F18: Backes-Vandame win season opener at Bray Dunes

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Photo: Pierrick Contin — For local catracing news around the world, you only have one place, here…where else you are going to check? I tried to find info on the 2012 Bray Dunes regatta in France, but couldn´t , go figure…
Olivier Backes and Mathiew Vandame, who is replacing Arnaud Jarlegan this season,  had an excellent debut together aiming for a season that will end at LA Worlds in September.

I already have my bet for this year, and beyond Backes is already in the Bundy-Mischa-Coen level (ahead of the rest and no Nostradamus needed to bet on them) my selection has not been announced yet.


Some good competition at Bray Dunes with Coen-Thijs, Manu-Bastian, Bontemps-Amiot and others. Nice mix also of designs with the Cirrus R fighting and the ‘old good’ Infusion always performing. The Infusion has become now the Tiger of its generation as I posted some years ago, although it has lots more competition it is a design that will stand and perform for the same period the Tiger did at top level.

Full Results (after digging the excellent FFV website) at
https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/ClmtCompetDet.asp?clid=76295

licences club ligue Nais Pts CNI
1 BACKES OLIVIER S N MARSEILLE 1973 9 (1, 1, 4, DNC, 1, 1, 1, 5)
VANDAME MATTHIEU S R VANNES 1982
2 DE KONING Coen WSU HOORN 13 (2, 7, 2, 2, 4, DNC, 2, 1)
VISSER THYS
3 HAINNEVILLE CHARLES C N PAUL VATINE 1989 14 (3, 2, DNC, 1, 2, 3, 3, DNC)
FANOUILLERE DAVID C N PAUL VATINE 1989
4 VEENMAN JORDEN CATPOINT 22 (4, 4, 6, 6, 3, 2, 10, 3)
WAARD FRANK
5 BOULOGNE EMMANUEL C V DU TOUQUET 1966 24 (5, 3, 7, 3, 8, DNC, 4, 2)
TENTIJ BASTIAAN NORVÈGE
6 TRECUL YOANN CNPA ILE DE RE 1992 26 (6, 5, 1, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6)
MELOT PAUL CNPA ILE DE RE 1992
7 BONTEMPS GURVAN S R VANNES 1980 31 (DNC, DNC, 3, 7, 7, 5, 5, 4)
AMIOT BENJAMIN SN BAIE ST MALO 1988
8 THYS THIBAUT Y C BRAY DUNES 1989 35 (7, 13, 5, 4, 6, 6, 8, 7)
THYS JULIEN Y C BRAY DUNES 1991
9 BOLLE EVELIEN G G V L S 1986 51 (8, 8, 9, 9, RDG, RDG, DNC, DNC)
FLORENT GUILLAUME G G V L S 1973
10 LEMIERRE DANIEL DUNKERQUE YC 1964 52 (DNC, 10, 13, 8, 10, 8, 7, 9)

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