Eric Twiname Championships - An exhilarating finish

by Matt Carter on 12 May 2014

Ian Bird and Jake Hardman,Feva,GBR 5029 RYA Eric Twiname 2014 Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

At the RYA Eric Twiname Championships it was the RYA South East Zone who reigned triumphant at Rutland Water this weekend as they were crowned 2014 Champions as the regatta came to an exhilarating finish on the final day of racing (Sunday 11 May).

Having endured testing conditions with strong squalls yesterday (Saturday 10 May), the concluding day of the Championships bought with it similar conditions for the 241 competitors at the event, with spells of sunshine, short showers but more manageable gusts of 20-25 knots.

As a result the three dinghy classes completed three races while the four windsurfing classes managed two allowing the young sailors to get some scores on the board after a lack of racing on day one.

In addition to the 2014 RYA Eric Twiname title, the RYS South East Zone also won the Eric Twiname Dinghy Trophy, awarded to Zone with top overall dinghy, while the RYA South Zone got their hands on the Eric Twiname Windsurfer Trophy, awarded to the Zone with top overall windsurfing score.

The RS Feva XL, the only class to complete one race on the opening day of the regatta, were the first to finish their three races today. Overnight leaders Iain Bird and Jake Hardman from the South East Zone were in scintillating form and added two bullets and a second to their scorecard to secure Championships honours, while second and third place also remained the same with South West siblings William and James Cunliffe taking second and Welsh sailors Thomas and Amy Bale sealing the third step on the podium. The South East Zone was the overall top RS Feva XL Zone.

Alex McFarlane, Topper,GBR, RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

It was South Zone sailor Alex Mcfarlane who ruled the waves in the Topper fleet today as the Castle Cove Sailing Club youngster took a clean sweep of race wins to take event honours in emphatic style. Northern Ireland’s Luke Mcilwaine enjoyed the breezy conditions to finish seven points behind in second whilst Welsh sailor Zac Orehawa rounded his regatta off in third.

Molly Sacker,Topper, RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

South East Zone sailor Molly Sacker did enough across today’s three races to clinch the female title by a single point ahead of South West sailor Eleanor Poole. For a second consecutive year the North Zone was awarded the prize for the top Topper Zone.

Two wins and a sixth for West Zone sailor Drew Gibbons saw him claim overall Optimist class triumph while a race win for Welsh sailor Emily Hall in the second race of the day was enough to give her the second step on the podium and the overall female title. South East Zone’s Zac West was made to settle for third on countback. The top Optimist Zone was awarded to the South East.

With the windsurfing fleets only completing two races across the two days of competition, Welsh sailor Jake Chase had an impressive day on the water with a 1-2 to clinch Championships honours in the 4.8 rig. Izzy Adcock was unstoppable cementing her position at the top of the 5.8 leaderboard while in the 6.8 rig, Ben Teeme who was crowned 2013 champion in the 4.5m rig at last year’s event had a solid day with 3-1 to claim event honours. A consistent 2-2 for South Zone sailor Chay Tudburry in the largest 7.8 rig was enough to give him the title by a single point over Galahad Wisbey from the South East.

The top RYA Zone in the 4.5m rig went to Wales, the 5.8 and 7.8 titles went to the South while the South West clinched the 6.8 top zone.

Mark Nicholls, RYA Youth Racing Manager, commented: 'We have had a fantastic day of racing here today at Rutland Sailing Club which made up for the shortage on day one of the regatta. What looked like a great forecast at the beginning of the day turned quite challenging when the breeze kicked in towards the end of the day and everyone involved did a fantastic job in ensuring racing was completed by all classes.

'I have been really impressed with the young sailors this weekend, their attitudes have been fantastic and the standard of racing across the seven junior classes has been excellent in some very tricky conditions. A huge thanks must go to Rutland Sailing Club who have done an immense job over the two days of racing and of course to the Eric Twiname Memorial Trust for supporting the regatta for the consecutive 28th year.'

Ross Banham,Laser Radial,GBR 205295 RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

The second part of the selection process for the 2014 RYA Laser 4.7 National Junior squad is also taking place alongside the Championships, with results from Rutland used in conjunction with those from further indicator events later in the season. Overnight leader Ross Banham from Bewl Valley Sailing Club took event honours by mirroring his results from day one with a further two race wins and a second. William Bedford sailed a striking series to finish 12 points ahead of third placed George Ford.

