Fireball National Championships Day 1

by Event media on 18 Aug 2008 An Impressive 90 Boat fleet launched for a great day's racing off the Cornish coast on day one of the Fireball National Championships at Mounts Bay Sailing Club.

Race 1 was sailed in a Force 3. Former World Champions Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend lead at the windward mark and held this to the finish. Martyn Lewis and Richard Byre held second for a long period only to be overtaken by Andy Smith and Jonny Mildred, who subsequently lost out to Derian Scott and Andy Scott at the finish.

For Race 2 the wind had built to force 4 for the start of the second race. Again Howarth and Townend lead by taking a clear line out on the left of the beat, but were later overtaken by Dave Wade and Ben McGrane and Matt Mee and Richard Wagstaff. Wade and McGrane won the race on the water but were subject to a protest hearing for an incident at the windward mark. The protest was dismissed and so they held onto their winning score. Mee and Wagstaff finished second and Howarth/Townend third.

Howarth/Townend are overnight leaders, followed by DJ Edwards and Andy Thompson in second who had a very consistent day with two fourths. Smith/Mildred lie in third with a 3,6 scoreline.

Defending National Champions Tom Jeffcoate and Mark Hogan scored 6 and 9 and are lying 7th overall. With nine National, World and European champions past and present competing and the wind forecast to increase tomorrow it looks to be a very interesting week unfolding.

