Ayton takes the lead

It was all change at the top of the leaderboard at the Yngling European Championships

Three races were held today, Thursday, at the Yngling European Championships in Spain.

Yesterday Renee Groeneveld, Annenieke Bes and Merel Witteveen (NED) had moved into the lead, following a first and a fourth place. Today, however, the Dutch team struggled scoring a ninth, a fifth and a disappointing 17th.

Reigning Yngling World Champions, Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson (GBR) jumped up the leader board from third to first place with a third a first and a 14th today.

Despite teams either side of them moving up and down, the American team of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi remained in second overal.

Finally both Russian teams of Renee Groeneveld, Annenieke Bes and Merel Witteveen and Basalkina Anna, Ukraintseva Vladislava and Maximova Ekaterina are locked together in fourth and fifth respectively. This event is part of their Olympic selection trial so the outcome for both teams is paramount.

Results:

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Tot
1	Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson	GBR 12	1	8	RAF	1	7	3	1	14	35
2	Sally Barkow/Carrie Howe/Debbie Capozzi	USA 337	4	1	4	22	5	12	2	9	37
3	Renee Groeneveld/Annenieke Bes/Merel Witteveen	NED 11	13	4	2	4	1	9	17	5	38
4	Ekaterina Skudina/Diana Krutskikh/Natalia Ivanova	RUS 8	15	5	5	2	8	15	4	2	41
5	Basalkina Anna/Ukraintseva Vladislava/Maximova Ekaterina	RUS 4	16	2	12	12	9	2	5	1	43
6	Mandy Mulder/Brechtje Van der Werf/Floortje Hendriksen	NED 1	5	7	1	9	18	5	13	3	43
7	Schuemann, Ulrike/Bleck, Julia/Hoepfner, Ute	GER 261	9	6	8	8	4	8	10	6	49
8	Monica Azon/Graciela Pisonero/Sandra Azon	ESP 3	14	3	14	3	6	10	14	8	58
9	Le Helley Anne/Lepesant Catherine/Gerecht Julie	FRA 7	3	10	18	15	16	13	3	7	67
10	Krystal Weir/Karyn Gojnich/Angela Farrell	AUS 59	22	DSQ	9	5	2	14	6	13	71
11	Annelies Thies/Lieske Wierenga/Caroline Heerema	NED 350	2	12	10	13	14	18	11	12	74
12	Sofia Bekatorou/Sofia Papadopoulou/Virginia Kravarioti	GRE 7	11	14	20	10	11	11	7	10	74
13	Marjon Kooistra/Marye Faber/Marye Kampen	NED 111	17	17	11	6	3	6	15	21	75
14	Trine Palludan/Susanne Boidin/Ida Hartvig	DEN 195	8	20	OCS	7	17	1	16	19	88
15	Dominique Provoyeur/Penny Alison/Kim Rew	RSA 1	7	19	15	18	23	4	8	22	93
16	Siren Sundby/Lise Birgitte Fredriksen/Alexandra Koefoed	NOR 406	10	DNF	OCS	19	10	7	20	4	94
17	Song Xia Qun/Li Xiao Ni/Yu Yan Li	CHN 1	21	11	6	11	15	16	21	16	96
18	Le Berre Anne-Claire/Ponsar Alice/Deplanque Marion	FRA 9	19	13	3	17	21	19	9	20	100
19	Li Jie/Wang Ru/Gao Yang	CHN 3	6	9	16	23	22	21	19	15	108
20	Chiara Calligaris/Francesca Scognamillo/Giulia Pignolo	ITA 16	20	16	7	21	19	17	22	11	111
21	Silvia Roca/Eva Gonzalez Moujir/Lara Cacabelos Afonso	ESP 8	23	15	19	14	13	22	12	17	112
22	Lianne Kedde/Margot Eelkman - Rooda/Chantel Hakkel	NED 336	18	21	13	16	12	20	23	23	123
23	Jildau fer Horst/Amy Righolt/Hilke Harns	NED 335	12	18	17	20	20	23	18	18	123