Mirror National Championship at Abersoch

Mirror National Championship at Abersoch - Overall

by Robert Bellfield 23 Aug 2015 05:23 PDT 15-21 August 2015

Henry and Jamie Rastrick, first wooden boat in the Mirror Nationals at Abersoch © Catharine Richardson

Dave and Imogen Wade collect the Daily Mirror Trophy as winners of the Mirror Nationals at Abersoch © Helen Grayson

What a great event! The idea to run the 2015 Mirror National Championships alongside Abersoch Mirror Week was judged to be a great success, with 86 boats on the water, 43 in both fleets. Mirror Week is a great institution that has so often been the first event for many top sailors from the North West. and seeing Mike & Katie Budd and Craig & Gabriella Burlton, with a host of National and World Championships between them, was a great example of what a great little boat the Mirror is for introducing children into sailing and racing.

After entering the final day with a slender lead, Dave & Imogen Wade managed to emerge as the National Champions after a very consistent final day. Unfortunately Eleanor Keers' crew Izzy Pugh was injured on the last day, so Eleanor was unable to match her earlier results. This allowed Angus & Florence Hemmings to nip in to take 2nd and Eleanor & Izzy were 3rd. While the leaders concentrated on consistence, this left others to take the race wins, with Nigel Thomas & Benjamin Bradley (Hill Head SC) and George Richards & Fraser Hemmings (RLym YC/Stokes Bay SC) winning races 9 & 10 and then Robert Richardson and Sandy Simpson (RWYC/Ullswater YC) finished with a flourish by winning races 11 & 12.

Lots of great performances were evident but a special mention is worthy for Brenden May of Mounts Bay SC. Sailing in his first championship with dad Denzil, not only did he compete in all races but also finished 14th overall - all achieved at the age of 4 years old!

A wonderful but demanding week. Good to see close competition between top parents and the National Junior Squad sailors. It was also a pleasure to have sailors from the Cadet and Tera fleets competing - showing the benefits of sailing a number of different classes to build up experience. The wooden boats competed on a level playing field with the high quality Winder-built foam sandwich boats - and a gaff-rigged boat also finished 29th.

The robustness of the boat and rig was proven with all hulls and masts returning to the beach intact having survived 30 kt gusts on 'Windy Wednesday'!

Looking to the future the 2016 Nationals will be at Itchenor SC at the end of August and 2017 sees the Mirror World Championships return to UK for the first time since 2009. Put Restronguet SC 25 July to 4 Aug into your diaries!

