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On the final day of the ProKids Slalom World's, Olivier Tom Schliemann was in
top form as he battled against Maciek Rutkowski to show why he should be the
first ProKids Slalom World Champion. He completed two straight wins to be
crowned ProKids Slalom World Champion, Maciek came second overall with Bjorn
Saragoza in third place.
Finishing in 5th overall, the French Martinique rider Morane Demont came
first in the combined Under 15 competition. Not only did she beat the boys to
win this class, she was also the first girl home in the overall Prokids
event-marking her as the Prokids Slalom World's Woman's Champion.
As the competition was also part of the IFC Slalom Junior Championship,
Morane's results were included in the over all woman's results. Here her results
would be compared against the results of all women under 20...here too Morane
made and impressive result finishing second.
No doubt we will all be a seeing a lot more Olivier-Tom, Maciek, Bjorn,
Morane and all other ProKid riders as the professional champions of tomorrow.
The next ProKids event is in Bonaire for the ProKid's Freestyle World's. Next
for Morane is the Formula Experience World's in Estonia in August.
The summary of the competition below with photos and results is courtesy of
the IFCA
Pro Kids Slalom
Worlds Under 17
Oliver-Tom Schliemann seems to have recovered from 2 bad races yesterday and
with 2 straight wins he secured his world title. Maciek Rutkowski with 5
second places and one bullet ended as Vice-world Champion. Bjorn Sargoza was
never in trouble and secured his third place.
In the under 15 group Morane Demont (a Girl!!) was attacked by TUR 888 Sina
Kural but also here the title was decided on the "best discard
rule" in favor of Morane of Martinique. Amado Vrieswijk, 11 years old
from Bonaire, was able to beat a lot of older boys and girls and took 3rd
place in the under 15. This also put him in first place in the under 13
group. A promising kid is the least we can say. Vice-world Champion went to
local Cem Catrili and 3rd place in the under 13 sub-division was 9 year old
Jurgen Saragoza!
Youth under 20
World Championships
The return of the French could be the
motto here with a strong attack of Maxime Gaubert with 2 bullets in a row. Enes
Yilmazer missed a shift and by starting on the leeward side of the course
lost his chances of the title. He made second place overall with the same
points as "Max" but with a worst discard. With an impressive 2-2-3
last years vice-world champion Emirhan Kolburan took third place after a
disappointing first day yesterday. Emirhan is focusing on freestyle lately
and missed out some important slalom training days that could have put him on
top of the podium. Joly Ophelie became first girl in this strong boys' fleet
before the semi-local Lena Aylin Erdil and Pietrasik Agnieska from Poland.
Masters World
Championship
The impressive constant Marcus
Poltenstein secured his first world Title in the Masters fleet by beating 2
former World Champions Marco Begalli and Massimo Masserini. Marcus focussed
this year on the championship after becoming father last year and took
despite an OCS the title home. A footstrap problem for Marco and a broken
boom for Constantino made it easier for Marcus to win but overall he was the
best master on the fleet. Luis Marchegger, ITA 6 won the Grandmasters
(>45) sub-division title ahead of his fellow Italian Franchini Giovanni
and local Murat Sevincli.
Ladies championship
No big news
today, Ophelie Jolie had no problems in defending her first place after the first day and 14 year
old Morane Demont of Martinique is solid second. Agnieska Pietrasik fought
her way back up to third place and completed the podium.
Conclusion:
The youth is coming!! Antoine, Micah, Finian,... be
ready because a new fleet of kids is working hard to go fast and knock on the
doors of the PWA. The kids of Bonaire WindsurfPlace, Martinique, HWO, Alacati Beach Resort are hot stuff!! See You next year in
Lake Garda 1-6 July 2008 for the 2nd Junior, Youth and Masters World
Championships.
The U17 winners Maciek Rutkowski (2nd)
Olivier-Tom Schlieman (1st) , Bjorn Saragoza (3rd)
The under 15 winners Sina Kural (2nd)
Morane Demont (1st) Amado Vrieswyk (3rd)
The U13 winners Cem Catirli (2nd) Amado Vrieswyk (1st) Jurgen Saragoza(3rd)
Over all women's winners Morane DeMont (2nd) Joly Ophelie (1st) Pietrasik
Agnieszka (3rd)
Gaubert Maxime-winner of the Under 20 competition
Winner's of the Masters Markus Poltenstein (2nd) Begalli Marco (1st)
Constantino Saragoza (Bjorn and Jurgen's father (3rd)
The boyz
Friday 13
July-wind-wind-wind
The promised wind materialized in a solid 25 knots in the morning, sometimes
gusting up to 30 knots. With these challenging conditions everybody looked
for the smallest sails in their registered equipment.
Pro Kids Slalom
worlds Under 17
After the first elimination series it
looked as if Oliver Tom Schlieman GER-1001 would have no problems in taking
the title but, after an OCS in the 2nd eliminations and a fall in the first
gibe of the final of the third elimination, Maciek took the lead after the
first day. The solid performances of Bjorn Saragoza (3,1
and 2) put him in second place.
In the under 15 group Morane Demont (a Girl!!) is leading with 1 point on
Tur888 Sina Kural. The Under 13 group looks to be under the control of the
blond Bonaire surfer Amado Vrieswijk.??
Youth under 17
World Championships
This is the battle of HWO-Almanarre
against the locals. Enes Yilmazer, last year's third on the Youth world
championships, is leading but Maxime Gaubert and Thomas Gaudiot will not give
the title away without a battle.