Alex McFarlane, Topper,GBR,46835 RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

Elizabeth Sherwood,Laser Radial,GBR 194680 RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

RYA Eric Twiname 2014 © Paul Wyeth / RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

Rank	Fevas	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm	Crew
1	South East	5	1	5029	Iain Bird	Jake Hardman
			4	51	Toby Mizzi	Tom Callan

2	South West	8	2	3182	William Cunliffe	James Cunliffe.
			6	4385	Jude Mcfarlane Bond	Eric Mcfarlane Bond

3	Wales	10	3	5630	Thomas Bale	Amy Bale
			7	4683	Iwan Roberts	Alaric Bates

4	North	24	8	2510	Rory Odell	Josh Bonsey
			16	NO1	None	None

9	West	32	16	WE1	None	None
			16	WE2	None	None

9	NI	32	16	NI2	None	None
			16	NI1	None	None

9	East	32	16	EA1	None	None
			16	EA2	None	None

9	South	32	16	SO1	None	None
			16	SO2	None	None

9	Scotland	32	16	SC1	None	None
			16	SC2	None	None


Rank	Optimists	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	South East	37	3	5679	Zac West
			9	6013	Sophie Dorrington
			11	6079	Lauren Discombe
			14	5274	Zachary Lyttle

2	Wales	38	2	6088	Emily Hall
			5	5746	Felicity Allen
			10	6167	Lorelei Bates
			21	6021	Callum Davidson-Guild

3	East	39	4	6120	William Taylor
			6	5754	Ben Hutton-Penman
			7	5848	Sophie Johnson
			22	6100	William Pank

4	South	48	8	6232	Amy Smith
			12	5863	Elizabeth Beardsall
			13	5906	Matthew Laycock
			15	6144	Tom Pollard

5	West	80	1	5791	Drew Gibbons
			18	5962	Rachael Cross
			30	5414	Harvey Leigh
			31	6186	Ellie Driver

6	North	173	32	5783	Ben Russell
			41	6267	Archie Dodd
			49	6075	Harry Myers
			51	5080	Edward Coady

7	South West	177	27	5729	Issy Spurway
			40	5477	Annabel Hitchmough
			44	5047	Lucy Strover
			66	4921	Anna Strover

8	Scotland	183	34	5933	Scott Forbes
			43	5934	Andrew Homer
			50	5916	Hannah Scott
			56	5421	Catie Warburton

9	NI	205	66	NI2	None
			66	NI1	None
			32	5783	Ben Russell
			41	6267	Archie Dodd


Rank	Toppers	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	North	40	4	46135	Thomas Woodings
			10	47099	Finlay Brechin
			12	47101	Georgia King
			14	35211	George Coles

2	Wales	42	3	47221	Zac Orehawa
			8	47341	Harry Pulford
			13	45438	Jess Sillitoe-Price
			18	46519	Ffion Thomas

3	South East	54	5	46223	Morgan Archer
			6	46274	Molly Sacker
			21	43563	Leila Moore
			22	47077	Issie Bruton

4	South	72	1	46835	Alex Mcfarlane
			9	46271	Matthew Comfort
			30	44128	Alec Deakin
			32	44018	Charlie Tordoff-Gibson

5	NI	83	2	43973	Luke Mcilwaine
			11	47500	Rob Salters
			33	46428	Peter Ramsay
			37	47229	Matthew Mcnulty

6	East	113	20	47116	Arabella Sabberton
			25	47180	Eleanor Hensley
			27	46278	Monty Foster
			41	44352	Benjamin Reason

7	West	124	19	43694	Samuel Cooper
			26	44443	George Graham
			39	47527	Lucy Knights
			40	47080	Ethan Paul

8	South West	142	7	46410	Eleanor Poole
			28	46665	Murray Scott
			47	46192	Olivia Jones
			60	46301	Joss Creswell

9	Scotland	192	16	45772	David Rosie
			46	42670	Iain Duncan
			61	44645	Calum Bell
			69	29718	Magnus Dixon


Rank	4.5 Techno	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	Wales	6	1	1	Jake Chase
			5	11	Martin Davies

