Fireball World Championships, Final Results from Thailand

4th April 2014

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Fireball World Championships, Final Results from Thailand

#fireball – In what appears to have been a light wind conclusion to the Fireball worlds in Pattaya, Thailand, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, two races have been sailed to close out the ten-race series writes Cormac Bradley.

A variety of Facebook postings and a transcribed tweet suggested that a long postponement was in place before racing got underway.

However, final results have been posted (see above) and it appears that the 2014 World Champions are Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey, GBR 15107, who won on count-back from Nathan Batchelor and Sam Pascoe, GBR 15087, with the Australian combination of Ben Schulz and Doug Sheppard, AUS 15062 in third, five points adrift of the top two.

The top five at the regatta was closed out by Thomas Gordon and Jack Fletcher, AUS 15071 and Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne, AUS 15048. 2014 Fireball Worlds, Pattaya.

This report brings the curtain down on the 2014 Fireball Worlds in Thailand. The international Fireball community will reconvene in the Shetlands in late July to contest the Europeans. This correspondent and Fireball International will be keeping you up to speed with the development of this regatta and the news updates as we get closer to the event.

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