The veteran sailors took advantage of the high winds and put together much different results from a week ago.

Odwin (Mickey) Berkeley was an early favourite, taking the first race, but he ran into problems during the second after entangling his boat with Peter Bromby's. Bromby withdrew from that race but stole the spotlight after that, eventually finishing in first place with 17 points.

Andreas Lewin and Guy Eldridge strung together a bunch of top-three finishes and landed in second and third place respectively. Lewin had 20 points while Eldridge had 28.75 points.

Bromby, his enviable skills shining bright, did not let the events of the second race deter him from finishing first or second in the last seven races of the day.

Berkeley, meanwhile, plummeted to fourth spot in the standings with 41.5 points, unable to get over his mix-up with Bromby's boat.

The remainder of the fleet swapped positions all afternoon with Dave Moore (48 points), Ted Wood (52), Lee White (54) and Martin Siese (55) eventually placing fifth to eighth in the standings. Michael Siese was ninth with 81 points.

Racing continues on Sunday at Mangrove Bay with the first race beginning at 1 p.m.

Racing in the Heineken Spring Series also resumed on Sunday with similar breezy conditions greeting the Laser fleet.

After Adam Barboza captured the first race, Malcolm Smith appeared ready to seize the day. He reeled off five consecutive triumphs before other contenders began to regroup.

Peter Shrubb blasted out of the gate several times only to be overtaken by David Kuhn and Somers Kempe, who broke Smith's blazing streak.

Barboza's two victories just before the final race set up a splendid showdown with Smith.

In the final event, Smith fought off a stiff challenge from Steve Hannon to lead after the opening beat. The second upwind saw Smith's lead fall apart as Barboza grounded him down by the weather mark. A tactical mistake by Barboza allowed Smith to win the race and take the day's top honours.

With five first-place finishes, Smith outscored Barboza four points to three.

Kuhn finished in third place while Kempe was fourth. Shrubb, who has been improving each week, turned in a respectable fifth place finish.

Racing continues on Sunday with a noon start outside Two Rock Passage.

ROAD RUNNING RUN The annual Evian 10-mile road race will be held on Sunday, starting and finishing at The Lagoon property opposite Botanical Gardens on South Shore Road.

Formerly known as the Perrier 10-mile race, this event has been held annually since 1981 and the local record-holders are Mike Watson, for the men, with a time of 51 minutes, 25 seconds, which he set in 1984 and Sandra Mewett for the women in 58:21, which was set in 1985.

The race, which begins at 9.30 a.m., is used by many local runners as a tune-up for both the Boston Marathon and the annual May 24 Marathon Derby.

The race is part of the KPMG Peat Marwick National Road-Running Series.

Sanctioned by the Bermuda Track and Field Association and organised by the Mid-Atlantic Athletic club, there will be prizes in all age categories for both male and female finishers, plus numerous spot prizes including a $300 travel voucher.

In addition, the first local male finisher will receive the David Saul Trophy and all finishers will receive a special participation prize courtesy of Evian.

Entry forms are available from the Sportseller in the Washington Mall and the New Winners' Edge on Church Street. Entry deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday but late entries will be accepted at the Lagoon property up to a half-hour before race time on Sunday.

The course starts from the Botanical Gardens and takes the runners east along South Shore Road to the Paynter's Road junction before returning back to Botanical Gardens.

BADMINTON BAD The Bermuda Badminton Association's `B' Tournament finals were held on Saturday with almost 40 players participating in the event.

In women's singles action, Claire Norbury defeated Lauren Grant 4-11, 11-5, 7-0 retired. After losing the first set with ease, Norbury won the second and was leading in the third when Grant suffered an injury and was unable to continue.

In women's doubles, Norbury teamed up with Shonette Wilson and easily defeated Amanda Smith and Christine Butler 15-4, 15-8.

Norbury completed a hat-trick when she joined Terrence Minors in the mixed doubles to defeat Wilson and Asep Kim 15-9, 15-4.

In men's singles, Kim was solid in topping Minors 15-8, 15-4. Minors and Kim were team-mates in doubles competition and disposed of Denton Scraders and Jorn Richter 15-11, 15-6.

In other competition, the Island's `A' players squared off and in men's doubles Harold Minors and Randy Brangman topped Ian Cummings and Louis Ooi 15-7, 15-6.

The association's next tournament will be the Open, from April 28 to May 1 at the BAA Gymnasium. Anyone needing information should contact Junior Durrant at 299-4598. There are already 17 confirmed entries from the UK, two from Guatemala and a few Americans also expected.

CHESS CHS Sixth seed Bob Bagley was upset by 17th-ranked Larry Ebbin in last week's first round of the 1993 Bank of Butterfield Bermuda Championships which got under way with 21 players signed up for first-round action.

Third and fourth seeds, Harry Kast and Eric Keen, were both decidedly fortunate to emerge with a full point each from their games with Shimon Alkon and Warren Sproule respectively.

Ebbin has the chance for still greater glory as he faces top seed and defending champion Nick Faulks in tonight's second round. Faulks took a half-point bye last week.

First round results: P.Shadick d C.Williams; H.Kast d S.alkon; E.Keen d W.Sproule; N.Chudleigh d G.Levy; L.Ebbin d B.Bagley; A.Saunders d M.Jenkins; D.Shanks d K.Simmons; N.Trott d R.Hayes; D.Arorash d D.Elleson.

Tonight's second-round pairings: Shanks v Shadick; Kast v Ben; Keen v Trott; Arorash v Chudleigh; Faulks v Ebbin; Dillas v Sproule; Hayes v Simmons; Elleson v Alkon; Williams v Jenkins; Bagley v Levy.

CRICKET CRI Cleveland County will hold a training session today at 5.30 p.m. Immediately after, there will be a meeting for committee members and players.