Updated Results :: 2012 Great Western Challenge

Congratulations to Griffin Sherry on his 7 bullets to win the 2012 Ice Opti North American Championship.
Congratulations to Peter Orebeke on his hard fought battle in the Silver Fleet.

A Giant Congratulations to our Man in Mound, Mark Christensen, who put it all together and didn't let this one get away. We all know he has speed, and it is great to see him come out on top. Sometimes deserves do matter, and he deserved this one.
Doctor for the WIN!

                Great Western Challenge - December 1 - 2, 2012

                                Pelican Lake
                           Alexandria, Minnesota

Gold fleet

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Pos    Sail#           Name          Race>     1    2    3    4    5    6    7  Points
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  1   US 4824   CHRISTENSEN,      MARK (S)     1    1    2    1 (  5)   2    4   11.00
  2   US 4691        DENNIS,      JOHN (S)     3 ( 12)  10    6    1    1    2   23.00
  3   US   60        HARPER,      JOHN (S)     2    3    4    2 (  7)   6    7   24.00
  4   US 5014       ISABELL,          MARK     6    2    1 ( 10)   8    7   10   34.00
  5   US 4257         GLUEK,           JIM     5    4    8    3    9    8 ( 15)  37.00
  6   US  807       FRANCIS,            JR    13    5 ( 13)   8    6    5    3   40.00
  7   US 4926      ORLEBEKE,         STEVE     9    6    5 ( 11)  10   10    5   45.00
  8   US  216       POTCOVA,       RICHARD     8 (DNS)   9    5   11    4    8   45.00
  9   US 5219         BAKER,          KENT    10    8    3   12    4 ( 13)  13   50.00
 10    G  679     SCHNEIDER,  MARTIN-BJORN  (DNF)   7  DNF    4    3    9    6   63.00
 11    G   55       SEEGERS,       ANDREAS    11 ( 16)  12    7   14   11   12   67.00
 12    H  467 VAN REIMSDIJK,       DIDERIC     4   10   24    9   17   12 (DNS)  76.00
 13   US   44        SHERRY,           RON     7  DNS  DNS (DNS)   2    3    1   81.00
 14   US  294      LOENNEKE,     LOUIS (M)    17   13    6   14 ( 21)  19   17   86.00
 15   US  445          Cave,           Bob    12   20   11   17   15 ( 20)  16   91.00
 16   US  602         MEYER,       TOM (M)    15   15   15 ( 20)  18   14   14   91.00
 17   US 3283      WILLIAMS,   J.BRUCE (M)    18   21   16   19 (DNS)  15   11  100.00
 18   US 5352         HEARN,        DANIEL  ( 26)  18    7   18   20   16   24  103.00
 19   US 5214      MCDONAGH,           JIM    14   17  DNF (DNS)  24   17    9  115.00
 20   US 5391      VERBURGT,           TOM    23   19   21   22   13 ( 23)  18  116.00
 21    G  551       SEEGERS, CHRISTIAN (M)  (DNS)  23   20   24   12   22   19  120.00
 22   US 3271     JANKOWSKI,      MIKE (S)    22   14   18   23   22 ( 25)  22  121.00
 23   US 5479       PTASNIK,     VLADISLAV  ( 25)  24   19   16   16   24   23  122.00
 24   US 4789         CLARK,     CHRIS (S)    16    9   17   13 (DNS) DNS  DNS  123.00
 25   US 5298         Brown,         Scott  ( 29)  22   23   25   19   21   21  131.00
 26   US 4868      RICHARDS,     JULIE (S)    24   11   14   15 (DNS) DNS  DNS  132.00
 27   US 5435       KJOLLER,          JODY    19   25   22   21   23 ( 26)  25  135.00
 28   US 4923         SOLUM,          JEFF    30  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS   18   20  170.00
 29   US 2000        LEBEAU,      LEON (S)    20  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  190.00
 30   US 4882        WOLLAM,   RICHARD (M)    21  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  191.00
 31   US 5366        KOLLER,          ADAM    27  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  197.00
 32   US 5434        Backus,        Jeremy    28  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  198.00
 

Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds




Silver fleet

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Pos    Sail#         Name        Race>     1    2    3    4    5    6    7  Points
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  1   US 5501    Orlebeke,       Peter  (  8)   2    3    1    1    5    2   14.00
  2   US    4      Sherry,     Griffin     1    5    2    3    2    7 (  8)  20.00
  3   US 5369      MILLER,    MIKE (M)     5    1    8 (  8)   3    3    3   23.00
  4   KC 5449       MADGE,    MIKE (S)     3    4    5    2   15 ( 19)  10   39.00
  5   US 5486       Elsmo,        Dave  ( 17)   6    6   12   13    2    7   46.00
  6   US 5352       Hearn,           F  (DNS)   7    4    7    7   25    5   55.00
  7   US 5507     Barnett,           M  ( 20)  11    1   14   11   12    6   55.00
  8   US 5506        Hurd,     Charlie  (DNS)  14   15    6    9    8   12   64.00
  9   US 5290     HUTTNER, PATRICK (S)     4   15   10    5   12 ( 22)  19   65.00
 10   US 5508       Sugar,         Tim    12 ( 21)  14   16   14    4    9   69.00
 11   US 5050 OELSCHLAGER,         TIM     6 ( 23)  20   15    4   16   14   75.00
 12   US 1277      BOWMAN,    HAL (GM)    26    9    7 (DNS)   5    6   27   80.00
 13   US 2452       Allen,       Harry     9   16   12   13   10   20 ( 21)  80.00
 14   US  824      Foster,        Andy    10 ( 26)  16   11   25   10   17   77.00
 15   US   36    METZLOFF,        KYLE    18   19   17   21 ( 23)  11    4   90.00
 16   US 5397       Lenon,        Jori    14 ( 24)  19    4   22   21   13   93.00
 18   US 5358       FROST,       DAVID  ( 32)  28   27   28    6    9   11   79.00
 17   US 5156    SOBERING,   GEOFF (S)    16   13 ( 29)  20   21   14   15   89.00
 19   US 5489      Tobias,        Eric    33   17 ( 30)  25   24   24   26  149.00
 20   US 4271   Jankowski,       Julie    25   27   11   19   17   23 ( 28) 112.00
 21   US 5464      Wegger,       Bruce     7   12  DNS   23   26 (DNS)  25  139.00
 23   US 5470      Dawson,         Tom    13    8   18   10 (DNS) DNS  DNS  141.00
 22   US 5096     KENNEDY,   STEVE (S)  (DNF)  32   31   22   20   30   16  151.00
 23   US 5470      Dawson,         Tom    13    8   18   10 (DNS) DNS  DNS  141.00
 24   US  490     Hovland,        Nick  (DNS)  20  DNS   17   16   29   24  152.00
 26   US 4923      Loomis,        John   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS    8    1    1  148.00
 25   US 5404       Mintz,        Bill    28 ( 35)  23   29   27   26   29  162.00
 27   US 5401    Nordhaus,         Jim    23   29  DNS (DNS)  29   17   22  166.00
 28   US 5169       LIZEE,        ALAN    21   22   28  DNS (DNS)  27   23  167.00
 29   US 1474   Stasieluk,        John    30 ( 31)  26   26   28   28   30  168.00
 30   US 4950     RATLIFF,        MATT   DNS   10   13    9 (DNS) DNS  DNS  170.00
 31   US 2360       Johns,  Peter (GM)    11   18    9  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  176.00
 32   US 4490       LUNDT,  PETER (GM)    15   25   21   30 (DNS) DNS  DNS  184.00
 33   US 5391    Berburgt,         Tom   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS   19   13   18  188.00
 34   US 5362   Rosenthal,         Jim    24   33   22   18 (DNS) DNS  DNS  189.00
 35   US 5444       Lynch,    Neil (S)    19   30   24   27 (DNS) DNS  DNS  192.00
 36   US 3433     CUMMINS,  ROBERT (M)   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS   18   18   20  194.00
 37   US 5158      Bushey,        John    27   34   25   24 (DNS) DNS  DNS  204.00
 38   US 4755     Beresni,        Mike    31  DNS  DNS (DNS)  30  DNS   31  230.00
 39   US50961      Hanson,       Mikey    29   36   32  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  235.00
 40   US   66  BUCHBINDER,    BILL (S)     2  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  232.00
 41    P   71  ZIOLKOWSKI,  LESZEK (S)   DNS    3  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  233.00
 42   US 4602   KICKHAFER,       DAVID   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS   15  DNS  245.00
 43   US 4974       Lind,         Eric    22  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  252.00
 44   US 5417   McCormick,        John   DNS   37  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  267.00
 45   US 4470    Faragher,       Randy   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  276.00
  
Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds



           2012 Ice Opti North American Championship
              Pelican Lake Alexandria, Minessota
                     December 1-2, 2012

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Pos    Sail#         Name       Race>     1    2    3    4    5    6    7  Points
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  1   US    2    Sherry,      Griffin     1    1 (  1)   1    1    1    1    6.00
  2   US    1     Hearn, Frankie (JR)     2    2 (  3)   2    2    3    3   14.00
  3   US   28  Orlebeke,         Cole     3    3    2 (  3)   3    2    2   15.00
  4   US   13 Kickhafer,      Matthew     6    4 (  6)   5    4    4    4   27.00
  5   US   18    Youins,       Holden     5    5    4 (  6)   5    5    6   30.00
  6   US  100  Metzloff,        Tyler     7    7    5    7 (DNS) DNS    5   40.00
  7   US   25     Wadey,     Geoffrey   DNF    6    7    4 (DNS) DNS  DNS   44.00
  8   US    4    Dawson,       Martha     4  DNS    8 (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS   46.00

Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds

Thanks to Deb

Thanks to Deb Whitehorse for working through the names and results. It isn't easy.

Thanks to Loretta

Thanks to Loretta for figuring things out with this too. She deserves the credit here.

Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club
www.iceboat.org

Thanks Loretta!

And of course, thanks to Loretta for doing the Scoring and the Registration. I know it made my weekend a lot more enjoyable. It was very nice to have Deb and Loretta taking care of those details.