Emirates Modern Sailing Champion: 117 Sailors Compete in Thrilling Abu Dhabi Finals

Abu Dhabi (Etihad)

Competitions for the fourth round of the “Emirates Modern Sailing Champion” competition were concluded in the capital, Abu Dhabi, where 117 sailors participated in different categories of the competition, as well as participants in the a sailing category for people with determination, with strong international participation from Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Malaysia.
The competition, which lasted over two days, was won by Edward West in the “Optimist Junior” category, while Cornelia Bajak came second, and Jean-Luc Herve came third, all from the Dubai Offshore Club In the Optimist Girls category Bajak took first place. in second place, and in third place was Cornelia Bajak, who climbed the podium 3 times in different categories.
In the girls elk 4 category, Marwa Al Hammadi from Abu Dhabi Academy took first place, followed by Eva Hardy from Dubai Offshore Club, and Al Yazya Al Hammadi from Abu Dhabi Academy In the general elk 4 category, the first place achieved by Marwa Al Hammadi, then Muhammad Al Owais from Al Hamriyah Club, and the second from Qatar.
In the 6-girl Elka category, Philip Fan from Dubai Offshore Club won first place, followed by Cairnita Binti Mohd from Malaysia, and Eva Wycherley from Dubai Offshore Club came in third.
In the General Elka 6 category, Philip Fan took first place, Othman Al Hammadi came second, and Mohammed Al Hammadi from Abu Dhabi Academy came third.
In the Elka 7 Grand Master category, Richard Wood won first place, John Carpenter came in second place, and Rob McLachin in third place In the Elka Master category, John Woolcock won first place, Adel Khaled from Club Al Hamriyah came runner-up, Manaf Al Waheeb from Kuwait. came third, and in the Elka Grand Master 7 Overall category, Joost Van Aanholt came first, John Woolcock came second, and Hamza Ismail Al Ali from the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Academy came third.
In the navigation category for people with determination, the first place in the Bahia Laser category, the second level, was achieved by Ghala Ali Hussein, then Alia Abdullah Al Muhairi, Omar Al Hammadi, and Muhammad Al Zubaidi, and in the third place for the Bahia Laser, Omar Al Hammadi and Hamad Al Zubaidi came in first place, and they came in second place Salman Al-Hammadi and Saleh Fahd, in third place were Khaled Al-Ali and Zayed Ahmed, in fourth place Yousef Al -Jawader and Abdullah Sultan, and In fifth place were Muhammad Al-Junaibi and Nasser Al-Mahri.
At the end, the winners were honored by Salem Al Rumaithi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, Abdullah Al Humaidan, Secretary General of the Zayed High-Level Group for Decision-Making People, Mohammed Al Obaidli, Secretary General of the – Modern Sailing and Rowing Federation, and Nasser Al Dhaheri, Executive Director of the Maritime Sports Department, in the presence of Hassan Jassim, Secretary General of the Qatar Maritime Sports Federation.