The British Team took the first of the medals in the trick finals of the 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships in Melbourne Australia today. Strong wind beset the Melton site all day calling for a change in the programme. Britain had three skiers in the trick finals and it was Debbie Cummings, skiing in the arm category who was first on the water with two solid stand up 20 second passes for 1260 points the gold medal and a new world record. Vivienne Orchard also extended the new world record she set in the preliminary round in the leg category scoring 620 points. Adeline Fahey could not quite match her world record setting performance in the preliminary round but still comfortably took the gold medal ahead of Kerri McMurtry (USA) with a score of 820 points. These performance extended the British team's lead over the American and Australian teams by 1346 points. The Americans are still within striking distance of the British team but the pressure is on the five skiers they have in each of tomorrow's slalom and jump finals to perform well. This reverses the situation the British team found themselves in for the preliminary rounds when, hit by injuries, they went into the competition with only 6 skiers in each discipline, against the 14 strong team the Americans fielded. Results of 2001 World Disabled Championships Women's Trick Finals Arm Category 1st Debbie Cummings (GBR) 1260 points Leg Category 1st Vivienne Orchard (GBR) 620 points 2nd Karina Guisse (FRA) 100 points MP3 Category 1st Adeline Fahey (GBR) 820 points 2nd Kerri McMurtry (USA) 620 points 3rd Elsie Antonsson (SWE) 530 points Team Results after Trick Finals 1st Great Britain 13,793.1 points 2nd USA 12,446.9 points 3rd Australia 10,604.6 points ©1999-2004 Design Suite