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RS400 Northern Tour 2024 Sponsored by Trident UK

by Hamish Gledhill 26 Oct 18:36 NZDT
Chris Pickles and Matt Sharman at GNAC © William Carruthers

For the second year running congratulations go to Chris Pickles and Matt Sharman (Bassenthwaite SC) for winning the 2024 RS400 Trident UK Northern Tour, though it was a close-run thing, and all top 6 positions were settled at the final event of the season.

Chris and Matt finished the season tied on 5 points with Ollie Groves and Ester Parkhurst (Beaver SC). Both teams had three first places and a second, so we had to dig deep into Appendix A of the racing rules of sailing to settle the series on the last event. It may have been a different story, but Ollie and Esther jumped into an RS200 for the last weekend of the series practising for the Endeavour Trophy. It was clearly worthwhile as they went on to win the Endeavour Trophy. Whilst they were representing the 2000 class, we all really know they're northern RS400 sailors. Huge congratulations guys!

Hamish Gledhill and Ross Southwell (West Riding SC) finished third, squeaking ahead of Dave Exley and Nigel Hall (Leigh and Lowton SC) in fourth. Louise McKeand and Sean Ratcliffe (Leigh and Lowton SC) climbed the leader board to finish 5th with Carl and son Ben Whitehead (Filey SC) finishing 6th overall..

Over the year the Trident UK Northern Tour has served up the full range of conditions, from strong winds and waves of biblical proportions at Filey, to a glassy lake at Notts County, not forgetting the squall that wiped out half the fleet at Carsington.

The overall numbers of boats competing on the northern tour has dropped slightly this year. It has been a trend across the country. However, we are seeing a few new faces in the fleet, so fingers crossed we'll see more boats out competing on the tout next year. The 62 boats that competed on the tour his year came from 23 different clubs. With Tynemouth SC providing the greatest number of boats (11), ahead of Yorkshire Dales (9), Notts County (8). Leigh and Lowton SC and Carsington SC were the other major contributing clubs with 6 boats each.

The tour finished strongly with the last event of the year at Bassenthwaite having the largest entry of the year with 20 boats, which matched the highest turnout from the 2023 tour.

Looking forward, the calendar for next year's events have been confirmed and can be seen on the RS400 Class Association website.

You will see that the fleet is returning to Bala SC for the Northern Championships on 10/11 May. In past years Bala has put on great events and with the wind in the right direction you can experience some of the best inland sailing in the country. Let's hope we can get a great turnout for that.

We hope as many of you as possible can support the tour next year. If you have any suggestions or ideas for improving the tour, please contact the RS Association. If your club would like to host an event in 2026, please contact the RS Class Association so we have plenty of time to include your event within the calendar.

Finally, special thanks must go to Trident UK, who again generously supported the Tour this year by providing overall prizes for the Tour winners and vouchers presented at each event from a raffle. Please remember that you had to be present at the prize-giving to be eligible for the raffle prizes.

We look forward to seeing you on the water next year. The first event of the year is at Leigh and Lowton SC on 29th and 30th March - hopefully see you there!

