Commonwealth Sailing Championships

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1st Commonwealth Sailing Championships
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Event Title
Edition1st
Event Details
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Dates18–23 January 2003

The inaugural Commonwealth Sailing Championships were held in Port Phillip, Melbourne in January 2003. Both the Commonwealth Games Federation and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) approved the Inaugural Commonwealth Sailing Championships. The Championship venue was the Sandringham Yacht Club, which has also hosted the ISAF Grade 1 event (the Olympic & Invited Classes Regatta).

Contents

Classes

The classes of competition were: [1]

Results

[2] [3]

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Laser Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Blackburn Flag of England.svg Ed Wright Flag of New Zealand.svg Alastair Gair
470 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Wilmot
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Malcolm Page
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mathew Belcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Belcher
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Brown
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie Hunt
Mistral

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Laser Radial Ulster Banner.svg Debbie Hanna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melanie Dennison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Megan De Lange
470 class Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenny Armstrong
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Belinda Stowell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa Charlson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rike Ziegelmayer
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shelley Hesson
Flag of New Zealand.svg Linda Dickson
Mistral

Open events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Hobie 16 (open) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie Lovig
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Douglas
Flag of Fiji.svg Shayne Brodie
Flag of Fiji.svg Loren Gough
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Fields
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kieran Browne

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53210
2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1001
3Flag of England.svg  England 0101
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0101
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0033
Totals (5 entries)65516

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References

  1. "The Inaugural Commonwealth Sailing Championships". Sail-World Australia. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. "Sailing for the Commonwealth". The Daily Sail. 24 January 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. "Wilmot/Page Win 470 Combined & Mens – Armstrong/Stowell Win Womens". Sail-World Australia. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2022.