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Results / GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT Lee On Solent SC - 12/05/2001

The winter blues and slow start to the season due to Foot and Mouth were well and truly taken care of at Lee on Solent SC on May 12/13 with the GUL RS400 Racing Circuit event. A huge turnout of 57 RS400's was a record for a RS Racing Circuit event, combined with the other four classes there were 187 boats on the water at Lee on Solent and Stokes Bay. Whilst there may have not been the best breeze ever the near heatwave on Saturday made many feel like they were already in Como for the Eurocup event at the end of May. The numbers may have placed pressure on the dinghy park and slip way but nothing that a good club like Lee on Solent could not handle.
The wind on both days never fully settled and at times was very fickle; this combined with strong tides saw wild fluctuations in fortune and it soon became clear that a consistent set of results was going to be everything. This was also the first event of the year where all the leading boats turned up and competition was high; space at early marks was at a premium. The result was high scoring with some very well known names making a late case for call up to the England cricket team for the test against Pakistan by scoring a century.
After a delay the promised sea breeze did arrive allowing race 1 to start in a gentle 1-2. A tight battle emerged with former Albacore Champion, Duncan Glen/Tim Mitchell, making a welcome return to RS sailing after missing most of last year, opening up a healthy lead. Then controversy, winners of the previous weeks GUL RS Racing Circuit event in Scotland, Nick Craig/Keith Bedborough sailing "my crew sweeps chimneys" headed to complete the square lap to the finish taking most of the fleet with them. Chris Watts, PRO, interpreted the the course chart in a different way to most boats and making the Duncan Glen the winner. After a friendly discussion (and it was friendly even though there was a total difference of views) on the water between Pete Vincent and Chris Watts it was agreed to sail the PRO's version of the course and a very short delay was followed whilst rescue boats explained this to all competitors. .
Race 2 started in the best wind of the day. Glen repeated his performance of race 1 to win with Roger Gilbert/James Stewart second Jon Gorringe/Toby Lewis third and Carl/Julie Mayhew fourth. Race 3 followed a different pattern as the breeze slowly faded; many spotted the 200's racing inshore in more breeze and headed left on the first beat whilst the majority of boats headed up the previous favoured right side. Those going left were well clear at the first mark with the Parkstone pair of Gorringe and Glen well to the fore. National Champions Gilbert and Stewart had gone so far right they were in fact last round the first mark only after the leaders had reached the first leeward mark. Gorringe won with Glen second, Dave Shiel/Matt Atkins from Leigh and Lowtin third and Malcolm/Martin Green fourth..
This left Glen 1.1.2 and Gorringe 3.3.1 sitting pretty overnight with no other boat managing three top ten results. Mass protests were expected after the first race but with beer �1 a pint at the Club and sun shining onto the balcony everyone was far too busy enjoying themselves..
Sunday dawned with a force 2-3 from the east. With the tide now in the opposite direction going to carry the boats over the start line it was decided to switch to gate starts, a decision fully vindicated when the 200's and the 400's had six gate starts without a hitch or recall. With the tide under the boats for the windward legs it made the beats short and everything depended on judging the laylines and a clear run in on the first mark. Gilbert sailed an impressive race 4 to win from David Giles/Jared Holligan, the winners of round 1 of the GUL Racing Circuit who otherwise had a disaster at LOSSC and Mark Needler /Simon Potts. The Needler/Potts then stormed race 5 in the best breeze of the weekend, a force 3-4 with some waves, to win from Gorringe and Nick Craig..
Going into the final race Gorringe/Glen and Gilbert all had the same score with discard and all three came out of the gate early but there was much more pressure on the right. Mark and Fiona Taylor from Island Barn and Nigel/Helena Hammond from Oxford led at mark 1 with Nick Craig, the ever present Craig Burlton/Andy Bonsey and the consistent Pete Vincent/Pete Cruickshank fifth. Gorringe had managed to get over to the right early and rounded seventh with Gilbert and Glen buried. When the second beat turned into a run the Race Officer very correctly shortened course with Craig well in the lead, Burlton second, Gorringe third and Vincent fourth..
Gorringe won with an impressive display in very testing conditions, he had plenty of boat speed and looks a strong contender for the Nationals. Fellow Parkstone sailor Glen was not far behind and will be another one to watch in August. Ultra consistent Burlton and Bonsey now have the lead in the GUL RS Racing Circuit with their third overall. Gilbert and Stewart in fourth still had their speed and will not be too disappointed with their fourth. The old team of Vincent and Cruickshank were never out of the top 15 in their first sail in two seasons. Fairly new names to the front of the 400 fleet filled the next three places overall with Sally and Martyn Styles winning the merit award with 8th overall. Craig/Bedborough had a very eventful weekend, eventually finishing 9th overall even counting an OCS..
