Menorcan sailors Roser Gregorio and Blanca Sintes crowned Youth Snipe European Champions

The Youth Snipe European Championship, held in the town of San Martín de Valdeiglesias since last Saturday, April 12, has concluded at the San Juan reservoir in Madrid.

On this third day, with the starting signal brought forward by two and a half hours, sailing was possible, although only two races were completed—one short of the three needed to award the European title. However, with these two races, the regatta is valid for determining the champions in both the overall and female categories.

In this regard, the title awarded by the Real Club Náutico de Madrid went to the Portuguese team of Afonso Munhá and Francisco Camacho (C.V. Do Barreiro), who posted results of 4-1. Second place went to the team from Vigo, Javier Villanueva and Javier Rasilla (RCN Vigo), with finishes of 5-2, while the bronze went to Mauro González-Regueral and Juan García-Tizón (RCN Coruña), who placed 3rd and 5th in the two races held.

In the women's category, the title was claimed by Roser Gregorio and Blanca Sintes (CM Mahón), who finished with scores of 18-6, totaling 24 points and placing 11th in the overall standings. The crew of Mª Alejandra Correa and Irene Pérez-Fontán, from the same club, were runners-up.

The awards ceremony, held at RCN de Madrid, was attended by Martín Bermúdez, Commodore of SCIRA; Manuel Stchini Vilela, SCIRA Europe Secretary; Guillermo Poyán, president of the Madrid Sailing Federation; Arturo Delgado, former SCIRA Commodore; and Tobi Carrasco, president of RCN de Madrid, accompanied by Commodore David Peralta.