RS Feva National Championships overall

by Frances Peters on 4 Jun 2015 Last weekend, Rutland Sailing Club was home to the PA Consulting RS Feva National Championships 2015. 178 RS Feva sailors from around the country gathered in anticipation of some of the hottest junior double handed racing in the country and the legendary atmosphere on the shore that is typical of RS class events.

Day one brought rain and a windy forecast. It was set to be a challenging day in conditions where the RS Feva really comes to life. Sailors looked out on the lake and there was an air of apprehension and nerves as the pinnacle event of many sailors’ sailing calendars was finally here. Despite the conditions, it was impossible to deny the evident excitement across the fleet.

With a fleet of 89 boats in attendance, the first two days of the regatta constituted the ‘Qualifying series’, when boats were split into four fleets and a schedule was organised to mean that everyone raced each other to create a ranking order. Once complete the fleet was split into ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ fleets for the ‘Final’ series on the last day of the regatta. This was where the real action began and the champions were crowned.

Carnage on the race course as the high winds really sorted the men from the boys. Boats were forced to retire as a result of gear failure or as the crew became overwhelmed by conditions. Brothers, Dan and Fin Armstrong made it look easy by taking a perfect score away from the day, posting a string of first places. The Jameson brothers also had a strong day in the breeze, leaving them in second place overnight, while Matthew Leckie and Izzy Bristow snapped at their heels in third.

Fuelled on adrenaline, sailors returned to shore raving about the day, most grinning ear to ear. Right on the cue the weather started to improve and as if enough energy hadn’t already been burned in the course of three wild races on the water, competitors piled onto the inflatable human table football pitch that had been laid on for an evening of fun and games. Meanwhile, others feasted on the BBQ food arranged for the fleet and enjoyed the music playing as they looked over the lake.

Refreshed and wanting more, sailors arrived on Saturday to a totally different set of conditions. Sun and light winds were the order of the day, would this see a set of new faces at the front of the fleet? In the end, it was the Jameson brothers who gave it their all to knock the Armstrong brothers off their perch. The boys sailed a consistent day in a set of inconsistent conditions and took away a 1,2,3 putting them into the lead going into the final series. The Armstrong brothers were not giving up without a fight and held on to second position overnight while Rory Odell and Joshua Bonsey were hot on the chase in third. Freya Black and Hatty Cage lead the race for the ladies boats, sitting in ninth position overall.

The points on the scoreboard were tight and no one could rest on their laurels as Sunday brought an increasing breeze and four intense final series races. The Armstrong brothers took to the wind like a duck to water and resumed their string of firsts, letting no one past them over the course of the day. After winning with a race to spare, the Armstrong brothers were to be crowned 2015 RS Feva National Champions. Iain Bird and Jake Hardman settled for a string of seconds, finishing with a third place which put shot them up the scoreboard and putting them in second place overall. Odell and Bonsey took bronze while Daniel Lewis and Tristan Payne and Henry and Rupert Jameson finished in a very reputable fourth and fifth position respectively. Black and Cage climbed a place on the final day to mean that they finished eighth overall and took the coveted ladies trophy home.

A super three days which brought a full range of conditions, plenty of fun for all of the sailors and cause for celebration for many across the fleet. The success of the event is down to the support of this year’s sponsors; PA Consulting Group and Volvo, both of whom we have been privileged to have on board. We also owe a thank you to Magic Marine for their continued support in the class and for the provision of prizes for the championship.

The next instalment of UK RS Feva action will take place at Burnham Sailing Club on fourth-5th July, where the Volvo RS Feva Grand Prix series will be resumed. After the roaring success of the first GP in Northampton, it’s set to be a weekend not to be missed.

