrea Cucchi (ITA-1, Starboard, Neil Pryde) is presenting himself with a strong performance. He was one of the few competitors who was able to win a race besides the domination of Wojtek. With 21,7 points he is in a strong position before the final day. Without any mayor mistakes he should be able to defeat his second position.

The fight for the third position is fully on. Five guys have a realistic chance for the third place on the podium: The best chances has Ross Williams (GBR-83, Starboard, Gaastra). After a very consistent performance he has 32 points. On his heals he has Steve Allen (AUS-0, Fanatic, Neil Pryde) from Australia with 33,0 points. The Euro-Cup Champion of 2002 had a disappointing start into the event but is (as usual) getting stronger during the regatta. Only 0,8 points behind on the 5th place is Ramses Landman (NED-72, F2, Gaastra) who is producing continuous pressure on the leaders. The second Polish top rider Aleks Grynis (POL-86, Starboard, Neil Pryde) was the third guy to score a victory besides Wojtek and Andrea. With 37,7 points he is just 1,3 points ahead of Ben van der Steen (NED-57, Fanatic, Neil Pryde, 39,0 points).

For tomorrow there is the chance for more spectacular races at the EC Paros. The skippers meeting is set for 10:00 with the first possible start at 11:00.


  The Windsurfing Euro-Cup, Greece, Paros
         4th - 8th September 2003

                             PROVISIONAL  R E S U L T S
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              Discipline : Formula
              Division   : MEN                             Competitors#  35
              Races#     :  9
              Discards(x):  2
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Plc Sail No  Competitor              Born Cat.Plc Total   01    02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09
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001 POL-10   Brzozowski Wojtek         76 S 001    4,9   0,7   6,0x  0,7   2,0x  0,7   0,7   0,7   0,7   0,7 
002 ITA-1    Cucchi Andrea             75 S 002   21,7   6,0   2,0   DNFx  0,7   3,0   4,0   4,0   2,0   9,0x
003 GBR-83   Williams Ross             80 S 003   32,0   3,0   7,0x  7,0   4,0   7,0   5,0   OCSx  3,0   3,0 
004 AUS-0    Allen Steve               73 S 004   33,0   5,0   9,0x  8,0   6,0  14,0x  2,0   2,0   4,0   6,0 
005 NED-72   Landman Ramses            75 S 005   33,8   8,0x  3,0   3,0   5,0   5,0   6,8  11,0x  7,0   4,0 
006 POL-86   Grynis Aleksander         80 S 006   37,7  16,0x  0,7   4,0  15,0x  2,0   6,0   6,0   9,0  10,0 
007 NED-57   van der Steen Ben         79 S 007   39,0   2,0  10,0x  6,0   9,0x  6,0   3,0   8,0   6,0   8,0 
008 POL-16   Polanowski Michael        83 Y 001   46,0   7,0   5,0   5,0   BFDx  9,0  12,0x  5,0   8,0   7,0 
009 DEN-173  Rögild Brian              70 S 008   51,0   4,0   8,0  12,0x  8,0   8,0   8,0  10,0  18,0x  5,0 
010 ISV-1    Boulon Devon              82 Y 002   59,0  13,0  12,0   DNFx  3,0  12,0   7,0   7,0   5,0  14,0x
011 NED-334  Littel Dennis             81 S 009   62,0  12,0x 11,0  11,0   7,0   4,0   9,0   9,0   DNFx 11,0 
