European of ILCA: Spain in TopTen10, after doing the duties in Italy

White Joaquin ends 12th in the European Championship of ILCA 7, tenth by continental countries... Ana Moncada closes the championship as the best female in ILCA 6... fourth place for David Ponseti in ILCA 6 male

The ILCA class ends its European Championship in Liguria Sea waters, with a tenth place by countries of Joaquín Blanco in ILCA 7, 12th of the general, fourth of David Ponseti in ILCA 6 M, and 20th of Ana Moncada in ILCA 6.

After a timid start due to lack of wind, the continental of one of the longest classes (Atlanta 1996) of those who participate in the Olympic Games, and the one that brings together the most numerous fleets in race, has closed its sports program with three tests for the women's ILCA 7 and 6, two for the men's ILCA 6.

In the start of the final sprint for the World Cup of The Hague in August, where the first country squares for Paris 2024 will be distributed, Spain takes positions in ILCA 7 with a tenth place per European country and a tenth in the continental classification of the hand of Joaquín Blanco. In addition, with this result, the canarian regatist is the first member of the Olympic team confirmed for the next season (Third Cycle).

In the male ILCA 6, the David Ponseti ballast has fired from the Italian race field with partial results of 1-6, allowing it to climb positions again and close the championship in fourth position. His territorial partner, Joan Tomás-Verdera, was just a step away from Top10, in the first tenth position.

The best Spanish in the classification of ILCA 6 female has been the Andalusian Ana Moncada that goes back to position 20 thanks to a third in the last test, while the Catalan Cristina Pujol ends 26th.

The European titles are for Croatian Tucci Stipanovic in ILCA 7, Dutch Marit Bouwmeester in ILCA 6 female, and Italian Mattia Cesana in ILCA 6 male.

2023-03-16: David Ponseti is in the top 10 of the European ILCA 6 male

Joaquín Blanco rises to position 26 of the general, twenty-first European of the ILCA 7... in ILCA 6 female the best located Spanish is Cristina Pujol, in the twenty-first place

The European Championship of ILCA 6 and 7 is ready for sentence with only one day to fight and after five days of weather instability. Today the tone of the week has been repeated and although the fleet had been called in the first hour, the deferral flag has made an act of presence on the ground, delaying the start of the tests. Finally, the fleet gathered in Andora, Italy, has managed to add two new races for all classes.

The David Ponseti Balar continues to be one of the most prominent Spanish in the competition and in the absence of a day for the end it occupies the eighth general position of the male ILCA 6. For his part, Juan Tomás-Verdera goes down to post 13 and Max Urquizu to 15, followed by Javier Plomer, in 16th.

In ILCA 7, the canary Joaquín Blanco is placed 21 of the European classification and 26 of the general open, a result that for the moment would be useful to ensure a position within the national pre-Olympic sailing team in the next season. For its part, Leo Barreto, the other Spanish competing in the gold group of this class, has been located at 62 of the general.

In the Olympic category ILCA 6 female, is the Catalan Cristina Pujol, in the European 21, is the best position Spanish sportsman. She is closely followed by the Andalusian Ana Moncada, at 25. The Martina Reino (43) and the Valentian Roca Ascension (56) also compete in the gold group of this class.

Tomorrow will be the last day of this European Championship of ILCA 6 and 7 that began last Sunday 12 and has been marked throughout the week by weather instability.

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2023-03-15: David Ponseti at a podium step in the European ILCA

Balar regatist David Ponseti stands out as best Spanish of this continental

Excellent day of navigation today in Andora, Italy, with three new races that go up to the markers of ILCA 6 M and F and two for the ILCA 7, in which David Ponseti has been the best Spanish standing in fourth place, a step from the podium of ILCA 6 male.

The fourth day of competition of the European Championship started at the established time and wanted to take advantage of the improvement of conditions to make as many sleeves as possible.

The group in which the Spaniards collected the best results was the male ILCA 6, where David Ponseti rose from the seventh to the fourth position. After him, Joan Tomás-Verdera stood tenth and Max Urquizu was staying at a Top10 post today. Changes in the provisional podium of the class with the Irish Rocco Wright as new leader.

With more participation, 112 regatists and some of them non-European, women's ILCA 6 today completed their Classifying Series. After the results of the three contested tests, there will be four Spanish tests that from tomorrow will sail in the group Oro in the Final Series: Cristina Pujol, 22 (28 of the general), Ana Moncada, 24 (31), Martina Reino, 37 (44), and Ascension Roca, 41 (49). The Portuguese Vasileia Karachaliou stands at the front of the table.

