IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland Sailing Club

by Sarah Ellis 23 Nov 10:02 PST 15-16 November 2025

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

The IOCA UK Optimist Winter Championships were held over 15-16th November hosted by Rutland Sailing Club with 128 Optimists travelling to compete on a chilly and wet weekend. The British winter was not enough to dampen their spirits and in breezes of 10-15knots they set out onto the water full of enthusiasm.

Main Fleet included 93 boats with Nigel Biggs leading the race committee in control of the race course as the first day was described as 'snakes and ladders racing' within the four flights with variable breeze on the far side of the lake. Laszlo Drummond led on day 1 with three 1st places under his belt.

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland - photo © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

Day two saw lots of movement in the results table with close scores across the fleets. Six races were completed over the weekend, Jonny Rogers was able to take first overall by 2 points, with Laszlo Drummond 2nd, Sean Di Salle close behind in 3rd overall. Lizzie Hudson took 1st girl in 10th place, Archie Dowling 1st under 10 in 15th overall, and Theo Fox 1st under 11 in 17th place.

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland - photo © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

Regatta Fleet had 33 entries, their course slightly closer to the clubhouse with more consistent breeze. Race committee was led by George Atwell ensuring 8 races were successfully completed by the fleet. 1st place was taken by Evelyn Rogerson with an impressive six race wins, 2nd place went to Leo Ellis-Asquith who stepped up his game on Day 2, and 3rd place to Xenia Hudson-Evans with points close between the first four sailors in the fleet.

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland - photo © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

The Coached Regatta fleet included 4 sailors and combined training and racing, with five races completed across the weekend. Led by Coach Lola Andrews their determination and sticking power was unmatched. They were still on the water long after the Main and Regatta Fleets had retired to the shore on Sunday afternoon, running on hot chocolate power and enthusiasm to build their racing skills! Well done to Fletch Sheely (1st), William Zhang (2nd), Zoe Grundy (3rd), Amina Melhem (4th).

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland - photo © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

Thank you to Rutland Sailing Club for hosting the Championships with excellent facilities, the Race Committees for their knowledge and great timing over the weekend ensuring everyone had fun and competitive racing despite the wet wintery conditions, and the organising committee, parents and sailors.

IOCA Optimist Winter Championships at Rutland - photo © Olivia Dowling / OCT Films

