Baker dominates yachting

Press, 24 May 1986, Page 8

Baker dominates yachting

The young Timaru Laser class skipper, Michelle Baker, finished the final day of the women’s yachting selection trials on Lyttelton Harbour yesterday as the most successful sailor In the over-all championships. Baker finished the series with an astonishing nine wins and a second place, to finish with the perfect score of zero points after the worst race is dropped. In the national youth championships, Bruce Trotter (Auckland) continued his dominance of the sailboard series, winning the final two races to take the title with zero points. The Canterbury pair of Glen Mckenzie, and Paul Allen wrapped up the last race in the Phase II class to conclude a successful series with five wins. Close racing was once again recorded in the Laser class, with Richard Kriletich (Auckland) and lain Purdie (Tauranga) winning the last two races. But Nicholas Burfoot (Auckland) finished with a fourth in the final event to take the championship. In the Sunburst class, Kelvin Harrap and Edmund Tam (Napier), who have had an indifferent series, held off a strong challenge in the final race from Mark and Craig Christensen (Wakatere) to clinch the title. Results — 470 class.Race nine: D. Stevens, S. Orams (Auckland) 1; S. Bull, M. Shapland (Auckland) 2; J. Bilger, J. Kriletich (Auckland) 3. Race ten: Bilger 1, Stevens 2, Bull 3. Over-all results (discarding worst race): Bilger 11.7, 1; Bull 37.8, 2; Stevens 47.1, 3. Women’s 470 class: L. and J. Egnot (Canterbury) first

Sailboards.— Race 11: B. Trotter (Auckland) 1, D. Metson (Auckland) 2, D. Frearson (Auckland) 3. Race 12: Trotter I, Frearson 2, Metson 3. Over-all results: Trotter O, 1; Frearson 32.1, 2; J. Pabbruwe (Auckland) 63.8, 3. Women's sailboard: B. Kendall (Auckland) first over all. Phase II class.Race seven: G. McKenzie, P. Allen (Canterbury) 1; C. and S. Irving (Timaru) 2; M. Howell, D. Lamb (Canterbury) 3. Over-all results: McKenzie 3,1; S. Reay, C. Young (Ravensbourne, Timaru) 31.4, 2; Howell 32.7, 3; J. and A. Calvert (Timaru) 33.8, 4. Sunburst class.Race seven: K. Harrap, E. Tam (Napier) 1; M. and C. Christensen (Wakatere) 2; A. Mclntosh, A. Still (Auckland) 3. Over-all results: Harrap 14, 1; Christensen 17.7, 2; I. Vickers, J. Shapland (Auckland) 3. Laser class.Race nine: R. Kriletich (Auckland) 1, N. Burfoot (Auckland) 2, R. Whitlskie (Tauranga) 3; I. Purdie (Tauranga) 4, A. Orton (Timaru) 5, ■ '■'[ • ’ Race ten: Purdie 1, Young 2, Whitiskl 3 r Burfoot 4, B. Stevens (Canterbury) 5. Over-all results: Burfoot 33.7, 1; Purdie 38.1, 2; R. Dawson (Auckland) 91.7, 3; Young 94.1, 4; P. Waymouth (Auckland) 99.5, 5. Women’s Laser class.Race nine: M. Baker (Timaru) 1, L. Kibblewhitee (Rotorua) 2, S. Hines (Canterbury) 3. Race ten: Baker 1, Hines 2, Kibblewhite 3. Over-all results: Baker 0,1; Kibblewhite 26.7, 2; Hines 45.9, 3.