Volvo Noble Marine National Championship – Hotly contested Day 5

by Heather Chipperfield on 15 Aug 2015 2015 Volvo Noble Marine National Championship – After a day off, golfing, cycling, swimming, playing on the beach, visiting the state-of-the-art lifeboat station, lunching or just starting drinking earlier than normal - the fleet were ready for action, ending the Championship with a three-race day.

The forecast of strong winds and large waves never really materialised, so there were some very hot crews sailing in a gentle F3, building slightly for final race nine.

Jon Goringe and Nicola Bass (Parkstone YC) had a great day with one, two, three, raising themselves to second place overall, and making it a fight to the end with Mike Sims and Richard Brown (Carsington SC) who held on to their yellow-jersey lead by two points overall with a second and their two discards. Grandmaster Paul Oakey and son Mark (Porchester SC) continued their excellent form, but did do quite enough, moving to a very respectable third overall. Even grander-master John Cooper and Becci Wigley (Lymington Town SC), following an afternoon of archery and golf, had a storming day, winning race eight after keeping very right once released as pathfinder.

In the hotly-contested Silver Fleet, Steve Restall and Chris Stubbs (Downs SC) had a very respectable four, seventeen, fourteen, winning the daily prize and the overall, ahead of Paul McMahon and Laura Houlihan from Howth SC.

Similarly in the Bronze Fleet, The Ryan-Hinsliff-Smith party games combo had a great last day, but did not do quite enough to beat the overall winners, Richard Bolton and Naomi Moran from Dalgety Bay SC.

The category awards were largely won by Goringe/Bass, who picked up first lady crew, first master and the loving cup. Elaine Turner, sailing with Sybrand Jongejans (Braasemeer SC) was again awarded the first lady helm, and the increasingly competitive Grandmaster prize was awarded to Paul Oakey. 13-year old crew Ellis Banner (23rd overall from Neyland YC) picked up the Youth prize – next year he will give a speech.

The final Duckhams nominations included the Race Committee, who broke their committee boat on the way back from an early fishing trip and had to conduct the racing – excellently as ever - from a small RIB. The week’s winners, however, were Howard Farbrother and Dan Martin (Queen Mary SC) for not being pathfinder on day one – long story. There is no further Duckhams now the event is over – a shame as our esteemed Class Chairman, Keith Bedborough, would have been in the frame for leading the whole party to a closed nightclub.

With seven race winners, eight placed second in nine races, and some major surprises, the Championship was very open and exciting throughout. At the prize-giving, Keith Bedborough thanked our generous title sponsors Volvo and Noble Marine for their continued support, and Lennon Racewear for the prize vouchers. He praised the excellent race team led by PRO Mark Dashfield and all the volunteers at the club who made it such a glorious, fun and friendly event. Tenby SC Commodore, Paul Evenden, praised the fleet for being so laid back and friendly. Well Done RS400s and Well Done Tenby SC – we look forward to returning very soon to this stunning venue.