The ILCA 7, already divided into Gold and Silver groups, have been able to sail only two sleeves, being forced to leave the third of the day. Two new results that have taken a turn for the classification, today led by the Australian Matthew Wearn, followed by the Croatian Tucci Stipanovic, while the Spaniards improved their positions notably: Joaquín Blanco rose from 52 to 38, and Leo Barreto from 60 to 56. As with the girls of ILCA 6, the open character of the competition masks the results of the European Championship, where the Spanish, White and Barreto, are 31 and 47 respectively.

2023-03-14: Three Spaniards in the Top10 of the European ILCA 6 of Italy

Joan Tomás, 6th in ILCA 6 Male, Cristina Pujol, 24 in ILCA 6 Female and Joaquín Blanco, 51 in ILCA 7 are the most prominent Spanish in the ILCA European Championship

The ILCA European Championship finally closes a day in which the three participating fleets have been able to navigate and add new results to the score of the qualifying series.

The ILCA 6 were the first to finish the day of race, with two tests for the females and three for the boys. Good results for the Spanish in this category, with three regatists in the provisional TOP10: Joan Tomás Verdera 6th, David Ponseti 7th and Max Urquizu 10th. They are followed by Daniel Cardona in position 17, Javier Plomer 18, Daniel Giménez 24, and Joan Ravie 29 in the first half of the fleet. The interim leader is Greek Athanasios Kyfidis.

The women of ILCA 6 have completed only two new sleeves today, after which Cristina Pujol remains the first Spanish in position 24. He was followed by Martina Reino in 32, Ascension Roca 39 and Ana Moncada 44, as the most outstanding. At the front of this fleet is the Portuguese Vasileia Karachaliou.

The last to return to the ground were the ILCA 7 after completing three new races. In a classification led by French-led Jean- Baptiste Bernaz, the first Spanish is Joaquín Blanco, 51, followed by Leo Barreto, 63, Mario Plomer, 75, Pep Cazador, 86, Gonzalo Suárez, 88 and Victor Gorostegui, 96.

2023-03-13: European ILCA: the wind's skyscraper continues in Italian waters

ILCA 6, which yesterday could not be released, has been the only test of the day...
the fleet of ILCA 7 today has not sailed, and is maintained with only one race

The wind continues to be elusive in the Liguria Sea and for the second consecutive day only half of the fleet gathered in the ILCA European Championship has been able to navigate. Yesterday it was the ILCA 7 that opened the locker and today it has been the turn of the female and male categories of ILCA 6.

With less than eight knots in the race field, the female ILCA 6, 112 participants, have managed to close the first test of the day by sailing divided into two fleets. The Catalan Cristina Pujol has been the most outstanding Spanish, opening its classification with a 7, followed closely by the canaria Martina Reino, tenth in today's race. For her part, Ana Moncada has added a 27.

The rest of the results of the Spanish athletes have been: Lara Himmes 20, María Martínez 21, Miriam Sitges 23, Ascension Roca 29, Angela Andúgar 31, Isabel Hernández 32, Sheila Martínez 34, Blanca Company 35, Miriam Carles-Torla 36 and Marga Perelló 45.

In the male ILCA 6, the performance of Max Urquizu stands out. 16, and Javier Plomer. 18. David Ponsetí (28), Daniel Giménez (32), Juan Tomás-Verdera (35), Alberto Talens (36), Daniel Cardona (41), Pedro Conde (46), Xavi Tous (47), Joan Ravie (53), Marc O'Connor (57) and Miguel Aguilar (58) also compete.

2023-03-12: The ILCA 7 premiere the European of Italy with one test

The ILCA European Championship started today, and will be held until next Friday

After a week of strong wind and challenging navigation conditions for the international fleet gathered in Andora, Italy, today the ILCA European Championship has faced a day of wind below 8 knots.

After a long wait in the water, the ILCA 7 managed to add the first race of the competition while the male and female fleets of ILCA 6 remained waiting to finally return to the ground without having been able to start their lockers.

In this first and only ILCA 7 test, the Spanish results have been mixed, with the fleet divided into three groups. The best of the day has been Pep Cazador, with a 13, followed by Jorge Gonzalvez, who has finished fifteenth. The other results have been: Javier Seguí 20, Leopoldo Barreto 21, Adolfo Virgili 22, Joaquín Blanco 23, Victor Gorostegui 24, Jagoba Huercanos 30, Mario Plomer 43, Javier Casailins 48, Samuel Beneyto 49 and Gonzalo Suárez 57.

