Crewsaver 60th Firefly National Championships

by Barney Smith on 12 Aug 2006 Steve Tylecote and Sally Wilson sailing 'Growler' from Spinnaker Club in Hampshire have won the Crewsaver 60th Firefly National Championships held this week at South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club, Abersoch.

Two races were held on the final day all Tylecote and Wilson needed to do was get one results below 12th. Depsite being buried at the start of todays first race, for the Tomato Boats trophy, they fought their way back up to third at the finish to finish the week with an amazing scoreline of four firsts and two thirds.

Whilst Tylecote and Wilson sailed back to the beach to start celebrating, the rest of the fleet completed one more race, for the Avon Bailer Trophy, to sort out the remaining positions. Despite a late challenge from Shaun Barber and Leslie Ryan from Hamble River SC in 'Bloodhound', Stuart Hudson and Lisa Keenan sailing 'Fursty Ferret', from the Spinnaker Club in Hampshire, held onto second overall with Barber and Ryan finshing third in the weeks points series.

The National Firefly Association would like to thank all our sponsors, Crewsaver, Hyde Sails, Rondar boats, Dinghy Sailing Magazine, Marlow ropes and Craftinsure for their support during the 60th Anniversary year.

Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals - Final Overall results:

1 3037 Steven Tylecote Sally Wilson Spinnaker Club 10
2 3850 Stuart Hudson Lisa Keenan Spinnaker Club 32
3 2594 Shaun Barber Leslie Ryan Hamble River SC 37
4 3892 John Greenland Pippa Williams Hayling Island 38
5 3747 Anthony Gunstone Lucie Hopkins Castaways 41
6 3674 Nigel Wakefield Emily Saunderson Wessex Exiles 44
7 2018 Paul Kameen Ruth Verrier-Jones West Kirby SC 57
8 3119 Roger Morris Tasha Hughes Malahide YC 74
9 3841 Ian Sanderson Claire Wood Royal Lymington YC 76
10 3810 Matt Findlay Georgie Corlett West Kirby SC 81
11 3844 Dom Johnson Debs Kershaw Spinnaker 86
12 2587 Mark Tait Sally Wakefield Wessex Exiles 87
13 888 Dave Chisholm Kerry Ryan Waldringfield SC 101
14 1867 Steven Greaves Caroline Edwards Rickmansworth SC 105
15 2629 Dave Cheshire Emma Pettitt West Kirby SC 105
16 1954 Jono Pank Laura Dinham The Band 105
17 741 Mike Hartley Mark Hinton West Kirby SC 108
18 2649 Alex Davey Jesse Green Royal Harwich YC 118
19 3625 Grant Murphy Alice Gardner 118
20 3074 Simon Spolton Wessex Exiles 120
21 1853 Andy Green Kate Fairclough Imperial Poona YC 124
22 3690 Rosie Davey Giles Bradford Royal Harwich YC 130
23 2937 Chris Kameen Liz Neeve West Kirby SC 134
24 2539 Guy Davison Liz Sutton Langorse SC 136
25 2144 Craig Mitchell Jenny Colcough RORC 147
26 3023 Barnaby Smith Fiona Jones Hamble River SC 156
27 3607 Tom Hebbert Suzie Short Royal Thames YC 156
28 3125 Amy Morris Jenny Johnson 162
29 3615 Jamie McEwen Chantal Nicholson Royal Lymington YC 187
30 3893 Andrew Hewitt Jenny Blewitt Rondar Raceboats 216
31 626 Christian Guy Roger Hudson Castaways 216
32 3 John Murray Jo Hermer Edinburgh Uni 227
33 6 Katie McKenzie Nicola Brook Royal Windermere 228
34 3X Jen Taylor Laura White Sheffield University 228
35 3708 Lizzie Edwards Fleur Oswald Royal Corinthian YC 229
36 3030 Alice Currey Alistair Currey Itchenor SC 238
37 3042 Andy Palmer-Felgate Jenny Small Castaways 238
38 6969 Nick Phillips Sophie Hartley Royal Thames 242
39 3677 Dave Milledge Chris Warburton West Kirby 243
40 2282 Will Mason Anna Willard Tamesis SC 246
41 3608 Mathew Shepherd Phil Shepherd West Kirby SC 248
42 2777 Susan Steyn Peter Steyn Rickmansworth SC 249
43 3627 Douglas Patterson Helen Farr Itchenor SC 252
44 3825 Jim Eynon Rebecca Johnson Castaways 254
45 3072 Damian Boreham Claire Shea London Corinthian YC 265
46 ULU3 Andrew Twinn Tom Shawcroft 273
47 2502 Peter Langdon Dawn Langdon Restronguet SC 275
48 2065 Richard Thompson Deben YC 277
49 4 John Wilson Ed Bolam Prestwick SC 278
50 1 Ross McKerchar Claire Marriage Edinburgh Uni 279
51 3029 Sophia Hulbert Alan Hulbert Restronguet SC 279
52 370 Laura Smith Jenny Corkhill West Kirby SC 284
53 3645 Jonathan Clegg Ellen Milner Oxford University 299
54 8 David Royse Nikki Russell Oxford University SC 310
55 1X Jonathon Lye Sam Perry Sheffield University 312
56 3616 Jonathan Bickford Jo Mason Upper Thames SC 313
57 3878 Peter Kloezeman Rod Kloezeman West Kirby SC 330
58 2 Elizabeth Jamie Leanne Hibberd Edinburgh Uni 332
59 3809 Andy Rowland Jim Bramley West Kirby SC 338
60 ULU4 Robyn Phillips Clare Boston Blithfield 339
61 3168 Mike Steele Samantha Burns Hamble River SC 342
62 3620 Richard Bickford Sam Lombard Upper Thames SC 342
63 3683 Will Shepherd Sophie Shepherd West Kirby SC 345
64 3713 Simon Reynolds-Jones Kate Merritt West Kirby SC 354
65 2617 Lucy Boreham Rachel Crebbin Dell Quay SC 360
66 3711 Richard Anderton Joe Pester Hamble River SC 361
67 3609 Patch Armstrong Jemima Riley West Kirby SC 364
68 1811 Peter Slimming Callum Weston Hamble River SC 376
69 3610 David Thompson Rebecca Love Felixstowe Ferry SC 377
70 2550 Hermione Turner Castle Cove SC 381
71 5X Alasdair Alston Bram Appleton Sheffield University 386
72 123 Mike Brown 388
73 3675 Adam Richards Luke Waterfield Royal Lymington YC 399
74 3626 Simon Cowdell Alannah Witherby Castaways 399
75 3133 Ray Smith Elaine Jones Dabchicks SC 409
76 3476 Belinda Joslin Amy Bowden Royal Harwich YC 417
77 2610 Bob Bourne Lloyd Coe Up River YC 419
78 3098 Mike Clayton Steven Clayton Royal Harwich YC 420
79 5 Grant Rintoul Jenny McIvor Helensburgh 422
80 228 Sam Firkins Jenny Milner Rudyard Lake 426
81 2507 Andy Reynolds-Jones Olly Owen West Kirby SC 430
82 7 Jo McEwen Jennie Vollmer Datchet Water 447
83 Z Tim Jestico Harry Stewart West Kirby 464
84 3824 Ewen Stamp Mary Stamp Royal Harwich YC 468
85 3739 Jane Alexander Heather Jones South Staffs 472
86 USA1 Colin Gordon Angus Armstrong New York YC 476
87 3746 Jeremy Vines Max Webb-Willsteed Tamesis SC 495
88 3131 Tomas Sherwen Rebecca Smith Deben Yacht Club 497
89 3646 Mike Thomas Phil Jales West Kirby 499
90 3414 Phil Sheppard Tom Burns Aylesbury SC 502
91 3096 Jamie Marston Kate Robinson West Kirby SC 505
92 3678 Ben Crompton Emma Best South Caernarvonshire YC 505
93 3671 Marian Armstrong Adam Whittle West Kirby SC 505
94 3741 Lucy Armstrong Ali Pharoah West Kirby SC 532
95 3033 James Clayton Martine Clayton Royal Harwich YC 532
96 2457 Ralph Mouland Brendan McCallum Paynes Boat Yard 532
97 2631 Jane Hudson Rhiannon Jones Spinnaker Club 559
98 2166 Neil Banks Jennie Banks Chipstead SC 566
99 983 Philip Knight-Jones Christopher Knight-Jones Warsash SC 576
100 12 Ruth Romer Jenny Leon Uni of Birmingham 579
101 11 Ben Newman Sally Bryans Uni of Birmingham 580
102 3537 James Prestwich Jemima Heap Budworth SC 591
103 2895 Timothy Barrett Nick Barrett Castaways 616
104 3749 Peggy Dorothy Vicki Weston Hamble River SC 625
105 2390 Bob Holdham Sylvia Leech Cardiff Bay YC 657
106 1066 Adria Fitzjohn Lewis Vigor Upper Thames SC 661
106 3649 Dick Uren Jamie Uren West Kirby SC 661
108 903 James Rowland West Kirby 672
108 2313 James Miller Victoria Harrison West Kirby SC 672
108 3176 John Wilcock Wembley SC 672
108 3802 Mike Arnold Katie Arnold Deben Yacht Club 672