Hart and Hall are New Flying Fifteen Champions

by Sail-World/GJN on 19 Jun 2006 Mike Hart and Tim Hall from Port Dinorwic SC pulled through in the final two races to take the Flying Fifteen National Championship, held at the South Caernarvonshire YC.

Hart and Hall, in third place overnight, won the first race of the day ahead of Steve Goacher and Phil Evans, Royal Windermere. Overnight leader Charles Apthorp and Alan Green, Hayling Island SC, finished third.

In the final race of the championship Peter and Sue Bannister, Hayling Island SC, came good to take the gun with Simon Kneller and Dave Lucas, Grafham Water SC, second and Goacher and Evans third.

Meanwhile Hart and Hall finished in fourth, a comfortable four places ahead of Apthorp and Green, to take the title. Apthorp and Green were second overall and David McKee and Chris Hewkin, Dovestone SC, third.

Winners of the Classic Fleet title were Andrew and Emily McKee, from Dovestone SC, with a very comfortable win in FF759. Second were Keith Jamieson and Maf Smith, Bassenthwaite SC.

Jeremy Arnold and David Brown from Middle Nene SC won both the final days races but had to be content with fourth, third overall going to George and Martin Rock-Evans, Royal Torbay YC.

Next major event for the Flying Fifteens will be the Europeans at Hayling Island SC from 8 to 14 July 2006.

Final positions after 6 races:
1 3817 Mike Hart Tim Hall Port Dinorwic 6 1 -15 8 1 4 20pts
2 3591 Charles Apthorp Alan Green Hayling Island -9 2 7 3 3 8 23
3 3805 David McKee Chris Hewkin Dovestone 5 3 (45.0 DNF) 5 4 7 24
4 3721 Steve Goacher Phil Evans Royal Windermere 1 9 -16 15 2 3 30
5 3842 Simon Kneller Dave Lucas Grafham Water -18 5 4 7 13 2 31
6 3760 Jeremy Davy Simon Childs Hayling Island 7 13 -14 6 5 5 36
7 3603 Brett Dingwall Ben Dingwall Grafham Water 11 7 -27 1 14 13 46
8 3716 Justin Waples Ian Stowe Grafham Water 3 19 8 -24 6 11 47
9 3818 Gill Browning Simon Hunt Hayling Island 4 12 13 -25 10 10 49
10 3770 Neil Platt Tim Harper Bolton & West Kirby 19 6 -30 4 7 14 50
11 3786 Alan Bax Paul Busby Hayling Island 2 8 (45.0 DNF) 9 12 23 54
12 3681 Pip Hudson Jeremy Hudson Broxbourne -24 11 3 16 9 19 58
13 3851 Ian Linder Kevin Sweetman Burghfield 10 -27 5 18 11 15 59
14 3679 Ian Cadwallader David Sweet Chew Valley Lake 14 17 11 -22 17 9 68
15 AUS 3718 Ashley Smith Kym Thumpkin Tin Can Bay 23 22 1 2 -33 25 73
16 IRL 3759 Bryan Willis John McPeake County Antrim 27 (45.0 BFD) 2 17 16 12 74
17 3564 Miles Odell Andrew Streeter Hayling Island 12 10 (45.0 BFD) 10 22 21 75
18 3736 Peter Bannister Sue Bannister Hayling Island 17 -23 23 19 23 1 83
19 IRL 3192 Brian McKee Ian Smyth Strangford Lough 8 24 9 12 30 -32 83
20 3734 Howard Green Jonathan Bullen Leigh & Lowton -30 4 21 26 15 18 84
21 3675 Adrian Tattersall Tim Smart RYA 13 14 20 14 -39 24 85
22 3853 Robert Hogben Glyn Morgan Bewl Valley 15 16 (45.0 BFD) 23 20 29 103
23 3790 Peter Kitchen David Kitchen Tees & Hartlepool 21 15 24 13 -34 33 106
24 3816 Nigel Tullet Sam Rayner Royal Windermere -40 36 33 21 19 6 115
25 3837 David Stewart Tudor Owen 16 18 18 20 43 (45.0 BFD) 115
26 3625 Mike Kilbee Tony Cox Parkstone 28 30 12 -31 26 20 116
27 3737 Simon Robinson David Vasey Derwent Reservoir 22 21 29 -43 31 16 119
28 3787 David Brockbank Rob Parfitt Royal Windermere 20 26 -37 29 18 30 123
29 3813 Peter Slater Adrian Simpson Hayling Island -34 28 19 27 32 26 132
30 3865 Nick Clarke John Washington Rutland 31 -43 10 42 21 31 135
31 3815 Athol King Trevor Bellis Derwent Reservoir -38 35 38 11 35 17 136
32 3835 Andy Goddard Colin Pearce Dovestone -33 31 26 33 24 22 136
33 3642 Richard Hope David Nuttall Draycote Water 32 -42 6 35 36 28 137
34 IRL 3864 Gerry Donleavey National 25 32 (45.0 DNF) 30 8 45.0 DNF 140
35 3802 Ewan Masson Jim Dick Grafham Water 36 20 17 (45.0 RAF) 38 37 148
36 3724 Paul Brown Peter Baldwin Notts. County 26 29 32 39 25 (45.0 DNS) 151
37 3536 Stephen Hine Rick Bowers Hayling Island 41 37 (45.0 BFD) 28 27 27 160
38 3806 Peter Hogg Alex Dobson Dovestone -39 34 28 36 28 35 161
39 3628 Monty Priede Nobby Marshall Peterhead 29 -38 35 34 29 36 163
40 3827 Andrew Millband Andrea Millband Cowes Corinthian 35 25 34 32 -40 38 164
41 3362 Scott Train Graham Lamond RYA 37 33 31 -40 37 34 172
42 3539 John Eaton Maggie Eaton Bala -42 39 22 38 41 39 179
43 3611 Paul Avery Steve Cousins Derwent Reservoir 44 41 25 37 42 (45.0 DNF) 189
44 3381 Russell Clark Graham Massey Dovestone 43 40 36 41 (45.0 DNF) 45.0 DNF 205

