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ILCA open meeting 2025 at Notts County Sailing Club

by Richard Mason & David Eberlin 15 Jul 06:09 NZST 12 July 2025
Run down the lake - ILCA open meeting at Notts County © David Eberlin

A lovely warm and sunny day greeted 26 ILCA sailors at Notts County Sailing Club on 12th of July 2025. The wind was from a steady light south east breeze with occasional 14 mph gusts.

Rebecca Ogden led the race team, and set a double beat with slightly different angles to allow for any wind swings, with reaches and runs providing an interesting course.

Race 1 got away with Nickolas Welbourn (Stokes Bay) taking an early lead from John Ling (Bartley) only to let John past to win race one, with Luke Wilshire (Ogston) coming home third. Simon Parker came home first Notts County member in fourth.

The spot prize went to Phill Henson for being down a couple of hours before the race but did not make it in time and missed the start gun of race 1.

This was followed by lunch, provided at a discount by Waitrose, along with iced water to help prevent dehydration for competitors and helpers.

Race 2 followed and Nickolas Welbourn sailed away from the fleet to win with a clear margin with the rest chasing his heels but unable to find the speed to match him.

Race 3 saw local hero Alan Kenyon (Notts County) round the first mark in front and go on to be first NCSC boat overall. He could not however stop Nickolas Welbourn from passing him as the wind increased. Second was Chirstine Stathem (Attenborough/Burton) who sailed great to come home second in race 3 and fourth overall.

The two back to back races were followed by complementary watermelon for after-racing hydration, and prize-giving.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3Pts
1stILCA 7219907Nickolas WelbournStokes Bay SC‑2112
2ndILCA 7219538John LingBartley SC1‑223
3rdILCA 7222776Luke WilshireOgston SC3‑747
4thILCA 6222555Christine StathemAttenborough / Burton SCs‑13639
5thILCA 7179751Jonathan Lye ‑143710
6thILCA 7176709Alan KenyonNCSC5.5‑9510.5
7thILCA 6189200Mike HeapOgston SC‑165611
8thILCA 7211259Richard MasonNCSC84‑1012
9thILCA 7216250Simon ParkerNCSC48‑1112
10thILCA 7167587Julian LloydNCSC5.5‑11914.5
11thILCA 751503Charles Miles‑HaylerNCSC10‑12818
12thILCA 7209933David BeardNCSC714‑1621
13thILCA 7165747Alan SomerfieldNCSC11‑1312.523.5
14thILCA 6211259Sarah MasonNCSC‑17101525
15thILCA 7218426Phil HensonNCSC‑241512.527.5
16thILCA 7123661Neil ChadbornNCSC15‑171429
17thILCA 7169710Jonathan TwiteNCSC12‑202032
18thILCA 7150666Roger MackNCSC‑19161733
19thILCA 7216240Mark ParkerNCSC9(DNF)RET35
20thILCA 7206288Mike WestwellNCSC‑22191837
21stILCA 7205302Jeremy CouplandNCSC‑21181937
22ndILCA 7198157Arif AhsanNCSC2022(DNC)42
23rdILCA 4.7160482Toby SchofieldNCSC‑23212142
24thILCA 6169299Maria BilhousNCSC18(DNF)DNC44
25thILCA 4.7189503Lyra AinsleyNCSC2523(DNC)48

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