Its off to Lake Como in Italy for the GUL RS Eurocup at the end of May, so expect to see plenty of tanned faces when the Round 4 of the GUL RS Racing Circuit hits Torbay in mid June..
Pete Vincent..
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1st Jon Gorringe Toby Lewis Mr Dragon Parkstone 12pts.
2nd Duncan Glen Tim Mitchell Mr Sensible Parkstone 15 pts.
3rd Craig Burlton Andrew Bonsey Mr Always there Northampton 38pts.
4th Roger Gilbert James Stewart Mr Last place Frensham Pond 38pts.
5th Pete Vincent Pete Cruickshank Mr I hate the Torries Bristol CYC 48 pts.
6th Dave Brown Sheena Craig Mr Ding Island Barn 60 pts.
7th Richard and Katie Shingleton-Smith Mr in the navy RNSA 75 pts.
8th Sally Styles Martyn Styles Miss come on Dad Downs 76 pts.
9th Nick Craig Keith Bedborough Mr Chimney sweep Frensham Pond 77 pts.
10th Carl Mayhew Julie Mayhew Mr and Mrs Island Barn 80 pts.
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Sail No Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Run Tot Race 6 Fin Points Result Helm Crew Sailing Club 952 3 3 1 0 2 9 3 12 1 Jon Gorringe Toby Lewis Parkstone SC 771 1 1 2 5 6 15 0 15 2 Duncan Glen Tim Mitchell Parkstone SC 949 0 5 12 7 12 36 2 38 3 Craig Burlton Andrew Bowsey Northampton SC 873 2 2 0 1 4 9 29 38 4 Roger Gilbert James Stewart Frensham Pond SC 802 0 9 6 15 13 43 5 48 5 Pete Vincent Pete Cruishank Bristol Corinthian YC 735 5 8 0 21 14 48 12 60 6 David Brown Sheena Craig Royal Burnham Yacht Club 785 11 11 11 14 28 75 0 75 7 Shingleton-Smith Katie Shingleton-Smith RNSA 716 12 19 10 17 0 58 18 76 8 Sally Styles Martyn Styles Downs SC 1038 0 6 58 9 3 76 1 77 9 Nick Craig Keith Bedborough Frensham Pond SC 881 0 4 14 25 31 74 6 80 10 Carl Mayhew Julie Mayhew IRBSC 812 6 12 17 28 0 63 21 84 11 Paul Oakey Marisa Oakey Portchester SC 848 9 20 13 0 26 68 17 85 12 Mike Palfreman Richard Cain Starcross SC 592 0 24 4 12 19 59 31 90 13 Malcolm Green Martin Green RYA 1045 13 28 3 13 0 57 34 91 14 Dave Shiel Matt Atkins Leigh and Lowton SC 1090 0 13 20 24 21 78 16 94 15 Phil Jackson Gerrard Barron Parkstone SC 755 7 22 0 23 23 75 20 95 16 Jonathan Ching T Newton Weirwood SC 958 0 30 22 10 5 67 30 97 17 Jason Pyke Ian Gregory Burghfield SC 971 0 14 36 22 29 101 7 108 18 Nigel Hammond Helena Hammond Oxford SC 982 0 33 18 34 18 103 11 114 19 Gavin Marshall John Ryder RNSA 836 0 36 24 18 15 93 23 116 20 Jane Norris D Fewings Oxford SC 942 0 17 58 11 22 108 10 118 21 S Fulford J Fulford Aldeburgh YC 781 0 31 58 3 1 93 26 119 22 Mark Needler Simon Potts Bartley SC 1025 0 35 58 16 8 117 8 125 23 Russ Gildas Jayne Singleton Starcross SC 1093 0 26 21 31 24 102 25 127 24 Simon Sydenham Sarah Brewer Aldeburgh YC 618 0 18 9 35 11 73 58 131 25 Carl Downing Teresa Downing Stokes Bay SC 464 0 21 8 27 17 73 58 131 26 Neil Bevington Graham Windle Lee-On-The-Solent SC 511 0 32 33 36 27 128 4 132 27 Mark Taylor Fiona Taylor Island Barn SC 1014 0 25 15 32 33 105 28 133 28 Jez Entwhistle Ian Fletcher Leigh and Lowton SC 1058 0 27 7 42 37 113 22 135 29 Barney Goowell Pauline McCracken Burghfield SC 1057 14 38 