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1948 Olympic Veteran wins Hamble Warming Pan

by Barney Smith/HRSC on 15 Mar 2007
Fairey and Rondar Fireflys competing at Hamble Firefly OM - 2006 (Richard Weston) UK Firefly Association
Over 50 dinghies competed in the 45th annual Hamble Warming Pan hosted by Hamble River Sailing Club over the weekend of 10 and 11 March.

The event was blessed with amazing weather normally only seen at the height of an English Summer. With bright sunshine and moderate winds prevailing all weekend the competitors enjoyed four superb races up and down the Hamble River.

The 23 strong Firefly Class was won by Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield from Wessex Exiles in Mark’s superbly restored, 59 year old, Firefly ‘Dido’, originally built for the 1948 Olympic Games. Mark and Sally just edged out Ian Sanderson from the Royal Lymington who sailed with Claire Wood (Saturday) and Debs Hill (Sunday).

The Merlin Rocket Class, also comprising 23 boats, was keenly fought with Richard Whitworth and Nichola Brook in 'Filthy/Gorgeous' taking the Warming Pan title by a single point from Tom Stewart and Chris Downham. Things might have been different if Tom and Chris hadn’t missed the first race on Saturday due to some significant travel errors.

The local Foxer class was convincingly won by John Duff in 'Hale Fox'. Despite having the smallest entry this class had some of the keenest racing and provided excellent entertainment as they used some very small courses set adjacent to Hamble Green.

Once again the many volunteers members of HRSC provided excellent race management, plenty of hot food all day, a friendly welcome and following a very hectic week running up to the event some superb new changing rooms.

Over the year the club will consider plans for the 46th Warming Pan which will take place on 8/9 March 2008 but rest assured the event is now back on a firm footing and the club looks forward to welcoming an even bigger entry in twelve months times.

Excellent video footage (2-4 minute clips with commentary) of Sunday racing –
See: http://www.malcolmdonald.com

Class: Firefly
1 GBR498 Dido Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield 2 1 2 1 4
2 GBR3841 Genesis Ian Sanderson and Claire Wood/Debs Hill 1 2 3 3 6
3 GBR1867 Cumulus Steve Greaves and Sally Wilson 4 5 4 4 12
4 GBR3023 Fourwood Thinking Barney Smith and Alannah Witherby 5 3 5 5 13
5 GBR3919 Mrs Brock Peter Cook and Janet Exelby 3 7 7 23 17
6 GBR3074 The Sith Simon Spolton and Verity Birch 9 4 6 23 19
7 GBR3708 Atomic Lizzie Edwards and Carina 8 9 8 23 25
8 GBR3674 Flo Nigel Wakefield and Emily Sanderson 23 23 1 2 26
9 GBR1811 Tit Willow Peter Slimming and Charlotte McGarry 16 14 10 8 32
10 GBR2617 Felix Lucy Boreham and Rachel Crebbin 10 12 12 10 32
11 GBR3694 Ross E James Fryatt and Lizzie Shawcroft 12 16 13 9 34
12 GBR3414 Minke Andy Palmer-Felgate and Liz Sutton 6 6 23 23 35
13 GBR2507 Special Brew Andy Reynolds-Jones and Dave Thompson 14 13 11 12 36
14 GBR3711 Katie B Tom Shawcroft and Tom Gall 13 11 15 13 37
15 GBR2594 Bloodhound Russell and Emily Peters 7 8 23 23 38
16 GBR3414 Minke Richard Anderton and crew 23 23 9 6 38
17 GBR3693 Ian Fiona Jones and Sammy Burns 15 15 16 11 41
18 GBR3713 Arjosarus Simon Reynolds-Jones and Imogen Warren 11 10 23 23 44
19 GBR3710 John Merricks Alex Lomer and Tom Burns 17 18 14 14 45
20 GBR3168 TBC Mike Steele and crews 23 23 23 7 53
21 GBR3692 Eric Callum and Kieran Rocks 18 17 23 23 58
22 GBR708 John Pelham Olive and crew 23 23 23 15 61
23 GBR708 John Alexandra and Colin Olive 19 23 23 23 65

Class: Merlin Rocket
1 GBR3670 Filthy /Gorgeous Richard Whitworth and Nic Brook 2 7 2 1 5
2 GBR3683 Little Blue Tom Stewart and Chris Downham 24 1 1 4 6
3 GBR3685 The Black Pearl William Warren and Chris 4 2 3 2 7
4 GBR3656 Wild Card Roger Gilbert and James 5 3 5 6 13
5 GBR3660 djelibeybi Will Rainey and Vicki Tarbet 1 11 10 3 14
6 GBR3539 Gangsta Paradise Dan Alsop and Jennie King 3 9 4 13 16
7 GBR3652 Time and Tide David Sayce and Graham 7 4 8 10 19
8 GBR3684 Keyser Soze Andy Davis and Elle Bremner 9 5 14 7 21
9 GBR3676 Hot Totty Pat and Jill Blake 6 13 9 8 23
10 GBR3666 Devilled Kidney Chris Lewns and Jane 10 15 13 5 28
11 GBR3643 Moist Alex Jackson and Georgie 13 14 6 9 28
12 GBR3653 Artemis Judith Massey & Claire 12 6 17 12 30
13 GBR3641 Puff the Magic Dragon Steve Tyler and Ally 8 16 12 16 36
14 GBR3665 Still Not Over Matt Biggs and Claire 11 10 23 15 36
15 GBR3592 Boadicea Nick Scroggie and Frances 16 12 11 14 37
16 GBR3661 Schmoozy Blue Graham and Ben 15 8 16 19 39
17 GBR3640 Smart Tart Simon and Anna 24 24 7 11 42
18 GBR3580 Chambulls Mark Fuller and Chris 14 17 15 18 46
19 GBR3483 Cloud 9 Mark Emmett and Gaby 17 24 19 17 53
20 GBR3400 Dangerbat James and Helen 18 18 18 20 54
21 GBR3657 Revolution Phil Emery and Dave 24 19 23 23 65
22 GBR3609 Time Lords Carl Whitehill and Julian 19 24 23 23 65
23 GBR3566 Pocket Rocket Joe McLaughlin and Bryn 24 24 23 23 70

Foxer:
1 GBR67 Hale Fox Mr John Duff 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 10
2 GBR15 Fox Mr Ian Savill 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 3 19
3 GBR62 Rennfox Mr Ian Sumner 3 3 4 4 5 4 1 1 20
4 GBR50 Ace David Criswick 4 4 4 4 1 2 3 2 20
5 GBR136 Grandy Alan Fuller 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 26
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