Tomorrow, the competition will be resumed with the first warning signal scheduled for 13: 00 hours and the committee's intention to recover the non-navigational evidence on the opening day.

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2023-03-11: 40 Spanish laser in the European Championship of ILCA

More than 300 regatists will be fighting since tomorrow for the European titles of ILCA 7, ILCA 6 female and ILCA 6 male in Andora, Italy

Based in Andria, Italy, the waters of the Gulf of Genoa will host from tomorrow Sunday the dispute of the European Championship of ILCA, the oldest class of the so-called Olympic, attended by more than 40 Spanish regatists. The total participation of this continental is close to the 400 athletes.

Ana Moncada among the girls of ILCA 6, and Joaquín Blanco and Leopold Barreto in ILCA 7 lead the Spanish delegation as members of the Olympic team, to which are added athletes of the three categories admitted: ILCA 7, ILCA 6 female and ILCA 6 male. Among the 42 Spaniards are Isabel Hernández and Daniel Cardona, both included in the National Plan for Sports Tecnification of the RFEV, which were bronze Sub21 in ILCA 6 female and male respectively in the European 2022.

This competition marks the beginning of the second Olympic cycle of the Spanish sailing team for the ILCA class that will be completed with the world. In order to continue in the Olympic team during the next cycle, athletes in this European must be within the first 15% of the fleet, or among the first eight European countries.

On the starting line we will see the full podiums of the last Olympic Games: Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN), Josefin Olsson (SWE) and Marit Bouwmeester (NED) of ILCA 6, and Matthew Wearn (AUS), Fonci Stipanovic (CRO) and Hermann Tomargaard (NOR) in ILCA 7. The Open character of the competition has boosted international participation with almost half a hundred registered non-European regatists, thus offering a good prelude to the world that will take place in The Hague in August, where the first country squares for Paris 2024 will be put in play.

The organization provides for the dispute of up to twelve notable races, to be held between tomorrow Sunday, 12 March, and next Friday day 17. The tests shall be divided into a classification series and a final series. The weather parts announce strong wind for the week's premiere and rainy days during this championship.

Spanish participation
ILCA 7
Joaquín Blanco (Canary Islands) - EO
Leopoldo Barreto (Canary Islands) - EO
Pep Hunter (Balearic Islands) - PNTD
Gonzalo Suárez (Comunitat Valenciana) - PNTD
Javier Segui (Balearic Islands) - PNTD
Samuel Beneyto (Canary Islands)
Javier Casalins (Murca Region)
John Eric Eastman (Valencia)
Pol Font Reyero (Catalonia)
Jorge Gonzalvez (Comunitat Valenciana)
Victor Gorostegui (Cantabria)
Jagoba Huércanos (Balearic Islands)
Mario Plomer (Balearic Islands)
Tadeusz Witold (Valencia)
Adolfo Virgili (Murcia Region)

ILCA 6 female
Ana Moncada (Andalusia) - EO
Isabel Hernández (Canary Islands) - PNTD
Lara Himmes (Comunitat Valenciana) - PNTD
María Martínez (Murcia Region) - PNTD
Marga Perelló (Balearic Islands) - PNTD
Angela Andugar (Comunitat Valenciana)
Miriam Carles-Tolra (Catalonia)
Blanca Company (Balearic Islands)
Sheila Martínez (Comunitat Valenciana)
Cristina Pujol (Catalonia)
Martina Reino (Canary Islands)
Roca Ascension (Comunitat Valenciana)
Miriam Sitges (Balearic Islands)

Male ILCA 6
Daniel Cardona (Balearic Islands) - U21 - PNTD
David Ponseti (Balearic Islands) - U21 - PNTD
Miguel Aguilar (Balearic Islands) - U21
Pedro Conde (Balearic Islands) - U21
Daniel Giménez (Balearic Islands) - U21
Karol Krupski (Balearic Islands) - U21
Marc O'Connor (Balearic Islands) - U21
Sebastian Orduña (Balearic Islands) - U21
Javier Plomer (Balearic Islands) - U21
Joan Ravie (Comunitat Valenciana) - U21
Alberto Talens (Balearic Islands) - U21
Joan Tomás-Verdera (Balearic Islands) - U21
Xavi Tous (Catalonia)
Max Urquizu (Catalonia)

European of ILCA: Spain in TopTen10, after doing the duties in Italy

European of ILCA: Spain in TopTen10, after doing the duties in Italy

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