fffreezing for popular Grafham Grand Prix

by Event media on 1 Jan 2009
Over 130 dinghies took part in the Grafham Water SC annual winter event. It was a beautiful day for the Grafham Grand Prix but fffreezing. Well done to the hardy souls who took part.

Victory in the Fast Handicap event went to Josh and Olly Wilce in a 49er, while in the Medium event the foilers were to the fore with the RS600FF of Sam Pascoe beating the Moth of Alex Adams.

In the Slow Handicap the Grafham Flying 15 of Dave Lucas and Mark Longstaff took victory ahead of the HISC Fifteen of Charles Apthorp and David Rickards.

The biggest class were the Single handers with the Phantom of Simon Childs taking the decision, ahead of the Blaze of Mike Lyons.

Grafham Grand Prix 2008 - Leading positions - After 2 races:

Fast Handicap - 20 entries
1st Fast 49er 747 Josh Wilce Olly Wilce Rutland/Portsmouth Uni SC 747 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
2nd Fast Formula 18 6 Adrian Maddison Sarah Sully Thornbury SC 689 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0
3rd Fast 29er 1322 Adam Larvin John Welton Beaver/Draycote 924 4.0 5.0 9.0 9.0
4th Fast Laser 4000 4682 John Reynolds Fran Howell GWSC 908 5.0 8.0 13.0 13.0
5th Fast RS 800 2012 Joel Walker Sarah Crossman GWSC 822 7.0 6.0 13.0 13.0
6th Fast RS 800 812 Sam Mettam Paul Rigg Royal Naval/Rotherham SC 822 6.0 7.0 13.0 13.0

Medium Handicap - 26 entries
1st Medium RS 600 FF 1000 Sam Pascoe Weir Wood SC 690 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
2nd Medium Int Moth (Foiling) 3366 Alex Adams WPNSA 690 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0
3rd Medium Fireball 14950 Kevin Hope Russell Thorne Notts County SC 982 3.0 4.0 7.0 7.0
4th Medium RS 600 FF 1002 Alex Knight 690 6.0 3.0 9.0 9.0
5th Medium Merlin Rocket 3666 Chris Lewns Tom Pygall Whitstable YC 1018 4.0 7.0 11.0 11.0
6th Medium Fireball 14 Peter Gray Simon Forbes Staunton Harold SC 982 8.0 5.0 13.0 13.0

Slow Handicap - 43 entries
1st Slow Flying Fifteen 3842 Dave Lucas Mark Longstaff GWSC 1025 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
2nd Slow Flying Fifteen 3591 Charles Apthorp David Rickards HISC 1025 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0
3rd Slow Tasar 2502 Howard Astley-Jones Barney Proud Milton Keynes SC 1023 4.0 3.0 7.0 7.0
4th Slow 420 53380 Mike Wood Hugh Bradshaw Draycote Water SC 1087 5.0 5.0 10.0 10.0
5th Slow RS 200 963 Ian Martin Clare Booth Eastbourne SC 1059 3.0 8.0 11.0 11.0
6th Slow Albacore 7143 Nigel Potter Mark Fowler Notts County 1066 7.0 4.0 11.0 11.0

Single Hander Handicap - 44 entries
1st Single Phantom 1274 Simon Childs Northampton SC 1043 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.0
2nd Single Blaze 750 Mike Lyons Burghfield SC 1047 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
3rd Single Phantom 1175 John Wayling Northampton SC 1043 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0
4th Single Phantom 1243 Paul Lester Chase SC 1043 5.0 4.0 9.0 9.0
5th Single Streaker 1661 Tom Gillard Shefield Viking SC 1162 4.0 6.0 10.0 10.0
6th Single Blaze 758 Peter Barlow Burghfield SC 1047 6.0 5.0 11.0 11.0

Club website - http://www.grafham.org

Photos by Tom Smith - http://flickr.com/photos/davas/