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North Sails Performance 2023 - LEADERBOARD

2015 British Finn National Championship - Day 1

by Robert Deaves on 11 Jul 2015
Race Two - 2015 British Finn National Championship Richard Beasley
Ben Cornish has got off to a great start at the British Open Finn National Championship at Hayling Island Sailing Club with two race wins in light to moderate winds. Andrew Mills is second and Hector Simpson is third.

The championship has attracted 61 entries from five nations in the biggest UK Finn event in many years. It highlights the growth in the class in recent years and the hard work by the UK committee in promoting the class throughout the UK.

On the beach before racing the day looked set to be a cliché ridden day of glamour and champagne, with brilliant sunshine making Hayling Bay look very inviting. It was everything the fleet had hoped for except the promised 12-14 knots gradually reduced to eight - ten knots with a difficult chop to steer through. The racing, as usual though, remained tight and hard fought.

Ben Cornish leads hector Simpson in Race One - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley
Ben Cornish leads hector Simpson in Race One - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley



In race one Ben Cornish rounded the top mark just behind one of the overseas visitors, Marc Allain des Beauvais from France, who was the sole OCS of the day. Hector Simpson, fresh from the Silver Cup in Valencia, where he narrowly missed out on a top 10 place, briefly took the lead at the second upwind mark, but Cornish regained the lead downwind for the win. Oscar flag for free pumping remained up for the race. Simpson took second while Andrew Mills, making a return after retiring from competitive Finn sailing last year, crossed in third.

Cornish then led at every mark in race two. He led round the first mark from Philippe Lobert from France and Mills. Mills had moved up to second by the gate and held it to the finish with Simpson coming through to third.

Simpson also leads the Junior fleet from Jack Arnell in fourth overall. The British Nationals is leg one of the inaugural Trans-Manche Jean-Jacques Godet Trophy 2015, a combined event with the French Finn Nationals which starts in Quiberon on Monday. A number of British sailors, along with the French sailors here will travel to Quiberon after racing on Sunday.

Race One - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley
Race One - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley



After racing today, most of the sailors gathered for a sponsored evening with a Jean-Jacques Godet Cognac tasting session, which a selection of four cognacs explained and then sampled. It all ended well.

The British Championship is sponsored by GAC Pindar, Zhik, North Sails and Suntouched Sailboats. Racing continues to Sunday with the forecast showing an increasing wind over the next two days.

Andrew Mills leads Jack Arnell - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley
Andrew Mills leads Jack Arnell - 2015 British Finn National Championship © Richard Beasley



Results after two races

1 GBR 91 Ben Cornish 2
2 GBR 85 Andrew Mills 5
3 GBR 96 Hector Simpson 5
4 GBR 28 Jack Arnell 11
5 GBR 720 Julian Smith 13
6 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 17
7 GBR 679 Neil Robinson 17
8 GBR 635 Simon Percival 18
9 GBR 567 Martin Hughes 21
10 NED 88 Chiel Barends 23

Overall Results:


