Sporting Digest: Sailing

BT / RYA NATIONAL MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIP North-east qualifiers (Derwent Water, Blanchland): 1 O Nuttall (Poole); 2 D Evans (Walton-on-Thames); 3 R Morris (Weybridge); 4 G Barker (Lechlade).

OPTIMIST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Istanbul) Final placings: Boys: 1 J Anderson (Den) 24; 2 J Hoeg Christensen (Den) 26.7; 3 M Gundersen (Nor) 33.7; 4 K Kjaergaard (Den) 55; 5 R Nilsen (Nor) 56.4. British placings: 18 J Austin 111; 75 N Fuller 230; 96 T Boon 277; 108 L McMillan 306; 138 P Campbell-James 432. Girls: 1 H Berkhont (Neth) 53.4; 2 F Meuller (Swe) 59.7; 3 C Liljeblad (Swe) 60.0; 4 P Welfare (GB) 60.7; 5 C Ylena (It) 61.0. Other British placings: 21 J Gibson 159; 71 L Greenhalgh 443.

LASER II EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Mumbles) First race: 1 I Fryett and H Kathro; 2 A McMillan and J Mears; 3 S Murray and P Kameen; 4 C and T Oldham; 5 I McLuckie and H Neaves; 6 R Mead and R McKenzie.