Belgium Results

Belgium International Results for 1999

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The Belgium race at Oudenaarde was fantastic, with quite a great turn out. Danny Nicholls and his team really did a great job and must be commended for the outstanding event that they host for us boaters.  This race is held just for FSR-V and was a very prestigious occasion having the top boaters in the World racing in this event.

A total of 298 boats were registered for this event with 14 different countries taking part. The 15cc class being the most popular and also giving us one of the best finals we have ever seen in a long time.

For Information on were it is, take a look at the Belgium Challenge page.

Before we get to the results just some pictures of the event and the people.

Results and some pics:

3.5 cc class

bafinal.jpg (15384 bytes) Myself getting ready for the 3.5cc final

FINAL

Great race with plenty of bad luck for most of us. With Ian Folksen and Mauro Bragheiri having trouble right at the beginning stages of the race left the field fairly wide open. Resulting in the following:

  • 1st = Roy Petterson  72 laps 10.5 sec  Sweden
  • 2nd = Michael Bertram 72 laps 12.2 sec Germany
  • 3rd = Carsten Neusel 71 laps 16.4 sec Germany
  • 4th = S Hauenschild 65 laps 2 sec  Germany
  • 5th = Gary Baldwin 65 laps 14.8 sec South Africa

 

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6.5 cc Class

Willie Forster having bad luck hitting a boat in the water that had just spun out in front of him breaking his shaft in one of the heat races. bfixwil.jpg (23924 bytes)
bgarya.jpg (21886 bytes) Myself waiting for one of the heat races.

FINAL

Some great racing but once again some good boaters did not have good luck as DaveMarles was out due to gearbox failure. The results were as follows:

  • 1st = R Kaekenmeister 78 laps 7.6 sec Germany
  • 2nd = Steve Drew 73 laps 10.4 sec Great Britain
  • 3rd = Andrew Aykroyd 72 laps 19.7 sec Great Britain
  • 4th = Bart Drieghe 71 laps 22.7 sec Belgium
  • 5th = Maarten Kindt 70 laps .3 sec Belgium
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15 cc Class

bcolinc.jpg (20829 bytes) Colin Baldwin ready for his second heat race.Having bad luck with his rudder breaking off.
Mauro Braghieri and Tony Forslund getting ready to race the final. Dieter Smeets also in the background with boat number 3.

 

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FINAL

This was really one of the greatest 15cc races we have all seen in a very long time. With seconds playing the difference throughout the race between Ian Folkson and Mauro Braghieri. Tony Forslund was also right there to take the lead if anything went wrong. The final results were:

  • 1st = Mauro Braghieri 85 laps 11.2 sec Italy
  • 2nd = Ian Folkson 85 laps 20.1 sec Great Britain
  • 3rd = Tony Forslund 83 laps 1.7 sec Sweden
  • 4th = Ivan Stagnani 82 laps .1 sec Italy
  • 5th = Dieter Smeets 81 laps 20.7 sec Belgium

Special awards

brsaarhk.jpg (20913 bytes) It was a great surprise when the Belgium organizers gave Argentina,Hong Kong and South Africa all a special trophy in appreciation for us coming all the way to their event. This was greatly appreciated.

Compiled by Gary Baldwin

Last Updated on 03-Apr-01

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