RS200 Inland Championship
by Pete Vincent on 12 Oct 2006
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It has been a big season for RS200’s, record turnouts for the Nationals, biggest ever Eurocup, number one two man class in the country and it ended in a really big way at Draycote on Oct 8/9. The GUL RS200 Inlands attracted a record entry for an RS Inlands with an entry of 111 boats and Draycote did us proud.
Saturday saw totally clear blue skies and warm autumn sunshine; further evidence of global warming? On top of this there was a mighty fine breeze blowing down the length of the lake giving great conditions, 14-19 knots of wind for the racing.
For the first time RS200s were going to race under a flight format.
Everyone had to pre enter and the entrants were split into four equal fleets, two fleets raced together at a time with two separate starts per race.
The fleets starting first going onto the outer loop with a separate finishing line.
Over six races every fleet sailed against every other fleet twice; there were no qualifying races to produce gold and silver fleets.
This was a big ask for the race teams to organise but PRO Chris Avery supported by Bob Craggs and John Rhode rose to the task with great skill; good courses and managed the whole schedule very well as shown by the fact that in 12 starts there was only one general recall.
So enter the competitors who promptly did what RS200 do best, have a ball with some very tight racing. After three races on Saturday and Mike Saul/Sophie Hartley had put their poor GUL Nationals result behind them a fine 1.3.2 scoreline to lead. One point behind them were the ultra consistent Tom and Jo Hewitson with 2.2.3 with Lee Sydenham/Jane Willan in very close company with a score of 7.1.1. The surprise was that King Carveth/Heather King was out of touch without a top ten finish.
Sunday and the wind was now across the lake starting off much lighter and much more patchy.
The wind for the first race started around 8 knots but the breeze gradually built throughout the day to 14 knots; its patchy nature gave some real ladders downwind if you got it right.
Sarah Allan/Pete Rowley had three top tens on Saturday but hit real form with a 1.3 in races 4 and 5.
Josh Gebhard/Ginger Jeffery matched this score with 3.1 but it was Carveth/Heather King that were the stars with two very emphatic race wins.
None of this though could make an impression on the leading two boats, the Hewitsons and Saul/Hartley had remained consistently in the top four and entering the last round of races it was only these two boats that could win. The Hewitsons settled the issue by doing a blue horizon job to win their race and the GUL Inlands.
This was the fifth time Tom and Jo had won the GUL RS200 Inlands in the last six years; an astounding record in such a competitive fleet; time to give them the trophy.
A very memorable year ended in fine style, bring on next season with the continued excellent support of GUL.
Final overall results:
1 Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson Rickmansworth S C 10
2 Michael Saul Sophie Hartley Yorkshire Dales S C 13
3 Lee Sydenham Jane Willan R Y A 14
4 Jonathan Lewis K T Nichol Burghfield S C 20
5 Steve Dunn Noelle Vidal Milton Keynes S C 20
6 Sarah Allan Peter Rowley 21
7 Marshall King Emma Clarke Royal St George Y C 30
8 Geoff Carveth Heather King Littleton S C 32
9 David Hivey Jane Hivey W L Y C 32
10 Nick Charles Juliet Kingsnorth Bristol Corinthian Y C 34
11 Ian Pickard Lucy Matthews Bristol Corinthian Y C 35
12 Jeremy Stephens Simon Haighton Penzance S C 39
13 Tony Wetherell Jack Wetherell Beaver S C 41
14 James Peters Henry Maxfield Hayling Island S C 41
15 Josh Gebhard Ginger Jeffrey DABAR 43
16 Pete Vincent Tessa Nicholls Bristol Corinthian Y C 44
17 Ronald Millar Jane Furness Dalgety Bay S C 46
18 Micky Wright Howie Enkel Maylandsea Bay S C 48
19 Sarah Taylor Lucy Matthews Bristol Corinthian Y C 48
20 Chris Martin Rach Harrison Burghfield S C 49
