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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Corney Ann Carter on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 1:46 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We went to the King of the Cape freestyle windsurfing competition in W. Dennis, Ma Sunday, June 9 and had a wonderful time watching the Bonaire team compete with some of the best in the world. Hopefully Anne P. will post a full list of the winners for us. These young people did a fantastic job of representing Bonaire both on and off the water.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Marc Lefebvre on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 4:16 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Pro Men:
1) Matt Pritchard
2) Tati Frans
3) Keke Dammers
4) Martin VanGeehoven
5) Tonky Frans
6) Ricardo Campello
7) Diony Guadagnino
8) Brian Talma
9) Jace Panebianco
10) Pablo Wohlgemuth
11) Ro Mayer
11) Olivier Matte
11) Mike Burns
11) Ruben Petrisie
15) Nathan Mershon
15) Luke Nagel
15) Darby Marriott

Pro Women:
1) Colette Guadagnino
2) Daida Moreno
3) Nori Hubbs
4) Karin Jaggi
5) Petra Kanz

Amateur Men:
1) Juvannie Thielmann
2) Javier Sint Jago
3) Jerry Evans
4) Fred Vetterlein
5) Lawrence Hoff
6) Bill Reid
7) Jamey Clark
8) Neil Malik
9) Peter Kimball
10) Chris Lowrie
11) Mark Goldman

Amateur Junior:
1) Sammy Vingerhoets
2) Kiri Thode
3) Jeremiah Malina
4) Bradley Louw

Novice:
1) Remsley Anthony
2) Clay Emer
3) Francois Dufault
4) Stewart Snoddgrass
5) David Richardson
6) Dottie Daniel
7) Tom Whittemore
8) Ace Ali
9) Nancy Liu
10) Christine Tarantini

Novice Junior:
1) Bjorn Sargoza
2) Christopher Bernabella
3) Adam Dannewitz
4) Will Johnson
5) Jimmy Solbeck
6) Chris Schilling
7) Marianna Scamboli
8) Kristin Avlolio
9) Solvig Sayre

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ann Phelan on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 4:47 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks for coming..Kate came too and a few other BT people..I was too busy to enjoy some chatting but APPRECIATE all the support.

The "kids" are stuck in BOS as the JM flight was cancelled due to the weather system in Jamaica. They come home Wed. I think they are all proud but the star was little Bjorn Sargoza. What a future he has..

Annie

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kate Hickson on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 9:42 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

It was a fantastic event! Well-attended, great wind, and tons of fun. So well organized too. Can't wait for King of the Caribbean if this was any indication.....I'll be there too! Kudos to Annie and Team Bonaire!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ann Phelan on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 6:43 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Here is the blurb on what's happening where Keke, Tati and Tonky are in Spain:

2002 PWA Freestyle Qualifier Costa Brava Day 2

There was no competition on the opening day here in Costa Brava

Wednesday June 12, 2002
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There was no competition on the opening day here in Costa Brava at the 2002 Catalunya, PWA freestyle qualifier. Despite the predicted thermal breeze picking up during the afternoon the wind never reached the required levels to allow any official action.

This morning, the full fleet of 48 sailors were busy making last minute preparations and fine-tuning their equipment. By mid afternoon the breeze tempted many to the water, although most of the time the wind was too light for planing. The occasional gust was all that was needed for some of the sailors to bust out some tricky moves for the crowds but it was never enough to persuade the race crew to start the competition.

Aside from the big names who have congregated here in Spain the event has also attracted an interesting field of new talent who are hoping to cause some major upsets. Tonki Frans (AHD, Gaastra), brother Tati Frans (AHD, Gaastra) and Christiaan Gerard (Starboard, Gaastra) who all hail from the Caribbean Island of Bonaire, flew in yesterday directly from the last PWA qualifier, The King of The Cape. Tati who is extremely highly rated by those that have seen him sail, took the event by storm by reaching the final and almost defeating American PWA sailor Matt Pritchard (Gaastra, AHD). Christiaan Gerard was not far behind taking third place, whilst Tonki Frans took fifth. The Caribbean trio are hoping to continue their success here in Costa Brava and by all reports some of the experienced PWA pro¹s are looking very nervous!

TONKI FRANS (GAASTRA, AHD)
"King of the Cape was a lot of fun, we had some nice wind and perfect freestyle conditions. I made it through to the semi finals while my brother Tati and Christiaan both made the final. They were up against Martin Van Geenhoven (AHD, North) and Matt Pritchard and were really ripping. We are hoping to cause some surprises here in Costa Brava, you never know what can happen in these competitions. After this event we are hoping to make it into King of The Lake and then the PWA contests Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. We have a lot of young guns growing up back at home. It is because when we are there, we are sailing nearly every day in lots of different conditions. We keep up with all the moves by buying new videos and trying to get hold of all the latest magazines. Right now we have some of our own new moves, which we have been keeping under-cover. We might be revealing some of them when we go into action here!"

A PWA world cup has been scheduled to take place in Bonaire during mid December. From what we have been hearing, some of the local Caribbean kids could pose some serious threats to the highly ranked PWA top guns.

MARTIN VAN GEENHOVEN (AHD, NORTH)
"For sure these guys are really good. I saw them last year in Cape Cod for the first time but it was so light you could not really tell how good they were. This year I saw those guys going off when it was windy. They are making nearly all the moves on both tacks it is incredible. They only need to see a new move once and then they just go out and start pulling them off! They are very natural and also like to put on a show. Guys like these are very refreshing new blood on the tour!"

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henk Schrijver on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 10:37 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks Ann for the Update.

So close (1300 km) but not able to go to Spain. I would love to see them sail in a PWA event.

If you have more news about them or the event in December let me (us) know.


Henk

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Corney Ann Carter on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 12:08 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks Marc for posting the results. Anne please keep us updated on Spain. King of the Cape looks like it is really growing and getting better. Wish the same for the event in Bonaire.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ann Phelan on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 5:21 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Day 3..NO WIND..no races..this happened last year at Costa Brava...NO WIND..I heard they expect some Sat. Hope so as the guys must be itching..although our guys do VERY well in light winds..

Annie

 


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