2015-16 Cherub NSW State Championships - Round one

by Rolf Lunsmann on 26 Oct 2015 Alison Chapman and Andrew Stephenson from Drummoyne Sailing Club hold the narrowest of leads after the first round of the 2015-16 NSW Cherub State Championship sailed at Belmont 16ft Sailing Club over the weekend.

In some of the first fresh breezes of the new season a fleet of 27 Cherubs faced the starters for the first three of eleven scheduled races for the Championship. Chapman and Stephenson, sailing a new Barley Mk1 Cherub “Action”, built by Stephenson over winter, proved that they will be a force to be reckoned with throughout the coming summer of Cherub racing. In their first race in the new boat on Saturday they were quickly in the lead only to be overtaken on the last downwind leg of the short race, by 2009 Cherub National Champions Kris Fay and Nigel Blatchford from Belmont in “Son of Wally”.

In Race Two the fortunes were overturned as Chapman and Stephenson raced to the lead and were never headed. “Son of Wally” held off the remainder of the fleet to tie up the overall points overnight, with Kirk Mitchell and James Warner from Drummoyne third.

In Sunday’s long format Race Three, Chapman and Stephenson demonstrated the speed of their new boat, clearing out from the fleet for a convincing win. Behind them the racing was tight with Fay and Blatchford holding on for second to stay just a single point off the series lead. Nicole Barnes and Jeremy Johnson from Lane Cove, who improved with each race of the round, finished third.

The weekend’s fleet included two boats from Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Sailing Club the first ever entries from the northern Sydney Club. In addition to Alison Chapman, there were ten other female skippers among the 27 entries with three women in the top ten at the end of the round.

The second round of the Championships will be sailed at Drummoyne Sailing Club on 21-22 November.

Results:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 23-Oct	Race 2 24-Oct	Race 3 25-Oct	Drop	Total
1	3176	Action Cherub	Alison Chapman Andrew Stephenson	Drummoyne NSW	2	1	1	0	4
2	3171	Son of Wally Cherub	Kris Fay Nigel Blatchford	Belmont NSW	1	2	2	0	5
3	3170	Harden Up! Cherub	Kirk Mitchell James Warner	Drummoyne NSW	3	3	4	0	10
4	3152	Enough Rope Cherub	Nicole Barnes Jeremy Jones	Lane Cove NSW	5	4	3	0	12
5	3164	Cauchemar Cherub	Tim Harrington Chris Harrington	Lane Cove NSW	4	6	5	0	15
6	3116	Hooters Cherub	Morgan York Matt Hall	Belmont NSW	6	5	6	0	17
7	3119	Rack M Up Cherub	Ryan Clifton-Smith Tom Drury	Belmont NSW	7	7	7	0	21
8	3158	Causing Haavik Cherub	Ryan Lancaster Brett Lancaster	Belmont NSW	8	10	8	0	26
9	3131	Spread'ers Cherub	Adam Cooke Thomas McNally	Belmont NSW	10	8	14	0	32
10	3145	Alchemy Cherub	Fiona Lunsman Rolf Lunsman	Lane Cove NSW	11	14	11	0	36
11	3169	New Order Cherub	Andrew Stewart Amy Stewart	Belmont NSW	14	12	12	0	38
12	3144	Wally Cherub	Lateicha Bower Jarrod Turner	Belmont NSW	17	9	13	0	39
13	3104	Dirty Jobs Cherub	Tilly Lang Brendan Jenkins	Drummoyne NSW	15	13	15	0	43
14	3160	Getcha Cans Out Cherub	Emily Ward Daniel Barnett	Drummoyne NSW	12	16	16	0	44
15	3155	Rope City Cherub	Davin Conigrave Jess Stephenson	Drummoyne NSW	13	15	18	0	46
16	3147	Camel Toe Cherub	Aaron Kirkby Ash Knighton	Belmont NSW	9	DNF (28.00)	10	0	47
17	3161	Monster Cherub	Greata Quealy Ed Breslin	Lane Cove NSW	16	23	9	0	48
18	3168	Almost Famous Cherub	Felicity Wellman Neil Scothern	Drummoyne NSW	23	11	17	0	51
19	3070	Ricochet Cherub	Stuart Kirkby Sam Neilson	Belmont NSW	18	19	19	0	56
20	3133	Fisticuffs Cherub	Peter Charlton Scott Charlton	Belmont NSW	19	17	21	0	57
21	2989	Evolution Cherub	Maddison Lavis Ben Lavis	Belmont NSW	26	18	22	0	66
22	3096	Hooray Cherub	Bailey Hoard Alan Neilson	Belmont NSW	22	21	23	0	66
23	3149	Quick Spoon Cherub	Andrew Mattinson Luke Alexander	Belmont NSW	21	22	24	0	67
24	3100	Everything Zen Cherub	Jen Pagett Sophie Holt	Drummoyne NSW	24	DNS (28.00)	20	0	72
25	3090	South Park Cherub	Michael Cahill John Cahill	Drummoyne NSW	25	24	25	0	74
26	3129	Bite the Bullet Cherub	Ben Sutters	Lane Cove NSW	DNF (28.00)	DNF (28.00)	DNC (30.00)	0	86
27	3062	The Lairy Canary Cherub	Nellie Imlay Josh Purnell	Lane Cove NSW	DNC (30.00)	DNC (30.00)	DNC (30.00)	0	90
28	3110	Tickle My Fancy Cherub	John Sanderson Alex Sanderson	Drummoyne NSW	DNC (30.00)	DNC (30.00)	DNC (30.00)	0	90
29	3159	Liquor in Public Cherub	Charlotte Henley-Smith James Bloomfield	Drummoyne NSW	20	20	DNF (27.00)	0	121