John Merricks Tiger Trophy at Rutland Sailing Club

by Sail-World UK on 7 Feb 2007

Prize winners at Tiger Trophy 2007 Martin Hollingshead

Light winds with brilliant sunshine provided fantastic spectating of the close racing as over 150 dinghies took part in the 2007 John Merricks Tiger Trophy sailed at Rutland SC last weekend. Winners were Martin Hunter with Simon McCarthy and Jamie Stwart sailing a Thames A Rater.

Thames A Rater © Martin Hollingshead

After the handicap racing on Saturday the Pursuit Race took place on Sunday. Conditions looked perfect for the Thames A rater and so it proved.

After a slow race with a lot of rafting throughout the fleet, the A Rater took the lead with less than 20 minuetes to go and held off the chasing pack.

Second to finish was Merlin Rocket 3670 - Richard Whitworth / Nicloa Brook, 3rd Merlin Rocket 3684 - Jonathon / Timothy McGovern, 4th the B14 768 - Mark Barnes / Pete Nicholson and 5th Merlin Rocket - Matt Biggs / Claire Stopps.

Overall for the weekend The Thames A Rater was first, 2nd the B14 768 and 3rd the International 14 of Andy and Tom Partington.

Prizes were presented by Rod Carr, head of the RYA and one of the JMST Trustees.

Overall Leading positions, 158 entries:

Pos Boat Type SailNo Helm Crew Club PY R1 Pursuit Total

1 Thames A Rater 14 Martin Hunter Simon McCarthy / Jamie Stwart Thames sc 902 4 1 5pts

2 B14 768 Mark Barnes Pete Nicholson B14 Class Association 880 9 4 13

3 International 14 1503 Andy Partington Tom Partington Hayling Island 850 6 8 14

4 29er 1164 James Rusden Saxton Ben Royal Lymington/Grafham 924 14 7 21

5 29er 120 Frances Peters Hannah Diamond Hayling Island 924 10 12 22

6 Merlin Rocket 378 Richard Whitworth Nicola Brook Hollingworth Lake SC 1024 21 2 23

7 29er 4 Huw Humphreys Masc Todd Hoyhead 924 22 6 28

8 Musto Skiff 146 Anthony Chapman N/A RSC 875 8 24 32

9 RS500 566 Neil Baker Kate Tod Datchet 972 26 10 36

10 Fireball 14919 Matt Mee Richard Wagstaff Hollingworth Lake SC 982 19 19 38

11 49er 969 David Evans Rick Peacock Corus 747 2 37 39

12 505 8887 Richard Williams John Davies RCYC & RHYC 902 30 9 39

13 Musto Skiff 265 Richard Stenhouse N/A RSC 875 13 32 45

14 Merlin Rocket 3665 Matt Biggs Clare Stopps BLYM 1024 41 5 46

15 49er 747 Josh Wilce Olly Wilce RSC 747 16 35 51

16 49er 824 Dylan Fletcher Sign Alain Stokes Bay 747 5 49 54

18 29ER 543 Mike Wood Graham wheaton Draycote 924 42 13 55

17 49ER 748 Tristan Jaques Tom Dawson TBA 747 3 52 55

19 29er 1065 Matt Undrell Rich Crocker Emberton Park SC 924 23 40 63

20 29er 2 James Ellis Rob Partridge RPCYC 924 43 22 65

Adjusted results are available based on the first race being only one lap for everyone, which was used for the positions in the individual classes - email the club to request this.

Event website: http://rutlandsc.co.uk