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Pascoe is RS600 Foiler Champion

by sail-world.com/uk on 20 Oct 2008
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Sam Pascoe from Weirwood SC, won the inaugural RS600FF UK Nationals held at Hayling Island SC over the weekend - six straight wins clinched the title.

In second place overall was Alex Knight who maintained a string of second places until race five when Alex Torbritt raised his game to take the runner-up place in races five and six and clinch third place.

Alister Richardson from Christchurch SC finished in fourth place, Dave Smithwhite of HISC in fifth and Stuart Appleby, WPNSA, rounded out the top six.

RS600FF Nationals - Final overall positions
 
Rank SailNo Helm Club R1
18 Oct		 R2
18 Oct		 R3
18 Oct		 R4
19 Oct		 R5
19 Oct		 R6
19 Oct		 Total Nett
1st 1000 Sam Pascoe Weirwood (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 5.0
2nd 1002 Alex knight   2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (4.0) 3.0 15.0 11.0
3rd 5 Alex Tobritt WPNSA 3.0 3.0 4.0 (17.0 DNS) 2.0 2.0 31.0 14.0
4th 890 Alister Richardson Christchurch SC 4.0 4.0 5.0 (17.0 DNS) 3.0 4.0 37.0 20.0
5th 43 Dave Smithwhite HISC 5.0 (6.0) 6.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 32.0 26.0
6th 8 Stuart Appleby WPNSA 6.0 8.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 (9.0) 42.0 33.0
7th 825 Paul Noble HISC 8.0 (9.0) 9.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 48.0 39.0
8th 1001 Graham Simmonds HISC 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 61.0 44.0
9th 640 Henry Clarke   (17.0 DNC) 12.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 64.0 47.0
10th 969 Stephen Austin RUYC (17.0 DNF) 17.0 DNF 17.0 DSQ 3.0 7.0 5.0 66.0 49.0
11th 7 Simon Hiscocks HISC (17.0 DNF) 5.0 3.0 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 76.0 59.0
12th 835 James George HISC 10.0 13.0 11.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 85.0 68.0
13th 742 Joe Pascoe Weirwood SC 9.0 10.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNF 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 87.0 70.0
14th 882 Alex Adams FPSC (17.0 DNC) 11.0 17.0 DNF 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 96.0 79.0
15th 734 Ian Gotts HISC (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 102.0 85.0
15th 805 Sam Luxford-Watts QMSC (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 102.0 85.0


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