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European Championships Borkum 1999

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UK team loaded and ready The UK team. From left to right. Andy Jenkins, Tony Ferraro, Dom Early, James Bromley, Neil Godbold, Ted Money, Mick Collins, Mark Kingshott, Trevor Miles, Paul Jenkins the town is right next to the beach all pilots must attend race briefings Laurent Delabre explains a course There's 30 buggies in this practice race somewhere. shagged-out after a long squawk Tony Ferraro changes to Bigfoot-Light tyres. Steef De Rooy (NL87) helps. fast beam reach start Andy Jenkins completes a race another race starts Torsten Schulz; Champion Torben Muller; 2nd place. The full bigfoot was good for some races. Roland Felleter; 3rd place Ute Nissen Swanja Peters Renate Knabe Stephan Knickmeier on his Bigfoot buggy flying stacked 2 line delta kites Stephan Knickmeier using disk wheels in the wet. This race didn't count because the marshall had to move the mark out of the rising water. Mick Collins. As the tide rises some pilots stay dry, and some take the shortest line Karl-Heinz Biester. Behind him Tony Ferraro is going the wrong way - there always one! Dom Early in deep water Mark Kingshott reckons the less buggy you dip in the water, the faster you go Johan Versluis Marc Bregman Johny Jensen Paul Jenkins Raynal Pierre Alain Armin Schwartz Thomas Gempel Anders Kristensen Anders Klausen Nicolas Runavot Stephane Bonjour Bruno Blavier Patrice Bazerque Frank Oestermann Holger Flugge Mark Kingshott Andy Jenkins Dom Early Tony Ferraro Marchel Voogd Michel Feteris Serge Schrijnder Jungen Haesen maybe Jan Biester or Dirck Seifert Johan Beun a directly upwind start; a minority of pilots started from the right and had 'priority' Peter Groenne crosses river unknown pilot crosses river Dom Early rounds a broad-reach to close reach mark Mick Collins finishes a race Torsten Schulz accepts the championship cup

The results (click the pilots for a picture)
1	G539	Torsten Schulz
2	DK2	Torben Muller
3	G692	Roland Felleter
4	G584	Armin Schwartz
5	DK7	Johny Jensen
6	NL20	Michel Dekker
7	NL23	Johan Versluis
8	G513	Jan Biester
9	G510	Dirck Seifert
10	G543	Stephan Knickmeier
11	G693	Thomas Gempel
12	G512	Karl-Heinz Biester
13	G509	Jungen Haesen
14	NL27	Marchel Voogd
15	K2	Andy Jenkins
16	F37	Bruno Blavier
17	NL3	Marc Bregman
18	NL6	Johan Beun
19	K3	Paul Jenkins
20	G564	Ute Nissen
21	NL33	Michel Feteris
22	DK1	Anders Kristensen
23	DK11	Anders Klausen
24	K1	Mark Kingshott
25	K23	Dom Early
26	ITA021	Holger Flugge
27	F10	Nicolas Runavot
28	NL37	Serge Schrijnder
29	F130	Stephane Bonjour
30	SUI13	Helmut Moldler
31	F5	Sylvain Bouju
32	F95	Patrice Bazerque
33	K9	Tony Ferraro
34	SUI14	Raynal Pierre Alain
35	DK25	Peter Groenne
36	SUI44	Thomas Z'Graggen
37	DK32	Swanja Peters
38	K6	Mick Collins
39	K60	James Bromley
40	G508	Renate Knabe
41	ITA020	Frank Oestermann
42	NL87	Steef De Rooy
43	F84	Geraldine Perche