012 GBR-5    Lever Jamie               74 S 010   75,0  11,0  13,0x  2,0   DND  10,0  11,0   3,0  12,0x  2,0 
013 NED-97   van Koolwijk Roy          82 Y 003   76,0  14,0   4,0   9,0  12,0  13,0  19,0x 14,0  10,0  17,0x
014 ITA-456  Menegatti Alberto         85 Y 004   84,0  10,0  15,0  10,0  14,0   DNFx 10,0  13,0   DNFx 12,0 
015 ITA-415  Begalli Marco             66 M 001   87,0   9,0  14,0  13,0  16,0x 11,0  14,0  15,0  11,0  22,0x
016 POL-41   Guzdek Jakub              83 Y 005   93,0  21,0x 16,0  14,0  10,0  18,0x 13,0  12,0  15,0  13,0 
017 POL-25   Mokrzycki Hubert          82 Y 006  114,0  19,0x 17,0  17,0  17,0  19,0x 16,0  19,0  13,0  15,0 
018 GRE-100  Theocharis Zois           72 S 011  114,0  18,0   DNFx 16,0  11,0  15,0  21,0   DNFx 14,0  19,0 
019 BEL-91   Verlaeckt Wolfgang        84 Y 007  118,0  15,0  21,0x 15,0  13,0  17,0  20,0  20,0   DNFx 18,0 
020 GRE-8    Yannatos Dimitri          66 M 002  125,0  17,0  19,0   DNFx 22,0  16,0  17,0  18,0   DNFx 16,0 
021 POL-147  Puchalski Michael         83 Y 008  132,0  23,0  20,0  20,0  18,0  20,0  15,0  16,0   DNFx  DNFx
022 LAT-68   Smiltenieks Maris         81 S 012  135,0  25,0x 24,0  21,0  19,0   DNFx 18,0  17,0  16,0  20,0 
023 ITA-99   Masserini Massimo         63 M 003  150,0  27,0x 25,0  18,0  21,0  23,0  22,0  26,0x 17,0  24,0 
024 GRE-291  Efstathiadis Minos        67 M 004  160,0  26,0  23,0  24,0  24,0  21,0  27,0x 21,0   DNFx 21,0 
025 GRE-19   Solidakis Vasilis         75 S 013  163,0  24,0  26,0  27,0x 25,0  22,0  23,0  22,0  21,0  27,0x
026 GRE-5    Logothetis Spiros         63 M 005  166,0  22,0  27,0  23,0  23,0  28,0x 29,0x 23,0  22,0  26,0 
027 GRE-89   Polychronopoulos Fanis    76 S 014  173,0  31,0x 32,0x 25,0  28,0  26,0  25,0  25,0  19,0  25,0 
028 GRE-23   Krystallis Richard        81 S 015  180,0  28,0  28,0  26,0  26,0  25,0   DNFx 24,0   DNFx 23,0 
029 GRE-71   Papaspirou John           71 S 016  185,0  20,0  18,0  19,0  20,0   DNFx  DNFx  DNF   DNF   DNF 
030 GER-3333 Draschner Wolfgang        60 M 006  190,0   DNFx 22,0  28,0  30,0x 29,0  26,0  30,0  25,0  30,0 
031 GR-6     Avramopouos Angelo        68 S 017  192,0  32,0x 33,0x 31,0  31,0  24,0  24,0  27,0  24,0  31,0 
032 GRE-2004 Leonetti-fisilanis Stefan 87 Y 009  195,0  30,0x 30,0  29,0  29,0  27,0  28,0  29,0  23,0   DNFx
033 GRE-969  Frey Christian            63 M 007  217,0  29,0  31,0  22,0  27,0   DNFx  DNFx  DNF   DNF   DNF 
034 GRE-12   Kyriazis George           64 M 008  221,0   DNCx  DNCx  DNC   DNC   DNF   DNF  28,0  20,0  29,0 
035 GRE-96   Thomopoulos Konstantinos  72 S 018  231,0   DNFx 29,0  30,0   DNFx  DNF   DNF   DNF   DNF  28,0 
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                               Dia 2 (Sábado 06/08/2003)
 [06.09] EC Paros, Day two
Finally we stopped on four races. As a result we've got three protests. Wojtek vs Jimmy, Jimmy vs Wojtek and Masserini vs Jimmy.

Ok.   its 19:20 on Paros and we just reached the and of the day. The protest committee worked over one hour on Wojteks and Jimmys case finally it was dismissed. In protest Masserini vs Jimmy, Jimmy got DND 