Classic Fleet:
1 759 Andrew McKee Emily McKee Dovestone 1 1 1 1 2 (DNC) 6pts
2 1117 Keith Jamieson Maf Smith Bassenthwaite 7 6 -12 3 3 2 21
3 2562 George Rock-Evans Martin Rock-Evans Royal Torbay -9 2 3 4 7 6 22
4 2684 Jeremy Arnold David Brown Middle Nene 6 12 -18 6 1 1 26
5 2695 Colin Fletcher David Travis Llangorse -10 5 5 8 6 3 27
6 798 Ian Shaw Gavin Shaw Carsington -13 4 11 5 4 5 29
7 2645 Mike Jones Mark Watts Llangorse -8 7 6 7 5 4 29
8 1155 Duncan Baird Tim Bowen Llangorse 5 10 -16 2 10 7 34
9 2606 Bob Tait Robin Fletcher Broxbourne 4 8 -14 9 8 8 37
10 2663 Simon Dangerfield David Hemmingway Llangorse 3 3 2 (19.0 BFD) 19.0 DNF DNC 46
11 3031 Brian Turner Jakie Burns Broxbourne -12 11 8 11 11 10 51
12 2620 David Naylor Norman Christie Dovestone 15 9 4 10 (19.0 DNS) DNC 57
13 2626 Richard Taylor Kate Holligon South Cerney 14 13 7 14 9 (19.0 DNF) 57
14 2481 Ian Howie Lynne Travis Llangorse 2 15 10 12 (19.0 DNF) DNC 58
15 1333 Peter Clark John Chaney Humber Yawl -16 16 9 13 12 11 61
16 630 Stephen Clark Phil Gray Cardiff Bay 11 14 15 -16 14 12 66
17 2655 Ian Horton Mike O'Halloran Cardiff Bay -17 17 13 15 13 9 67
18 2163 Jason Harrison Mike Harrison Cardiff Bay 18 18 17 17 15 (DNC) 85

Class website: http://flying15.org/gbr/