Main Fleet Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	6681	Jonny Rogers	1	‑12	1	3	3	1	9
2nd	6659	Laszlo Drummond	1	1	1	(UFD)	2	6	11
3rd	6639	Sean Di Salle	‑8	5	2	3	4	1	15
4th	6675	Bear Baker	4	1	2	5	(UFD)	5	17
5th	6687	Jacques Kent	2	3	3	4	‑10	5	17
6th	6680	Charlie Holland	9	4	4	1	2	‑11	20
7th	6664	Sebastian Vials	6	8	5	‑14	1	2	22
8th	6505	Guy Kent	3	7	3	6	‑8	3	22
9th	6631	Patrick Di Salle	5	‑11	6	4	3	6	24
10th	6682	Lizzie Hudson	‑19	2	8	5	7	4	26
11th	1686	Dylan O'sullivan	6	9	10	1	1	‑17	27
12th	6696	Avantika Lees	2	4	5	‑12	9	9	29
13th	6617	Finley Browne	4	12	7	‑15	5	2	30
14th	6610	Finn Byrne	‑16	9	7	2	5	11	34
15th	6648	Archie Dowling	5	5	9	‑11	9	8	36
16th	6474	Felix Gladman	7	8	6	13	‑16	13	47
17th	6275	Theodore Fox	11	6	10	‑13	10	10	47
18th	6695	Ajay Lees	11	13	4	6	14	‑18	48
19th	6666	Zoe Green	15	‑22	12	7	4	10	48
20th	6583	Natalie Ayling	7	3	13	‑22	21	7	51
21st	6685	Nia Byrne	‑20	17	8	9	8	9	51
22nd	6163	Arthur Rogers	8	6	14	8	‑18	17	53
23rd	6683	Ayesha Lees	12	13	‑26	11	12	8	56
24th	6618	Wilbur De La Haye	9	11	(UFD)	2	12	23	57
25th	6439	Jack Ward	14	‑18	16	7	11	12	60
26th	6546	Felix Palmer Ward	10	16	‑20	16	17	7	66
27th	6644	Tom Keegan	‑22	2	18	21	7	19	67
28th	6608	Rufus De La Haye	‑24	15	11	12	15	14	67
29th	6524	Leon Grundy	18	‑25	22	9	14	12	75
30th	6330	Thomas Child	13	19	15	17	11	‑28	75
31st	6591	Clarissa Jackson	13	10	21	10	‑24	22	76
32nd	6686	Gracie Allsopp	‑20	16	11	17	17	15	76
33rd	6646	Max Ellis‑Asquith	14	‑20	19	8	18	18	77
34th	6657	Callum Marshall	18	18	14	10	19	‑21	79
35th	6517	Tomos Martin	3	30	39	(UFD)	6	3	81
36th	5947	Finn Simmons	‑26	25	17	19	6	16	83
37th	6572	Sebastian Richardson	‑27	14	17	26	13	16	86
38th	6624	Ruben Hernandez‑Woodd	17	19	15	20	‑25	15	86
39th	6334	Cara Lynch	17	7	24	28	13	‑29	89
40th	6630	Arthur Pattison	12	14	9	31	23	(DNC)	89
41st	6620	Chloe Davis	16	10	‑30	15	26	22	89
42nd	6689	Lumia Greenaway	19	‑21	18	20	21	13	91
43rd	6346	Felicity Knibb	15	20	22	(UFD)	19	20	96
44th	6677	Rory Luddington	31	17	‑35	14	20	20	102
45th	6342	Amelie Renard	30	27	13	32	(UFD)	4	106
46th	6565	Kit Mccarthy	‑34	26	16	18	33	14	107
47th	6623	Hugo Thomas	25	15	20	25	‑28	26	111
48th	6501	Ayla Griffiths	23	23	23	18	‑27	25	112
49th	6632	Charlotte Davis	21	32	12	27	‑35	21	113
50th	6489	Jacob Richardson	10	29	27	24	24	‑33	114
51st	6658	Oscar Stephens	29	28	25	(UFD)	15	19	116
52nd	6440	Rose Versey	26	21	24	‑28	25	24	120
53rd	6387	Charlie Tait	30	‑37	29	21	22	23	125
54th	6381	Carwyn Parry	21	22	21	33	‑40	32	129
55th	6692	Sam Bourke	32	27	27	16	29	(UFD)	131
56th	5500	Alex Welfare	25	‑35	30	19	28	31	133
57th	6048	William Foster	23	24	‑33	33	29	27	136
58th	5242	Sebastian Bramley	33	24	‑43	27	27	26	137
59th	6633	Henry Finch	33	‑40	23	30	23	29	138
60th	6643	Finnian Keegan	‑35	35	29	29	20	30	143
61st	6602	Fraser Smith	‑38	38	31	25	26	25	145
62nd	6519	Hettie Hutchinson	‑38	36	32	23	22	34	147
63rd	6651	Sam Wealthy	28	26	36	24	34	‑38	148
64th	6549	Rory Bubb	31	33	28	22	‑43	35	149
65th	661	Elsie Hutchinson	‑35	32	28	35	32	24	151
66th	6652	Roisin Epstein	24	29	‑38	38	30	32	153
67th	6522	Charlotte Mcgaughey	34	28	35	26	‑40	35	158
68th	5690	Harry Cunningham	29	34	26	‑40	32	37	158
69th	6609	Eloise Mccarthy	28	31	34	‑35	35	30	158
70th	6688	Amelia Browne	36	23	37	32	‑39	31	159
71st	5997	Isaac Thomas	‑39	34	25	30	31	39	159
72nd	6600	Barnaby Kemp	‑42	40	37	34	16	33	160
73rd	6562	Archie Tait	36	36	32	‑37	33	27	164
74th	6596	Maddy White	37	‑39	19	36	36	37	165
75th	6434	Henrietta Highfield	‑41	33	33	23	39	38	166
76th	6355	Olivia Knibb	22	(UFD)	41	34	31	44	172
77th	6553	Seb Mears	27	‑46	34	38	36	40	175
78th	6593	Henry King	‑42	38	36	29	38	34	175
79th	6183	Evan Hannaby	40	39	(UFD)	36	30	36	181
80th	6418	Hannah Child	‑40	30	38	37	37	40	182
81st	6574	Hamish Pawson‑Munro	41	‑43	42	31	34	39	187
82nd	5844	Robby Mayo	32	37	41	39	‑43	41	190
83rd	6231	Beatrice Long	‑44	41	42	43	38	28	192
84th	6220	Freddie Barnes	39	31	31	DNC	DNC	(DNC)	195
85th	6205	Olivia Cleary	37	‑43	40	41	41	36	195
86th	6393	Maisie Macintyre	43	42	40	‑44	37	42	204
87th	6567	Jodie Ferguson	‑43	42	39	40	42	41	204
88th	6640	Maxim Lucas	45	41	45	39	42	(DNC)	212
89th	6336	Mia Tolhurst	46	44	(UFD)	42	41	43	216
90th	6229	Callum Priest	‑45	45	43	42	44	42	216
91st	6344	Jake White	44	44	44	41	44	(DNC)	217

