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14 December 2005, 09:43 am

SHREEVE Notches Up Two Wins In Melbourne

Formula Windsurfing World Championship 2005

Melbourne, Australia

There were more weather delays on day two of the 2005 Formula Windsurfing World Championship at Sail Melbourne, but the women finally got race two in this afternoon, with Australia's Allison SHREEVE notching up her first win, following a third place yesterday's race one, after her recovery from a start line collision. In race three she added another bullet to take the overall series lead.

Current four-time World Champion, Dorota STASZEWSKI, having won the opening race of the series yesterday, finished second today, after leading SHREEVE around the course for the second half of the race. The 23 year old Aussie, though, managed to peg the Polish woman back in the last stages of the race to get the gun. In the following race three she was third behind the Aussie to move up to second overall.

A second Polish entry, Marta HLAVATY, finished third in race two and fourth in race three for a third overall, with 2005 European Champion Lucy HORWOOD (GBR), fourth overall.

France's Youth World and European Champion, Julien QUENTEL, leads the men's event by four points from former two-time World Champion, Wojtek BRZOZOWSKI (POL), with American Seth BESSE in third place.

At 1615 hours local time, Elwood Sailing Club race organizers were holding the boardsailors ashore, as conditions are light and fickle on a lumpy sea. Up until that point only two races each have been held in the open and women's events. The women were first back on the water to complete their race three in the more normal windy conditions expected on Port Phillip.

A truly international event representing 22 nations, the 96 competitors contesting the Championship come from such countries as Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Brazil, USA, Denmark and Finland.

Top Ten Open After Two Races

Pos	Nation	Skipper	R1	R2	Pts
1	FRA	Julien QUENTEL	1	2	3
2	POL	Wojtek BRZOZOWSKI	3	4	7
3	USA	Seth BESSE	4	5	9
4	ISV	Devon BOULON	2	11	13
5	NED	Pieter BIJL	11	3	14
6	NED	Joeri VAN DIJK	7	8	15
7	NED	Casper BOUMAN	15	1	16
8	GBR	Ross WILLIAMS	12	6	18
9	NED	Dennis LITTEL	10	12	22
10	BRA	Wilhelm SCHURMANN	16	7	23

Top Nine Women After Three Races

Pos	Nation	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	AUS	Allison SHREEVE	3	1	1	5
2	POL	Dorota STASZEWSKA	1	2	3	6
3	POL	Marta HLAVATY	2	3	4	9
4	GBR	Lucy HORWOOD	10 OCS	4	2	16
5	GBR	Amy CARTER	5	5	8	18
6	POL	Zofia KLEPACKA	4	10 DNF	5	19
7	AUS	Anna DAVIS	10 OCS	6	6	22
8	FIN	Sara BECKMAN	6	10 DNF	9	25
9	DEN	Bettina HONORE	10 OCS	10 DNF	7	27

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