Local sailors win out

Paul Goodison fifth at Laser Europeans

Team GBR sailor Paul Goodison finished the Laser European Championships in fifth place overall after a week of sailing in a variety of conditions.

The week long championship attracted some of the best Laser sailors in the world and despite leading for the majority of the championships, the final two days provided tricky conditions which saw a 17th and a 13th place finish for Goodison, knocking him out of medal contention and into fifth place overall.

Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia won the event by two points from local sailor Mate Arapov of Croatia. Fellow team GBR sailor Dan Holman finished in seventh place overall with the next best placed British sailor Ed Wright finishing seventeenth, despite winning the final race of the championship.

The next event for Goodison is the Pre-Olympics, which take place from the 20-28 August in Athens, providing an opportunity to test the waters of Athens a year before the Olympic Games.

Top 50 results

Pos	Sailno	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	SLO 174365	ZBOGAR Vasilij	9	3	-14	4	6	1	1	2	2	-41	28
2	CRO 173440	ARAPOV Mate	1	2	2	1	9	9	(dnf)	2	4	-24	30
3	AUS 176910	BLACKBURN Michael	8	4	6	-29	1	5	1	1	8	-43	34
4	POL 169707	GRABOWSKI Maciej	(dnc)	6	-21	3	4	8	4	5	1	4	35
5	GBR 175461	GOODISON Paul	1	1	2	6	3	5	-12	4	-17	13	35
6	SWE 175302	SUNESON Karl	2	-33	1	7	1	6	8	8	-37	7	40
7	GBR 176853	HOLMAN Daniel	2	-14	5	-12	7	6	2	11	3	6	42
8	AUT 176936	GERITZER Andreas	3	-25	1	13	-40	3	5	3	12	3	43
9	RSA 168171	BLANCKENBERG Gareth	4	14	7	5	-15	4	4	5	-28	11	54
10	BEL 178418	BERGMANS Philippe	10	-27	7	2	(bfd)	2	3	10	15	10	59
11	ITA 176933	NEGRI Diego	-13	5	4	7	2	3	11	8	20	-31	60
12	FIN 177076	SUOMALAINEN Roope	7	-25	9	4	2	7	15	1	-34	16	61
13	POR 176382	LIMA Gustavo	11	7	3	13	6	2	-17	6	16	-21	64
14	SWE 174647	MYRGREN Rasmus	11	3	12	6	(bfd)	4	5	18	-35	8	67
15	NOR 177077	MOBERG Peer	21	1	11	14	(dnf)	1	3	12	6	-33	69
16	NZL 167009	MURDOCH Andrew	-30	8	-22	8	8	10	22	7	7	2	72
17	GBR 171873	WRIGHT Edward	14	19	14	15	-43	11	2	9	-36	1	85
18	NED 177531	POSTMA Pieter-Jan	10	12	15	-24	17	11	24	3	14	-28	106
19	FRA 175303	PRUVOT Felix	21	4	6	-41	30	27	12	4	5	-34	109
20	DEN 177506	NYHOLM Anders	4	8	-36	27	11	17	18	11	-54	14	110
21	CRO 166553	VUJASINOVIC Milan	-26	11	24	11	3	17	6	20	19	-25	111
22	GRE 175490	CHIMONAS Evangelos	19	-37	8	16	14	-20	17	13	11	19	117
23	USA 170817	CAMPBELL Andrew	7	24	4	3	16	24	-35	32	9	-38	119
24	FIN 173868	WESTMAN Fredrik	15	-57	12	-45	24	8	23	23	13	9	127
25	USA 151827	MENDELBLATT Mark	-34	5	9	8	27	-32	19	12	22	26	128
26	GER 176551	RIECK Mathias	32	15	18	-35	5	19	8	14	-41	20	131
27	FRA 176402	LE BRETON Thomas	-39	2	16	34	7	12	7	14	40	-51	132
28	LTU 167036	GUZYS Giedrius	13	21	8	(dnf)	(bfd)	14	6	25	23	29	139
29	CRO 172581	RADELIC Luka	27	9	13	-28	5	13	23	17	32	-40	139
30	GBR 174768	POWELL Mark	5	(ocs)	21	26	12	29	9	15	-38	23	140
31	NZL 174323	WEAVER David	9	7	28	1	21	13	14	-31	47	-58	140
32	CAN 176184	CHILDS Andrew	23	9	18	-36	18	25	16	19	-58	18	146
33	NED 178420	BON Sander	-45	16	17	-37	10	24	19	25	24	17	152
34	NED 177533	DE HAAS Marc	24	21	10	14	(dnf)	19	10	6	48	-49	152
35	NZL 171101	BULLOT Michael	22	10	27	-49	(dnf)	23	13	19	18	22	154
36	SWE 175475	CARLSSON Gustav	26	-32	23	17	(bfd)	16	7	15	31	27	162
37	SEY 174702	JULIE Allan	3	-35	-39	9	14	22	30	22	33	35	168
38	NED 177082	NIEUWENHUYS Arne	8	-37	33	10	22	36	31	21	10	-54	171
39	GRE 176523	MICHAIL Aristeidis	18	16	24	11	19	14	-37	31	39	-45	172
40	DEN 176643	PERSSON Einar	28	29	28	-41	4	25	34	13	-56	12	173
41	TUR 174866	MUSLUBAS Kemal	-43	42	19	5	37	20	14	16	21	-57	174
42	GBR 178443	HOWARD Mark James	17	40	(ocs)	20	8	23	27	26	-44	15	176
43	AUS 176932	CASEY Brendan	6	38	5	19	(bfd)	21	9	36	-57	44	178
44	POL 176710	RUDAWSKI Marcin	16	13	16	-59	34	16	24	36	27	-42	182
45	GBR 174531	COMMANDER Andrew	25	17	30	17	29	9	31	-35	25	-47	183
46	CAN 175821	PIOVESAN Brendan	5	-51	32	31	17	10	22	29	-52	37	183
47	GER 176646	BUCHERT Philipp	-31	31	11	22	20	26	15	(dnc)	30	30	185
48	FIN 173123	HACKLIN Thomas	12	28	-43	39	15	18	21	7	46	-50	186
49	GRE 175497	MANOLAKIS Andonis	29	20	20	22	(bfd)	38	44	16	-49	5	194
50	SWE 173808	NILSSON Magnus	12	22	-42	19	22	28	33	22	-55	39	197