great racing weekend at christchurch open

A great bank holiday weekend of racing at christcurch British Open.

Also an international flavour to the second round of the 2008 Cup Seies. The formula fleet attracted top class entries from Alberto Menegatti (ITA456); Valentin Zwygast (SUI322); Kurosh Kiani (DEN13); and Allison Shreeve (AUS911). Allison was completing her visit to uk before moving on to the formula Grand Prix in Sopot,Poland- the last leg of this european tour to promote theFormula One-Design for 2012.

However the star turn of the weekend fell to Ross Williams (GBR83) making an unscheduled , but nevertheless welcome, visit to UK .

RSX fleet also welcomed an international racer - Jenifer Kesik (POL215) - who brought with her fond memories of her last visit to Christchurch for the fomula youth worlds in 2005. She had a good weekend- 1st woman and 3rd overall.

There was a close fight for 1st place in the raceboard fleet - with Robert Kent eventually getting the upper hand over Marc Carney on a tie break!

Last, but not least in the Techno 293, where Sam Sills was not having it all his own way! George Bowles and Matthew Brown put in strong performances;Kieran Martin continued his dominance this year in the 6.8 division - also fnishing 4th overall. Chloe Bennett leading girl and Saskia Sills 1st 6.8 girl.

Full report, results and photos will follow soon.

Many thanks to our hosts - Christchurch Borough Council and Christchurch Windsurfing Club.