Last Years Final Results & Report
Apr 24th, 2011 | By marketingcuracao | Category: Event News & Results
The wind conditions were far from great, which is unusual on Curacao this time of year. Still, the race directors and competitors managed to sail one elimination round so official World Champions could be crowned. During the week, thousands of spectators came to the Surf Town and even more followed the event online.
During 5 possible days of racing, it was only possible to race one late afternoon. During the final day the windpredictions were great, but in reality the wind didn’t show up. On Day 4 all the classes, except one (the Masters), completed an elimination round. The final heat of the Masters could not be sailed on the final day. The competitors did go to the starting line for a last chance, but no luck. This meant that by official IFCA rules there are six World Champions in the Masters class.
Jean Patrick van der Wolde (under 17) and Delano Moreno (under 13) from Curacao ensured local success by becoming the first IFCA Slalom World Champions for Curacao in history. “I am very proud. I don’t feel special but I did win”, Jean Patrick comments. “This means a step up. Now I have to prepare for the Youth class next year, which is much harder.”
Overall, the organization looks back on a great event. The goal is to promote local windsurfing and to put the spotlight on Curacao as a perfect choice for future international windsurfing events. Bruno de Wannemaeker, President of the IFCA recaps: “Event-wise it was fantastic: great organization, great food, great people but very unlucky with the wind.” Bruno Marques, International ISAF judge, adds: “Very friendly, fantastic organization, all you can ask for in an event. I hope it will become an annual regatta forever.”
Results
Masters (World Championship title)
1. Sergio Mehl (Argentina)
1. Monique Meijer (Bonaire)
1. Constantino Saragoza (Bonaire)
1. Joris Bosman (the Netherlands)
1. Nikaj Droop (the Netherlands)
1. Diego Domenianni (USA)
Youth – U20 (World Championship title)
1. Gutek Kurczewski (Poland)
2. Jocelyn de Souza (France)
3. Jordy Vonk (the Netherlands)
Junior – U17 (World Championship title)
1. Jean Patrick van der Wolde (Curacao)
2. Justin Denel (France)
3. Amado Vrieswijk (Bonaire)
Junior – U15 (Prokids title)
1. Ethan Aldert Westera (Aruba)
2. Coen Swijnenburg (the Netherlands)
3. Aron Etmon (Curacao)
Junior – U13 (Prokids title)
1. Delano Moreno (Curacao)
2. Alex Halank (Australia)
3. Jean Paul da Silva de Goes (Curacao)
Sports Class
1. Ben van der Steen (the Netherlands)
2. Behrend Veenhuizen (Curacao)
3. Remo Osnabrugge (Curacao)
Download Official Final results
Rookies
13 & over
1. Yentl Gieling
2. Puk van Spall
3. Paulinge Hageman
U13
1. Rikus van der Vegt
2. Mijntje de Kort
3. Georgia Huiskes
U11
1. Indigo Kooij
2. Sven Scheper
3. Christian da Silva de Gois
Download Official Results Rookies
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If you like to see everybody next year, it would by nice to give the total result fore all competitors from this year!!!
@ P. Westera I don’t know what you mean. The total results ARE there. You have to click the links in the article where it says ‘Download Official Final Results’. It’s a pdf file with the scores of every competitor
I found it, thank you, and sorry for my comment
hi everybody,my comment:
-nice people with excellent support on land!!
-poor wind
-poor regattaofficials – no grandmasterclass as promised -we came from 8000 km and were enough participants according to the regulations !!!
-no use of the excellent wind on sundaymorning(9 h was promised ) for finishing the first round and even a second one for all !! We measured the windspeed at 9h with 18 kn!!!
everybody was there on nine but not the regattaofficials!!!!
-no regular counting of the mastersemifinals –one local competitor started twice in the semifinals and was counted!!
-starting conditions were extremely affected by a cloud of competitors not beeing in the actual fleet – this can be prohibited by a professional regattamanagent (one extra boat !! or regulation by loudspeaker) .
many were prohibited to reach the starting line in time!
Greets from Ewald
and thanks to Mayra and her nice Team!
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Hello Ewald, thank you for your comment. We appreciate everybody’s opinion (and of course compliments are always welcome
) and we will take everything in for our evaluation and try to make the future events better and better.
Thank you for coming to Curacao!
Thanks for replying,
after one week and coming home safely and healthy everything is looking more “rosa”!
My lovely wife and me decided to come back to this interesting isle – for another regatta or only for swimming in front of the great hotel “THE BREEZES” where we lived during the event.
Greetz to the great team
Ewald and Birgit
@Ewald Now that’s great to hear! Curacao has a lot to offer and I can imagine the competitors not having the time to discover.
Greetings!