Overall

Rank	Tally	Fleet	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Total	Nett
1	39	Gold	1435	Carsington SC	Michael Sims	Richard Brown	3	1	3	4	3	1	(5)	(DNF[48])	2	70	17
2	34	Gold	1414	Parkstone SC	Jon Gorringe LOVE M	Nicola Bass LC	4	(8)	1	3	(9)	5	1	2	3	36	19
3	41	Gold	1441	Portchester SC	Paul Oakey GM	Mark Oakey	2	3	(18)	(10)	1	3	3	5	4	49	21
4	29	Gold	1385	Gurnard SC	Jim Downer	Toby Lewis	(10)	(6)	6	5	5	2	2	6	1	43	27
5	3	Gold	703	Delph SC	Chris Pickles	Matt Sharman	5	10	5	(20)	2	6	(12)	4	11	75	43
6	37	Gold	1432	Dalgety Bay SC	Keith Bedborough	Hannah Robertson LC	9	9	(14)	2	11	13	(14)	3	5	80	52
7	25	Gold	1319	Royal Forth YC	Stewart Robertson LOVE	Sarah Robertson LC	(16)	12	8	(21)	4	9	6	15	6	97	60
8	44	Gold	1447	Lymington Town SC	John Cooper GM	Becci Wigley LC	7	5	(24)	16	15	7	10	1	(20)	105	61
9	35	Gold	1418	QMSC	Howard Farbrother M	Dan Martin	14	(23)	10	1	8	(22)	7	16	7	108	63
10	32	Gold	1400	Burfield SC	Steve Middleton M	Chris Rowland	(17)	11	12	6	17	4	(19)	7	8	101	65
11	23	Gold	1290	QMSC	David Brown LOVE	Rebecca Witt LC	6	4	11	14	(19)	(16)	9	11	12	102	67
12	27	Gold	1362	East Lothian YC	James Sinclair	Ben Wilcox	1	15	4	18	6	12	16	(23)	(19)	114	72
13	33	Gold	1407	Llangorse SC	Jon Helissig LOVE	Nicky Griffin LC	12	7	13	13	7	8	(17)	(20)	13	110	73
14	38	Gold	1433	Lymington Town SC	Rob Martin GM LOVE	Jan Martin LC	11	2	(26)	12	14	11	(15)	12	15	118	77
15	17	Silver	1189	Downs SC	Steve Restall GM	Chris Stubbs	18	13	(DNF[48])	(DNC[48])	13	10	4	17	14	185	89
16	20	Silver	1230	Howth YC	Paul McMahon	Laura Houlihan LC	13	17	17	17	12	14	8	(19)	(21)	138	98
17	47	Silver	864	Braasemeer	Elaine Turner LH LOVE	Sybrand Jongejans	8	19	20	24	10	15	(31)	9	(28)	164	105
18	10	Silver	1004	Carrickfergus SC	Chis Penny	Simon Martin	(24)	22	21	9	(23)	17	23	10	10	159	112
19	11	Gold	1017	Greystones SC	Sean Cleary	Conor Cleary	21	24	9	8	22	18	(39)	(27)	17	185	119
20	42	Gold	1444	Lee on Solent SC	Nick Martin GM	Ben George	15	18	(28)	11	16	24	20	(25)	16	173	120
21	16	Gold	319	N/A	Ben Robertson	Martin Booth	22	14	2	(32)	20	(31)	27	30	9	187	124
22	40	Silver	1439	Lymington Town SC	Kevin Podger GM	Heather Chipperfield LC	(26)	(DSQ[48])	22	15	25	19	11	14	18	198	124
23	46	Silver	1428	Neyland YC	Mark Chamberlain	Ellis Banner	20	20	19	(DNC[48])	21	(30)	18	13	25	214	136
24	7	Silver	932	Notts County SC	Jonathan Lye	Milly Hughes LC	19	(40)	23	(30)	24	21	13	18	22	210	140
25	18	Silver	1190	Chew Valley Lake SC	Steve Jones M	Andy Harris	(38)	26	25	22	18	(28)	26	8	26	217	151
26	9	Silver	979	RNSA	Oliver George-Taylor	Ruby Murray LC	23	16	15	(DNF[48])	26	26	25	(31)	23	233	154
27	31	Silver	1393	Locks SC	Nick Zammit	Nick Zammit	33	25	16	7	28	37	(38)	(42)	24	250	170
28	19	Silver	1192	Arun YC	Jack Munnelly	Liam Vass	25	21	32	(34)	(37)	25	30	29	31	264	193
29	26	Silver	1342	QMSC	Max Tosetti M	Julie Harrison LC	28	27	(35)	27	32	23	28	(35)	30	265	195
30	12	Bronze	1018	Dalgety Bay SC	Richard Bolton GM	Naomi Moran LC	29	33	(36)	26	29	32	(40)	24	27	276	200
31	28	Bronze	1363	Notts County SC	Ross Ryan M LOVE	The Hinsliff-Smiths	32	31	40	(DNC[48])	31	27	22	21	(42)	294	204
32	1	Silver	564	South Shields SC	Jacob Ainsworth LOVE	Kayleigh Roberts LC	37	32	7	25	39	33	(45)	38	(DNF[48])	304	211
33	36	Bronze	1426	Dabchicks SC	Dan Woodcock	Bruce Woodcock	30	35	31	31	34	34	21	(36)	(DNC[48])	300	216
34	30	Bronze	1392	QMSC	Chris Stanton M	Louise Hosken LC	(34)	29	(34)	29	33	29	33	33	33	287	219
35	5	Bronze	821	QMSC	Vicki Thurston LH	Jenny Douglas LC	35	(42)	27	19	(41)	36	32	32	40	304	221
36	14	Bronze	1101	QMSC	Simon Baker GM	David Rueda	(41)	30	30	36	30	(44)	24	40	39	314	229
37	2	Bronze	630	York RI SC	Peter Craggs	Phil Nelson	31	36	37	35	(40)	(41)	37	22	32	311	230
38	15	Bronze	1129	Wormit Boating Club	David Webley GM	Fraser Mulford	36	39	(42)	33	27	35	35	28	(41)	316	233
39	6	Bronze	904	Oxford SC	Grant Blake LOVE	Jessica Barker LC	42	34	(DNC[48])	(DNC[48])	36	20	29	41	34	332	236
40	21	Bronze	1233	QMSC	Nick Francis GM	Simon Edwards	27	38	41	37	(42)	(45)	34	34	35	333	246
41	43	Bronze	1445	Dalgety Bay SC	Phil Britton M	Jules Thorne	(DNF[48])	28	38	23	(DSQ[48])	40	44	26	DNF[48]	343	247
42	24	Bronze	1296	Bartley SC	Howard Eeles	Jason McDonnell	(43)	(DNF[48])	33	28	38	43	41	39	29	342	251
43	8	Bronze	946	Bartley SC	Nick Eaves	Greg Pace	(45)	41	29	38	35	39	42	(43)	38	350	262
44	22	Bronze	1275	Hickling Broad SC	David Hearsum GM	Gareth Fay	40	43	(DNF[48])	(DNC[48])	43	38	36	37	37	370	274
45	4	Bronze	768	Aberdeen & Stonehaven YC	Colin Davies	Phil Rose	39	37	39	39	(44)	(46)	43	44	36	367	277
46	13	Bronze	1092	Grafham Water SC	Alan Cooke GM	Peter Cooke	44	44	(DNF[48])	(DNC[48])	45	42	46	45	DNF[48]	410	314
47	45	Bronze	1500	Arun YC	Jack Holden		(DNC[48])	(DNC[48])	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	DNC[48]	432	336