2015 RS200 Nationals - It's a wrap!

by Proaction on 7 Aug 2015 2015 Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championships - It's a wrap! The scores on the doors have been counted and the 150 competitors are assembling in front of me in the SCYC bar for our championship dinner and prizegiving.

This week has thrown everything at us, and ended on a balmy sunny note, with some harmoniously oscillating winds thrown into the mix.

So, without further ado... James Peters and Jo Wright are about to be crowned as RS200 National Champions (and, by-the-by, Youth Champions). George Yeoman and Sophie Ormsby continued their march up the leaderboard to finish second overall, with Matt Mee and Emma Norris also showing strongly on the final day to end in third overall. After a strong championship, Ally Martin and Simon Potts are first Lady in fourth, with Mark Heather and Lucy Preston rounding out the top five.

Andy and Jill Peters headed up a very fine vintage of Masters in 16th. Other fine performances of note were Gillies Munro and Daniel Harris carving up silver fleet in 17th, and Will Taylor and Fiona Mulcahy top bronze in 30th.

So, as to today's racing? A tough day to be Race Officer - and it does speak volumes that three races were achieved. A better day for the light wind specialists - and also for those who like a good old wager. Although doing so too often today was more into the realms of Russian Roulette. That said, corners were banged, banged and banged again and together with some large windshifts (in the first race, between the time the pathfinder set off and was released he was lifted 35 degrees), there was a real shake up in positions all day long and it was good to see many different boats up at the front. Cream does tend to rise to the top, though, and the three races were won by our top three overall of James/Jo, Matt/Emma and George/Sophie.

Thank you to all the team at SCYC, to our great sponsors for the event - shouts out to Volvo, Noble Marine, Harken, and Lennon Racewear - to our hard working class committee, association and media team and to Abersoch for throwing the kitchen sink at us this week!

And most importantly - thanks to all the competitors - you have been a fantastic bunch of people to spend a week with afloat and ashore.

Congratulations James and Jo - richly deserving 2015 RS200 National Champions.

