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Barnt Green Sailing Club - Lark - Sponsored by P & B
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2008 Lark Youth Championships Report
Whether it was the fact it was Bank Holiday weekend or that the forecast was for strong easterly winds, only 6 boats arrived for the event. With white horses only 5 made the starting area for the 1st race and only 4 actually started!
In the first race, Stephen & Chris Videlo from Waldringfield were closely followed by Adam Parry & Lucy Evans from South Staffs and Kelsey Suggitt & Josh Stuart from Barnt Green. Stephen & Chris pulled away on the beats but Adam and Lucy pulled back off wind by their more adventurous kite flying. Eventually the kite flying was the downfall of Kelsey & Josh who had a lengthy capsize and Stephen & Chris also had a brief swim to give Adam and Lucy a fairly comfortable win. ( Photo, left, Adam Parry & Lucy Evans )
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Dutch courage must have been administered over lunch as the whole fleet made the start line for the second race. After the Videlos’ squeezed Adam & Lucy at the start, it was Kelsey & Josh who took the early lead. After just a lap the Videlo boom broke so ending their challenge for the race. Adam & Lucy then tried hard to catch Kelsey & Josh and in the process gave the spectators a great display of kite attempts; capsize and recovery! Through it all Kelsey & Josh majestically showed how to do it without the spinnaker to win the race (the first race Josh had ever won) and Sam Blocksidge & Mark Fleming from South Staffs, kept passing their club mates, who kept fighting back to just pass before the finish to deprive them of the 2nd slot.
( Photo, right, Kelsey Suggitt & Josh Stuart ) |
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Despite an early capsize Eleanor Davies & birthday girl Connie Hicklin (13), also from South Staffs and the only all girl team, came home a creditable 4th and still beat the 2nd & 3rd boats home who both had a capsize after the finish! The final entrant Adrian Walker (the youngest helm) and Alison Norbury from South Staffs, survived a lap before giving it best.
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The final race was subject to a short postponement to allow a squall to come through. (Was there really any difference)! Stephen & Chris Videlo were up and running with a replacement boom and were determined to get one race win. Inevitably it was Kelsey & Josh, Stephen & Chris & Adam & Lucy that rounded the first mark in that order, in close proximity. After a lap Adam & Lucy had powered through to the front but all were taking the cautious option when it came to kite flying! Finally the Videlos’ took a dip whilst trying to catch up, so it was that Adam & Lucy won the race and the event from Kelsey & Josh and Stephen & Chris in 3rd. Once again Sam & Mark kept pushing only for a capsize to ruin their chance of catching the leading three. Eleanor & Connie also had a couple of capsizes but both teams persevered to finish the race and so gain two race finishes. A noteable achievement in itself, in very difficult sailing conditions.
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Overall Results
1st Adam Parry & Lucy Evans, South Staffs SC 2pts
2nd Kelsey Suggitt & Josh Stuart, Barnt Green SC 3pts
3rd Stephen & Chris Videlo, Waldringfield SC 5pts
4th Sam Blocksidge & Mark Fleming, South Staffs SC 7pts
5th Eleanor Davies & Connie Hicklin, South Staffs SC 9 pts
6th Adrian Walker & Alison Norbury, South Staffs SC
Tony Hotchkiss - 26th May 2008. (Report "borrowed" from the Lark website, photo's Dick Wallace of BGSC.)
Race Officer and event organiser was Bob Suggitt. BGSC Lark Class Captain. |
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