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Border Counties Midweek Sailing Series at Nantwich & Border Counties Sailing Club

by Pete Thoms 13 Apr 09:45 PDT 8 April 2025

A very good turnout for the the first event of the series held at Nantwich & Border Counties Sailing Club despite the weather forecast of brilliant sunshine and light winds.

Eight Nantwich boats and fourteen visitors ventured out on to the water for the 11 O'clock start in a nice 6 to 8 mph breeze all over the lake. The first boat over the finishing line after a very close race was Eric Haseldon in his Supernova although the winner of the first race on PY was Dave Turtle in his Comet.

The two afternoon races were back to back with the first of these starting in similar amount of breeze to the first race. Unfortunately the wind died as was forecast, this made for some difficult but close racing as the wind came and went from different directions for the rest of the afternoon. The second race was won on scratch and PY by last years series winner Pete Coop from Winsford Flash who also won the third race on scratch, but was beaten into second place on PY by Olli Saunders from Shustoke in his Solo.

The overall winners of a very close event were:

1st Olli Saunders, Solo (Shustoke SC)
2nd Pete Coop, Streaker (Winsford Flash SC)
3rd Dave Turtle, Comet (Shustoke SC)
1st Double Handed boat, Simon and Julie Dolman, Miracle (Shotwick SC)
1st Junior, Thomas Walker, Laser (Nantwich SC)

The next event in the series is at Shotwick so hopefully see you all there and hopefully more wind on Tuesday May the 20th.

So why not come and join our friendly Tuesday club it's better than being in work!

If you want any information about the series then see our website, bordercountiesmidweeksailing.wordpress.com

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2R3Pts
1stSOLO6049Olli Saunders Shustoke2‑413
2ndSTREAKER2177Pete Coop Winsford Flash‑4123
3rdCOMET815Dave Turtle Shustoke12‑33
4thSOLO6107Ted Garner Budworth3‑858
5thSUPERNOVA1296Eric Haselden Winsford Flash63‑89
6thCOMET291Bill Webber Shropshire S C‑5549
7thSOLO5603Paul Scott Nantwich‑76612
8thLASER/ ILCA 7198833Ros Benson Winsford Flash‑149716
9thMIRACLE4011Simon DolmanJulie DolmanShotwick107‑1217
10thSOLO5963Phil Snewin Chester812‑1520
11thSOLO4930Clive Pickering Budworth‑1711920
12thSTREAKER1621Paul Newman Shotwick11‑131021
13thLASER/ ILCA 7167543R Goodwin Nantwich12.510(DNF)22.5
14thLASER/ ILCA 7198548Maggie Harrison Nantwich916(DNS)25
15thMIRACLE4103Dave ThomasShan StapleyShotwick12.5‑171325.5
16thLASER/ ILCA 7143105Simon Todd Nantwich‑19181129
17thGP1413948John BateKate BateNantwich‑20151429
18thLASER/ ILCA 7180981Danny Anderson Nantwich15‑191631
19thGP1413555Richard BinnsEmma NadenNantwich1814(DNF)32
20thLASER RADIAL46Jim Young Shotwick16(DNF)DNS39
21stLASER/ ILCA 7195040David Lloyd Nantwich2220(DNS)42
22ndLASER/ ILCA 7132365Thomas Walker Nantwich2121(DNF)42
23rdGP1414194Peter ThomsDawn FrostNantwich(OOD)OODOOD46

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