07/10/2023
Day 6 - The jury has decided
At the end of day 6, the dust settles down on the beach, the race cars have left the 2 race tracks, the seagulls turn back to their favourite spot, the rising water erases the traces of fierce battles, the pilots gather in De Boare, the cultural centre building of De Panne.
Bram Degriek, major of De Panne, opens the official ceremony with a challenge for the sand yachting world: can we organize a competition for the junior pilots? Can we make land yachting more known, attractive and accessible to children, youngsters and young adults?
Benny Dezeure and Hans-Werner Eickstadt hand over personalized awards to all 120 pilots, and medals and cups to the top 3 pilots in each clas::
Class 2
1 Henri Demuysere (BE)
2 Xavier Godet (FR)
3 Vianney Coppin (FR)
Class 3
1 Richard Pochet (FR)
2 Clément Touron (FR)
3 Hugo Peron (FR)
Class 3 Ladies
1 Hélène Dodier
2 Marie-Pierre David
Class 5
1 Franck Le Vaillant (FR)
2 Brice Petit (FR)
3 Aurelien Morandière (FR)
Class Standart
1 Arnaud Martin (FR)
2 Sven Harder (DE)
3 Maxime Roptin
Class Standart Ladies
1 Anne Lefebvre (FR)
2 Nathalie Devigne (FR)
3 Morgan Barroux (FR)
All pictures on https://pbase.com/waltercarels/land_sailing
All results on https://www.euro23depanne.be/resultaten
Dear pilots, thank you for your energy, dedication and commitment during EURO23 De Panne. We hope you had a great championship and wish you a safe return back home, and look forward to welcome you again in De Panne and at RSYC clubhouse whenever you're around.
A warm thank you from Jan Leye, the president of EURO23, and from the RSYC team:
to all pilots, for their participation,
to all partners of the pilots, both in De Panne as at home, to support the pilots in practicing their hobby
to our Beach Masters Veerle & Seddik
to the volunteers in the Bar team RSYC
to the Race Team EURO23
to the Depannage Team
to the Pointage Team
to the Food Trucks & catering team
to all team members of Gemeente De Panne for the preparation, support, daily communication
to the photographers for the hundreds of amazing pictures and images
to the public for visiting, applauding, cheering and energizing the championship and the pilots
to the press for the interviews, radio talks, tv coverage and newspaper articles
to the wind gods and water gods
to FISLY for the international support
to all other people involved
The FISLY flag of the worldwide sandyachting federation is officially handed over to the French team, as they have started the preparations of the Worldwide Championship in 2024 in Asnelles, France. It will be an honor to participate in Asnelles next and enjoy the French hospitality.
