Strangford's Gilmore Finishes Sixth in British Topper Nationals

9th August 2011

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Strangford's Gilmore Finishes Sixth in British Topper Nationals

Strangford's Laura Gilmore lead going into the last day but had a tough time in the strong conditions however she persevered to finish a credible sixth and first Girl, a great achievement. The other Irish persevered in the conditions and all to their credit finished all the races without gear failure. The most notable charge up the leader board came from Tim Brow with a great day, finishing 15th, 8th 2nd in last race, with great speed but big line starts may require more work.

That concludes the British Nationals, now the class look forward to the Topper Worlds Championships held by the National YC, Dun Laoghaire from the 14-19 August.

Final Irish Results:

GOLD
Laura Gilmore 6th
Timothy Brow 17th
Jack Brien 19th
Dougie Power 25th
Craig Campbell 26th
Erica Ruigrok 60th
Andrew Penney 72nd
Conor O'Farrell 73th
Sorcha Donnelly 79th
Tom Purdon 86th

SILVER
Aisling Keller 5th
Kevin Harrington 40th
Suzanne Flannigan 46th

See here for full results.

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