Commonwealth Sailing Championships

2003 sailing competition in Melbourne, Australia

1st Commonwealth Sailing Championships

Event title
Edition| 1st
Host| Sandringham Yacht Club
Event details
Venue| Melbourne, Australia
Dates| 18–23 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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[2][3]

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Laser  |  Michael Blackburn |  Ed Wright |  Alastair Gair
470  |  Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page |  Mathew Belcher
Daniel Belcher  |  Andrew Brown
Jamie Hunt
Mistral  |  |  |

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Laser Radial  |  Debbie Hanna  |  Melanie Dennison |  Megan De Lange
470 class  |  Jenny Armstrong
Belinda Stowell |  Lisa Charlson
Rike Ziegelmayer  |  Shelley Hesson
Linda Dickson
Mistral  |  |  |

### Open events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Hobie 16 (open)  |  Robbie Lovig
Glen Douglas  |  Shayne Brodie
Loren Gough  |  Steve Fields
Kieran Browne

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Australia| 5| 3| 2| 10
2|  Northern Ireland| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  England| 0| 1| 0| 1
Fiji| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  New Zealand| 0| 0| 3| 3
Totals (5 entries)| 6| 5| 5| 16

## 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.

## External links

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* Sail Melbourne website

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