Rooster RS200 GP at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club

by Joanna Hewitson 4 Apr 05:09 PDT 27 October 2018

Rooster RS200 GP at Chew Valley Lake © Primrose Salt

Olly Turner and Sam Mottershead win the Rooster RS200 GP at Chew Valley Lake © Primrose Salt

Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club hosted the RS200s for their first GP event of the season, courtesy of their helpful landlord Bristol Water.

The fleet welcomed plenty of new sailors notably Russ Cosgrove and Lucy Mallory who picked up the Rooster Endeavour prize. The youth teams were on excellent form with Jamie and Bettine Harris showing many experienced sailors the way to go finishing fifth.

Despite an extremely light forecast on Saturday the race officer set an excellent course and two fair races were held. Tom and Jo Hewitson disappeared into a gust to take the first race, and Jamie and Bettine found some great pace to win the second. Saturday evening had a successful social in Cheddar together with the RS400s.

Sunday was a perfect breeze with on-and-off planing all day. The consistent pair of Olly Turner and Sam Motttershead won the third race. Race 4 was won by the inconsistent Hewitsons, Ed Whitehead and Issy Savage won the fifth, this first time pairing had a fantastic day to finish second overall.

The last race won by Alistair and Helen with the overall regatta win going to very consistent Ollie and Sam. Competition was fierce in mid fleet with BCYC's pair Nicholas Smith and Max Ross collecting silver fleet and local boat Reuben and Jo Woodbridge picking up bronze. Thank you Rooster and CVLS for a great weekend of close competitive racing and to the competitors who travelled from far and wide.

Congratulations to Olly Turner and Sam Mottershead, winners of RS200 Rooster GP1. Also to mid fleet heroes Andrew Barnett and Jo Lloyd and Endeavour prize winners Russ Coggrave and Lucy Mallory, all winning Rooster 10l roll top dry bags. Silver winners were Nicholas Smith and Max Ross, with Reuben and Jo Woodbridge winning bronze.

Primrose Salt's photos can be viewed at www.flickr.com/photos/153577746@N07

The next GP is at Rutland, 27-28th April.

Rooster RS200 GP at Chew Valley Lake - photo © Primrose Salt

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	1667	Olly Turner	Sam Mottershead	Starcross YC	2	2	1	5	4	‑6	14
2nd	1626	Edd Whitehead	Izzy Savage	Filey / BCYC	5	‑8	3	3	1	2	14
3rd	1633	Tom Hewitson	Jo Hewitson	HISC	1	10	‑14	1	2	9	23
4th	1659	David Jessop	Sophie Mear	QMSC /Hunts	‑7	3	2	6	6	7	24
5th	1439	Jamie Harris	Bettine Harris	Bristol Corinthian	9	1	8	4	‑11	3	25
6th	1509	Alistair Norris	Helen Summersgill	Red Warf Bay	(DNC)	DNC	6	2	3	1	34
7th	1628	Matt Fowler	Lynne Ratcliffe	Pevensey Bay Sailing Club	6	5	4	(DNF)	9	13	37
8th	1445	Peter Vincent	Victoria Hoover‑Upton	Bristol Corinthians	3	‑14	10	9	12	5	39
9th	1145	Nicholas Smith	Max Ross	BCYC	‑12	12	9	8	7	4	40
10th	1635	Andrew Barnett	Jo Lloyd	Island Barn RSC	10	6	7	7	(DNF)	12	42
11th	1466	David Sweet	Derian Scott	Chew Valley	11	11	5	‑12	5	11	43
12th	1357	Chris Rust	Amy Clay	Portsmouth SC	13	9	(DNF)	10	13	8	53
13th	1019	James Williams	Vicky Counsell	CVLSC	4	13	12	15	10	(DNF)	54
14th	914	Reuben Woodbridge	Jo Woodbridge	CVLSC	8	4	‑16	13	14	16	55
15th	1437	Alex Smallwood	Callum Farnden	CUCrC	‑17	16	11	11	8	10	56
16th	1080	Henry Hallam	Ashley Hill	St Mawes SC	15	7	15	16	‑19	14	67
17th	1684	Amy Boyle	Roisin O'Halloran	St Mawes	16	‑17	13	14	15	15	73
18th	1162	Russ Coggrave	Lucy Mallory	Staunton Harold SC	14	15	17	‑18	16	18	80
19th	700	Tim Houghton	Isobel Houghton	CVLSC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	17	17	17	95
20th	832	Peter Alvey	Mark Iles	CVLSC	(DNC)	DNC	18	19	18	19	96
21st	1516	Martyn Stubbs	Yvonne Smith	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	20	20	20	104