0 39 34 125 15 140 30 Martin Kersley Helen Morgan Notts County 850 0 16 26 26 32 100 40 140 31 Stuart Elford Fiona Jubb Island Barn SC 1066 0 15 5 38 25 83 58 141 32 Peter Stratton Paul Newton Weirwood SC 946 8 10 0 8 58 84 58 142 33 Charles Duchesne Dan Sanders RORC 921 0 34 58 20 10 122 24 146 34 Giles Chipperfield Heather Chipperfield Lymington Town SC 702 0 42 28 41 42 153 0 153 35 Chris Watts Stephen Watts Bough Beech SC 617 0 39 35 33 35 142 14 156 36 Chris Bailey Matt Bailey Bartley SC 471 0 40 16 37 30 123 33 156 37 Phil Wright Tim Smith Gurnard SC 641 0 58 58 19 16 151 13 164 38 Hywel Roberts Melissa Storey Queen Mary SC 1077 0 58 58 29 9 154 19 173 39 Robin Kenyon Joel McDonald Yealm Yacht Club 1020 10 50 32 0 51 143 39 182 40 Ian Clothier Paul Corbin Burghfield SC 835 0 45 23 48 40 156 27 183 41 Mike Bartlett Stu Jagger Bartley SC 1072 58 7 0 2 58 125 58 183 42 David Giles Jared Holligan Weirwood SC 896 0 58 58 4 7 127 58 185 43 Chris Jenning Ed Nickling Burghfield SC 1064 0 46 19 47 44 156 32 188 44 Mike Acton Sigy Pearce Gurnard SC 926 0 43 25 46 41 155 36 191 45 A J Leigh Kris Gardner Burghfield SC 1024 0 29 31 40 43 143 58 201 46 Mark Jardine Giles White Hayling Island SC 440 0 58 30 45 38 171 42 213 47 Ernie Hatton Rebecca Chine Weirwood SC 726 0 49 29 49 50 177 41 218 48 Duncan Williams Matt Straker Stokes Bay SC 719 0 41 58 43 45 187 35 222 49 Martin Gunn Alex Harris Royal Yorkshire YC 894 0 48 27 52 48 175 58 233 50 Gordon Kingston Pete warburton Lee-On-The-Solent SC 599 0 44 38 51 47 180 58 238 51 Jon Ambrose Jamie Bathmaker Datchet SC 579 0 58 58 50 49 215 38 253 52 Tony Fastnedge Alex Fastnedge Cotswold SC 871 58 23 0 58 58 197 58 255 53 Steve McQueen Lynn McQueen Itchenor SC 654 0 47 37 58 58 200 58 258 54 Wayne Shirley Ben Shirley Lee-On-The-Solent SC 983 0 58 58 44 46 206 58 264 55 Grahame Forshaw Jenny Forshaw RNSA 487 0 58 34 58 58 208 58 266 56 Donal Roche Allan Pemberton Crawley Mariners YC 947 0 58 58 58 58 232 37 269 57 Callahan Gurney Hayling Island SC 0
952 3 3 1 0 2 9 3 12 1 Jon Gorringe Toby Lewis Parkstone SC 771 1 1 2 5 6 15 0 15 2 Duncan Glen Tim Mitchell Parkstone SC 949 0 5 12 7 12 36 2 38 3 Craig Burlton Andrew Bowsey Northampton SC 873 2 2 0 1 4 9 29 38 4 Roger Gilbert James Stewart Frensham Pond SC 802 0 9 6 15 13 43 5 48 5 Pete Vincent Pete Cruishank Bristol Corinthian YC 735 5 8 0 21 14 48 12 60 6 David Brown Sheena Craig Royal Burnham Yacht Club 785 11 11 11 14 28 75 0 75 7 Shingleton-Smith Katie Shingleton-Smith RNSA 716 12 19 10 17 0 58 18 76 8 Sally Styles Martyn Styles Downs SC 1038 0 6 58 9 3 76 1 77 9 Nick Craig Keith Bedborough Frensham Pond SC 881 0 4 14 25 31 74 6 80 10 Carl Mayhew Julie Mayhew IRBSC 812 6 12 17 28 0 63 21 84 11 Paul Oakey Marisa Oakey Portchester SC 848 9 20 13 0 26 68 17 85 12 Mike Palfreman Richard Cain Starcross SC 592 0 24 4 12 19 59 31 90 13 Malcolm Green Martin Green RYA 1045 13 28 3 13 0 57 34 91 14 Dave Shiel Matt Atkins Leigh and Lowton SC 1090 0 13 20 24 21 78 16 94 15 Phil Jackson Gerrard Barron Parkstone SC 755 7 22 0 23 23 75 20 95 16 Jonathan