Fireball - National Championships - Day 1

1st Gold 14830 Chips Howarth Vyv Townsend Bewl Valley SC 1 3 4
2nd Gold 14949 D J Edwards Andy Thompson Corus SC 4 4 8
3rd Gold 14895 Andy Smith Jonny Mildred Notts Sount SC 3 6 9
4th Gold 14994 Matt Mee Richard Wagstaff Hollingworth Lake SC 9 2 11
5th Gold 14993 Dave Wade Ben McGrane Hollingworth Lake SC 12 1 13
6th Gold 14973 Matt Burge Paul Davies Poole YC 5 8 13
7th Gold 14948 Tom Jeffcoate Mark Hogan Notts County SC 6 9 15
8th Gold 14950 Kevin Hope Russell Thorne Notts County SC 8 7 15
9th Gold 14941 Derian Scott Andy Scott Chew Valley Lake SC 2 14 16
10th Gold 14226 Martyn Lewis Richard Byne Draycote Water SC 7 11 18
11th Gold 14966 Grahame Newton Mark Stevens Staunton Harold SC 10 13 23
12th Gold 14977 Phillip Popple Gavin Tillson Shoreham SC 13 15 28
13th Gold 14980 Tom Foskett Tim Needham Staunton Harold 19 10 29
14th Gold 14945 Tom Fenn Jim Baldwin Notts County SC 11 23 34
15th Gold 14791 Angus Hemmings Steve Chesney Hayling Island SC 17 17 34
16th Gold 14954 Becky Priest Tim Saunders Staunton Harold SC 25 12 37
17th Gold 14867 Veronica Falat Ben Falat Waveney & Oulton Broad YC 14 24 38
18th Gold 14820 Andrew Pearce Olly Goldsmith Portishead Y&SC 22 16 38
19th Gold 14991 Adam Whitehouse M Pratt Draycote Water SC 21 18 39
20th Gold 14805 Mark Maskell John Watkins Brightlingsea 16 26 42
21st 14842 Paulo Brescia Dario Pagliani Yacht Club Italiano 28 19 47
22nd 14829 Matt Grant Tim Searle Castle Cove SC 27 20 47
23rd Silver 14628 Simon Lomas-Clarke John Piatt Weston SC 30 21 51
24th Gold 14982 Martin Scarth Anthony King Blackwater SC 23 29 52
25th Gold 15002 Simon Kelsall Tom Williamson Staunton Harold SC 24 33 57
26th Gold 14818 Pete Badham John Rohde Dracote Water SC 29 28 57
27th Gold 14837 Russell Cormack Ali Cormack Budworth SC 26 39 65
28th Silver 14789 Rhys Lankester Chris Bishop Bristol Corinthian 31 36 67
29th Gold 14928 Andy Willcocks Andrea Willcocks Clevedon SC 38 30 68
30th Silver 14565 Elaine Slater Graham Slater Paignton SC 32 37 69
31st Bronze 14742 Nick McLeod Matt Rawson Ogston SC 35 34 69
32nd 14911 Joe Jospe Tom Egli Pointe Claire YC 43 27 70
33rd Silver 14391 Alex Shaw Jo Line Portishead Y&SC 41 31 72
34th Silver 13697 Christine Slater Nigel Williams Paignton SC 33 43 76
35th Gold 14967 Tom Castle Anthony York Northampton SC 39 38 77
36th Gold 14834 Paul Smalley Alex Knight Weston SC 44 35 79
37th 14315 Jeremy Belling Paul Robbins Castle Cove SC 50 32 82
38th Gold 14876 Chris Walker Oli Needham Staunton Harold SC 34 50 84
39th Gold 14909 Ian Priest Mike Stoddart South Cerney SC 40 44 84
40th Bronze 14625 Brett Cokayne Tom Greenhalgh Staunton Harold SC 37 49 86
41st Gold 14955 Ian Western Keith Bundy Draycote Water SC 36 51 87
42nd Gold 14662 Anthony Proctor Alan Goule Paington SC 42 45 87
43rd 14182 Tim Riley Chris Tuchett Waveny & Oulton Broad YC 48 40 88
44th Silver 14882 Rob Watson Lisa Kelly Staunton Harold SC 71 22 93
45th 14111 John Tenny Tom Vian Draycote Water SC 52 42 94
46th Gold 14899 Sam Mettam Richard Anderton Thorny Island SC 91.0 DSQ 5 96
47th Gold 14771 Terry Forbes Dan Walker Staunton Harold SC 51 48 99
48th Bronze 14755 David Ryder Michelle Ryder Blackwater SC 54 46 100
49th 14843 Colin Snowden Karen Hiles Draycote Water SC 53 47 100
50th Silver 14621 Jeremy Hurst Abigail Hurst Parkstone SC 47 53 100
51st Silver 14229 Geoff Holden Sophie Holden Ogston SC 49 52 101
52nd Gold 14893 Elaine Tudor Warren Tudor Brightlingsea SC 46 57 103
53rd Silver 14821 Jonathon Bale Gary Henwood-Fox Chew Valley Lake SC 45 60 105
54th Gold 13945 Malcolm Davies Fiona Davies Paignton SC 15 91.0 DNF 106
55th Gold 14920 Vince Horey Robert Gardiner King George Sailing Club 18 91.0 DNS 109
56th Bronze 14918 Gordon Evans Ruth Evans Coran SC Margam 55 55 110
57th Gold 14892 Penny Gibbs Ian Gibbs Brightlingsea SC 20 91.0 DNS 111
58th Bronze 14114 Barry Smith Christopher Smith Thornbury SC 56 59 115
59th Gold 13910 Nathan Batchelor Adam Bowers Castle Cove SC 91.0 DSQ 25 116
60th Bronze 14600 Anthony Willcocks James Willcocks Clevedon SC 60 56 116
61st Silver 14886 John Lang Damian Abbott West Riding SC 58 58 116
62nd 14624 Steve Patten Brian Aldgate Penzance SC 57 62 119
63rd 13857 Martin Smith Julie Hanson Mounts Bay SC 61 61 122
64th Bronze 14872 Barbara Newson Guy Newson Pentland Firth YC 63 63 126
65th Bronze 14674 Duncan Roberts Kayleigh Roberts Carsington SC 64 64 128
66th Bronze 14995 Steve Greenhalgh Heidi Cokayne Staunton Harold SC 65 66 131
67th Gold 14870 Peter Wood James Wood Draycote Water SC 91.0 DSQ 41 132
68th 14593 Bob Reynolds Graham Ditcham Weirwood SC 62 72 134
69th 14236 Tom Burton Graham Burton RYA 67 69 136
70th 14118 Grahame Collett Mark Homer Draycote Water SC 69 68 137
71st Bronze 14887 Gareth Hill Janet Hill Corus SC 66 73 139
72nd Silver 13659 Peter Clayton Richard Clayton Scaling Dam SC 68 71 139
73rd Bronze 13152 Kirsten Claiden-Yardley Andrew Jarvis Oxford SC 70 70 140
74th 14716 Paul Anthony Quentin Hayes Draycote Water 91.0 DSQ 54 145
75th 14798 Maria Richard Lisa Langard Blackwater SC 59 91.0 DNS 150
76th Bronze 14266 Bob Tuckwood Debbie Tuckwood Notts County SC 91.0 DSQ 65 156
77th Bronze 14135 Scarff Stewart Lesley Scarff Shoreham SC 91.0 DSQ 67 158
78th Silver 14108 Richard Stone Ollie Stone Staunton Harold SC 72 91.0 DNF 163
79th 12914 Graham Gittins Teresa Tonks Chelmarsh SC 73 91.0 DNS 164
80th Bronze 14463 Steve Popple Suzie Capey Shoreham SC 91.0 DNS 74 165
81st Gold 14964 David Mason George Collett Weirwood SC 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNF 182
81st Gold 14976 Ross Kearney Dave Hynes Northampton SC 91.0 DSQ 91.0 DSQ 182
81st Bronze 14268 Nick Hurst Ben Fjaeren Shoreham SC 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNS 182
81st 14779 John Hobson John Rowell Notts County SC 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 182
81st 15004 Peter Gray Robert Lyn Staunton Harold SC 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNF 182
81st Bronze 13656 Tony Godwin Tim McEvoy Torpoint Mosquito SC 91.0 DSQ 91.0 DSQ 182
81st Bronze 14296 Corrie Bell Ben Cosh Shoreham 91.0 DNC 91.0 DNC 182
81st 14874 Gary Russam Andy Ffoulkes Bartley SC 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNS 182
81st Bronze 14999 David Festing Karen Festing Soreham SC 91.0 DNF 91.0 DNS 182
81st Bronze 14387 Wendy Wood Helen Bedford Shoreham SC 91.0 DNS 91.0 DNS 182