Full results

Gold Final Flight

Rank	Sail Number	Helm	Crew	Group	Helm SC	Crew SC	F1	F2	F3	F4	Total	Nett
1st	4890	Fin Armstrong	Dan Armstrong	MALE	Rtyc	Rtyc	(1)	1	1	1	24	16
2nd	5029	Iain Bird	Jake Hardman	MALE	HISC	HISC	2	2	2	(3)	70	22
3rd	5141	Rory Odell	Joshua Bonsey	MALE	Northampton	Northampton	3	8	5	(11)	55	29
4th	5450	Daniel Lewis	Tristan Payne	MALE	Draycote Water Sailing Club	Hisc	(12)	10	3	5	55	32
5th	5763	Henry Jameson	Rupert Jameson	MALE	HISC	HISC	5	11	(12)	6	49	33
6th	5161	Matthew Leckie	Izzy Bristow	MIXED	LLSC	LLSC	(10)	5	4	2	51	34
7th	4945	Jack Lewis	Lucas Marshall	MALE	Draycote Water Sailing Club	Draycote Water Sailing Club	13	3	7	(45 OCS)	105	41
8th	4631	Freya Black	Harriet Cage	FEMALE	HISC	Thames Sailing Club	7	6	6	(8)	60	42
9th	4745	Charles Elliott	Ellie McDonald	MIXED	HISC	HISC	4	4	9	(45 RET)	101	45
10th	5634	Freddie Peters	Louis Johnson	MALE	HISC	HISC	(15)	14	8	10	78	54
11th	5454	Ben Batchelor	Erin Murphy	MIXED	Isle Of Man Yacht Club	Isle Of Man Yacht Club	6	19	15	(33)	117	75
12th	5626	Matthew Caiger	Niamh Davies	MIXED	Sevenoaks	Burnham SC	(30)	7	16	4	152	77
13th	5494	Emma Tardrew	Isobel Clark	FEMALE	Haying Island Sailing Club	Hayling Island Club	22	(30)	14	13	147	88
14th	5562	Rory Fulton	Joshua Holman	MALE	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Cl	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Club	(43)	12	10	9	157	92
15th	2508	Jessica Jobson	Caitlin Webster	FEMALE	RTYC	RTYC	9	16	(41)	16	156	93
16th	5000	Charlotte Ormerod	Maddie Wylie	FEMALE	Oxford	Ripon	18	20	18	(45 OCS)	185	95
17th	5517	Liam Willis	Arran Mills	MALE	Lymington Town SC	Lymington Town SC	(26)	9	20	20	166	95
18th	501	ellen morley	sophie johnson	FEMALE	burnham sailing club	Blackwater Sailing Club	14	(38)	17	7	181	98
19th	3638	Alice Edmonds	Louis Gibbs	MIXED	Chew Valley Lake SC	Chew Valley Lake SC	19	25	(26)	12	182	111
20th	576	Ryan Bush	Abigail Campbell	MIXED	Bristol Corinthian	Bristol Corinthain	21	31	13	(45 OCS)	207	117
21st	4385	Jude McFarlane Bond	Eric McFarlane Bond	MALE	CVLSC	CVLSC	(25)	22	22	18	166	117
22nd	4734	Alice Handley	Zoe James	FEMALE	HISC	HISC	17	(43)	28	14	182	120
23rd	4963	Louis Wright	Jamie Allen	MALE	HISC	HISC	23	21	(43)	15	189	122
24th	5174	Matt Smith	Issy Taylor-Jones	MIXED	Brightlingsea Sailing Club	Royal Harwich Yacht Club	11	18	19	(24)	192	123
25th	2383	Toby Atherton	Matthew Bamber	MALE	Ryde School / Gurnard SC	Ryde School / Royal Vic. YC	29	(35)	25	19	179	125
26th	1884	Harry Jones	Ethan Plank	MALE	Draycote Water Sailing Club	Draycote Water Sailing Club	28	26	24	(45 DNC)	190	127
27th	4065	George Tardrew	Freddie Simes	MALE	HISC	BVSC	8	13	21	(45 DNC)	208	129
28th	2422	Toby Mizzi	Tom Callan	MALE	Littleton Sailing Club	Littleton Sailing Club	(38)	32	30	22	187	133
29th	5627	William Caiger	Caitlin Atkin	MIXED	Bewl Valley SC	Bewl Valley SC	20	(44)	11	34	222	133
30th	5775	Tom Holliday	Ollie Dennis	MALE	Emsworth	Emsworth	27	17	(39)	23	201	136
31st	5764	Henry Rastrick	Jamie Rastrick	MALE	Ripon SC	Ripon SC	(32)	24	23	25	214	137
32nd	4682	Dylan Collingbourne	Caitlin Morley	MIXED	Burnham Sailing Club	Burnham Sailing Club	(37)	28	31	28	231	149
33rd	4530	Michael Dyer	Samuel Dyer	MALE	Herne Bay Sailing Club	Herne Bay Sailing Club	(33)	29	29	17	200	149
34th	4623	Zoe King	Alice Powell	FEMALE	Hayling Island	Warsash / Hayling Island	31	15	(35)	21	218	152
35th	5561	Jamie Macaulay	Billy Bastide	MALE	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Cl	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Club	16	33	38	(45 DNC)	240	167
36th	4062	Christopher James	James Hall	MALE	HISC/Papercourt	HISC/Papercourt	24	23	27	(29)	243	169
37th	4179	Harrison Pye	Fergus Pye	MALE	Draycote Water Sailing Club	Draycote Water Sailing Club	35	42	44	(45 DNC)	270	180
38th	783	David Nunn	Lucinda Cotterill	MIXED	bowmoor/cbyc	bowmoor	(44)	39	33	32	261	180
39th	5846	Pierce Harris	Alfie Cogger	MALE	Windermere School	Windermere School	(42)	41	36	26	264	193
40th	4766	Lisa Rose	Lily Lewington	FEMALE	Aldeburgh Yacht Club	Aldeburgh Yacht Club	(36)	34	34	27	261	197
41st	5560	Jean-Baptiste Defour	Alex Barone	MALE	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Cl	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Club	39	27	(42)	30	285	198
42nd	2000	Taddy Horacek	Finn Pritchard	MALE	BCYC	BCYC	34	37	32	(45 DNC)	277	200
43rd	5468	Charlie harbott	Dylan McPherson	MALE	Burnham Sailing Club	Burnham Sailing Club	(41)	36	37	31	268	202
44th	3672	Alexander Ratsey	Bertie Ratsey	MALE	RWYC/RPCYC	RWYC/RPCYC	40	(45 RET)	45 DNC	45 DNC	295	224
45th	5800	Harry Martin	Matthew Peckham	MALE	Oakham / Rutland	Oakham / Rutland	(45)	40	40	45 OCS	317	227

