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Sharpie National Championship - South Australians dominate day

by Peter Campbell on 5 Jan 2010
Intense rivalry at the mark between Tassie and the South Australians. - 67th Australian Sharpie Championship Hobart Day Four Images Jane Austin

South Australian sailors not only dominated today's race six of the Australian Sharpie National championship on the River Derwent but they now also fill the top three places overall, with one final race to sail tomorrow.

Best placed Tasmanian Ric Buchanan, sailing One Hump or Two, has now dropped to fourth in overall standings, today finishing sixth.

On another day of changing wind direction and strength, principal race officer Nick Hutton had to 'pull the pin' on the first attempt to start the 27 boat fleet. However, the next attempt proved successful in a breeze that ranged from 5 knot to a peak of 18 knots before easing away later in the race.

The strong bid by the South Australians to retain the national title for this iconic Australian adult dinghy class comes as no surprise, with an 11-boat team contesting the championship, conducted by Sandy Bay Sailing Club. Tasmania has only six boats in the fleet.

Jason Heritage, the youngest South Australian skipper among a team of veterans (including 40 and 50 year-old Sharpie devotees) won today's race with Bread Run from fellow team members Malcolm Higgins, skippering Blur and
Dave Higgins, helming All Scoobed Out.

After six heats Bread Run heads the leader board with 9 points after one discard, Blur is on 11 points, All Scoobed Out on 14 and One Hump or Two on 21 points. Queenslander Andrew Wells, skippering Jess, is fifth overall on 22 points.

67th Australian Sharpie Championship - Progressive Results

 

Sail No

Boat

Helm

Crew

Points

Place

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

SA920

Bread Run

Jason Heritage

James Davis & Mark Beaumont

9

1

10

3

1

2

2

1

SA893

Blur

Malcolm Higgins

Sam Sanderson & Andrew Chisholm

11

2

5

2

3

3

1

2

SA909

All Scoobed Out

Dave Higgins

Anthony Mitton & Mark Kretschmer

14

3

8

1

4

1

5

3

T900

One Hump or Two

Rick Buchanan

Andre Declerk & Nick Johnston

21

4

2

4

2

7

8

6

Q906

Jess

Andrew Wells

Jason Beebe & Sam Reid

22

5

1

6

5

6

11

4

N885

Mr Freeze

Todd Curry

Hayden Sellers & Brad Curry

33

6

6

17

7

4

6

10

T846

Dump Truck

Nick Fleming

Will Logan & Alex Bourke

43

7

14

5

16

5

12

7

SA858

Savage Mood Swings

John Weigand

Justin Kennaway & Sam Heritage

47

8

4

10

8

15

10

18

T825

Nutpatch Nougat

Drew Latham

Nick Carter & Andrew Rostron

50

9

9

15

9

19

4

13

T816

Get Smart

Tim Muir

Charles Donnelly & Marcus Carter

51

10

3

13

28

24

3

8

SA831

2MC's & 1 DJ!!

John Heywood

Harry Fisher & Zane Hacker

52

11

13

7

10

13

9

17

WA910

Vita Brevis

David Meehan

Rhyss Edwards & Brendan Green

62

12

11

8

12

17

19

14

SA895

In Hindsight

Daniel Rantanen

Matthew Carter & Chad Baker

63

13

28

14

6

12

20

11

N883

Smoke

Michael Forster

Andrew Forster & Ben Phillips

65

14

16

11

11

14

14

15

SA884

Pre-Mature

Ellen Fisher

Cameron Larkin & Brad Windram

67

15

21

22

15

8

18

5

T889

Gun Smoke

Paul Burnell

Tom Ransley & Steve Salter

72

16

17

12

28

11

16

16

N747

Roger Ramjet

Derek Milligan

John Fisher & Andrew Breen

74

17

19

19

22

10

7

19

N812

Rocket Fuels

Dean Souter

Mark Ablett & Michael Denny

74

18

15

16

17

16

15

12

SA912

Wet Dream

Darryl O'Toole

Barry O'Toole & Brad Day

78

19

7

18

20

20

13

22

WA821

Impact

Craig Mann

David Nixon & Chris Plummer

82

20

12

9

13

25

23

28

N902

Mainiac

Ian Richardson

Alex Marzano & Dylan Zanin

86

21

20

23

14

9

22

21

SA699

Rhythmstick

Steve Luders

Angus Hughes & Brad Luders

91

22

24

20

19

22

21

9

N736

Chilli Factor

Chris Ablett

Eric Hines & Grant Warner

97

23

22

21

21

18

17

20

SA897

Killing Me Softly

Greg Hammet

James Bowling & Chris Thorne

106

24

18

24

18

23

24

23

T610

Head

David Golding

Ishmael Konstantinidis & Guy Roberts

121

25

25

26

28

21

25

24

SA856

Freak on a Leash

Adam Cotton

Rohan Lillie & Peter Knispel

126

26

23

25

28

26

27

25

WA734

Run to Paradise

Tony Aisbett

Jeff Darby & Gary Reed

130

27

28

27

23

28

26

26

 



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