Sporting Digest: Sailing

LASER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hayling Island) Race Six (Red and Green): 1 I Percy (GB); 2 S Cockerill (GB); 3 S Bowes-Cole (GB). (Yellow and Blue): 1 P Lacoste (Fr); 2 R Stenhouse (GB); 3 G Florent (Fr). (Black and Pink): 1 C Gowers (GB); 2 S Warkalla (Ger); 3 A Domingos (Por). Race Seven (Pink and Blue): 1 E Melleby (Nor); 2 T-A Kjer (Nor); 3 P-C Bordal (Nor). (Black and Green): 1 A Casale (It); 2 C Caujolle (Fr); 3 S Bowes-Cole (GB). (Red and Yellow): 1 W Keating (Fr); 2 S Noirclerc (Fr); 3 L Peter (Swit). Race Eight (Black and Yellow): 1 G Simeoli (It); 2 C Gowers (GB); 3 L Idmyr (Swe). (Red and Blue): 1 H Heinonen (Fin); 2 P Nocke (Ger); 3 F Bruni (It). (Pink and Green): 1 J Ziehuis (Neth); 2 Kjer; 3 S Kats (Neth). Overall standings: 1 Bruni 21 pts; 2= Bowes-Cole, Kjer 24; 4 E Melleby (Nor) 32; 5 R Suomailenen (Swe) 33; 6 Gowers 39.

FORD CORK WEEK: Class 0: Race Four: 1 I Laidlaw (Highland Fling, Hong Kong) 4hr 54min 11sec; 2 U Taylor and JK Abrahams (Megalopolis, Wales) 4:56:06; 3 D Best and J Taggart (Sidewinder, N Irl) 4:57:05; 4 Barrington Dix and Power (Open Your Eyes, Irl) 4:57:43; 5 J Oswald (Desinty Angel, Eng) 4:57:51. Overall standings: 1 Highland Fling 11.25pts; 2 Sidewinder 12.75; 3 P Roche (Noddy, Irl) 16.