Weymouth Sailing Academy

RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships

 

124 sailors turned out to race last weekend 31^st October / 1^st November for The RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open at Weymouth sailing academy.

 

Saturday greeted competitors with sunshine and a light chilly breeze. The race officer ran 2 rounds of racing for all raceboard fleets in the morning session. The wind built to 8-10 knots and two challenging races were also held for the Formula Fleet. The wind built slightly therefore a short break for lunch was scheduled before returning to the water and glorious warm sunshine. Unfortunately the optimism was short lived, as the wind dropped to light and after a big wind shift even lighter. Two further rounds of racing were held for raceboard fleets but unfortunately the formula fleet stayed on shore for the remainder of the day.

 

On Saturday night there was an 18^th Birthday Party for competitor Jamie Ingram (RS:X) in the function room at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy, which was enjoyed by all.

 

Overnight results

 

37 Raceboards

1st Robert Kent          (Southampton)

2nd Marc Carney (Hythe)

3rd Chris Gibson (Hayling Island)

 

1^st Unlimited Andy Mexholm (Felixtow)

 

1^st Lady Annette Kent (Southampton)

 

30 RS:X

1st Open Ali Masters (Bristol)

2nd Open Calum Stewart (Cheshire)

3rd Open Jamie Ingram (Birmingham)

 

1^st  Open Lady Bryony Shaw (Weymouth)

 

1^st Youth George Bowles North Lincs)

2^nd Youth Izzy Hamilton (cronwall)

3^rd Youth Andrew Glover (Weymouth)

 

40 Techno

1st 6.8 Robert York (Skegness)

2nd 6.8 Oliver Bradley-Baker (Wirral)

3rd 6.8 Max Bushell (North Lincs)

 

1st 7.8 Kieran Martin (1^st Overall) (Stoke)

2nd 7.8 Luke Raistrick (2^nd Overall) (North Yorkshire)

3rd 7.8 Adam Purcell (3^rd Overall) (Cheshire)

 

1^st 7.8 Girl Laurel Townsend (Cheltenham)

1^st 6.8 Girl Saskia Sills (Cormwall)

 

16 Formula

1st Open James Briggs (Guernsey)

2nd Open Kieth Atkinson (Suffolk)

3rd Open Richard Jones (Carsington)

 

1^st National Chris Bond (Sheffield)

2^nd National Bob Ingram (Birmingham)

3^rd Adrian Wallis (London)

 

1 Freerace

1st Gavin Nicholson (Somerset)

 

 

Our sincere thanks to Overboard & Starboard/Tushingham for event prizes and their continued support of the UKWA.

 

For all the results go to www.ukwindsurfing.com or www.results.eskdale.org 

 

Full report to follow.