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RS Aero UK Inland Championships at Draycote Water Sailing Club

by RS Aero UK Class Association 27 Oct 23:34 PDT 19-20 October 2024

The RS Aero UK Inlands provided a weekend of variety for the 47 RS Aeros! Saturday saw sunshine and medium/light breezes with 4 races gifting a wonderfully pleasant autumn day's racing. The forecast for Sunday was quite the opposite with a named storm set to hit the UK! However, there was opportunity for one race on Sunday too before the storm increased and racing was called off as gusts exceeded 32kns, covering Draycote with breaking waves!

In the RS Aero 5s Jonathan Bailey (Hunts SC) took the win with 1s and 2s, but was hard pushed by Imogen Green (Draycote Water SC) who won race 3 and took 2nd overall, first female and first youth. Hayden Moore (Notts County SC) completed the podium in 3rd. It was great to see two new 'overseas' visitors joining the RS Aero fleet from the Isle of Man with William Osbourn & Thomas Watterson (Isle of Man YC) taking 6th and 7th.

The RS Aero 6s had some close racing and it was Luca Mitchell (Paignton SC) whose 1sts on day 1 were just enough to beat seasoned campaigner Ian Escritt (Yorkshire Dales SC), with Rebecca Ogden (Notts County SC) taking 3rd and first female.

Joe Scurrah's (Notts County SC) race wins on day 1 were enough to seal the win in the largest fleet, the RS Aero 7s. Consistent 2s and 3s results saw Harrison Pye (Draycote Water SC) runner up. A final windy race win gave 3rd to Craig Williamson (Staunton Harrold SC) with Joseph Jones (Burghfield SC) top junior in 4th.

The RS Aero 9s loved the moderate winds on Saturday and had a fantastically exciting time on Sunday blasting downwind trying to 'lock in' to the leeward gates as the gusts hurtled them over the wave crests! Peter Barton (Lymington Town SC) took the win after three 1sts on day 1. Rory Cohen (South Cerney SC) was on top form, very close in every race and winning race 4. 'You are only as good as your last race' Chris Larr (Draycote Water SC) quite literally stormed home to take the final windy win and 3rd overall.

Huge thanks to Draycote Water SC for another successful professionally run UK Inlands and allowing us the opportunity to stretch our legs on the Sunday, whilst achievable, when many other events were blown off. Thanks to Rooster and Noble Marine for their continued support with a great spread of goodies at the prize-giving.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoNameClubCatR1R2R3R4R5Pts
RS Aero 5
1st3929Jonathan BaileyHunts SC 11‑2125
2nd4540Imogen GreenDraycote Water SCF Y5212(DNC)10
3rd1156Hayden MooreNotts County SCY23‑63614
4th4580Clem MiddleDraycote Water SCF Y3‑644415
5th1846Zak MitchellPaignton SCY9(UFD)57122
6th1172William OsbournIsle of Man YCY67‑109325
7th2870Thomas WattersonIsle of Man YCY849‑10526
8th3661Jamie RobinsonLee‑on‑Solent SCY4(UFD)75RET27
9th3301Emily DavisDraycote Water SCF M7588(DNC)28
10th2141Antony ClayDraycote Water SC 10(UFD)36RET30
RS Aero 6
1st2150Luca MitchellPaignton SCY111‑325
2nd4374Ian EscrittYorkshire Dales SCM2‑32116
3rd4373Rebecca OgdenNotts County SCF5232(DNC)12
4th3666Kentaro YamadaKing George ‑4444315
5th4467Sian ClarkDraycote Water SCF M3555(DNC)18
6th4590Julian LloydNotts County SCM‑6666422
RS Aero 7
1st4307Joe ScurrahNotts County SC 11‑5125
2nd1020Harrison PyeDraycote Water SC 3322‑510
3rd2719Craig WilliamsonStaunton Harrold SC 561‑7113
4th3674Joseph JonesBurghfield SCY2‑866418
5th1672Fergus PyeDraycote Water SCY‑14933318
6th4543Matt VenablesSutton SC 45108(DNC)27
7th1181Mark RipleyPaignton SCY10124‑14632
8th3201Nigel DaviesDraycote Water SCM81195(DNC)33
9th4550Peter BlakeyDraycote Water SCM‑1210811736
10th4544Chris RowlandBurghfield SC 647(UFD)DNC40
11th4542Dan VenablesSutton SC (UFD)2124DNC41
12th3888Marcus PakesHaversham SCY9‑161512844
13th1832Adam SmithDraycote Water SC 157149(DNC)45
14th1585James EberleinHythe and Saltwood SC 714‑21171048
15th1926Brian CooperDraycote Water SCM1613‑1910948
16th1888Abigail LarrDraycote Water SCF Y18‑1911181158
17th4228Andrew BarnettIsland Barn Reservoir SC 13151320(DNC)61
18th3032Thomas PentyBeaver SC 11181716(DNC)62
19th4524Andrew GreenDraycote Water SCM17171813(DNC)65
20th3018Robin CaigerBough Beech SC 20201615(DNC)71
21st3963Ellen CampbellDraycote Water SCF M19212019(DNC)79
22nd3926Graham SextonFishers Green SC (DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC92
RS Aero 9
1st4396Peter BartonLymington Town SC 111‑225
2nd3130Rory CohenSouth Cerney SC 22‑4138
3rd4430Chris LarrDraycote Water SC 342‑6110
4th4528David CherrillBroadwater SCM4334(DNC)14
5th3675Nigel RolfeBurghfield SCM5573(DNC)20
6th2186Alan BeatonNotts County SCM6755(DNC)23
7th300Tom JonesBurghfield SCM7‑868425
8th1306Jack FraserDraycote Water SC 8687(DNC)29
9th3023Richard WatshamStarcross YC / RNSA (DNC)DNCDNCDNC(DNC)40

Next up for the UK RS Aeros is the Bowmoor Bubble RS Aero End of Seasons on Sat 30th Nov and online entry is now open. With the UK Winter Training programme, SailJuice Series and the Southwest Series there is plenty of opportunity for fun, exercise and practice for the UK RS Aeros in the off season!

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