Ching T Newton Weirwood SC 958 0 30 22 10 5 67 30 97 17 Jason Pyke Ian Gregory Burghfield SC 971 0 14 36 22 29 101 7 108 18 Nigel Hammond Helena Hammond Oxford SC 982 0 33 18 34 18 103 11 114 19 Gavin Marshall John Ryder RNSA 836 0 36 24 18 15 93 23 116 20 Jane Norris D Fewings Oxford SC 942 0 17 58 11 22 108 10 118 21 S Fulford J Fulford Aldeburgh YC 781 0 31 58 3 1 93 26 119 22 Mark Needler Simon Potts Bartley SC 1025 0 35 58 16 8 117 8 125 23 Russ Gildas Jayne Singleton Starcross SC 1093 0 26 21 31 24 102 25 127 24 Simon Sydenham Sarah Brewer Aldeburgh YC 618 0 18 9 35 11 73 58 131 25 Carl Downing Teresa Downing Stokes Bay SC 464 0 21 8 27 17 73 58 131 26 Neil Bevington Graham Windle Lee-On-The-Solent SC 511 0 32 33 36 27 128 4 132 27 Mark Taylor Fiona Taylor Island Barn SC 1014 0 25 15 32 33 105 28 133 28 Jez Entwhistle Ian Fletcher Leigh and Lowton SC 1058 0 27 7 42 37 113 22 135 29 Barney Goowell Pauline McCracken Burghfield SC 1057 14 38 0 39 34 125 15 140 30 Martin Kersley Helen Morgan Notts County 850 0 16 26 26 32 100 40 140 31 Stuart Elford Fiona Jubb Island Barn SC 1066 0 15 5 38 25 83 58 141 32 Peter Stratton Paul Newton Weirwood SC 946 8 10 0 8 58 84 58 142 33 Charles Duchesne Dan Sanders RORC 921 0 34 58 20 10 122 24 146 34 Giles Chipperfield Heather Chipperfield Lymington Town SC 702 0 42 28 41 42 153 0 153 35 Chris Watts Stephen Watts Bough Beech SC 617 0 39 35 33 35 142 14 156 36 Chris Bailey Matt Bailey Bartley SC 471 0 40 16 37 30 123 33 156 37 Phil Wright Tim Smith Gurnard SC 641 0 58 58 19 16 151 13 164 38 Hywel Roberts Melissa Storey Queen Mary SC 1077 0 58 58 29 9 154 19 173 39 Robin Kenyon Joel McDonald Yealm Yacht Club 1020 10 50 32 0 51 143 39 182 40 Ian Clothier Paul Corbin Burghfield SC 835 0 45 23 48 40 156 27 183 41 Mike Bartlett Stu Jagger Bartley SC 1072 58 7 0 2 58 125 58 183 42 David Giles Jared Holligan Weirwood SC 896 0 58 58 4 7 127 58 185 43 Chris Jenning Ed Nickling Burghfield SC 1064 0 46 19 47 44 156 32 188 44 Mike Acton Sigy Pearce Gurnard SC 926 0 43 25 46 41 155 36 191 45 A J Leigh Kris Gardner Burghfield SC 1024 0 29 31 40 43 143 58 201 46 Mark Jardine Giles White Hayling Island SC 440 0 58 30 45 38 171 42 213 47 Ernie Hatton Rebecca Chine Weirwood SC 726 0 49 29 49 50 177 41 218 48 Duncan Williams Matt Straker Stokes Bay SC 719 0 41 58 43 45 187 35 222 49 Martin Gunn Alex Harris Royal Yorkshire YC 894 0 48 27 52 48 175 58 233 50 Gordon Kingston Pete warburton Lee-On-The-Solent SC 599 0 44 38 51 47 180 58 238 51 Jon Ambrose Jamie Bathmaker Datchet SC 579 0 58 58 50 49 215 38 253 52 Tony Fastnedge Alex Fastnedge Cotswold SC 871 58 23 0 58 58 197 58 255 53 Steve McQueen Lynn McQueen Itchenor SC 654 0 47 37 58 58 200 58 258 54 Wayne Shirley Ben Shirley Lee-On-The-Solent SC 983 0 58 58 44 46 206 58 264 55 Grahame Forshaw Jenny Forshaw RNSA 487 0 58 34 58 58 208 58 266 56 Donal Roche Allan Pemberton Crawley Mariners YC 947 0 58 58 58 58 232 37 269 57 Callahan Gurney Hayling Island SC 0 0 0 0 0 Is Non-Discardable Result are Discard
 
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