Overall after four races 

Series Place	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10
1	1570	James Peters	Joanna Wright	Hayling Island SC	18	1	3	2	1	1	9	3	1	11	6
2	1508	George Yeoman	Sophie Ormsby	Itchenor SC	34	7	7	5	13	3	3	1	7	45	1
3	1566	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Burghfield SC	35	2	9	1	6	11	10	13	2	1	4
4	1467	Ally Martin	Simon Potts	Burghfield SC	41	5	6	3	2	6	4	2	13	22	26
5	1488	Mark Heather	Lucy Preston	Hayling Island SC	60	4	8	14	41	4	19	12	3	3	12
6	1603	Chris Catt	Roz McGrane	Netley SC	62	9	4	10	8	18	12	4	14	8	7
7	1350	Ben Palmer	Amy Seebright	Hayling Island SC	62	24	18	12	5	5	8	5	4	5	21
8	1549	Tim Saxton	Holly Scott	Itchenor SC/Burghfield SC	63	6	12	4	9	7	6	9	16	15	10
9	995	Hamish Walker	Emma Hivey	RNSA/ASA	67	3	10	11	16	13	25	20	9	2	3
10	1579	Josh Metcalfe	Millie Alcock	Y Felinheli	73	16	16	8	7	12	1	19	11	9	9
11	1458	Nick Charles	Alice Eyre	Parkstone YC	83	15	15	13	3	16	22	11	5	30	5
12	1365	John Teague	Liz Teague	Briston Corinthian YC	85	14	11	6	15	15	5	8	12	14	15
13	1562	Edd Whitehead	Kate Allam	Parkstone YC	90	10	1	15	10	10	11	26	15	18	24
14	1237	Dicken MacLean	Jo Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	105	22	14	7	4	9	2	16	31	39	37
15	1347	David Jessop	Clare Michelmore	Papercourt SC	109	11	17	17	20	17	15	6	10	16	76
16	1559	Andrew Peters	Jill Peters	QMSC	111	20	2	22	23	8	7	10	26	53	19
17	1283	Gillies Munro	Daniel Harris	Royal Findhorn YC	116	18	19	19	11	2	14	15	18	31	31
18	1490	Andy Hadfield	Karen Baker	Parkstone YC	131	29	34	26	17	19	13	7	25	13	11
19	123	Owen Bowerman	Morgan Peach	RTYC/HISC	136	12	22	20	14	22	16	24	48	7	23
20	1481	Jack Holden	Meg Fletcher	Arun YC	148	21	5	25	24	23	26	27	59	10	14
21	1495	Tim Ellis	Ed Cowell	Hayling Island SC	154	26	27	23	12	24	23	30	27	6	13
22	1538	Martin Penty	Sam Waller	Beaver SC	159	19	24	37	19	20	27	14	34	19	17
23	1422	Caroline Martin	MJ Gifford	Lee on Solent SC	171	23	26	18	18	14	18	18	45	36	41
24	1072	Neil Barrett	Sophie Jones	Wanlip SC	172	35	25	9	22	28	21	22	36	27	18
25	629	Will Henderson	Mary Henderson	Itchenor SC	174	17	33	43	42	34	24	17	6	21	22
26	855	Tom Brophy	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone YC	178	8	28	16	33	21	17	23	42	32	36
27	1159	Alistair Norris	Fred Mainwaring	Red Wharf Bay	199	37	36	21	21	38	20	34	28	42	2
28	1228	Joe Adams	Emma Lucas	Burghfield SC	200	28	35	33	26	25	34	21	46	4	29
29	1600	Frances Peters	Claire Lasko	Hayling Island SC	217	13	13	46	35	40	42	35	8	33	40
30	626	Will Taylor	Fiona Mulcahy	Brightlingsea SC	217	30	21	27	40	76	46	31	20	40	8
31	1551	Jame Penty	Emma Grayson	Beaver SC	228	45	20	48	36	35	29	25	43	24	16
32	1604	Matt Venables	Calum Healey	Royal Southern YC	242	50	63	39	25	30	39	40	32	17	20
33	426	Ian Coppenhall	Jessica Blick	Exe SC/Hunts SC	249	34	39	32	29	27	32	28	53	34	33
34	1515	James Hutton-Penman	Tom Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	256	43	29	31	55	42	38	49	21	25	27
35	1545	Dan Vickers	Georgie Vickers	Parkstone YC	256	40	37	30	39	29	33	32	51	28	28
36	1602	Emma Deal	Ellie Sharps	Burghfield SC	265	53	45	24	31	41	30	47	22	49	25
37	772	Tom Hewitson	Lucy Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	269.7	38	42	36	27	58	31	33.7	24	47	38
38	1296	Matt Bromley	Andrea Bromley	RYA	295	56	41	34	28	33	37	39	44	41	42
39	623	Ben Wilcox	Rachel Offer	ELYC	295	46	31	41	38	31	43	33	62	55	32
40	658	Niki Birrell	Sarah Williams	Parkstone YC	296	25	46	28	32	62	61	42	17	52	54
41	1332	Edward Grayson	Rachel Grayson	Beaver SC	299	39	30	29	76	45	62	29	33	50	44
42	1102	Greg Kelly	George Catchpole	Isle of Man YC	300	36	38	45	34	26	28	54	56	44	49
43	1546	John McKelvie		Strangford Lough YC	307	48	32	42	46	50	41	43	50	20	35
44	864	Luke Burywood	Hannah Burywood	Burghfield SC	341	62	44	40	43	37	36	37	47	57	76
45	1378	Mike Saul	Faye Caswell	Yorkshire Dales SC	343	31	23	44	37	76	76	76	35	58	39
46	1173	Chris Larr	Abigail Larr	Northhampton SC	345	58	40	50	48	46	50	46	76	12	53
47	927	Toby Heppell	Calista Paxton	Shoreham SC	346	44	52	47	54	49	48	38	38	54	30
48	985	Alexander Dawson	Rachel Spain	Itchenor SC	350	54	64	51	45	43	35	44	19	59	60
49	740	Kathryn Hutton- Penman	Matthew Jayasekara	Corinthian Otters SC	359	74	55	56	44	47	44	45	37	35	52
50	1257	Phil Hardisty	Ciara Kaneen	Isle of Man YC	370	41	60	35	30	32	53	52	67	76	76
51	756	Christopher Sanders	Pippa Hardman	Mumbles YC	371	33	53	52	76	52	49	53	23	62	56
52	1459	Mike Warwicker	Kate Fitzsimmons	Bough Beech SC	374	63	71	49	50	55	54	41	54	37	34
53	920	Sophie Heritage	William Heritage	Gurnard SC	383	59	47	76	76	36	40	36	64	51	50
54	1606	Martin Joesbury	Sian Joesbury	Budworth SC	401	32	62	57	56	44	47	57	66	67	46
55	1256	Louise McKeand	Cathy	Leigh and Lowton SC	419	49	48	76	76	48	55	48	63	63	45
56	16	Paul Lewis	Rosie Lewis	Hayling Island SC	422	27	51	55	76	76	76	76	30	60	47
57	584	Tim Freeman	Hannah Sands	Warsash SC	427	47	54	53	47	60	57	56	65	56	57
58	590	Christopher Thomas	Richard Thomas	Broadstairs SC	439	55	43	76	76	39	76	76	61	46	43
59	1605	Kevin Druce	Charlotte Roberts	Burghfield SC	440	61	56	76	76	76	59	59	55	26	48
60	1263	Julian Bradley	The Killer Shrimp	Wembley SC	442	42	50	76	76	76	56	62	29	76	51
61	297	Tom Harrison	Jeny Pearson-Farr	Wessex SC	450	75	76	76	76	53	52	58	52	29	55
62	1117	Jonathan Olin	Natalie Messingham	Datchet Water SC	456	64	72	38	52	57	45	61	69	76	70
63	786	Rheanna Pavey	Megan O'Brien	Stour SC	458	69	57	62	76	65	76	76	41	23	65
64	1133	Jamie Webb	Harriet Lucas-Clements	Hayling Island SC	464	71	74	61	57	63	65	60	39	48	76
65	910	Liberty Askew	Amelia Hewitson	Hayling Island SC	472	51	58	76	49	76	76	76	60	43	59
66	779	Peter Goodyear	Nicolla Ellis	Burton SC	474	68	73	54	51	54	51	63	76	70	63
67	805	Jamie Smith	Larissa Connabeer	HISC/ RTYC	478	52	49	76	76	76	76	76	49	38	62
68	909	Jack Vincent	Marc Vincent	Bough Beech SC	487	67	66	58	53	59	64	51	71	71	69
69	1116	Stirling Taylor	Phillipa Blunden	Burnham SC	490	60	65	76	76	51	66	50	76	64	58
70	1405	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	Loch Ryan SC	495	57	61	76	76	56	60	76	57	61	67
71	1110	Tom Dean	Mike Penty	Beaver SC	497	73	68	60	76	61	63	55	58	66	66
72	1565	Roger Wilson	Lizzie Turner	Welsh Harp SC	529	72	70	59	76	64	58	76	70	68	68
73	1330	Pete Haddrell	Flea Haddrell	Burghfield SC	536	70	69	76	76	76	76	76	40	65	64
74	519	Sue Brannam	Mike Proven	Burghfield SC	559	66	67	76	76	76	76	76	68	69	61
75	1417	Mike Budd	Katie Budd	SCYC	580	65	59	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76

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