Scottish Topper Championships at Peterhead Sailing Club

by Bill Young 18 Aug 2003 12:23 PDT

A fleet of 38 Toppers, including four local boats enjoyed two days of relatively steady winds and sunny weather in the Harbour at Peterhead. Two days of sailing produced, what some would say, an inevitable result and a new name on the Scottish Topper Championship Trophy.

Robin Paris continued his clean sweep of Topper events in Scotland with an emphatic victory in the Scottish Championships held at Peterhead Sailing Club over the weekend of 16th and 17th August 2003. He dropped only two firsts over the six race series, one on each day, but so strong was his lead, and his sailing ability, that he never looked seriously challenged over the weekend.

Craig Paul was a worthy runner up and 'old' hand Euan Ross came in third. Anna Dobson won the prize for highest placed girl, coming in 7th place.

Iain Docwra who was rushed to hospital on Saturday evening, following a violent allergic reaction to some jellyfish stings, was brave in coming out o n Sunday for the final tow races, to secure sixth place.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	44777	Robin Paris	Helensburgh SC	1	2	1	1	1	6	6
2	42307	Craig Paul	Lochaber YC	10	5	6	2	3	1	17
3	44476	Euan Ross	Spey Valley SC	2	1	14	8	6	4	21
4	44494	Andrew Clegg	Helensburgh SC	9	3	2	6	4	7	22
5	40122	Harry Calvert	SVSC	17	10	5	4	2	2	23
6	44078	Iain Docwra	Helensburgh SC	5	6	4	~~DNC~~	5	5	25
7	44415	Anna Dobson	Helensburgh SC	4	7	3	5	7	11	26
8	26734	Sam Rupar	Spey Valley SC	13	4	7	3	11	3	28
9	44328	Gavin Jeffrey	Helensburgh SC	6	8	11	7	9	8	38
10	43579	Nell Hardie	Tarbert Loch Fyne YC	3	13	18	12	8	12	48
11	40040	Sam Room	St. Andrews SC	7	14	9	10	13	9	48
12	44012	Thomas Ward	Aberdeen & Stonehaven SC	8	9	8	13	14	15	52
13	41670	Magnus Popplewell	C.C.C.	15	11	10	9	15	19	60
14	44127	Alastair Milton	Helensburgh SC	11	15	20	14	12	13	65
15	44233	Alasdair Young	Tarbert Loch Fyne YC	14	17	17	15	10	10	66
16	42563	Jack Calvert	SVSC	18	12	13	16	18	14	73
17	44505	Alistair Shepherd	Lochaber YC	16	18	16	11	19	16	77
18	42492	Becky Hyde	Lochaber YC	19	16	12	21	20	20	87
19	44578	David Kohler	Linlithgow Loch SC	12	23	19	18	25	21	93
20	37622	David Highcock	Largs SC	21	24	22	17	16	18	94
21	30622	Michael Gorzkowski	Loch Venacher SC	22	26	24	20	17	17	100
22	44589	Peter Irwin	Linlithgow Loch SC	23	19	15	23	22	25	102
23	43911	Alex Norman	Glasgow SC	20	22	21	19	21	24	103
24	44767	Callum Calder	Cramond BC	25	21	26	25	24	22	117
25	19257	Clare Shepherd	Lochaber YC	24	20	23	26	27	26	119
26	25958	Ewan Murray	Peterhead SC	30	28	28	22	23	23	124
27	36521	Rona Young	Tarbert Loch Fyne YC	26	25	27	27	26	27	131
28	41129	Robert Hyde	Lochaber YC	28	27	25	28	28	30	136
29	43814	Ailsa Skuodas	Spey Valley SC	27	29	29	24	~~DSQ~~	28	137
30	42472	Kian Sterritt	Spey Valley SC	31	31	31	33	30	29	152
31	36617	James Firth	Peterhead SC	32	33	34	31	33	31	160
32	36533	Gael Hardie	Tarbert Loch Fyne YC	34	34	33	32	32	32	163
33	28372	Megan Rupar	Spey Valley SC	33	35	30	35	34	~~DNF~~	167
34	44203	Emma Stevenson	Spey Valley SC	29	30	32	~~DNC~~	DNC	DNC	169
35	36902	Andrew Donald	Peterhead SC	36	37	~~DNC~~	29	31	DNF	172
36	33083	Ewan Paul	Lochaber YC	~~DSQ~~	32	DNC	30	DNC	DNC	179
37	33583	David Bashford	Peterhead SC	~~DSQ~~	DNC	DSQ	34	29	DNC	180
38	29338	Freddie Calvert	SVSC	35	36	35	36	~~DNC~~	DNC	181