Szymon Kolka and Bartosz Zmudzinski and Hanna Rogowska took the Prizes Diputació de Girona and Manuel Albalat... the other champions were Cindolo / Valente and the sisters Schultze (420), Puchowska / Dancj and Meynen / Opstaele (29r), Römer and Turrin (Ilca4) and Raison (Ilca6), and five Spanish podiums, Joan Camats and Mireia Garriga (Ilca4) and Inés-Garrina (29 / 12), and Matta (29 / 12).

The 48 Palamós Christmas Race crowned its winners after four days of intense competition in the waters of Palamós Bay (Girona), with a very high international participation with teams from 16 countries represented. Szymon Kolka and Bartosz Zmudzinski (29er) as winners of the Trofeu Diputació de Girona to the best absolute youth and the Polish Hanna Rogowskaya (ILCA 6 Feminino) as the best Olympic crew, took the special awards.

The rest of the champions were in Ilca4 the Argentine Bruno Römer absolute and in male category and the French Elena Ezraty in female category. In Ilca6 the Swiss Ulysse Raison absolute and male and the Polish Hanna Rogowskaya. In 420 the Italians Alessio Cindolo and Sara Valente absolute and male / mixed and Giulia and Flavia Schultze in female and in 29er Antonina Puchowska and Alijca Dampc in female and the Belgians Lotte Meyne and Quinten Opstaele in mixed.

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2024-12-21: 48 Palamós Christmas Race: the closing day will decide

The Poles Symon Kolka and Bartorsz Zmudzinski are leaders in Palamós (Photo: Alfred Farré)

The penultimate day of Palamós Christmas Race served to leave some classes, case of the 29th with the Poles Symon Kolka and Bartorsz Zmudzinski, in 420 the Italians Alessio Cindolo and Sara Valente and in Ilca4 the Argentine Bruno Römer was very well directed towards the final victory. While in class Ilca6 the Swiss Ulysse Raison will have to fight it more intensively as it has a minimum difference.

The Polish crews are not giving a choice in the 29th class, among them the leadership has been exchanged, until on Saturday's day Symon Kolka and Bartosz Zmudzinski decided to give almost as sentenced the race, winning the two sleeves of the day and dismissing the fifth place on Friday, so they are firm leaders with five points of advantage over their compatriots Antonina Puchowska and Alicja Dampc, who are second absolute and first female. Five points behind, in third position are the Swiss Ilke Huber and Liam Berger, who will leave on the last day with the mission of defending the podium, as the Italians Cosimo del Bimbo and Leonardo Scarpelini and the French Quentin Bourrust and Gautier Neau are fourth and fifth respectively to a point of the Helvetic crew. The best Spanish crew is that of the Canary Islands Inés Martin-Urda and Natalia Méndez (RCN Gran Canaria), which occupy the seventh position.

Meanwhile, the Italian teams have been joined by the Spaniards among the top ten. While Alessio Cindolo and Sara Valente remain in the lead after a second in the only disputed test, they have been approached by Maria Blanco and Alex Camps (CN El Balís) who are already seconds after making a third and dismissing a tenth place, once a discard has come into play after the fourth manga. The Italians Nicolás Margaria and Edoardo Cavero provisionally close the podium in third position, tied to points with Giuseppe Bicochi and Gemma Giovanelli. The canarian-balar crew of Miguel Méndez and Diego Coronado (RCN Gran Canaria / Ca'n Pascilla), quintos and the Andalusian of José Antonio Ruíz and Vicente Hernández (CN Puerto Sherry), have entered the top ten.

In Ilca6 the Swiss Ulysse Raison recovered the lead after performing a sixth and a first, which places him at the front of the table in the absence of a day, exceeding the Italian Rayene El Haddadi, who is placed three points behind, in second position. The third is for Guillem de Llanos (CN Sant Feliu de Guíxols) who won the first sleeve and although he did a 45 in the second, he discards this position and has to do very well on the final day if he wants to stay in this privileged position on the table.

