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BARNT GREEN SAILING CLUB

 Flag Officers Day and Club Regatta held on SUNDAY 4th JULY 2010

Report on a splendid day, by Gordon Padmore, Commodore :         A warm but 16 knot wind and even stronger gusts prevailed throughout the Flag Officers Day and Club Regatta, producing some exciting sailing for participants and spectators alike. Junior Helm commenced at 11.00am with two 45 minutes races with both results to count and although there was one or two capsizes, the competitors continued to race hard to the finish. 

Class results : Cadet Class: 1st David Allenby & Martyn Forrester.             Optimist Class: 1st Martyn Wrigley, 2nd Matthew Cross.

After a quick lunch break, the June Lennox Trophy Ladies Race was started at 2.00pm with all 5 competitors in Lasers and matching rigs, making the Race Officer’s task all the easier - Phew!  All the sailors had a great start and battled to the first mark with some tight racing throughout the 45 minutes, even though the wind had other ideas, and caught one of two out. However, at the end of the race, there was a close encounter for first and second position, and again, for third and fourth places.

Top three placings : 1st Jo Powell (Laser 4.7), 2nd Rachel Lennox (Laser 4.7), 3rd Charli Lennox (Laser 4.7).

For the Richard Murray Trophy Race, we had a total of 16 boats with at least one from each Club class fleet taking part in the one hour average lap race. The start was very much better than that of the previous year and everyone started from the correct side of the line, as apposed to a general recall. Positions became established with faster boats edging to the front of the entire fleet before matching boats battling for 1st place and prior to the Portsmouth Yardstick having to be applied. With only 2 seconds separating 1st and 2nd second positions, even after the PY handicap had been applied the race result didn’t alter. (Full results at bottom of this page). 

In conjunction with this, we also ran a 30 minute Sailboard race which despite having practiced for 2 hours previously during the day, Christian saw off all his competition either prior to, or, during the race. He then went off to play Table Tennis in the evening – I don’t know what they feed him on!!  

Top three placings :-

Seniors       1st Rory Jones (Laser), 2nd Alex Furse (Laser), 3rd Andrew Paton (Solo).

Juniors        1st Matthew Cross (Optimist), 2nd Rachel Lennox ((Laser 4.7), 3rd Charli Lennox (Laser 4.7).

Sailboards   1st Christian Barnes.

On conclusion of this final race and with the boats put away, the Commodore presented the prizes for each of the races including, two cut glass tankards, a pewter tankard and a teaspoon provided by Richard Murray from his vast range of prizes he has won during his competitive sailing.     

At this point, the 160 Club draw took place, the clouds opened up, the sun shone and approximately 30 members took part in a Club barbeque to end what was a successful day for all.

We would like to thank all those who participated in the day either by being a competitor, supporter, member of the OD and rescue team, the caterers, washer uppers and anyone else we may have missed. It is this that makes the Club what it is and hopefully will continue well into the future.     GP. 4/7/10

NAME BOAT CLASS SAIL NUMBER MINS SECS TOTAL SECS PY No. sub total LAPS RESULTS PLACE
Rory Jones Laser 130163 64 35 3875 1.078 3594.62 6 599.10 1     1st
Alex Furse Laser 171780 64 37 3877 1.078 3596.47 6 599.41 2     2nd
Andrew Paton Solo 4719 69 46 4186 1.155 3624.24 6 604.04 3     3rd
Matthew Cross Optimist 4642 66 38 3998 1.646 2428.92 4 607.23 4     4th
Jim Rosser Laser Radial 186021 67 13 4033 1.101 3663.03 6 610.51 5     5th
Russell Lewis Laser Radial 68616 68 23 4103 1.101 3726.61 6 621.10 6     6th
Rachel Lennox Laser 4.7 179117 61 6 3666 1.175 3120.00 5 624.00 7     7th
Jo Powell Laser 4.7 186255 61 9 3669 1.175 3122.55 5 624.51 8     8th
Adrian Savage Enterprise 23138 70 9 4209 1.116 3771.51 6 628.58 9     9th
Julia Powell Laser 4.7 176303 62 10 3730 1.175 3174.47 5 634.89 10  10th
Charli Lennox Laser 4.7 151126 63 39 3819 1.175 3250.21 5 650.04 11  11th
Stuart Howe Enterprise 22978 62 56 3776 1.116 3383.51 5 676.70 12  12th
Merlyn  Wilcox Enterprise 18758 66 15 3975 1.116 3561.83 5 712.37 13  13th
David Allenby Cadet 8545 68 8 4088 1.432 2854.75 4 713.69 14  14th
Andy Taylor Lark 1856 65 26 3926 1.073 3658.90 5 731.78 15  15th
Keith Heyes Solo 4034 70 30 4230 1.155 3662.34 5 732.47 16  16th

If any members have photo's of the day they would like to share, please send a few to robin@aabrownandsons.com, thank you.

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