Finally thank you to SCYC for all their work in making the Mirror weeks such a success. Andy and Sue Teague are real stars - thank you from all the Nationals fleet.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	70852	David Wade	Imogen Wade	G	Northampton	7	1	19	3	2	1	2	1	11	2	9	44	39
2	70668	Angus Hemmings	Florence Hemmings	G	Stokes Bay / Stokes Bay SC	3	7	4	5	6	14	11	6	3	3	10	4	51
3	70713	Eleanor Keers	Ollie Pugh	G	Itchenor Sailing Club	2	18	2	7	1	2	1	4	20	13	22	7	57
4	70582	Chris Jenkins	Katy Jenkins	G	Bowmoor	9	30	7	4	5	4	10	3	2	14	7	9	60
5	70806	Robert Richardson	Sandy Simpson	G	Royal Windermere YC / Ullswater	1	23	17	1	4	15	15	8	12	10	1	1	68
6	70472	Henry Rastrick	Jamie Rastrick	G	Ripon Sailing Club	15	12	11	8	18	5	4	2	9	4	15	3	73
7	70756	Rachel Grayson	Esme Shepherd	G	Beaver / Restronguet	6	8	10	11	14	13	23	7	13	7	4	2	81
8	70784	Nigel Thomas	Benjamin Bradley	G	Hill Head SC	13	6	12	2	8	17	16	21	1	11	8	5	82
9	70810	Ollie Hawkins	Archie Hawkins	G	Loo Sailing Club / Looe Sailing Club	11	13	3	15	15	7	12	14	4	6	6	8	84
10	70840	Sarah Richards	Douglas Simpson	G	RLymYC / Ullswater YC	10	11	1	17	3	44	3	44	7	9	5	27	93
11	70785	Alex Colquitt	James Colquitt	G	West Kirby SC	8	3	21	19	7	8	8	19	5	5	18	13	94
12	70726	David Coady	Ed Coady	G	DRSC	44	21	15	10	24	6	9	5	6	8	12	14	106
13	70618	George Richards	Fraser Hemmings	G	Royal Lymington YC	18	16	8	14	11	18	21	18	14	1	3	6	109
14	7079	Denzil May	Brendan May	G	Mounts Bay SC	22	15	29	12	12	12	5	11	10	16	17	10	120
15	70716	Scarlett Shepherd	Tom Cosier	G	Restronguet	16	5	18	6	9	10	26	15	18	20	24	44	141
16	70505	Imogen Bellfield	Sarah Ewart Smith	G	Torpoint Mosquito SC / Itchenor Sailing Club	17	2	6	44	22	24	14	10	22	18	31	18	153
17	70738	Archie Grant	Maddie Hantrais	S	Itchenor Sailing Club	26	9	13	44	17	22	44	9	16	17	11	19	159
18	70697	Harriet Watkins	Helena Watkins	G	Poole YC	19	19	9	44	16	11	13	23	29	19	34	25	183
19	70549	Emily Heath	Laura Partridge	G	Itchenor	35	28	23	13	21	20	20	31	26	22	2	11	186
20	70791	Bertie Fisher	Charlotte Fisher	G	Itchenor Sailing Club	31	31	5	44	10	3	7	25	44	12	19	44	187
21	70537	Esther Bowdler	Scarlett Crago	G	Looe Sailing Club	14	4	25	22	26	30	17	20	17	23	27	44	195
22	70560	Sally Lorimer	Pippa Jones	G	Warsash / Itchenor	25	14	24	24	33	27	6	13	21	31	23	24	201
23	70714	Henry Heath	Patrick Jefferies	G	Itchenor	27	22	16	9	25	26	24	24	31	15	13	44	201
24	70862	Megan Thornley	Thomas Hayley	G	Dee SC	12	27	26	18	19	25	22	12	24	28	32	20	205
25	70534	Joe Jackman	Jack Sargent	S	Looe Sailing Club	28	35	27	21	20	44	25	32	8	26	14	12	213
26	70504	Philippa Heath	Emily Partridge	S	Itchenor	4	26	31	28	23	28	28	16	23	30	33	16	222
27	70757	Jonathon Hayley	George Colquitt	G	Dee SC	37	32	14	16	35	9	27	28	34	25	21	17	223
28	70015	Matt Grayson		SH G	Beaver	44	24	28	27	29	19	30	22	15	29	20	15	228
29	69667	Martin Egan	George Lenney	G	Restronguet SC	29	17	30	25	32	16	19	26	19	27	28	22	228
30	70567	Faye Caswell	Emma Clayton	G	Yorkshire Dales SC	21	34	35	23	27	44	18	17	25	24	26	23	238
31	70725	Felix Jefferies	Monty Heath	G	Itchenor	5	25	22	29	30	21	29	30	32	35	29	44	252
32	70861	James Waddington	Mathew Waddington	S	Dee SC	20	33	32	44	28	23	32	29	38	32	16	26	271
33	70715	Gemma Keers	Molly Sharpe	G	Itchenor SC	32	20	20	20	13	44	44	44	27	21	44	44	285
34	69559	Alastair Joyce	George Edwards	S	Ogston SC	23	10	33	44	34	44	44	44	28	36	25	29	306
35	70748	Alexander Baird	Emma Rumgay	S	Beaver	24	29	34	31	31	32	34	27	35	44	44	44	321
36	70678	Amy George	Chloe George	S	Mounts Bay	30	38	38	44	38	29	31	44	33	33	35	28	333
37	70507	Tom Thorpe	Julie Thorpe	G	Hill Head SC	33	36	36	26	40	34	37	36	39	37	36	30	341
38	70805	Peter Crompton	Isobel Crompton	G	Wembley	38	43	42	44	37	33	44	44	30	34	30	21	352
39	53561	Rob Dean		SH G	Beaver SC	34	37	37	30	36	31	33	35	44	44	44	44	361
40	70153	Thomas Mclaren	George Mclaren	S	Looe Sailing Club	39	39	39	32	39	35	39	34	37	39	38	32	364
41	31809	Lauren Bowdler	Dan Blewett	G	Looe Sailing Club	40	42	41	44	41	36	38	37	36	38	37	31	375
42	706	Tom Dean		SH G	Beaver SC	36	40	40	44	42	44	35	38	44	44	44	44	407
43	70209	Thomas Langan	Paul Langan	S	Looe Sailing Club	41	41	44	44	44	44	36	33	40	44	44	44	411