Rank Tally Num Country Sail Num Name Sailing Club Age gp R1
10 Jul		 R2
10 Jul		 Total Nett
1st 41 GBR 91 Ben Cornish Exe SC Open 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
2nd 6 GBR 85 Andrew Mills Queen Mary SC Open 3.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
3rd 10 GBR 96 Hector Simpson Yorkshire Dales SC J 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0
4th 3 GBR 28 Jack Arnell Christchurch SC J 4.0 7.0 11.0 11.0
5th 57 GBR 720 Julian Smith Mengeham Rythe SC GM 7.0 6.0 13.0 13.0
6th 25 GBR 2 Allen Burrell Thorpe Bay Yacht Club GM 6.0 11.0 17.0 17.0
7th 26 GBR 679 Neil Robinson Mengeham Rythe SC GM 8.0 9.0 17.0 17.0
8th 35 GBR 635 Simon Percival Christchurch SC M 5.0 13.0 18.0 18.0
9th 5 GBR 567 Martin Hughes Warsash SC GM 9.0 12.0 21.0 21.0
10th 18 NED 88 Chiel Barends The White House, Loosdrecht GM 18.0 5.0 23.0 23.0
11th 24 GBR 98 Cameron Tweedle Oxford SC J 13.0 10.0 23.0 23.0
12th 11 FRA 112 Philippe Lobert SNO Nantes GM 20.0 4.0 24.0 24.0
13th 46 GBR 100 Matthew Walker Mengeham Rythe SC Open 11.0 15.0 26.0 26.0
14th 39 GBR 9 Tim Tavinor RCYC GM 10.0 17.0 27.0 27.0
15th 27 GBR 683 Adrian Brunton RYA GM 12.0 16.0 28.0 28.0
16th 43 GBR 81 Simon Childs HISC GM 16.0 14.0 30.0 30.0
17th 50 SWE 14 Stefan Nordstrom Karlstads Kappseglingsforening GM 19.0 19.0 38.0 38.0
18th 56 GBR 77 Howard Sellars Warsash SC L 17.0 25.0 42.0 42.0
19th 4 GBR 61 John Heyes Mengeham Rythe SC GM 14.0 30.0 44.0 44.0
20th 51 GBR 581 Vince Hayter Warsash SC GM 24.0 21.0 45.0 45.0
21st 29 GBR 1 Sander Kooij Thorpe Bay Yacht Club GM 28.0 18.0 46.0 46.0
22nd 48 GBR 68 John Mackie West Kirby SC M 23.0 24.0 47.0 47.0
23rd 53 GBR 80 Ray New Christchurch SC GGM 15.0 36.0 51.0 51.0
24th 28 GBR 64 Fergus Allan Loch Earn SC GM 34.0 20.0 54.0 54.0
25th 13 GBR 19 Simon Hoult HISC M 25.0 29.0 54.0 54.0
26th 59 GBR 90 Richard Sharp Bough Beech SC M 27.0 27.0 54.0 54.0
27th 17 NED 924 Fred Van Arkel Chew Valley SC GM 33.0 22.0 55.0 55.0
28th 1 NED 962 Jan Bart WV Haringvllet GM 22.0 35.0 57.0 57.0
29th 32 GBR 708 Michael de Courcy Mengeham Rythe SC GM 21.0 39.0 60.0 60.0
30th 12 GBR 4 Russell Ward HISC GM 29.0 31.0 60.0 60.0
31st 61 GBR 0 David Walker   GM 39.0 23.0 62.0 62.0
32nd 55 GBR 631 Richard Hart Mengeham Rythe SC   41.0 26.0 67.0 67.0
33rd 15 NED 704 Erik Verboom WHV Open 30.0 38.0 68.0 68.0
34th 2 NED 942 Maarten Bart WV Haringvllet Open 31.0 37.0 68.0 68.0
35th 60 GBR 521 Simon Moss Keyhaven YC Open 35.0 34.0 69.0 69.0
36th 8 FRA 99 Marc Allain des Beauvais SNO Nantes GM 62.0 OCS 8.0 70.0 70.0
37th 33 GBR 10 Robert Deaves Waldringfield SC M 40.0 33.0 73.0 73.0
38th 20 GBR 707 Callum Dixon Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre J 26.0 50.0 76.0 76.0
39th 36 FRA 50 Nidul Baudin Club Nautique Lorrain GM 45.0 32.0 77.0 77.0
40th 38 GBR 13 Roman Khodykin Mengeham Rythe SC Open 38.0 40.0 78.0 78.0
41st 23 GBR 548 Jonathan Tweedle Oxford SC M 37.0 43.0 80.0 80.0
42nd 34 GBR 62 Jerry Andrews Alton Water SC M 32.0 49.0 81.0 81.0
43rd 37 FRA 55 Annaud Baudin Club Nautique Lorrain Open 42.0 41.0 83.0 83.0
44th 47 GBR 619 Charles Tavner Bosham SC Open 56.0 28.0 84.0 84.0
45th 62 GBR 656 Graeme MacDonald Mengeham Rythe SC L 44.0 44.0 88.0 88.0
46th 31 GBR 559 Tim Newton Oxford SC GM 47.0 42.0 89.0 89.0
47th 14 GBR 564 Peter Vinton Staunton Harold SC GM 43.0 47.0 90.0 90.0
48th 16 GBR 93 Tim Simpson Yorkshire Dales SC M 36.0 57.0 93.0 93.0
49th 21 GBR 34 Peter Blick Keyhaven YC GGM 49.0 45.0 94.0 94.0
50th 22 GBR 595 Edward Thorburn Newhaven and Seaford SC GM 46.0 48.0 94.0 94.0
51st 40 GBR 672 Stewart Mitchell Annandale SC M 48.0 51.0 99.0 99.0
52nd 7 GBR 486 Cy Grisley Keyhaven YC M 54.0 46.0 100.0 100.0
53rd 54 GBR 658 James Wyburd Mengeham Rythe SC GGM 50.0 53.0 103.0 103.0
54th 30 GBR 22 Andrew Wylam Mengeham Rythe SC GM 53.0 52.0 105.0 105.0
55th 58 GBR 30 Ian Frayne Mengeham Rythe SC GM 51.0 55.0 106.0 106.0
56th 9 FRA 48 Patrick Huynh CVAN M 52.0 54.0 106.0 106.0
57th 42 IRL 8 Richard Tate Royal St George Yacht Club GM 55.0 56.0 111.0 111.0
58th 45 GBR 48 Anthony Walker Mengeham Rythe SC GGM 62.0 DNC 62.0 DNC 124.0 124.0
58th 44 GBR 49 Jim Downer Gurnard SC Open 62.0 DNC 62.0 DNC 124.0 124.0
58th 19 GBR 65 David Potter West Kirby SC GM 62.0 DNC 62.0 DNC 124.0 124.0
58th 52 GBR 75 James Cole Warsash SC M 62.0 DNC 62.0 DNC 124.0 124.0
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