The Argentine Bruno Römer arrives as a leading leader in the final day. The rosarin that is the only one of all the competition that is first since the inaugural day, has managed to open the gap and today has been marked two first positions that catapult him in the head. The difference with the second, the Swiss Leanne Turrin - the first female - is seven points and ten with the third, the Catalan Joan Camats (CN Arenys de Mar). The fourth and second female is Mireia Garriga (CN Sant Feliu de Guíxols).

The day of this Sunday, last of the 48th Palamós Christmas Race, will start from 11 a.m. and will have the time limit to give a departure at 3.30 p.m. The award is scheduled for 17 hours in the Village de la Platja Gran.

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2024-12-20: 48 Palamós Christmas Race: two sleeves to begin with

The British Rayson (Ilca6) and Jones / Burlton (420), the Argentine Römer (Ilca4) and the Polish Puchowska / Dampc in 29er are the first leaders (Photo Alfred Farré)

In class ILCA 6, the Swiss Ulisse Rayson, in the male category and the Ukrainian Sofia Naumenko, in the female category are the first leaders of 58 participants. Rayson, of the smallest in the fleet, added a quarter and a first position to lead the general with a three-point advantage over Ot Puig (CN Vilanova), which performed a second and an eighth. The third square is for the British Archie Munro-Price that with a 1-9, winning the first sleeve but was not able to keep the rhythm of the first in the second. Among the females, the Hanna Rowoska and Kinga Slazchetka Polish follow Naumenko.

Bruno Römer, one of the great values of the Argentine sailing showed his role as a favorite and he marked a 2-1, which serves to finish the inaugural day with three points of rent on Joan Camats (CN Arenys de Mar) that with an 1-5 occupies the second position, tied to points with the Swiss Leanne Turrin, the first female, that was marked two third places. They are followed by Mireia Garriga (CN Sant Feliu de Guíxols), the second female and fourth absolute and the Polish Patrycja Jaloszynska, the third female and fifth of the general.

The 420 class is the largest with 109 participants and in which the British Joe Jones and Hennie Burlton have become the first leaders after performing a 5-1. From there he is followed by two Spanish crews, those of María Blanco and Alex Camps (CN El Balís), seconds after performing a 3-6 and Pedro Sotomayor and Quim Serra (RCN Barcelona), with a 3-7. In this group the fleet is divided between the blue and yellow groups. The first female crew is that of the Italian Giulia and Flavia Schultze in fifth position. The first manga in the yellow group was won by Pietro Periotto and Guillermo Hidalgo (RCM Santander), but one-fifth in the second was down to the eighth position in the general.

The 29th class premiered in Palamós Christmas Race the EuroCup 2025 circuit. The Polacas Antonina Puchowska and Alicja Dampc have placed absolute leaders after performing a 3-2, one point ahead of their compatriots Szymon Kolka and Bartosz Zmudzinksi with a 1-5. Tercers are the Italian Bianca Marchesini and Lucia Finato, which with a 5-3 close the podium posts. The first Spanish crew is that of Inés Martin-Urda and Natalia Mendez (RCN Gran Canaria), in sixth position and third female. For tomorrow from 11: 00 more hours... for the moment the classifications are as follows:

Ilca6 (58 participants)
1.Ulisse Rayson (SUI), 5 p.
2.Ot Puig (ESP) 8 p.
3.Archie Munro-Price (GBR), 10 p.

Ilca4 (29 participants)
1.Bruno Römer (ARG), 3 p.
2.Joan Camats (ESP), 6 p.
3.Leanne Turrin (SUI), 6 p.

420 (109 participants)
1.Joe Jones / Hennie Burlton (GBR), 6 p.
2.María Blanco / Alex Camps (ESP), 9 p.
3.Pedro Sotomayor / Quim Serra (ESP), 10 p.

29er (34 participants)
1.Antonina Puchowska / Alicja Dampc (POL), 5 p.
2.Szymon Kolka / Bartosz Zmudzinksi (POL), 6 p.
3.Bianca Marchesini / Lucia Finato (ITA), 8 p.

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