RS400 Rooster National Tour 2023 - Congratulations to Ollie Groves and Esther Parkhurst
by Sam Knight 28 Nov 2023 10:02 PST
Podium for the RS400 Rooster National Tour 2023 © Natalie Smith
The final event win at the RS End of Season Regatta was the cherry on the cake for Ollie & Esther who had already wrapped up the overall Rooster National Tour after a stellar year on the circuit.
Sam Knight and Chris Bownes had done enough to defend a close 2nd place from Tom Halhead & Paul Hilliar, closely followed by Hamish Gledhill & Ross Southwell and Sam Watson/Geoff Edwards in 4th and 5th.
112 boats took part in the Rooster National Tour this year, with 36 attending more than one event, a fantastic achievement for a fleet approaching its 30th Anniversary.
Next year promises to be even better, with a special anniversary event at Hayling Island celebrating everything RS before in addition to the regular tour events. Planning is already under way for the fleets 30th National Championships at Royal Torbay YC, if you have previously owned or are looking at an RS400 there isn't a better time to be getting into the fleet.
Finally, the tour couldn't continue to be so successful without the backing of its sponsors. Huge thanks must go to Rooster for sponsoring the overall series, as well as many of the prizes right across the fleet.
Overall Results: (boats attending 2 or more events)
| Pos | Helm | Crew | Winters | Sprints | Summers | Nationals | Northerns | Inlands | EOS | Net |
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| 1 | Ollie Groves | Esther Parkhurst | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sam Knight | Chris Bownes | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Tom Halhead | Paul Hilliar | | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Hamish Gledhill | Ross Southwell | 4 | 6 | | | 4 | | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Sam Watson | Geoff Edwards | 7 | 9 | 13 | 10 | | | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Neil Parkhurst | Ian Parkhurst/Seb Parkhurst‑Tully/Richard Hanby | | 14 | | 29 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 51 |
| 7 | Steve Restall | Chris Stubbs | | 10 | 14 | 22 | | 17 | | 63 |
| 8 | Stuart Halman | Anna Walsh | 10 | | | 32 | | 16 | 7 | 65 |
| 9 | Matt Sheahan | Ellie Sheahan | | 16 | 20 | 42 | | | 14 | 92 |
| 10 | Dave Exley | Nigel Hall/Alistair Coates | 3 | | | | | 4 | 2 | 122 |
| 11 | Christopher Eames | Rachel Tilley | | 5 | 4 | 5 | | | | 127 |
| 12 | Chris Webber | Nicki Webber | | | 9 | 8 | 2 | | | 132 |
| 13 | James Stewart | Sam Parker | | | 5 | 11 | | 9 | | 138 |
| 14 | Charlie Exley | Caroline Exley/Victoria Manifold | 9 | | | | 14 | 14 | | 150 |
| 15 | Alastair Rimmer | Ethan Dawson/Ciaran McKettrick | | | | | 11 | 19 | 12 | 155 |
| 16 | Ross Ryan | Oliver Ryan‑Moore | 8 | 13 | | 28 | | | | 162 |
| 17 | Tim Le Couilliard | James Le Couilliard | | | | 35 | | 20 | 15 | 183 |
| 18 | John Hobson | Rebecca Ogden | | 17 | 21 | 41 | | | | 192 |
| 19 | Andy Powell | Chris Rolfe | | | 24 | 53 | | 21 | | 211 |
| 20 | Chris Pickles | Matt Sharman | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 229 |
| 21 | Mike Sims | Jack Holden | | 2 | | | | 7 | | 235 |
| 22 | Caroline Exley | Harvey Leigh | | | | | | | 10 | 236 |
| 23 | Sam Pickering | Emily Heath | | 7 | 7 | | | | | 240 |
| 24 | Jamie Morgan | Anna‑Louise Glendenning/Oliver Davenport | | 11 | | | | 5 | | 242 |
| 25 | Jon Heissig | Nicky Griffin | | | | | | 8 | 9 | 243 |
| 26 | Howard Farbrother | Louise Hoskin/Jack Munnelly | | | 12 | 9 | | | | 247 |
| 27 | Martin Penty | Archie Burton | | | | | | 15 | 8 | 249 |
| 28 | Neil Bevington | Alan Skeens | | | 8 | 15 | | | | 249 |
| 29 | Martin Powell | Arun Powell | | | 10 | 13 | | | | 249 |
| 30 | Mike Saul | Oliver Kent/Paula Kent | | | | 20 | 8 | | | 254 |
| 31 | Mick Whitmore | Sarah Whitmore | | | 16 | | | 12 | | 254 |
| 32 | Kevin Podger | Heather Chipperfield | | | 15 | 25 | | | | 266 |
| 33 | Carl Whitehead | Carol Milner | | | | 44 | 16 | | | 286 |
| 34 | James Logan | Philippa Logan | | | | 51 | 12 | | | 289 |
| 35 | James Alsop | Simon Edwards | | | 23 | 61 | | | | 310 |
| 36 | Martin Hart | Moira Hart | | | | 67 | 18 | | | 311 |