21 Robbie Burns Vicki Simpson Largs S C 50
22 Andrew Peters Jeraldine Peters King & Queen Y C 51
23 Martin Penty Jeremy Collins Beaver S C 52
24 Christopher Pickles Laura Westell Delph S C 55
25 Sue Antonelli Jo Lloyd Littleton S C 56
26 Frances Peters Dicken McClean Hayling Island S C 58
27 Simon Gillow Emma Harniman Wembley S C 64
28 Andrew Blee Anna Dilks Draycote Water S C 66
29 Steve Cooper Anna Row Draycote Water S C 71
30 Sarah Robertson Kate Mitchell Dalgety Bay S C 71
31 Hamish Walker Clare Stubbs Downs S C 75
32 Trudie Fell Karen Baker Bristol Corinthian Y C 76
33 Colin Staite Liz Teague Bartley S C 76.6
34 Stephen Janering Quincy Wembley S C 77
35 Graham Tinsley Becky Partridge Budworth S C 79
36 George Kingsnorth Victoria Fairhurst Burghfield S C 79
37 Rob Martin Jan Martin Burghfield S C 83
38 Russell Collister June Collister Isle of Man Y C 83
39 Tom Winskell Lina Haines Royal Navy S A 91
40 Harry Roome Prue Roome Itchenor S C 95
41 Simon Everett Luke Tasker Covenham S C 95
42 Nick Cheetham Joe Cheetham Budworth S C 96
43 Rob Janering M Wembley S C 101
44 Andi Riley Julie Marsden Stewartby S C 102
45 Wayne Fletcher Deb Fletcher Scaling Dam 108
46 George Savell Jack Foster Bough Beech S C 108
47 Roy McCubbin Kirsty McSveney Strathclyde Loch S C 111
48 Fiona Hall Helen Wightman Littleton S C 111
49 Ian Mairs Nathalie Watson Chipstead S C 116
50 Jon Thompson Anne Saul Ripon S C 116
51 Paul Lewis Flicity Pearson Burghfield S C 118
52 Phil Waind Sonya Waind Wembley S C 119
53 Richard Neall Sara Terry Itchenor S C 119
54 Mark Hatsell Rob Ashman Middle Nene S C 121
55 Richard Pilling Elizabeth Pilling Sheffield Viking S C 125
56 Chris Massey Alice Walton Dovestone S C 128
57 Andrew Savell Harry Savell Salcombe Y C 134
58 Mike Gibson Tom Gibson Bartley S C 150
59 Emily McKee Guy Kippen Chipstead S C 151
60 Joseph Hothersall Harry Cheetham Budworth S C 152
61 Adrian Sherratt Sarah Sherratt Haversham S C 152
62 David Harper Steve Harper Draycote Water S C 154
63 Lawrence Hayward Sarah Webb Staunton Harold S C 154
64 Charlie Muir-Sands Jane Muir-Sands Littleton S C 154
65 James French Finn Kirkpatrick Gurnard S C 155
66 Andrew Hartley Eve Hartley Ripon S C 155
67 Andy Wood Ali McInnes Yeadon S C 157
68 Tim Gray Wendy Gray Staunton Harold S C 157
69 Dan Perry Jo Hermer Horning S C 160
70 Ross Crook Wendy Smythe Budworth S C 166
71 Peter Craggs Phil Nelson York Railway Institute S C 166
72 Toby Ashton Rachel Ashton Oxford S C 168
73 Ashley Fry Catherine Fry Draycote Water S C 174
74 Jake Gebhard Andy Farquaad DABAR 175
75 Mark Harrison Tom Harrison Gurnard S C 178
76 Kev O'Brien James Turner RAF S A 178
77 Nick Haylett Claire Haylett Datchet Water S C 181
78 Julian Bradley Lesley Bates 182
79 Kevin Druce Lydia Frew HLSTC 183
80 Emma Johnson Anna Stinson S C S C 186
81 Ellie Martin Hannah Burywood Burghfield S C 187
82 Doug Maxwell Robert Marriott Wembley S C 187
83 Nigel Harniman Lindsey Gilbert Webley S C 187
84 John McCaldin Lianne Hibbert Dalgety Bay S C 188
85 Neil Kelsall Paula Kelsall Banbury S C 188
86 Eloise Hansen Inge-lisa Hansen North Lincolnshire S C 189
87 Jeff Marksz Denise Brown Staunton Harold S C 191
88 Paul Goodwin Serena DeNahlik Draycote Water S C 202
89 Georgie Hill Greg Leggins Scaling Dam 206
90 Liz Jamie Fi Foulkes Dalgety Bay S C 207
91 John Mucklow Alistair Mitchell Dalgety Bay S C 208
92 Winston Lord Vicki Lord Weston S C 216
93 Peter Entwistle Susan Entwistle Papercourt S C 227
94 Matthew Sheahan Ellie Sheahan Netley S C 229
95 Stephen Woodward Emma Yates Bristol Corinthian Y C 232
96 Michael Ball Rosie Ball Draycote Water S C 235
97 John Preston Lucy Preston Papercourt S C 235
98 Martyn Peters Alice Peters Llangorse S C 239
99 Patrick Manning Alex Pickles Delph S C 244
100 Debbie Cooper Jo Twinney Draycote Water S C 259
101 Gary Parks Josh Pritchard 261
102 Keith Lown Helga Scynare North Lincolnshire S
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