RS400 Northern Tour 2024 Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubLeighHollingworthYDSCTynemouthCarsingtonFileyNottsGNACPts
11283Chris PicklesMatt SharmanBass SC641646421315
21526Ollie GrovesEsther ParkhurstBeaver Sailing Club1641641642645
31511Hamish GledhillRoss SouthwellWest Riding SC433364664513
41460Dave ExleyNigel HallLeigh & Lowton26421646464914
51191Louise McKeandSean RatcliffeLeigh & Lowton664564664641330
61427Carl WhiteheadBen WhiteheadFiley sc1164610646471834
7517Max BurrowsAmy BurrowsRutland SC126464161064146452
81398Phil MurrayMatthew Murray/ Neil SchofieldTynemouth SC6464642642641583
91456Alex OystonCatherine HideTynemouth SC6464647645641086
101029John CunninghamNicky EllenCarsington SC13646464764156499
11498Alistair CoatesThomasCoatesBudworth SC36464646464643134
121150Richard MarshHeather MarshHollingworth Lake64264646464644134
131410Jacob AinsworthKayleigh RobertsTynemouth sc64646464643647138
141518Ben WilliamsonZach Williamson/ Jon WillarsRipon SC64647646446464139
151465Gary KnottJake WilliarsNotts County SC64646464647564140
168Keith EscrittPaula KentYorkshire Dales SC64644646496464141
171461Charlie ExleyCaroline ExleyLeigh & Lowton76464864646464143
18438Alastair RimmerEthan DawsonBassenthwaite SC644646464646414146
191383Phil RobinsonTim CresswellCarsington SC646464648641364149
201072Matt JenkinsDavid JenkinsSheffield Viking SC6464641364646412153
21572James BrownAdam Ovington/Becca SmithTynemouth SC6464641564646420163
22695John TailbyCillian DyneNotts County Sailing Club646464646464164193
231367Josh MetcalfePatrick MetcalfePort Dinorwic646464646464642194
241189Steve RestallChris StubbsDowns S C646464643646464195
25932Jonathan LyeAmeila LathamNotts County SC646464646464464196
261463Stewart RobertsonSarah RobertsonRoyal Forth YC646464464646464196
27979Charlie SansomEsther HeathcoteBowmoor SC646464644646464196
281175Fred LordLouise GaleCarsington SC646464645646464197
291032Andrew BrownAlex SutcliffeTynemouth sc646464564646464197
301502John HeissigNicky GriffinLlangorse SC564646464646464197
311484Mark SomervilleJoe RobertsBass SC646464646464646198
321521Ross RyanCatherine ReynoldsNotts County Sailing Club646464646464664198
331437Nathan BatchelorSarah BatchelorTynemouth SC646464664646464198
34145Alex LeonardBen MurrellBassenthwaite SC646464646464648200
35442Jon WillarsNicola WillarsNCSC646464646464864200
361131Erica CaswellIan CaswellYDSC646486464646464200
371524Martin SpencerAnna WalshLeigh & Lowton864646464646464200
38154Matthew ButlerSteven SmithYorkshire Dales SC646464646486464200
391513Neil ParkhurstIan ParkhurstBeaver Sailing Club646464646464964201
401544Chris LarrAbigail LarrDraycote Water964646464646464201
41861Gerard BarronRachel BarronCarsington SC646464649646464201
42956Toby WaggettDavid ShillingDerwent Reservoir SC646464964646464201
431345Spirit AldersonFinlay CochraneYDSC646496464646464201
44950Alan ElkingtonObehi O AlatorNotts County Sailing Club6464646464641064202
451133Lester MulliganMichael HargravesYDSC6464106464646464202
461396Mark DingsdaleNess EvansLeigh & Lowton1064646464646464202
471461Andrew BennHarry O'RourkeYorkshire Dales SC6464646464106464202
481465Tim HallJess HallPort Dinorwic6464646464646411203
491122Chris HuffenKathryn RyanNotts County Sailing Club6464646464641164203
50664Gorden MocketJames MansfieldFiley SC6464646464116464203
511209Rob HolmesJohn PitkethlyTynemouth SC6464641164646464203
52532John SimmsMatt ButlerYDSC6464116464646464203
53795Timothy BirdDaniel BirdCarsington SC6464646411646464203
541354John SearsJeremy CouplandNotts County SC6464646464641264204
55614Philip CowansRosie KincaidTynemouth SC6464641264646464204
56858Steve RickwoodDavid CrabbeYorkshire Dales SC6464126464646464204
57693Theo HolmesMilo WatersCarsington SC6464646412646464204
58810Ricahrd FaheyJamie EllisTynemouth SC6464641464646464206
591103Howard GreenIan RitchieLLSC1464646464646464206
60750Jospeh SpencerAndy SpencerYorkshire Dales SC6464646464646416208
611272Andy WilcoxHannah WilcoxBassenthwaite SC6464646464646417209
62475Martyn WhilleyDave TreleaseSouth Shields SC6464646464646419211

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