Fireball International Week, the warm up to next weeks world championships, concluded in Barbados yesterday. Dublin's Noel Butler and Seamus Moore were the best of the Irish with two 14s leaving them in 16th overall. Neil Spain and Franis Rowan finishe just outside the top 20 in 21st. Owen Laverty and Hugh Butler also had a good days sailing with two scores in the twenties. This allowed them to crack a top 30 finish in 29th. They were followed in the overal ranking by Smyth/Bradley in 37th, and Miller/O'Rourke in 56th. The 61 boat fleet was led home by a Brit 1-2-3 with Howarth/Townsend winning both races toiday to post a warning to all those with designs on their Worlds title. Second were Dave Edwards and Simon Potts, followed by Kevin Hope/Russell Thorne. The winners had a 2pt margin on second.
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