2	South	8	2	3066	Zara Horton
			6	SO1	None

3	South West	9	3	9926	James Bulson
			6	1661	Frankie Brown

4	North	10	4	835	Charlie Bennett
			6	3090	Charlotte Morrison

5	West	12	6	WE1	None
			6	3107	Lucy Howell

9	East	12	6	EA2	None
			6	EA1	None

9	Scotland	12	6	SC1	None
			6	SC2	None

9	NI	12	6	NI1	None
			6	NI2	None

9	South East	12	6	SE2	None
			6	SE1	None


Rank	5.8 Techno	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	South	5	1	9967	Izzy Adcock
			4	443	Isabel Lawrence

2	South West	10	2	9987	Kate Hatcher
			8	SW1	None

3	South East	11	3	189	Tom Skoulding
			8	3138	Josh Lane

4	East	13	5	3086	Elise Chandler
			8	EA1	None

5	Scotland	13	6	3093	Maya Wylie
			7	555	Ella Dominguez

9	Wales	16	8	WA1	None
			8	WA2	None

9	West	16	8	WE1	None
			8	WE2	None

9	North	16	8	N01	None
			8	N02	None

9	NI	16	8	NI1	None
			8	NI2	None


Rank	6.8 Techno	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	South West	5	2	3030	Mollie Densley Robins
			3	3116	Finn Hawkins

2	South East	6	1	3094	Ben Temme
			5	325	Tom Cunningham

3	North	15	7	3103	Leonardo Takiguchi
			8	3141	Aaron Hobb

4	Scotland	17	4	3059	Jude Nicol
			13	3054	Andy Budge

5	South	21	9	339	Patrick Boyce
			12	3142	Oscar Graham-Van-Seters

6	West	24	11	852	Cameron Green
			13	WE1	None

9	Wales	26	13	WA2	None
			13	WA1	None

9	NI	26	13	NI1	None
			13	NI2	None

9	East	26	13	EA2	None
			13	EA1	None


Rank	7.8 Techno	Total	Points	Sail No	Helm
1	South	7	1	481	Chay Tudberry
			6	894	Mia Adcock

2	North	10	3	3091	Gustavo Takiguchi
			7	191	Toby Williams

3	South West	14	4	3012	Joe Parrott
			10	413	Scarlett Croft

4	West	17	8	3046	Molly Howell
			9	141	Ben Mccann

5	South East	18	2	974	Galahad Wisbey
			16	SE1	None

6	Scotland	21	5	848	Luca Dominguez
			16	SC1	None

7	East	28	12	281	Toby Cave
			16	EA1	None

8	Wales	29	13	7	Dylan Chase
			16	777	Jonathan Weale

9	NI	32	16	NI1	None
			16	NI2	None


Rank	Dinghy Overall	Total	Points	Fleet
1	South East	2	1	Fevas
			1	Optimists

2	Wales	4	2	Optimists
			2	Toppers

3	North	5	1	Toppers
			4	Fevas

4	South	8	4	Optimists
			4	Toppers

5	South West	9	2	Fevas
			7	Optimists

6	East	9	3	Optimists
			6	Toppers

7	West	12	5	Optimists
			7	Toppers

8	NI	14	5	Toppers
			9	Optimists

9	Scotland	17	8	Optimists
			9	Toppers


Rank	Windsurfing Overall	Total	Points	Fleet
1	South	2	1	Techno5
			1	Techno7

2	South West	3	1	Techno6
			2	Techno5

3	South East	5	2	Techno6
			3	Techno5

3	North	5	2	Techno7
			3	Techno6

5	Wales	9	1	Techno4
			8	Techno7

6	West	9	4	Techno7
			5	Techno4

6	Scotland	9	4	Techno6
			5	Techno5

8	East	11	4	Techno5
			7	Techno7

9	NI	36	18	Techno5
			18	Techno4


Rank	Team Overall	Total	Points	Fleet
1	South East	4	1	Fevas
			1	Optimists
			2	Techno6

2	Wales	5	1	Techno4
			2	Optimists
			2	Toppers

3	North	7	1	Toppers
			2	Techno7
			4	Fevas

4	South	9	1	Techno5
			4	Optimists
			4	Toppers

5	South West	10	1	Techno6
			2	Fevas
			7	Optimists

6	East	13	3	Optimists
			4	Techno5
			6	Toppers

7	West	16	4	Techno7
			5	Optimists
			7	Toppers

8	Scotland	21	4	Techno6
			8	Optimists
			9	Toppers

9	NI	32	5	Toppers
			9	Optimists
			18	Techno5