Silver Final Flight

Rank	Sail Number	Helm	Crew	Group	Helm SC	Crew SC	F1	F2	F3	F4	Total	Nett
1st	5005	Tom Proffitt	Jess Flint	MIXED	Rutland Sailing Club	Rutland Sailing Club	6	(11)	2	3	154	113
2nd	5460	Jack Miller	Lauren Bentley	MIXED	Felpham	Felpham	1	3	1	(6)	153	114
3rd	4635	Lorelei Bates	Felicity Allen	FEMALE	Bowmoor	CBYC	2	5	(9)	8	155	119
4th	5630	Thomas Bale	Zac Blomeley	MALE	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	Rydal Penrhos School	5	(45 OCS)	3	4	201	123
5th	4622	Flossie Tanner	Francesca Gilks	FEMALE	QMSC	QMSC	3	1	(17)	5	189	127
6th	4989	Charlie Howden	Marcus Hobson	MALE	Bewl Valley sailing Club	Bewl Valley Sailing Club	(13)	6	6	2	173	132
7th	2046	Ethan Gerrell	Alex Ellis-Thomas	MALE	Queen Mary SC	Queen Mary SC	(19)	4	13	13	192	135
8th	4984	anna zuurmond	Philomena Ala	FEMALE	Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club	Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club	(27)	13	4	19	205	143
9th	4625	Dermot Gannon	Connie Stevens	MIXED	Burghfield SC	Burghfield Sailing Club	7	18	11	(23)	208	153
10th	5631	Ewan Luke	Daisy Lee-Browne	MIXED	Rydal Penrhos School/Llandudno SC	Rydal Penrhos School	(16)	12	8	7	218	157
11th	3792	India Edwards	Fin Maciver	MIXED	Shropshire Sailing Club	Shropshire Sailing Club	8	24	(45 RET)	25 RDGa	250	160
12th	5772	OLLIE PERRY	TOM BARNES	MALE	RTYC	RTYC	(15)	2	7	10	230	170
13th	4650	George Richards	Fraser Hemmings	MALE	Royal Lymington YC	Stoke Bay SC	9	14	(45 DNC)	20	259	172
14th	73	Fergus fox	Harry Fox	MALE	Burghfield	Burghfield	4	(22)	22	16	243	176
15th	89	Rohan Murphy	Reuben Copley	MALE	South Windermere Sailing Club	South Windermere Sailing Club	17	17	(19)	9	242	178
16th	2609	Joseph Bradley	Daniel Shillaker	MALE	Hill Head Sailing Club	Hill Head Sailing Club	(23)	7	5	1	250	182
17th	1104	Simon Hall	Ernie Cockram	MALE	WKSC	WKSC	(30 DPI5)	16	15	12	262	189
18th	926	Lucy Pennant	Nathan Lomas	MIXED	HISC	Oxford Sailing Club	20	25	10	(30)	267	192
19th	5900	Andreas Purse	Marcos Purse	MALE	Bewl Valley	Bewl Valley	14	(26)	16	14	271	200
20th	4648	Will Jarman	Freddie Ellis	MALE	Warsash SC	Gurnard SC	10	10	(32)	11	290	213
21st	3120	Ethan Miles	Charlie Rooks	MALE	HISC	HISC	18	19	(30)	21	291	216
22nd	5563	Jack Dalton	Jake Hunter	MALE	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Cl	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Club	(29)	8	18	15	294	220