Regatta Fleet Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	6521	Evelyn Rogerson	1	1	1	7	(OCS)	1	1	1	13
2nd	6446	Leo Ellis‑Asquith	7	6	3	‑17	1	2	2	3	24
3rd	6628	Xenia Hudson‑Evans	4	4	4	1	5	5	‑10	2	25
4th	5506	Bear Grube	6	2	2	2	6	3	5	‑10	26
5th	6371	Toby Jones	2	9	5	‑16	2	6	9	11	44
6th	6516	Matthew Marshall	3	‑10	7	8	10	8	3	6	45
7th	5590	Lila Coates	‑15	11	11	9	9	4	4	8	56
8th	6665	Oliver Keeble	10	3	10	12	‑14	9	11	4	59
9th	6451	Blaise Kemp	5	7	8	‑15	7	11	8	13	59
10th	6365	Martha Hughes	‑16	5	14	4	8	13	7	12	63
11th	66111	Odelia Bikard	14	13	6	11	‑16	7	6	9	66
12th	5215	Angus Long	9	8	12	6	13	‑15	12	15	75
13th	6601	Leonie Fairhead	13	15	9	3	‑17	14	16	7	77
14th	6578	Tom Hadfield	11	19	18	‑21	4	12	15	5	84
15th	6523	Georges Appleby	8	16	‑21	19	3	10	14	18	88
16th	4790	Molly Mears	12	18	‑19	13	18	17	18	17	113
17th	652	Abigail Vials	18	20	15	14	15	21	‑22	16	119
18th	6395	Frances Oneill	17	‑21	13	20	19	19	19	21	128
19th	647	Skye Lynch	‑25	17	20	25	24	16	13	14	129
20th	6294	Sophie Sinclair	‑31	14	17	18	27	25	21	20	142
21st	6269	Leon Hernandez‑Woodd	‑27	27	25	23	12	18	20	22	147
22nd	4497	Daisy Illingworth‑Hofmann	‑32	25	22	24	20	20	25	19	155
23rd	645	Emily Vials	21	23	24	22	23	22	23	‑25	158
24th	6320	Evelyn Dudley	19	24	16	5	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	166
25th	6611	Eden Bikard	30	‑31	23	27	21	27	17	23	168
26th	6475	Rufus Evans	22	‑26	26	26	25	23	24	26	172
27th	6324	George White	20	12	32	10	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	176
28th	6507	Elle Bourke	23	30	28	(OCS)	26	28	26	27	188
29th	5958	Phoebe Thomas	26	28	29	‑31	22	29	29	28	191
30th	5908	Anya Smith	28	‑32	30	28	28	26	27	24	191
31st	6510	Alice Pattison	24	22	27	29	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	204
32nd	381	Floriane Parry	29	29	31	30	(DNC)	24	28	RET	205
33rd	6452	Benedict Lucas	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	11	30	RET	RET	211