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20 October 2006, 09:02 am

Great Day For The Canadians

Soling World Championship 2006

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

The Canadians excelled in a typical light wind day two at the Soling World Championship in Annapolis, USA, with victories in both races going to Canada and Hans FOGH, Roger CHEERS and Goron DEVRIES (CAN) stretching their overall lead to seven points.

Peter HALL, Phillip KARRIGAN and Jay DEAKIN won the first race, whilst the second bullet of the day went to Bill ABBOTT, Paul DAVIS and Joanne ABBOTT (CAN).

FOGH, CHEERS and DEVRIES also had a good day and keep the overall lead on eight points. Jim MEDLEY, Jamie STEWART and Chris ROBERTS (USA) went 4,4 for the day to move up into second place overall, with Alex HOLL, Norbert HELLIEGREL and Thomas OLBRICH (GER) in third.

With a great performance Pablo DESPONTIN, Pablo NOCETI and Ezequiel F. SASSO (ARG) moved up to fourth place overall after 6,8 scores.

Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	CAN	Hans FOGH	Roger CHEER	Gordon DEVRIES	1	5	2	8
2	USA	Jim MEDLEY	Jamie STEWART	Chris ROBERTS	7	4	4	15
3	GER	Alexander HOLL	Norbert HELLRIEGEL	Thomas OLBRICH	2	9	10	21
4	ARG	Pablo DESPONTIN	Pablo NOCETI	Ezequiel F SASSO	11	6	8	25
5	USA	Jorgen JOHNSSON	Augi HERNANDEZ	Martin JOHNSSONY	20	2	5	27
6	NOR	Preben ASBJØRNRØD	Richard FIKSE	Christensen BERNT OLE	6	14	9	29
7	USA	Peter GALLOWAY	Paul STEINBORN	Greg ANTHONY	4	7	21	32
8	USA	Jerome HOEKSEMA	Matias COLLINS	Rose HOEKSEMA	15	10	7	32
9	NED	Johan OFFERMANS	Bas DUSEE	Peter MOSCH	3	16	16	35
10	ARG	Gustavo WARBURG	Maximo SMITH	Miguel LACOUR	24	3	11	38