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Teenage girls take 4th consecutive Tasmanian Mirror Championship

'Jessie Atherton (right) and Katherine Maher pictured with Jenny Graney (seated).'    Peter Campbell ©    Click Here to view large photo

Reigning International Mirror Class National Champions teenage girls Jessie Atherton and her crew Katherine Maher from Kinston Beach Sailing Club sailing Kamikaze won their fourth consecutive Tasmanian Championship which was sailed on the Tamar River at Deviot over the weekend.

Conditions were light with racing delayed several hours on both days until a sailable breeze developed which never reached more than 12 knots and were mostly in the 5 to 10 knot range. The girls won the first six heats before finishing the final race in third behind Roger Orr and Isabel Schibig who sailed All Fired Up to a well deserved win, and Quentin Hunt and Molly Hulton in Fizz in second who had sailed consistently well apart from an opening heat OCS.

With two drops allowed after the 7 races, the girls finished with the minimum possible score of 5 points. While the scoreboard may make it look easy, they were well challenged on many occasions and had to come from behind in several of their heat wins, with one heat being won by only 4 seconds.

There were many close battles throughout the fleet with the battles between sub-juniors Max Davey and Nicole Erwin in Xcel-Erate and Matt Schofield and Zander Barisic in Pukeko keeping the spectators entertained throughout the series.

Davey and Erwin came out on top taking out second overall and taking the Sub-junior title, with Schofield and Barisic finishing fourth overall just 3.5 points adrift. These two sub-juniors dead heated for third in race 2. Third overall was Quentin Hunt and Molly Hulton in Fizz who looked out of contention after day one but had a 15th to drop once the drops kicked in after 5 heats had been sailed.

The fleet of 14 Mirrors was very healthy with at least three of the regular boats not present, and with more than 50% of the fleet comprising sub-juniors (skipper & crew under 16) , the future of the class looks promising. While the State Championships are always held around the end of the season, with the World Championships being held in Albany WA this year, there will be plenty of sailing during the winter for those crews heading for the Worlds.

2010 International Mirror Class Tasmanian Championships
Host Club: Deviot Sailing Club on the Tamar River
Results
Rank Boat name Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total
1 Kamikaze Jessie Atherton Katherine Maher (1) 1 1 1 1 1 (3) 5
2 Xcel-Erate Max Davey Nicole Erwin 3 (3.5) 3 2 2 3 (6) 13
3 Fizz Quentin Hunt Molly Hulton (15) 2 (5) 3 5 2 2 14
4 Pukeko Matt Schofield Zander Barisic 2 3.5 2 (4) (7) 4 4 15.5
5 All Fired Up Roger Orr Isabel Schibig 4 (5) 4 5 3 (6) 1 17
6 Foxy Lady III Robbie Hunt David McAully 5 (6) (6) 6 4 5 5 25
7 Helter Skelter Daniel McAully Earle Westbury 6 7 7 (8) (8) 8 7 35
8 Mystic Sam Tiedemann Daisy Kateros (15) (8) 8 7 6 7 8 36
9 Shadowfax Michelle Haines Lincoln Haines 7 9 (10) 9 9 9 (11) 43
10 Dual Force Ross Blackwood Chloe Jones 8 10 (11) (11) 10 11 9 48
11 Katz-mirracool Jake Cataruzza Isabella Cataruzza (15) 11 9 (13) 11 10 10 51
12 In The Green Callan Robinson Ben Crothers 9 (14) (13) 12 12 12 12 57
13 Crikey Declan Clark Alex Freeman (15) 11 12 10 (13) 13 13 59
14 Albatross Elizabeth Davies Andrew Davies 10 13 14 (15) (15) 15 15 67




by Grant Atherton

  

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