Results / RS Fat Face Racing Circuit Hayling Island SC - 12/07/2003
Biggest ever RS200 Open Meeting
68 RS200's in the sunshine of Hayling Island for the Fat Face Racing
Circuit on July 12/13 was a new record for any RS200 Racing Circuit
event. With first class race management from PRO Nick Rawling and his
team, non stop sunshine, reasonable winds, HISC's fantastic new club
house, huge fleet and all the leading contenders what more could a self
respecting 200 sailor want? Well getting a pint of beer from the clubs
bar would have been a good idea as a rather under staffed bar fell well
short of the standard of the restaurant.
Saturday and clear blue skies produced a 8-10 knot sea breeze. Race 1 saw
Jon Lewis/Millie Parsons start right at the leeward end and the only boat
to hit the left hand corner with handsome result with a good lead. Lee
Sydenham/Anne Vaudrey and Geoff Carveth/Sarah Allen slowly eroded his
lead, with only 2 laps set the second run was a close affair and it was
Sydenham that gained the overlap at the final leeward mark. Sydenham then
conclusively proved he could not count by starting a third beat as a
relieved Lewis giggled his way to the finish line. Sydenham has his
counting beads out for race 2 and did not make the same mistake to win
from Carveth with Hamish Calder/Severine Jones third. Race 3 saw the
first recall and the first batch of OCS's. Martin Jones/Clare Rowbottom
made a magnificent start when it counted to finish second behind Steve
and Paula Irish with David Giles/Fiona Clark third.
Sunday had glorious sunshine and most of the fleet could appreciate it as
they did not have hangovers thanks to HISC bar. Sharing a course with
600's did not prevent the PRO turning round races quicker than it took to
buy a round. Out in the race area there was a good gradient breeze from
the south east slightly stronger than Saturday. Carveth and Allen took
complete control of proceedings with good starts at the leeward end they
led race 4 and 5 from start to finish to virtually seal overall victory.
Giles and Clark also did themselves a power of good with 2.4 results as
other leading contenders struggled for consistency. Andy and Katie
Shorrocks, making a guest appearance from Laser 4000's, were very solid
in 4.5.
For the final race the breeze built to a force 4 and with the tide
slackening there was a massive bulge on the start line and six of the
final top 12 overall were black flagged. With Carveth keeping a close eye
on the Irish's, Giles won the race to round off an impressive Sunday.
Behind Ian Pickard/Lucy Matthews had discovered their toe straps and were
second but lost out to fellow Bristol CYC members Trudie Danbury/Bert on
the final beat much to everyone�s amusement.
Worryingly for all 200 sailors Geoff Carveth has competed in 3 large
RS200 events. The 1997 Inlands, the 2001 Nationals and now the largest
ever RS200 Racing Circuit event and has won all three. He must start
favourite for the RS200 Nationals at Restronguet, entries for which will
now break the 100 boat limit. There are though plenty of well known
dinghy helms in good form in the 200's and there is going to be red hot
competition.
Geoff Carveth Sarah Allan HISC/Littleton 14 1
David Giles Fiona Clark Weirwood 15 2
Steve Irish Paula Irish Draycote 22 3
Lee Sydenham Anne Vaudry Stokes Bay 24 4
Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson RNCYC 34 5
Steve Dunn Carole Dunn SWSC 39 6
Jonathan Lewis Milly Parsons Burghfield 40 7
Adnrew Shorrock Katie Shorrock Frensham 43 8
Hamish Calder Severine Jones Royal Highland 54 9
Martin Jones Clare Rowbottom Itchenor 58 10
Harry Roome Prue Roome HISC 66 11
Peter Vincent Louisa Fewstrell Bristol 69 12
James Stewart Elaine Taylor Stokes Bay 69 13
Paul Fisk Caroline Fisk ECA 70 14
Ian Pickard Lucy Matthews BCYC 72 15
Ralph Singleton Oliver Singleton CVLSC 78 16
Cliff Milliner Bec Milliner CSC 80 17
Sarah Taylor Claire Upton-Brown HISC 81 18
Charles Roome Jodi Dyer HISC 82 19
Marshall King Heather King Datchent 82 20
Nick Peters James Peters HISC 85 21
Jeremy Stephens Adam Poole Penzance 92 22
Colin Staite Katie Haighton Bartley 109 23
Andy Robertson Emily Haworth Bowmoor 115 24
Bryony Percy Jo Carr HISC 120 25
Frances Peters Pippa Williams HISC 122 26
Melvyn Cooper Kate Peters HISC 124 27
Mike Dencher Anna Harding Chew Valley 125 28
Simon Gillow Tracey Hill Wembley 128 29
Trudie Danbury Graeme Ryder Bristo Corinthian 129 30
Sue Antonelli Jo Lloyd Littleton 129 31
Paul Dorer Ian Robertson Bowmoor 134 32
Chris Darling Helen Williams Itchenor 138 33
Ben Alexander Liz Alexander Deben 141 34
Mike Chapman Sheridan Killwick Wembly 141 35
Lucy Davey Jane Sutor Doris/BCYC 149 36
Mark Chisnell Rebecca Kent HISC/RYA 152 37
James Boyle Lizzie Chellew Papercourt 155 38
Stephen Seargeant Jo Haynes Wembley 167 39
Vanda Young Jon Jowett Littleton 172 40
Matt Davies Dotti Cormack HISC 177 41
Jo Wotton Marcelle Newbold Wembly 182 42
Paul Goodwin Kate Gillon Draycote 190 43
Sarah Pammer Damian Holmes Bowmoor 206 44
Martin Vinsan Heidi Dodd 208 45
Philip Pascall Nicholas Blevins Itchenor 209 46
Tracy Moss Gemma McIntyre HISC 215 47
Simon Howell James Rodgers Wembley 215 48
Sarah Covington Helen Clarke HHSC 220 49
James Weatherstone Hilary Weatherstone HISC 233 50
Neil Shemmings Tom Bartlett Fishers Green 236 51
Stuart Bloese Carol Bloese HISC 248 52
Una Hodlkins Anne Faux Datchet 252 53
Charles Miscampbell Clare Senior HISC 257 54
Dan Perry Caren Garlick Newcastle University 259 55
James Hewitt Emma Moscoso Hoc 267 56
Graham Denny Steve Dawson FOSSC 269 57
Mike France Louise Wiles HISC 275 58
Michael Barnes Ernie Hatton Weir Wood 279 59
Lynne Ratcliffe Gail Pawson Bough Beech 281 60
Matt Ambrose Ruth Baker Deben 291 61
Nic Rivers Matthew Rivers Leigh-on-sea 293 62
Malcolm Smith Sharon Smith HISC 303 63
Matthew Hall Brian Tennant Weston 308 64
Daniel Oakes Victoria Burr Thorney Island 308 65
Sarah Auckland Snna Staniforth HISC 308 66
Mike Crear Nick Creak Itchenor 312 67
Ned Smith Catherine Scholls ISC 315 68