420 End of Season Championship at Grafham Water Sailing Club
by Jennie Clark 19 Nov 2018 01:24 PST
17-18 November 2018
A fleet of 35 420 dinghies raced at Grafham Water SC for their 2018 End of Season Championship. This turn out is indicative of the resurgence in the class, which has seen new helms and crews joining the class, and a rapid turn round of boats for sale. This sets the class up well for 2019, where there's a busy programme of events already scheduled with the fleet due to make their first 2019 appearance at the Tiger Trophy on 1 and 2 February.
The conditions were lovely for day one, with sunshine breaking through the morning mist and a light breeze. The leading pack of 4 boats split away from the rest of the fleet with line honours going to Jamie Cook and Will Martin. Jack Lewis/Fraser Hemmings were second and the all girl pairing of Vita Heathcote and Millie Boyle were third.
Race 2 was abandoned after a dramatic windshift. The fleet returned, marks were moved and racing began. Cook/Martin once again claimed line honours, this time being chased home by Haydn Sewell/William Heathcote, with Lewis/Hemmings in third place.
Race 3 was claimed by Heathcote and Boyle, with Lewis/Hemmings in second and another all girl pairing, Eleanor Keers and Faye Chatterton, in third. The final race of the day was won by Rhys Lewis/Drew Wright with Keers/ Chatterton in second and Heathcote/Boyle in third.
Positions at the end of the first day were close with overall positions far from decided and plenty of chance for place changes during day two.
Another sunny day greeted the fleet with another light breeze across the water. Race five, the first of the day, saw a general recall and got away under black flag on start 2. Sewell/Heathcote must have been very glad that the spares bag in one of the RIBS had a gooseneck to replace their broken one, and even more grateful that they could replace the spinnaker pole which they damaged when fitting the gooseneck, using another spare, particularly as they got a second place in this race! Lewis/Hemmings took line honours, was second and Heathcote/Boyle took third place.
Lewis/Hemmings extended their lead with a win for race 6, with Bertie Fisher and Charlie Bacon taking second place and Cook/Martin pulling back to 3rd overall with a 3rd place in this race. Race 7 was got under way swiftly after race 6 and Lewis/Hemmings nailed this one again, with Keers/Chatterton in second, and Fergus/Harris third.
Overall Results:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club (Helm) | Crew | Club (Crew) | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
1st | 54487 | Jack Lewis | Draycote Water SC | Fraser Hemmings | | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
2nd | 55400 | Jamie Cook | | Will Martin | Cardiff Bay YC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ‑8 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
3rd | 55244 | Vita Heathcote | RLymYC | Milly Boyle | RLymYC | 3 | ‑6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
4th | 54483 | Haydn Sewell | Royal Lymington YC/West Kirby SC | William Heathcote | Royal Lymington YC | 4 | 2 | (BFD) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
5th | 56342 | Rhys Lewis | CBYC | Drew Wright | | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ‑11 | 33 |
6th | 56339 | Eleanor Keers | Itchenor SC | Faye Chatterton | Brightlingsea SC | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | (BFD) | 20 | 2 | 40 |
7th | 5412 | Annabel Cattermole | | Ben Hazeldine | | 6 | 11 | ‑13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 42 |
8th | 52480 | Oliver Dowson McGill | Keyhaven YC/Royal Lymington YC | Szymon Matyjaszczuk | | ‑18 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 59 |
9th | 55242 | Megan Ferguson | Frensham Pond SC | Bettine Harris | BCYC | 14 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 10 | ‑17 | 3 | 63 |
10th | 56091 | Bertie Fisher | Itchenor SC | Charlie Bacon | Corinthian Otters | 15 | (BFD) | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 66 |
11th | 54379 | Charlotte Boyle | RLymYC | Georgia Baker | RLYC | 11 | 14 | 16 | ‑20 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 67 |
12th | 54481 | Calum Cook | Royal Lymington YC | Calum Bell | Helensburgh SC/Loch Lomond SC | 8 | 13 | ‑19 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 67 |
13th | 52566 | Katie Byne | Draycote Water SC | Ellie Rush | Staunton Harold SC | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 | ‑26 | 69 |
14th | 549 | Toby Schonrock | Parkstone YC | Thomas Clayton | Poole YC | 9 | ‑20 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 69 |
15th | 51740 | Harry George | Burghfield SC/Lymington Town SC | James George | | ‑24 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 71 |
16th | 53703 | Maisie Harkess | Bowmoor SC | Annabel Hitchmough | Bowmoor SC | 13 | 4 | 8 | ‑18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 75 |
17th | 56467 | Ellie Driver | Draycote Water SC/Trearddur Bay SC | Harriet Watkins | Poole YC | ‑19 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 83 |
18th | 5437 | Julia Staite | Hayling Island SC | Matty Evans | Blackwater SC | 16 | ‑26 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 93 |
19th | 53966 | Kieran Young | Parkstone YC | Eve Kennedy | Parkstone YC | 12 | 19 | 17 | ‑26 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 113 |
20th | 54997 | Charlotte Videlo | Frensham Pond SC | Cally Terkelsen | Stone SC | 17 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 22 | ‑30 | 120 |
21st | 52425 | Sophie Edwards | | Katie Taylor | Tata steel SC | 27 | 18 | 10 | ‑28 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 121 |
22nd | 53304 | Lucy Hughes | Pwllheli SC | Josh Manning | Rydal Penrhos School/South Caernarfonshi | 21 | 24 | (BFD) | 17 | 22 | 10 | 28 | 122 |
23rd | 56116 | Ellie Clark | Ripon SC | Daisy Desorgher | Rutland SC | 23 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 14 | ‑28 | 27 | 126 |
24th | 54187 | Phoebe Hutchings | Warsash | Emmy Walker | | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | (RET) | 16 | 21 | 128 |
25th | 54947 | Ella Lance | Upper Thames SC | Ollie Meadowcroft | | 20 | 17 | 24 | ‑30 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 131 |
26th | 54785 | Mathias Potter | Warsash SC | Cameron Hook | Gurnard SC | ‑26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 132 |
27th | 54480 | Callum Davidson‑Guild | Trearddur Bay SC | Oscar Cawthorne | Shustoke SC | ‑33 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 145 |
28th | 54998 | Chloe Felton | Staunton Harold SC | Becky Cropley | Lymington | 25 | ‑33 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 148 |
29th | 55942 | Jessica Jones | Cardiff Bay YC | Ellie Thomas | Cardiff Bay YC | 29 | ‑34 | 28 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 24 | 164 |
30th | 5634 | Mathew Ingram | Holyhead | Harri Burns | Holyhead sc | ‑34 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 172 |
31st | 53645 | Scarlett Cawthorne | Shustoke SC | Freya Terry | | 30 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 31 | ‑35 | 32 | 182 |
32nd | 56113 | Ching Wong | Island Barn Reservoir SC | Elinor Oleary | Island Barn Reservoir SC | 31 | 32 | 31 | ‑33 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 183 |
33rd | 55244 | David Peaty | Hollowell /Upton Warren SC | Jude Singleton | Hollowell | 28 | 27 | (BFD) | 29 | BFD | 33 | 31 | 184 |
34th | 52230 | Gemma McDonnell | Hollowell SC | Finlay Scull | Hollowell | ‑35 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 188 |
35th | 55190 | Harry Ingram | Holyhead sc | Louis Mills | | 32 | 31 | (BFD) | 34 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 190 |