23rd	5483	Patrick Cope	Alec Cope	MALE	IOMYC	IOMYC	(26)	9	23	24	292	221
24th	4624	Matt Evans	Alice Davis	MIXED	Great Moor Sailing Club	Great Moor Sailing Club	21	23	(28)	17	299	226
25th	4917	Ellie Hill	Toby Dawkins	MIXED	BCYC	BCYC	24	15	14	(28)	306	233
26th	4639	Abby Childerley	Izzy Bray	FEMALE	RSrnYC - RORC	SCYC	12	(45 DNC)	21	45 DNC	324	234
27th	4355	Lauren Discombe	Sophie Dorrington	FEMALE	Bewl Valley	Wier Wood	31	30	(37)	25	318	236
28th	2431	Alex Middleton	Harvey Elms	MALE	Rutland Sailing Club	Rutland Sailing Club	43	20	12	(45 RET)	343	253
29th	5039	Oliver Neville	Patrick Holmes	MALE	Oakham / Rutland	Oakham / Rutland	(36)	28	25	29	340	259
30th	5564	Michael Hall	Harry Tilling	MALE	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Cl	Tonbridge School/ Bough Beech Sailing Club	30	(37)	24	26	350	268
31st	3743	Alice Parker	Ellie Wild	FEMALE	Sevenoaks School	Sevenoaks School	34	29	20	(45 DNC)	360	270
32nd	4284	Elias Marchetti	Federico Roma	MALE	Sevenoaks School	Sevenoaks School	(38)	38	26	18	356	273
33rd	4133	Johannes Basler	Jessica Schumacher	MIXED	SVAOe	SVAOe	41	27	(45 DNC)	45 DNC	367	277
34th	6045	Ned Geake	Zayna Mansuri	MIXED	Sevenoaks School	Sevenoaks School	28	36	29	(45 DNC)	367	277
35th	5037	Issy Gibbs	Daisy Streatfeild	FEMALE	Oakham / Rutland	Oakham / Rutland	11	31	31	(45 DNC)	371	281
36th	502	Abi Clarke	Jack Ellis	MIXED	Grafham	Grafham	(40)	35	27	22	366	281
37th	5847	JULIA BARNES	LAUREN PATON	FEMALE	RTYC	RTYC	39	32	35	(45 DNC)	373	283
38th	3737	Anne-Marie Ratnage	Issy Willis	FEMALE	Sevenoaks School	Sevenoaks School	22	(45 RET)	33	45 DNC	374	284
39th	4621	Blythe Berry	Sophie Dennis	FEMALE	Emsworth	Emsworth	35	34	34	(45 DNC)	382	292
40th	113	Isobel Fisher	Amelia Irwin	FEMALE	Sevenoaks School	Sevenoaks School	33	33	(45 DNC)	27	386	296
41st	3784	Amy Bale	Lucy Hughes	FEMALE	South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club	Pwllheli Sailing Club	37	21	36	(45 DNC)	387	297
42nd	5802	Toby Petit	Felicity Hannah	MIXED	Oakham / Rutland	Oakham / Rutland	32	39	(45 DNC)	45 DNC	415	325
43rd	2373	Alice Palutikof	Zoe Eastwood	FEMALE	NBYC	NBYC	42	(45 RET)	45 DNC	45 DNC	434	344
44th	4606	Freya Maxwell	Christopher Clark	MIXED	Oakham / Rutland	HISC	(45 DNC)	45 DNC	45 DNC	45 DNC	439	349