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The 17th New Year’s Regatta, 12th Kim Lytghoe Memorial is now reaching its final stretch in the bay of Cádiz, after a second day made the most of in both regatta areas. All classes disputed three new tests today, except for the iQFoil with five, to fill in markers for a final round that, far from being a procedure, will be very necessary in some cases given the equality in the lockers. The bay of Cadiz was once again difficult for one more day, with a sea agitated by winds of between 12 and 16 knots of intensity that have required a good dose of force and technique from the fleet.
Nothing stands in the way of victory undertaken yesterday by the brothers Fernando and Carlos Flethes in class 420, where the CN Puerto Sherry crew today added three new goals to lead unbeaten with four. The changes come from behind, with the second place now in the hands of Lucía and Manuel Páez, also brothers in their case with the Sevilla flag, who go up a position to the detriment of Susana Ridao and Elena Sofía Camacho, of the Puerto Sherry CN, who they go down to the third.
Changes in the head of the Ilca 7 class (before Standard Laser) accessed by the skipper of the RCN of El Puerto de Santa María, Gonzalo Ruiz, with two 1st and one 2nd. The portuense also achieves a three-point advantage with his followers, Ángel Contreras from his same club, and Manuel Belizón, from CN Elcano, tied for second and third place, respectively.
A lot of excitement in the Ilca 4 class (before Laser 4.7), where the RC Mediterráneo sailor, Antonio Villalon, showed his cards today with two goals and a fourth place, and with the help of the first discard he reaches a first place that he will have to finish off tomorrow as he has only one point to Adriano Jiménez, from CM Almería, winner of the first round of the day. The third place with three points more than the Almeria and therefore all the open options, goes to Rodrigo Sánchez from CNM Benalmádena. For his part, Juan José Fernández (CM Almería) is the first Sub 16 and the young Rocío Van Stuivenberg (CN Elcano) is the first female from the fifth and eighth absolute positions, respectively. New podium also in the Ilca 6 class (previously Radial Laser) where Alfredo Gómez, from CAND Chipiona, now commands, with two victories and a second place today, followed by four points by Arturo Reina, from CN Fuengirola, with the same score of the day on your marker. Third place in this class is held by Ignacio Moya, from RC Mediterráneo.
In the Raceboard class, Álvaro Rivera, from CV Valdelagrana, remains the leader, although his unbeaten record is broken with the arrival of the Spanish champion, Curro Manchón, who was absent yesterday and today the winner of the three tests. The windsurfer from CN Puerto Sherry accesses directly to third place on the provisional podium with three points more than Manuel Zoilo Buzón, a sailor who holds second showing one more day of his regularity, and seven from Rivera. The same regularity and race shows the veteran Paco Manchón -Curro’s father- who is placed at the gates of the podium in fourth place.
Among the Techno, in Sub 15, the windsurfer of CN Sevilla, Gonzalo Díaz, is placed first after resolving the tie that yesterday left him second, and with two goals and a 2nd place today he leads with three points of advantage over the Polish Maciej Dabekcon , second, and eight on Manuel Sánchez of the Seville nautical. For her part, the leader until now, the young woman from CN Puerto Sherry, Carmen Pica, holds the female leadership at the gates of the provisional podium.
The windsurfer of CN Sevilla, Antonio Cueto, remains at the head of his Techno Sub 17 class, forced to continue working hard since he rents a single point to Juan Pedro Guardiola of CN Puerto Sherry, with third place with five and six more points in the hands of Jaime Aragón, from the same club. The first female in this class is also fourth, the young woman from CN Sevilla, Arancha Sahuquillo. Finally, in Techno Plus (up to 19 years) there is a coup by Gonzalo Ortiz, from CN Sevilla, who with two goals and a second takes the lead from Manuel Álvarez-Dardet, from CN Puerto Sherry, now second . Far from being a duel, in the fight for victory there is also Alejandro Arauz who is third, one point behind his clubmate. The first girl, fifth absolute, is the young Luisa Siloniz, also a member of the windsurfers team of the CN Puerto Sherry.
The iQFoils were once again the busiest today, with a total of five tests that add up to a total of eight for the final day. Impressive one more day the performance of the young Pilar Lamadrid among the girls, with four victories and a second for the CN Puerto Sherry athlete, and her clubmate and Olympic starter for the Olympics as the only rival. Tokyo 2021, Blanca Manchón. The two were one more day the owners of the head of the fleet leaving out of their game the Polish Wawrzyniak and Wasiewicz, who today exchange positions to place third and fourth, respectively, with almost ten points more than the Spanish.
Among the men, the best Spaniard is now the Andalusian Ramón Pastor (Saltwater Tarifa) who with two 1st and three 2nd places is second with six points more than the Belgian Broeckhoven. At one point he is followed by Fernando Lamadrid, from CN Puerto Sherry, who said goodbye, winning the last round of the day, standing up to the elders in age and experience. For his part, Fernando Martínez del Cerro, who had a mishap at the premiere yesterday, still cannot find his place after some very difficult weeks and faces the final day from fourth place. And in the impressive line-up that this class treasures, the young Aurelio Terry (CN Sevilla) continues to stand out among the Youth from the seventh absolute place.
The 17th New Year’s Regatta, 12th Kim Lythgoe Memorial, which comes to an end tomorrow with the celebration of the third and last day, is a regatta organized by the Andalusian Sailing Federation and has the collaboration of the El Puerto de Santa María City Council. , the Diputación de Cádiz and the Sports Department of the Junta de Andalucía. After the tests, the trophy delivery will be held at the facilities of the Specialized Center for Sports Technification of Sailing Bahía de Cádiz, headquarters of the Andalusian in El Puerto de Santa María.
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