Bala Easter Regatta 2015 overall

by John Hunter on 10 Apr 2015 Thirty-two boats entered the Bala Easter Regatta 2015 which was split into an Asymmetric fleet on a windward leeward course and a Handicap fleet racing around the cans.

The wind on Saturday was North Easterly blowing around 5 to 10 knots, but with little or no wind forecast for the Sunday the Race Officer decided to run four races on Saturday. Despite some big shifts that saw the windward mark being moved half-way across the lake at one point, the race officer did a great job of turning around the races very quickly. The Race Officer was also proved right about there being no wind on Sunday & by noon racing was abandoned.

The Asymmetric crown went to Dan Partington of Bala SC in a Vareo, followed by Steve Bales & Kurtis Hilton in an RS400, & in third place Will Rushworth in an RS100.

In the Fast Handicap fleet David Summerville from Grafham took the win with four first places, followed by Richie Allen in his K1, then Keith McDonald & Andy Brittain in a Fireball.

The smaller Slow Handicap fleet made up mainly of Solos was won by Dave Eccles followed by Jim Young then Mark Jones.

Overall results

 

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club	Class	Sail No	PY	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
Handicap Fleet
1st	David SUMMERVILLE		Grafham Water SC	DEVOTI D ZERO	132	1040	-1	1	1	1	3
2nd	Dave ECCLES		Bala SC	SOLO	5261	1140	6	2	3	-7	11
3rd	Richard ALLEN		Bala SC	K1	22	1065	2	6	4	-11	12
4th	Keith McDONALD	Andy BRITTAIN	Small Heath YC	FIREBALL	14844	970	3	-11	2	8	13
5th	Graham COOPER		South Cerncy SC	DEVOTI D ZERO	123	1040	4	-8	6	3	13
6th	Jim YOUNG		Gresford SC	SOLO	3269	1140	8	3	5	(DNC)	16
7th	Andrew JONES			DEVOTI D ZERO	150	1040	5	7	-9	6	18
8th	Ken HULL	Josh WILLIAMS	Bala SC	FLYING FIFTEEN	3741	1013	-12	10	7	4	21
9th	Jeremy COOPER		Shotwick SC	DEVOTI D ZERO	149	1040	-10	9	8	5	22
10th	Ed WALKER		Bala SC	LASER RADIAL	199073	1135	11	4	12	-13	27
11th	Mark JONES		Bala SC	SOLO	4228	1140	-13	5	10	12	27
12th	Martin ANDERSON			PHANTOM	1260	995	7	-15	11	9	27
13th	Mark CANDELAS		Milton KEYNES SC	LASER EPS	208	1024	(DNC)	13	15	2	30
14th	Julian BRIDGES	Ancell DAVIDSON	Clwb Hwylio y Felinheli	FLYING DUTCHMAN	380	879	-16	12	13	10	35
15th	Rhys CHANDLER		Bala SC	TOPPER	40929	1340	9	14	14	-15	37
16th	Kevin EDWARDS		Bala SC	LASER RADIAL	141211	1135	14	16	-17	16	46
17th	John CHESLETT		Bala SC	DEVOTI D ZERO	67	1040	(DNF)	17	16	14	47
18th	Daniel CHURCH		Bala SC	TOPPER	27307	1340	(DSQ)	18	18	17	53
19th	Carole SMITH		Bala SC	SOLO	4419	1140	15	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	55
Asymmetric Fleet
1st	Dan PARTINGTON		Bala SC	RS VAREO	567	1071	1	1	1	-2	3
2nd	Steve BALES	Kutis HILTON	RAFSA / Bala SC	RS 400	1403 / 1156	944	3	-4	2	1	6
3rd	Will RUSHWORTH (Junior)		Chester SC	RS 100 8.4	100	1000	2	2	-12	5	9
4th	Simon NICHOL		Chester SC	RS VAREO	396	1071	4	3	3	-7	10
5th	Nick IRELAND		Stokes Bay SC	LASER VORTEX	1177	940	-6	5	5	6	16
6th	Mike KNEALE	Kath SIMPSON	Chester SC	K6	124	906	-8	8	6	3	17
7th	Phil SMITH	Chris SMITH	Bala SC	RS 400	811	944	7	7	4	-8	18
8th	Jamie PURCELL	Mitchell KNEALE	Chester SC	49ER	1110	726	-12	10	8	4	22
9th	Gwyn JONES	Ed DEACON	Bala SC	RS 500	628	975	-9	6	9	9	24
10th	Ed CORTEEN		Pennine SC	LASER VORTEX	2016	940	10	9	7	-11	26
11th	Thomas (Barney) BRATCH	Jos DAVIDSON	PDSC	49ER	532	726	11	11	10	-12	32
12th	Alex BENFIELD		Stokes Bay SC	LASER VORTEX	1089	940	5	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	35
13th	Mike SULLIVAN	Barry WORTHINGTON	Bala SC	2000	22225	1100	(DNC)	DNC	11	10	36
14th	Michael ALLEN		Bala SC	RS 700	908	852	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	DNC	45

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