Tornado European Championship - Aussies Victorious In Mats Nyberg
8 - 13 March 2004 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, SPAIN

Sydney 2000 Olympic silver medallists and current Tornado class world champions, Darren BUNDOCK and John FORBES sailed so consistently throughout the regatta, they won the title with a race to spare.

Credit: Event Media

The final day of racing, like most days of competition at the Championship, was contested with great wind and sea conditions. In the Aussie crew’s only race of the day, they finished 6th overall.

In an interview with Forbes before leaving for the European summer circuit he said, “it is on of one of our main aims coming into 2004, to win the Mats Nyberg Trophy again this year”.

The pair, who have not sailed together since winning the world championship in September 2003, are already back on track.

One of Bundock and Forbes’ major challengers, Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold medallist, Román HAGARA and Meter STEINACKERG (AUT) finished fourth overall in the Mats Nyberg Trophy.
Winner of the 2004 European Championship title, was world number one ranked and Olympic medallists, Mitch BOOTH and Herbert DERCKSEN (NED). The crew from the Netherlands finished second overall to Bundock and Forbes for the Mats Nyberg Trophy.

6th Mats Nyberg Trophy Results – Final results

1. Darren Bundock/John Forbes (AUS)
(14,1,2,4,2,4,1,4,6,DNC) 38pts
2. Mitch Booth/Herbie Dercksen (NED) (10,3,4,OCS,4,2,3,5,9,1) 41pts
3. Olivier Backes/Laurent Voiron (FRA) (1,2,10,8,13,6,8,1,1,9) 46pts

Full results are available on the event website at the address below.

Overall Top Ten

1 NED Mitch BOOTH/Herbie DERCKSEN 33
2 FRA Olivier BACKES/Laurent VOIRON 38
3 FRA Yann GUICHARD/Christophe ESPAGNON 43
4 AUT Roman HAGARA/Hans Peter STEINACKER 48
5 ESP Fernando ECHAVARRI/Anton PAZ 56
6 GER Roland GAEBLER/Gunnar STRUCKMANN 68
7 FRA Xavier REVIL/Laurent GUILLEMETTE 82
8 GBR Leigh McMILLAN/Mark BULKELEY 83
9 GER Johannes POLGAR/Carsten HAPPEL 90
10 ITA Francesco MARCOLINI/Edoardo BIANCHI 101

Mats Nyberg

1 AUS Darren BUNDOCH/John FORBES 38
2 NED Mitch BOOTH/Herbie DERCKSEN 41
3 FRA Olivier BACKES/Laurent VOIRON 46
4 FRA Yann GUICHARD/Christophe ESPAGNON 51
5 AUT Roman HAGARA/Hans Peter STEINACKER 58
6 ESP Fernando ECHAVARRI/Anton PAZ 64
7 GER Roland GAEBLER/Gunnar STRUCKMANN 80
8 ARG SANTIAGO LANGE/Carlos ESPINOLA 94
9 FRA Xavier REVIL/Laurent GUILLEMETTE 96
10 GBR Leigh McMILLAN/Mark BULKELEY 98

Event Website
www.rcngc.com/europeo_04/