Mullee and Slayer Spanish champions of Laser 4.7 sub18 and sub16. La sevillana Ana Moncada has been the female champion

The Spanish Laser 4.7 Championship ended this afternoon in the waters of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia, after four days of competition marked by a complicated weather that has only allowed a total of 7 tests to be held. After the only two tests of the final round that have been held today, bat Finn Mulle has been proclaimed champion sub18 and mallorquin Pep Slayer winning sub16. The women's Spanish champion in both categories has been the Sevillian Ana Moncada.

The competition in water began on Saturday, December 3, with the classification series, for which the fleet was divided into the Yellow and Blue groups. After the five tests of the qualifying round, and depending on the results obtained, the participants were divided last Sunday into the Gold and Silver groups to fight the final series, which was to start yesterday Monday. However, the harsh weather conditions, with a wind of between 28 and 30 knots and waves of between 2.5 and 4 meters, did not allow for any test yesterday, so the final round has been filled with the two tests disputed today.

The regatist of CN Los Nietos Finn Mullee, who led the general classification at the close of the qualifying round, has managed to maintain the leadership and proclaim himself the Spanish champion sub18 of Laser 4.7 despite the failure that has had in the first manga of the day and that has been able to be ruled out. The second square of the general table has been for a very consistent Pep Cazador, of the CN S'Arenal, which began the final round in seventh position of the table and has managed to proclaim itself today champion of Spain sub16.

The Galician Roberto Bermudez de Castro, who began the final round in the second position of the general classification, has been somewhat more irregular today, and has had to be confirmed to be third in the general and second sub16, which is also a very good result. For its part, the Tierfeño Julio Jordan Bañón has been the second sub18 and fourth of the general, just one point behind Bermudez de Castro.

The Sevillana has signed a good performance, leaving ninth of the general classification and declaring itself the champion of Spanish women in the sub16 and sub18 categories. The second female square has been for Africa Sierra and the third for Nelly María González. The second classified sub16 was the canaria Margarita Iess and the stubborn square for Barbara Rodríguez del CN Mar Menor.

05 / 12 / 2016: Mullee, Bermudez de Castro and Cairo command in the National of 4.7 in Valencia

The Spanish Laser Championship 4.7, which is held until December 6 at the Royal Nautical Club in Valencia, today closed its qualifying round with a tight head of the general classification showing the very high level of the participating fleet. The race has a record number of participants: 154 regatists from all over the national geography who will certainly give the best of themselves to get the title of Spanish champion. After two days of competition in Valencian waters and five trials of the qualifying round, the fleet has already been divided into the Gold and Silver Groups that begin tomorrow the final round, in which everything can happen. Finn Mullee (CN Los Nietos) leads a tight table where it is not possible to anticipate a favorite, leaving maximum emotion for the last two days.

Finn Mullee leads the general classification. Second is Roberto Bermudez de Castro, and third Marcelo Cairo (Pep Portas)

On Saturday two of the three tests planned with the north-east wind were completed, which took time to establish and then blew with intensities that were increasing to 13 knots. Today, the wind has again blown from the north-east of 10 to 18 knots with a sea with a lot of wave that has not put anything easy to the fleet or the race committee, which has managed to complete the three tests planned for the day in time to return to port before sunset. With the head of the table in a fist, it shows the very high level of the fleet, the final round is anticipated exciting as everything can happen. The bat Finn Mullee, who finished the first day of competition in second position, has shown a great regularity in today's day, which has allowed him to ascend to the first position of the general classification. The second square of the general table is for the Galician Roberto Bermudez de Castro, just one point behind and tied to points with the following two classified. The RCN La Coruña regatist, who is also leader sub16, has two first positions, a third and an eighth that place him behind the leader, having ruled out his worst result, a 22nd of the first manga on Saturday. For its part, Marcelo Cairo, of CN Cambris, is third thanks also to the discarding of its worst result and fighting for the podium tied to points with the second and the fourth, the canary Julio Jordan Bañón.

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The Real Club Náutico de Valencia hosts this week the Spanish Laser Championship 4.7, which brings together the best regatists of the national territory, with a record number of 154 registered. The test, organized in collaboration with the Federation of Vela of the Valencia Community and the National Secretariat of Laser Class, is selective for the 2017 National Team of the International Laser Class sub 18 and sub16. The test has the participation of the first four classified national ranking: the Menorcan Pere Joan Ponseti, the Galician Roberto Bermudez and Jorge Tabara and the Catalan Marcelo Cairo, who will no doubt fight to maintain their status and integrate the national team of 2017. They also participate in the championship of more than twenty different clubs from all Spanish geography, from the Canary Islands to Galicia, through Catalonia, Murcia, Baleares, Navarra, Andalusia, Melilla, Madrid, and, of course, the Valencia Community.

More than 150 lasers of 4.7 participate in the Spanish Championship

The days of Thursday and Friday are dedicated to the delivery of the instructions of regatta and formalization of inscriptions, and some of the participants take advantage to train in the field of Valencian regatta. The tests at sea will begin on Saturday, December 3, and a maximum of 12 in total will be held, consisting of trapeze-shaped tours. Due to the large number of participants, the fleet will be divided into two groups, yellow and blue, to dispute a qualifying round with a maximum of 6 tests, on 3 and 4 December. Later, depending on the results obtained in the qualifying round, the regatists will be divided into Grupo Oro and Plata to dispute the final round on 5 and 6 November, with a maximum of 6 tests. The championship will end on Tuesday, December 6, when the winners of the male and female sub-18 category and male and female sub 16 category will be known and the award of trophies will take place.