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ILCA Midlands Grand Prix at Staunton Harold Sailing Club

by Ann Nugent 11 Oct 23:56 NZDT 6 October 2024
ILCA Midlands Grand Prix © Staunton Harold Sailing Club

Wow, what an event! Staunton Harold SC hosted the penultimate in the ILCA Midlands Grand Prix - next stop Burton Sailing Club for the final!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our ILCA Open Event at the weekend. A great day was had by one and all with 30+ boats enjoying epic battles across the fleet. Well done to everyone who took part!

Race 1

The wind was variable S to SE in direction and strength. The course stretched across most of the reservoir with a challenging mile long run down the second leg. This gave a lot of choices allowing for big gains and losses to be made. Home sailor, Nathan Smith, established a comfortable lead through the race to finish first. John Ling (Bartley SC) pulled through to finish second and Henry Redmond (Covenham SC) took third place.

Race 2

Race 2 started with different winds at each end of the start line. Lining up for the start, a big group of sailors bunched up at the Committee Boat end. Home sailor Pete Gray and Burton SC's Adam Skidmore (Radial rig) caught a shift at the port end allowing hem to clear the fleet on port tack.

Pete led at the first mark with a break away group in hot pursuit. Runs up and down the lake saw the main fleet close the gap and early leader, Pete, dropped back. By the end of the race John Ling had managed to work his way to the front of the fleet to take a comfortable win. Meanwhile Henry Skidmore and home sailor Craig Williamson battled it out for second, Henry just clinching the second, leaving Craig with third.

Race 3

By the start of Race 3 the wind had dropped. The start line had a big port end bias which meant a tough start for the racers. A group of five broke away for their own race. Leading this group John, Pete and Nathan enjoyed a close tussle in the lighter breeze. Once in front John covered the others, who stayed close, but couldn't pass him.

Thank you

Thanks go to our excellent Race Team for an exciting day's sailing. Also thank you to our Galley team for keeping everyone going!

Lastly

Don't forget this coming weekend's grand finale for the ILCA Midlands Grand Prix at Burton Sailing Club. Find out more here and take part!

Overall Results:

PosRigSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3Pts
1stILCA 72John LingBartley SC-2112
2ndILCA 7203181Nathan SmithStaunton Harold SC1-534
3rdILCA 7223460Henry RedmondCovenham SC32-75
4thILCA 7170605Craig WilliamsonStaunton Harold SC43-87
5thILCA 7207732Paul WilliamsonStaunton Harold SC-96410
6thILCA 7108827Paul KeelingBlithfield SC6-7511
7thILCA 7202145Peter GrayStaunton Harold SC-1111213
8thILCA 7212061Simon HardimanBartley SC59-1314
9thILCA 7223668Terry ForbesStaunton Harold SC8-10614
10thILCA 7190900Matt LathoudStaunton Harold SC10-12919
11thILCA 7213599Mark HarrisStaunton Harold SC713(33.0 DNC)20
12thILCA 7222774Ben RichardsonTrent Valley SC148-2722
13thILCA 6208715Adam SkidmoreBurton SC-2242125
14thILCA 7186067Mike HomerMdlands SC-20141125
15thILCA 7179604Nick WilliamsStaunton Harold SC-16161026
16thILCA 7208667Maris MocalovsStaunton Harold SC12-221426
17thILCA 6214110Andy AllanTrimpley SC13-181528
18thILCA 7197774Carl AveryBurton SC17-201229
19thILCA 7157402Rob WatsonStaunton Harold SC(33.0 DNC)151631
20thILCA 7180990Tim BirdBurton SC15-211833
21stILCA 6182627Christine StathamAttenborough & Burton SC-21171734
22ndILCA 7202467Martin OgleyStaunton Harold SC1819-2537
23rdILCA 7165490Dean JungMidlands SC19-232039
24thILCA 6212144Oliver RogersSouth Staffordshire SC-26241943
25thILCA 7175375Iain BondStaunton Harold SC23-252346
26thILCA 667023Greg RimmerBurton SC25-302247
27thILCA 7214682Mick PappStaunton Harold SC24(33.0 DNF)2650
28thILCA 6208125Andrew SummersBurton SC-30292453
29thILCA 6183105Mike LewisBurton SC-29262854
30thILCA 7166621Tim BreenStaunton Harold SC2727(33.0 DNC)54
31stILCA 6213563Mike PainBurton SC2828-2956
32ndILCA 6201720Angharad ParkesBurton SC-31313061

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