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Laser European Masters Championship Report from the Lubecker Yacht Club


21 August 1998

With six first places out of 10 races, Andreas John (GER) won th title of Laser Master European Champion with 14 pts. The new Champion is one of the younger masters. He is 38 years old and has had a lot of experience in the Laser Class.
The final day saw bright sunshine and half metre waves which provided a marvellous finale for the 117 strong fleet form 14 countries.

Overall
1stAndreas JohnGER14 pts
2ndAlan DavisGBR25 pts
3rdThomas JankeGER36 pts
4thTerry ScutcherGBR46 pts
5thWilli GerlingerGER65 pts
Apprentice Masters
1stAndreas JohnGER13 pts
2ndAlan DavisGBR24 pts
3rdThomas JankeGER32 pts
4thTerry ScutcherGBR40 pts
5thCesar SierhuisNED65 pts
Masters
1stDittmer BehrmannGER14 pts
2ndRustan CarlstromSWE24 pts
3rdJean PhilippeFRA36 pts
4thJaap MazereeuwNED38 pts
5thJosef MaurerGER42 pts
Grand Masters
1stWilli GerlingerGER13 pts
2ndJohan StamNED29 pts
3rdCurt BlinderSWE34 pts
4thJurgen LemkeGER50 pts
5thTomaso AmbrosiSUI53 pts
Great Grand Masters
1stKurt ZugerSUI11 pts
2ndOtmar PozniakGBR15 pts
3rdPeter RaymerGBR23 pts
4thAlan PedersenGBR29 pts
5thKarl-Heinz KemmlingGER46 pts
Women
1stBarbaras Eder-RiegelGER12 pts
2ndBirgit Karas-HausmannGER16 pts
3rdMelanie ShillingGER26 pts

20 August 1998

Consistency has been the key this week - both in terms of the races sailed and who has won them. The six scheduled races for the past 3 days have been completed and the last 4 have been won by Andreas John of Germany.
Results after 6 races are as follows:

Overall
1stAndreas JohnGER12 pts
2ndAlan DavisGBR20 pts
3rdThomas JankeGER22 pts
4thTerry ScutcherGBR34 pts
5thWilli GerlingerGER34 pts
Apprentice Masters
1stAndreas JohnGER11 pts
2ndAlan DavisGBR19 pts
3rdThomas JankeGER19 pts
4thTerry ScutcherGBR28 pts
5thHarry JoyceGBR41 pts
Masters
1stRustan CarlstromSWE10 pts
2ndDittmer BehrmannGER12 pts
3rdJaap MazereeuwNED27 pts
4thJosef MaurerGER28 pts
5thJean Philippe GalleFRA29 pts
Grand Masters
1stWilli GerlingerGER8 pts
2ndJohan StamNED21 pts
3rdCurt BlinderSWE32 pts
4thTomaso AmbrosiSUI33 pts
5thWerner WinterGER36 pts
Great Grand Masters
1stKurt ZugerSUI7 pts
2ndOtmar PozniakGBR11 pts
3rdPeter RaymerGBR16 pts
4thAlan PedersenGBR19 pts
5thKarl-Heinz KemmlingGER28 pts
Women
1stBirgit Karas-HausmannGER8 pts
2ndBarbaras Eder-RiegelGER8 pts
3rdMelanie ShillingGER18 pts

19 August 1998


With a constant force four Beaufort wind, the 117 Laser-sailors out of 14 nations had today ideal conditions for both their races.
Andreas John of Hamburg, Germany won two races today and has taken second place,displacing Bavarian Willi Gerlinger, who has fallen to third. Still in the lead is Thomas Janke with 15 points. He finished sixth and second today and could discard his 8th of the third race.
In the class classifications, Janka and John are on top of the Apprentices, the youngest sailors between 35 and 44 years old. There is an interesting fight for third place among the British sailors. Alan Davis after six races has 30.00 points, Terry Scutcher 31.00 and Harry Joyce 32.00 points.
For the Masters, the next decade up to an age of 54, Rustan Carlstrom from Sweden is two points in front of the German, Dittmer Behrmann. Willi Gerlinger looks a sure winner of the title in his class of the Grand Masters. After deleting his worst 3rd place, he has only 7.00 points, the second place sailor Johan Stain from Netherlands has 25.00.
In the group of the Great Grand Masters, (those over 65 years old), Kurt Zuger from Switzerland is the best with 6.00 points and he is followed by Otmar Pozniak from Great Britain, who with 10.00 points is still in with a chance to win.


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