Noble Marine Insurance 2021 Lightning 368 Travellers Trophy Series

by John Butler 23 Nov 2021 18:52 GMT

Noble Marine Insurance 2021 Lightning 368 Travellers Trophy Series - winner Simon Hopkins © John Butler

The Noble Marine Insurance 2021 Lightning 368 Travellers Trophy Series took place over 42 qualifying races at twelve locations, with one cancelled event due to low water levels at Shotwick Lake SC.

Although more sailors competed throughout the year, in total 25 paid-up class members qualified to take part in the full series of races over the course of the year, with their best 12 races counting.

By mid-season it was evident that the main contender was Simon Hopkins from Up River YC, who previously won the series in 2016, and with consistently high places across the season finished with 12 qualifying race wins.

He finished 5 points ahead of Jeremy Cooper of Shotwick Lake SC, with Caroline Hollier of West Oxfordshire SC a further 10 points behind in 3rd, all with race wins. Jason Gallagher of Denholme SC finished 4th with John Claridge from Royal Lymington YC in 5th.

Although winning at both the Up River & West Oxfordshire Open Meetings, defending champion Penny Yarwood didn't compete in enough qualifying races to be able to discard 3 sets of DNC points, and was down in 14th overall.

The heavily contested competition for the Silver Fleet Trophy was eventually won by Duncan Cheshire from Winsford Flash SC, who finished 6th overall, and beat new Class Chairman Bryan Westley by 5 points, with Chris Hill and John Butler only 1 and 4 points behind him respectively.

Noble Marine Insurance 2021 Lightning 368 Travellers Trophy Series - second overall Jeremy Cooper - photo © John Butler

Noble Marine Insurance 2021 Lightning 368 Travellers Trophy Series - Silver Fleet winner Duncan Cheshire - photo © John Butler

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	Fleet	Pts	Aldridge 1	Aldridge 2	Aldridge 3	Nationals 1	Nationals 2	Nationals 3	Nationals 4	Nationals 5	Nationals 6	Denholme 1	Denholme 2	Denholme 3	Lymington 1	Lymington 2	Lymington 3	Lymington 4	Lymington 5	Lymington 6	Cookham 1	Cookham 2	Cookham 3	Up River 1	Up River 2	Up River 3	Oxford 1	Oxford 2	Oxford 3	Sutton 1	Sutton 2	Sutton 3	Haversham 1	Haversham 2	Haversham 3	Chase 1	Chase 2	Chase 3	Hunts 1	Hunts 2	Hunts 3	WOSC 1	WOSC 2	WOSC 3
1st	428	Simon Hopkins	Up River YC	GOLD	12	1	1	1	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	1	1	1	‑3	‑2	‑2	1	1	1	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑2	‑3	‑2	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑2	1	‑4	‑3	‑7	‑6	‑3	‑10	‑3	1	1	(TNR)	‑3	‑4	‑3
2nd	410	Jeremy Cooper	Shotwick SC	GOLD	17	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑2	1	1	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	‑2	‑2	2	1	1	‑3	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑4	‑3	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	‑6	‑3	‑4
3rd	438	Caroline Hollier	West Oxfordshire SC	GOLD	27	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑5	‑9	‑6	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	4	‑6	(DNF)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑5	‑6	(DNS)	‑7	‑9	(DNS)	1	2	1	‑5	‑6	‑5	1	1	2	‑7	3	1	‑5	‑7	2	4	‑6	5
4th	417	Jason Gallagher	Denholme SC	GOLD	34	‑7	(DNF)	3	(DNB)	4	(DNB)	4	3	(DNB)	1	3	3	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑6	‑7	‑6	‑5	‑8	(DNF)	2	1	3	‑6	(DNF)	3	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	‑6	‑5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑5	‑7	‑6
5th	427	John Claridge	Royal Lymington YC	GOLD	47	2	4	2	4	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	6	6	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	4	1	4	4	6	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)
6th	257/427	Duncan Cheshire	Winsford Flash SC	SILVER	48	5	3	‑7	(DNB)	(DNB)	‑10	7	(DNB)	‑10	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	3	(DNB)	(DNB)	4	5	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑12	7	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	3	4	2	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	1	‑11	‑9	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑12	‑9	‑10
7th	407	Bryan Westley	Aldridge SC	SILVER	53	‑10	‑7	5	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	‑10	‑9	‑8	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑11	‑11	(DNF)	5	5	5	1	2	‑7	6	2	4	‑8	‑12	‑10	7	5	6	‑14	‑14	‑12
8th	432	Chris Hill	Ulley SC	SILVER	54	‑8	5	6	‑10	‑10	‑11	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	6	‑10	(DNF)	3	3	2	4	5	6	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(OCS)	2	4	(DNF)	(DNF)	(TNR)	‑10	‑11	8
9th	433	John Butler	Sutton in Ashfield SC	SILVER	57	‑9	6	‑8	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	‑8	‑8	7	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNB)	5	4	(DNB)	(DNB)	3	‑8	‑8	(DNS)	‑9	6	‑8	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	7	3	1	‑8	4	‑8	6	‑8	‑8	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑13	‑10	(TNR)
10th	226	Terry Hunt	Netley SC	GOLD	59	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	2	2	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	1	2	3	2	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	3	4	4	8	12	TNR
11th	435	Ben Twist	Broadstairs SC	SILVER	63	‑11	‑9	‑9	(DNB)	(DNB)	5	(DNB)	5	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	(DNB)	2	(DNB)	3	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	8	5	7	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑10	4	7	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑11	8	‑11
12th	441	Ian Ranson	Bolton SC	SILVER	72	6	‑8	‑10	3	8	8	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	4	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	7	8	5	‑11	7	‑12	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	‑9	5	7
13th	402	Stephen Hodgeson	Denholme SC	SILVER	80	4	‑10	‑11	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	‑12	‑13	‑11	6	5	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	9	9	7	9	9	‑11	6	6	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)
14th	425	Penny Yarwood	Up River YC	GOLD	91	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	2	1	1	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	1	1	1	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	2	2	2
15th	430	Luke Lazell	Up River YC	SILVER	105	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNB)	3	3	3	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	3	2	3	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	3	3	DNC	DNC	DNC
16th	444	Tony Jacks	Bartley SC	SILVER	133	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	2	5	3	5	5	6	DNC	DNC	DNC	7	13	9
17th	112	Mervyn Berry	Aldridge SC	SILVER	186	3	2	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	5	6	DNF	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
18th	430	Graham Lazell	Up River YC	SILVER	206	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	10	12	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	8	8	7	DNC	DNC	DNC
19th	427	Robbie Claridge	Royal Lymington YC	GOLD	237	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	1	1	1
20th	404	Ian Gore	Up River YC	GOLD	239	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	1	2	2	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
21st	150	Martin Evans	Cookham Reach SC	SILVER	243	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	3	2	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
22nd	440	Margaret Humpries	Oxford SC	SILVER	246	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	4	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
23rd	431	Duncan Watts	Cookham Reach SC	SILVER	251	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	7	5	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
24th	440	Steve Oliver	Royal Corinthian YC	SILVER	258	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNS	DNS	DNS	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
25th	409	Lee Bratley	Carsington SC	SILVER	277	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	14	14	15	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNB)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC