Commonwealth Sailing Championships

1st Commonwealth Sailing Championships
Event title
Edition1st
HostSandringham Yacht Club
Event details
VenueMelbourne, 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).

Classes

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The classes of competition were:[1]

  • Laser (men)
  • Laser Radial (women)
  • 470 (men)
  • 470 (women)
  • Mistral (men)
  • Mistral (women)
  • Hobie 16 (open)

Results

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Laser Australia Michael Blackburn England Ed Wright New Zealand Alastair Gair
470 Australia Nathan Wilmot
Australia Malcolm Page 		Australia Mathew Belcher
Australia Daniel Belcher 		New Zealand Andrew Brown
New Zealand Jamie Hunt
Mistral

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Laser Radial Northern Ireland Debbie Hanna Australia Melanie Dennison Australia Megan De Lange
470 class Australia Jenny Armstrong
Australia Belinda Stowell 		Australia Lisa Charlson
Australia Rike Ziegelmayer 		New Zealand Shelley Hesson
New Zealand Linda Dickson
Mistral

Open events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hobie 16 (open) Australia Robbie Lovig
Australia Glen Douglas 		Fiji Shayne Brodie
Fiji Loren Gough 		Australia Steve Fields
Australia Kieran Browne

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia53210
2 Northern Ireland1001
3 England0101
 Fiji0101
5 New Zealand0033
Totals (5 entries)65516

References

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  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.
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