Solo Thames Valley Series Open at Kingsmead Sailing Club
by Kingsmead Sailing Club 29 Mar 2015 07:48 AEDT
21 March 2015
Solos at Kingsmead © Rob Fairhurst
Kingsmead sailing Club hosted a round of the Thames Valley Series Solo Open on Saturday 21st March. The club was pleased to welcome 18 sailors from eleven different clubs, including four Kingsmead representatives.
As they arrived, the sailors were met by quite inhospitable conditions with a strong and variable breeze, under dull skies. They tucked into coffee and bacon rolls, which were on offer with relish!
The participants sailed three races or tried to as they coped with the wind shifts created by Kingsmead's three islands and there were quite a few capsizes and six DNS/DNFs plus one disqualification, making it quite a lively day for sailors, the safety crew and Duty Officer.
The Club laid on a tasty lunch after the first race and a tableful of cakes for afternoon tea.
In the end, Steve Ede WMYC won with two firsts. Alan Bishop Girton SC came second with two seconds and Andrew Boyce Papercourt SC came third with a first and a fourth. Congratulations to them.
Steve generously thanked the hosts for their hospitality and then promptly dropped his prize of a bottle of wine at the winners' photo shoot. He handled his boat with much more skill!"
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Club | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 5225 | WMYC | Steve Ede | ‑10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2nd | 5497 | Girton | Alan Bishop | 2 | ‑6 | 2 | 4 |
| 3rd | 5115 | Papercourt SC | Andrew Boyce | 1 | 4 | (DNF) | 5 |
| 4th | 4386 | Littleton | Mike Dray | ‑7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5th | 5406 | RYA | Jarvis Simpson | 4 | 3 | ‑5 | 7 |
| 6th | 5168 | Island Barn | Tim Lewis | ‑5 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 7th | 5540 | Fishers Green | Godfrey Clark | 3 | 8 | (DSQ) | 11 |
| 8th | 5466 | Island Barn | Paul Playle | 6 | ‑9 | 6 | 12 |
| 9th | 4741 | Littleton | Steve Jones | 8 | ‑10 | 7 | 15 |
| 10th | 5320 | Fishers Green | David Walford | 9 | 7 | (DNF) | 16 |
| 11th | 5373 | RBYC | Phil Sturmer | ‑16 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 12th | 5152 | Chipstead Sailing Club | Andrew Thompson | ‑13 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 13th | 5265 | Chipstead Sailing Club | Rob Trend | ‑14 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 14th | 4977 | KSC | Nick Gill | 12 | ‑14 | 11 | 23 |
| 15th | 5232 | Rollesby Broad | Ian Ayres | 11 | (DNF) | DNS | 30 |
| 16th | 3859 | KSC | Peter Lillywhite | 15 | 15 | (DNF) | 30 |
| 17th | 3991 | KSC | Martyn Hawkins | 17 | (DNS) | DNS | 36 |
| 18th | 4970 | KSC | Ron Hamilton | (DNS) | DNS | DNS | 38 |