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3 July 2003, 11:22 am

First Day of ISAF Grade 3 Event

Salerno Youth Week

Salerno

Steep waves and fresh breeze welcomed the first official day of the 4th Salerno Youth Week, the match race event organised by the Circolo Canottieri Irno yesterday morning and two flights were completed.

The competitors were:
De CURTIS (USA) vs. ANDRESEN (GER)
MICALLI (ITA) vs. CORNAH (GBR)
NIEMI (FIN) vs. GALLO (ITA)
CAMPBELL-JAMES (GBR) vs. HOKIMOTO (JPN).

DE CURTIS' "aggressive" racing style led to a victory against ANDRESEN and Paul CAMPBELL-JAMES, the highest-ranked among the event's participants, performed outstandingly, giving HOKIMOTO no chance to win. The other winners of yesterday's match races were CORNAH and NIEMI.

The Salerno Gulf hosted a great day with match-race-fans following the event from the sea-promenade and boats.

Racing continues today and the semi-finals and finals are scheduled for Friday and Saturday respectively.

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Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.