         The Windsurfing Euro-Cup, Greece, Paros
         4th - 8th September 2003

                             PROVISIONAL  R E S U L T S
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              Discipline : Formula
              Division   : MEN                             Competitors#  34
              Races#     :  4
              Discards(x):  1
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Plc Sail No  Competitor              Born Cat.Plc Total   01    02    03    04
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001 POL-10   Brzozowski Wojtek         76 S 001    3,4   0,7   6,0x  0,7   2,0 
002 ITA-1    Cucchi Andrea             75 S 002    8,7   6,0   2,0   DNFx  0,7 
003 POL-16   Polanowski Michael        83 Y 001   10,0   7,0x  5,0   5,0   BFD 
004 NED-72   Landman Ramses            75 S 003   11,0   8,0x  3,0   3,0   5,0 
005 GBR-83   Williams Ross             80 S 004   14,0   3,0   7,0x  7,0   4,0 
006 NED-57   van der Steen Ben         79 S 005   17,0   2,0  10,0x  6,0   9,0 
007 AUS-0    Allen Steve               73 S 006   19,0   5,0   9,0x  8,0   6,0 
008 POL-86   Grynis Aleksander         80 S 007   19,7  16,0x  0,7   4,0  15,0 
009 DEN-173  Rögild Brian              70 S 008   20,0   4,0   8,0  12,0x  8,0 
010 NED-97   van Koolwijk Roy          82 Y 002   25,0  14,0x  4,0   9,0  12,0 
011 ISV-1    Boulon Devon              82 Y 003   28,0  13,0  12,0   DNFx  3,0 
012 NED-334  Littel Dennis             81 S 009   29,0  12,0x 11,0  11,0   7,0 
013 ITA-456  Menegatti Alberto         85 Y 004   34,0  10,0  15,0x 10,0  14,0 
014 ITA-415  Begalli Marco             66 M 001   36,0   9,0  14,0  13,0  16,0x
015 POL-41   Guzdek Jakub              83 Y 005   40,0  21,0x 16,0  14,0  10,0 
016 BEL-91   Verlaeckt Wolfgang        84 Y 006   43,0  15,0  21,0x 15,0  13,0 
017 GRE-100  Theocharis Zois           72 S 010   45,0  18,0   DNFx 16,0  11,0 
018 GBR-5    Lever Jamie               74 S 011   48,0  11,0  13,0x  2,0   DND 
019 POL-25   Mokrzycki Hubert          82 Y 007   51,0  19,0x 17,0  17,0  17,0 
020 GRE-71   Papaspirou John           71 S 012   57,0  20,0x 18,0  19,0  20,0 
021 GRE-8    Yannatos Dimitri          66 M 002   58,0  17,0  19,0   DNFx 22,0 
022 POL-147  Puchalski Michael         83 Y 008   58,0  23,0x 20,0  20,0  18,0 
023 LAT-68   Smiltenieks Maris         81 S 013   64,0  25,0x 24,0  21,0  19,0 
024 ITA-99   Masserini Massimo         63 M 003   64,0  27,0x 25,0  18,0  21,0 
025 GRE-5    Logothetis Spiros         63 M 004   68,0  22,0  27,0x 23,0  23,0 
026 GRE-291  Efstathiadis Minos        67 M 005   71,0  26,0x 23,0  24,0  24,0 
027 GRE-19   Solidakis Vasilis         75 S 014   75,0  24,0  26,0  27,0x 25,0 
028 GRE-969  Frey Christian            63 M 006   78,0  29,0  31,0x 22,0  27,0 
029 GRE-23   Krystallis Richard        81 S 015   80,0  28,0x 28,0  26,0  26,0 
030 GER-3333 Draschner Wolfgang        60 M 007   80,0   DNFx 22,0  28,0  30,0 
031 GRE-89   Polychronopoulos Fanis    76 S 016   84,0  31,0  32,0x 25,0  28,0 
032 GRE-2004 Leonetti-fisilanis Stefan 87 Y 009   88,0  30,0x 30,0  29,0  29,0 
033 GRE-96   Thomopoulos Konstantinos  72 S 017   94,0   DNFx 29,0  30,0   DNF 
034 GR-6     Avramopouos Angelo        68 S 018   94,0  32,0  33,0x 31,0  31,0 
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                            Dia 1 (Sexta-Feira 05/08/2003)
   

For the first time in Euro Cup history we are not able to race. The wind in Paros goes up to 50 knots. We're waiting for a lower one. Ferries and fishermen not working today as well.

                       
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                   Dia 0 (Quinta-Feira 04/082003)
                                     Galeria de Fotos
 

Blowing like hell!!!
Paros, September 4th 2003


Today it was blowing like hell in the Bay of Golden Beach Paros. The wind reached up to ver 40 knots! - No chance for formula racing. But it was no problem. Today was only registration day at the Windsurfing Euro-Cup Paros. Already 30 competitors have done their registration. Many racers took the chance and rented slalom and freestyle equipment from the sunwind station of the local organizer Theo Fisilianis. Steve Allen tried to go out once with racing equipment. It was a very short attempt and very soon the boys welcomed him back at the beach.



At 20:30 we will have the opening ceremony at the beach bar "Chipie Chipie" next to the station. there we have also built up the race office.

For tomorrow the forecasts are still predicting strong wind. We hope that it will not be too strong for competitions. The skippers Meeting is set for 10:00 and the first start for 11:00. So return tomorrow for great action from Paros!




4th September '03