Sunday, May 12, 2024
ILCA - Europacup/Swiss Championship 2024 - Neuchatel - Day 3
The Swiss ILCA Championships continued yesterday with two races on Lake Neuchâtel. Oscar Madonich UKR has taken the lead in the ILCA 7, with Gauthier Verhulst SUI 3 points behind in 2nd place. In the ILCA 6 Sofia Naumenko UKR is now in the lead. Thanks to two race wins, Matthew Chassot SUI moved up to 2nd place. And in the ILCA 4 there is also a Ukrainian leader through Sokol Semen UKR, Leanne Turrin SUI moved up to second place as the day's best (1/3). All rankings and the Facebook page.
Lake Thun also offered the best thermals on the third day of the Star Swiss Championship, so that the series could be completed with 2 more races. With another two race wins, Urs Hunkeler/Ivan Müller YTL made everything clear and took the title - already the 5th for Urs Hunkeler. Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR were 4 points behind in 2nd place, followed by Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER in 3rd place. The 
The second part of the first round of the women's league began yesterday with four rounds sailed in sunny and favourable conditions. RC Bodensee with Livia Naef came out on top, followed two points behind by BT La Neuveville with Maren Kausche and CV Lausanne with Stéphanie Hasler SUI in second place. The 
After the three races on the starting day, which were held in good breeze, there was no wind on Lake Neuchâtel yesterday. In the ILCA 4 Semen Sokol UKR is leading, in the ILCA 6 Ennio Turrin SUI is first and in the ILCA 7 Ben Flower CAN is leading with 3 points ahead of Martin Verhulst SUI. All 
Good thermals also on the second day of the Star Swiss Championship on Lake Thun, and two more races were completed. ----- Urs Hunkeler/Yvan Müller YTL won twice and took the lead. Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR follow in 2nd place, 3 points behind. Yesterday's leaders Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER, dropped back to 3rd place. ----- The 
Another 4 flights were completed yesterday on Lake Biel. ----- Thanks to 2 race wins, CN Morges with Manon Luther (and Nathalie Brugger SUI) moved up to 1st place. YC Bielersee with Lea Tschudi and Zürcher SC with Amrei Keller took the places of honor. The 
Despite grey skies, there were good westerly wind conditions with up to 4 Bft at the start of the Star-Swiss Championship on Lake Thun. Three races were sailed. ----- Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER took the lead with two race wins, followed by Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR in second place on equal points. ----- The 
The breeze allowed for an intensive start to the new women's league season on Lake Biel yesterday. After 9 flights, YC Bielersee with Lea Tschudi is just one point ahead of CN Morges with Manon Kivell (and Nathalie Brugger among others). The Zurich SC with Amrei Keller follows in 3rd place. The 
There was very little wind on Lake Sempach over the weekend. On Sunday, the 15m SNS could complete two races, while the Dyas and Tempest only managed one race. ---- Markus Aeby/Remy Höhener YCL won the 15er, Andreas Rüesch/Martin Rohner YCSe took victory in the Dyas and Reto Kunz/Bart Van Weesenbeck YCSe were ahead in the Tempest. ----- The 
There was a good turnout for the start sailing on Lac De Joux. The 
The good conditions on Lake Geneva continued on the final day of the Inclusive Cup, with a total of 10 races completed. Jazz Turner/Adam Billany GBR narrowly held on to the lead: with a strong final day, Pedro Cancio/Guilherme Ribeiro POR moved up to the winners in terms of points. Philippe Echivard/François Naef SUI finished 5th. The 
After the 5 rounds on Saturday, another 3 flights were sailed on Lake Thun on Sunday at the start of the Super League 2024. CN Versoix with Victor Casas narrowly held on to the lead, while Stefan Seger and his RCO team in 2nd closed the gap to the winners. BT La Neuveville with David Biedermann followed just one point behind in third place. The 
There was also no wind for further races in Versoix on Sunday. After the 4 races on Saturday, Sarah Jaccaud CVL and her team won the Surprise, Bertrand Borter CVV was first in the Grand Surprise and Jean-Philippe Ryter CVVT dominated the Toucan with three race wins. All 
After the 4 races on Saturday, two more races were completed yesterday on Lake Uri. Damian Berther/Tino Durrer DRCS made everything clear with two more race wins, Nino-Livio-Löfteröd/Samuel Berther DRCS finished 2nd. The 
Today a first part of the results of the Swiss regatta weekend. A few regattas were obviously cancelled due to lack of wind, the second part of the reports will follow tomorrow. We are still suffering from a lack of staff and 
Good thermal conditions yesterday on Lake Uri, where the 420 PM was opened with 4 races. ----- The local teams dominate: Damian Berther/Tino Durrer DRCS lead one point ahead of Nino-Livio Löfteröd/Samuel Berther DRCS. ----- The 
The Inclusive Cup continued yesterday with 4 races on Lake Geneva. ----- Thanks to two race wins, Jazz Turner/Adam Billany GBR maintained their lead. Ange Maragon/Olivier Ducruix FRA are tied in 2nd place. Philippe Echivard/François Naef SUI have dropped back to 5th place. ----- The 
With a leap in performance after the winter training sessions in Central America, Elena Lengwiler SUI confidently secured an Olympic Nations starting place last week and is even among the medal candidates after finishing 4th at the European Championships a month earlier. Lengwiler, who plays National League A in ice hockey, only started kiting in 2019! The 
Not quite as many series as announced took place at the weekend, due to a lack of wind or a lack of participants. As far as reports and rankings were available, we have documented the weekend. Once again, we have a lot of work ahead of us this summer - thank you for 
