A huge congratulations to Team SLMASC sailor TOM BURTON who placed 9th @ The Laser Worlds in Oman 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2013. Tom was the highest placed Australian finisher with results of:-
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
8 1 4 17 14 7 21 12 15 9 18 31
Tom spoke with AST’s Cora Zillich:-
“It’s been a bit mixed results-wise for me. I came here wanting to win, I had been in contention to win every regatta I competed at this year and I had high hopes that this would be the same. Unfortunately, it didn’t go the way I planned”, he said.
“It has been nearly six months since I raced at full competition level and it showed a little with some of the mistakes I was making although it was a really tricky event”, he added.
“My expectations and goals were to at least beat what I did last year which was fifth position. I wasn’t far off in the end but in reality I was well off the pace of the leaders. The top six were at a different level and seemed to do everything right.”
“On a positive note, I strive to reach that level. In the laser fleet it doesn’t take much for the top guys to look really good. I know I can repeat what I was doing this year and that was being in contention to win at most events.”
Tom, I know your Mum, Dad and family as well as your extended family @ SLMASC are all really proud of your achievements, bring on Sail Melbourne….and then hopefully some well earned rest and relaxation @ home?
Smooth Sailing
Team SLMASC
