10 Rater 2023 Ranking Event 1 at Norwich Model Yacht Club
by Duncan Ellis 13 Mar 2023 03:50 NZDT
11 March 2023
10 Raters at Norwich © Eric Curtis
Saturday 11th March saw the 1st 10R Ranking event of 2023 take place at Norwich Model Yacht Club. Considering the weather conditions 24 hours earlier. it was great to see double figures make the effort hoping the previous day's blizzard conditions will have passed!
And sure enough the sailors were not disappointed. Although cold, the sun was making an effort to come out, and the light SW breeze was slightly stronger than forecast of even less.
Vinnie Zammit and his race team got 14 races completed in total. A pretty impressive effort considering the conditions!
Graham Bantock showed yet again why he is a multiple champion but he was not allowed to have things all his own way with wins recorded by Austin Guerrier(2), Phil Holliday(2), Colin Harper(1), and Barrie Martin(1).
The second Ranking event takes place Sunday with a little more breeze forecast!
Overall Results:
| Pos | Skipper | Sail No | Club/City | Hull | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
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| 1 | Graham Bantock | 95 | Chelmsford RYC | Diamond | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Austin Guerrier | 68 | Datchet Water RSC | Trance | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Phil Holliday | 31 | Datchet Water RSC | P8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Colin Harper | 84 | London MYC | Trance | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Barrie Martin | 89 | London MYC | Diamond | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 54 |
| 6 | Roy Stevens | 54 | Scarborough MYC | Trance | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 60 |
| 7 | Richard Uttley | 70 | Datchet Water RSC | Spectre P8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 70 |
| 8 | Hugh McAdoo | 118 | Datchet Water RSC | Spectre P8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 73 |
| 9 | Graham Hetem | 60 | Datchet Water RSC | Venga | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 91 |
| 10 | Christopher Robb | 65 | Datchet Water RSC | P8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 128 |