Remarkable also was the fact that Joly Ophelie managed to qualify for a final
in this strong field of boys.
Masters World
Championship
The first ever participation of AHO-1,
Constantino Saragoza was impressive. Taking home the first elimination series
in front of Marco Begalli (Master World Champion 2005) set the pace. On top
of that Marco sailed the wrong heat in the second elimination and AUT 30,
Markus Poltenstein, totally focused, placed himself on the top of the ranking
after the first day with a 3rd, first and second place...exiting...
Luis Marchegger, ITA is actually leading the Grandmasters (>45) sub-division
before his fellow Italian Franchini Giovanni.
Ladies
championship
3 French, 2 Turkish and one Polish
girl are fighting it out for the ladies title. After the first day it looks
like FRA 64, Ophelie Jolie will have no problems in winning but 14 year old
Morane Demont of Martinique is already knocking at the door. Morane misses
her coach Remi Vila but nevertheless did very well against all the older
girls with a 2nd, 3rd and a first place in the ladies fleet.
ProKids Slalom World's
Turkey-Plane sailing on Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th played on the organizers with two boat engines breaking down,
one anchor line breaking and one committee boat sinking. But for the ProKid
competitors it was all plane sailing with strong winds providing a successful
and exciting day for all the competitors. This was a positive change for all
after several days of no wind and no competition.
At the completion of Friday's three heats, the Polish rider Rutkowski Maciek
(U17) is currently in the over all lead with Starboard riders Bjorn Saragoza
(U17) and Olivier Tom Schliemann (U17) in hot pursuit.
In the woman's division, Starboard's French Martinique rider Morane Demont
(U15) is in first place and 5th overall. Her closest rival in the woman's is
her older sister Elementine (U17) placed 7th in the overall standings.
In yesterday's update we shared a summary of 9 year
old ProKid Jurgen Saragoza. He is competing in the under 13 division and
doing well, finishing above above older riders.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day,
with the first start scheduled for 10am and last possible start 4pm. The
winner of the first ProKids Slalom World's will be announced at 6pm. We'll be
sharing a full summary of the winners on our next update.
A list of the winners is below courtesy of the IFCA.
With Saturday being Bastille Day, below are photos of our leader in the
women's division, French Martinique rider Morane Demont.
ProKids Slalom World's
Turkey-ProKid Jurgen Saragoza is the youngest entrant into an IFCA event
 
It's Thursday evening and everyone is anticipating a solid day of competition
for Friday. The winds started blowing briefly on Thursday evening at 7pm. The
organizers decided to make use of the wind and the long day light by holding
one race for the masters... but then the wind became irregular and racing was
stopped. With all hopeful for racing on Friday, the skippers meeting is at
9am Friday with racing scheduled to commence from 10am onwards.
We look forward to sharing you a summary of the complete days racing.
Our youngest ProKid stars competing in the Prokids Slalom
World's is nine year old Jurgen Saragoza from Bonaire. With sail
number NB119 he is the youngest competitor ever on an IFCA event. Below is a
brief profile of Jurgen.
Jurgen is 9 years "old" and started windsurfing in 2000 when he was
only 2 years. When he was at Bonaire Windsurfplace (the place to be) with his
dad Constantino, 6 years older brother Bjorn and friends he wanted to
windsurf too. Although he could not yet swim, he succeeded in handling a
board. Now it is his favourite place to practice with his friends. "The
nicest disciplines are Slalom and Freestyle" he said. His hero and
example is Kiri Thode (second in the PWA's 2007overall freestyle ranking).
To start at such a young age brings a lot. Jurgen
competed in the Aruba HighWind 4 years ago at the age of 5 years. There too
he was one of the youngest competitors. He proudly said "And I finished
all races!!!"??2 Years ago he won his first title at the ProKids
Freestyle World Championships in Bonaire. His sponsors are: Starboard,
Hotsails Maui and the Bonaire Windsurfplace. Over the last few years he made
already a lot of windsurf trips. For his sponsors he
went to the Starboard photoshoot in Maui, the London (indoor) and Lake Garda
to give windsurf shows. About Ala??ati he said:
"It is a very nice place to surf. I meet a lot of friends and the
spaghetti is very good. In the beginning I found the water is very cold. In
Bonaire the water temperature is 27 degrees, but now I am used to it". His
goal at the IFCA Slalom Worlds 2007 is to be the champion in the under 13
division.
No doubt we will be seeing a lot more of Jurgen in the future and we wish him
great success in Alacati.
Below is a list of the entries courtesy of the IFCA
Entry List IFCA ProKids Slalom World's Junior, Youth & Masters
Championships 2007
ProKids Slalom Turkey
Update-Waiting for the wind.
With all the Slalom ProKid riders having arrived in Alacati from around the
world, they are ready for action to determine who will be crowned the ProKids
Slalom World Champion...but for now itss a game of patience as everyone waits
for the wind.
With wind forecast to get stronger heading into the
weekend, we are anticipating heats to get under way from Thursday
onwards...hopefully.
Below are some of the shots sent to us by Martinique
rider Morane Dermont as she and her gang make the most of the their
surroundings and still get to enjoy the water (in the swimming pool). You can
read more about Morane on her website www.moranefra59.com
As the wind strengthens and the competition develops
we'll be sure to share you more updates.
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