Results / GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT HAYLING ISLAND SC - 14/07/2001
GUL RS 800 Racing Circuit - Hayling Island Sailing Club, 14/15 July 2001
With a fantastic turnout of 60 boats, the GUL RS800 Racing Circuit event
promised to be exciting, and with the wind varying between 10-25 knots on
the first day, it did not disappoint. In the first race, a steady 15-18
knots was livened up by gusts of 25 knots and the token hailstorm.
There was a mix of opinions about the absence of gates on the course, but
there were considerably less incidents than at GUL RS Racing Circuit event
at Weymouth two weeks ago and the spacer mark worked well (apart from the
handful of boats who missed it out!). Positions were hard fought for with
lots of capsizing and broken tiller extensions, although Hyde Sails, sailed
by Richard Lovering and Richard Kent, seemed to be untouchable, ending the
first day with three bullets. The conditions were such that everybody
(except Hyde Sails) had a range of results; Ricky Tagg/ Stephen Greaves
finished 2nd in the first race followed by 15.9. There was fierce
competition between RWO, sailed by Neil Upton-Brown and Ian Lovering, and
Michael Lennon/Craig Davies in the third race, with RWO crossing the line
less than half a boat length in front of Lennon/Davies. Consistency paid off
however, as Lennon/Davies finished the day in second place with 5.4.4. The
partying started early, with Hayling Island Sailing Club laying on the usual
excellent entertainment.
With bright sunshine and light winds on Sunday morning, the big question was
whether Lovering/Kent could hold onto their 10 point lead the morning after
the night before! The GUL RS Racing Circuit leaders, Lee Sydenham and Anne
Vaudry recovered from a slow start on Saturday, with 2.12.6. finishing 5th
overall. The battle between RWO and Lennon/Davies was fought to the bitter
end, but the event belonged to Hyde Sails, with 'Cheshire Cat' Lovering/Kent
breaking their light wind jinx to produce a phenomenal 6 bullets. Richard
Kent's only concern was that he didn't know how they did it!
The Hayling Meeting was always anticipated to be a big event but the
entries surpassed all expectations. At the prize-giving, Nick Peters
commented that he would stand corrected if this were not a record turnout
not only for the 800s but for any RS Class at a Racing Circuit event since
the RS's were launched. The growth of the RS800 has been phenomenal, in 20
months the 800 has become one of the major UK classes, with some exciting
racing anticipated at the up-coming GUL RS Nationals at Mounts Bay SC.
The GUL RS800 Racing Circuit is now very finely balanced with one event
left. Lee Sydenham/Anne Vaudrey improved their overall lead at Hayling but
Richard Lovering, Neil Upton Brown and Michael Lennon could all catch them;
all three will have to count their result at Halfway YC in Sept and hope
that the Sydenham/Vaudrey team do not improve of one of their fifth places.
Emma White
Hayling overall
1 Richard Lovering Richard Kent HISC 5 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
2 Neil Upton-Brown Ian Lovering HISC 21 6. 7. 3. 3. 5. 4.
3 Michael Lennon Craig Davies HISC 23 5. 4. 4. 5.11.5
4. Ricky Tagg Stephen Greaves Rickmansworth38 2.15.9. 8. 4.
60.
5. Lee Sydenham Anne Vaudry HISC 38 14.8.10.2.12.6
6. Geoff Carveth Jim Dean HISC 39 11.6.12.19.3.7
7. Nick Peters Caroline Litchfield HISC 51 13.2. 7.
21.9.20
8. Matt Larkin Geoff Larkin Weirwood 51
10.12.6.16.15.8
9. Paul Jenkins Colin Hatton Weirwood 52 36.14.11.17.7.3.
10 Steve Irish Martin Gotrel Draycote Water53 24. 3. 2.
14.27.10.
GUL RS Racing Circuit Overall - counting four out of six events.
1. Lee Sydenham Anne Vaudrey 13pts
2. Steve Irish Nartin Goetrel 20pts
3. Tim Johnson Jo Johnson 23pts
4. Mike Lennon Craig Davies 27pts
RS800 Open Meeting
Provisional Result
Entries: 59
Races Sailed: 6
Discard : 1
Series
Sail No Helm Crew Club Points Place R1 R2 R3 R4
R5 R6
934 Richard Lovering Richard Kent HISC 5 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
909 Neil Upton-Brown Ian Gorringe HISC 21 2 6
7 3 3 5 4
927 Michael Lennon Craig Davies HISC 23 3 5 4
4 5 11 5
932 Ricky Tagg Steven Greaves Rickmansworth 38 4 2
15 9 8 4 60
935 Lee Sydenham Anne Vaudry HISC 38 5 14 8
10 2 12 6
871 Geoff Carveth Jim Deon HISC 39 6 11 6
12 19 3 7
930 Nick Peters Caroline Litchfield HISC 51 7 13
2 7 21 9 20
821 Matt Larkin Geoff Larkin Weirwood 51 8 10
12 6 16 15 8
822 Paul Jenkins Colin Hatton Weirwood 52 9 36
14 11 17 7 3
922 Steve Irish Martin Gomel Draycote Water 53 10 24
3 2 14 27 10
853 Mike Speller Reid Burridge Minnis Bay/Weirwood 68 11
16 11 8 60 21 12
898 Stuart Doe Chris Doe Thorney Island SC 70 12
3 13 13 23 23 18
835 David Sayce HISC 70 13 25 9 60
10 17 9
956 Greg Wells Celia Edgington HISC 73 14 22 18
16 60 2 15
919 Matt Johnston Andy Palmer-Felgate HISC 82 15 28
21 14 11 19 17
809 Adrian Murphy Nicky Griffin HISC 94 16 9 60
60 15 8 2
960 Spod Ollie Miles Warren Weston 104 17 60 19
20 13 36 16
897 Neil Ashby Sam Bryon HISC 108 18 60 17
19 6 6 60
951 Paddy Gamble Louise Carter HISC 112 19 15 60
60 4 14 19
924 Phil Bolton Callum McGregor Royal Navy 115 20 18
30 31 36 25 11
867 Keith Willis Karen Evans Lymington Town 118 21 27
23 5 33 30 33
903 Mick Whitmore Sarah Smith Eastbourne Sovereign SC 119 22
20 60 60 12 13 14
937 Mike McIntyre Angus McIntyre HISC 120 23 17 22
28 32 31 22
918 Ian Gore Alayne Seymour Grafham Water 122 24 60
32 24 18 22 26
883 Ian Jubb Lesley Bennett HISC 125 25 23 24
29 28 39 21
902 Gary Smith Lynn Whitmore Eastbourne Sovereign SC 129 26
32 29 33 30 10 28
832 Tom Offer Chris Jones HISC 129 27 12 16
15 26 60 60
848 Alisdair James Stephanie Pilkington Grafham Water 134 28
26 27 26 34 26 29
886 Matt Critchley Martin Jones SBSC 150 29 31 31
25 25 38 60
839 Paul Clarke Andrew Wood Thorpe BayYC 153 30 30
33 27 31 32 60
908 Michael Way Anne Way Mayflower SC 160 31 60
60 60 7 20 13
842 Peter Bromley Paul Patrick TBYC 161 32 29 26
17 29 60 60
940 Graham Simmonds Babs Day HISC 167 33 60 60
21 39 24 23
931 Mark Pollington Neil Ruthven Burghfield SC 168 34 60
34 22 38 40 34
944 Alasdair Hall Jason Kirk RNSA 182 35 35 28
60 60 28 31
806 Martin Orton Lucy Kennedy HISC 184 36 60 60
60 22 18 24
815 Ben Dunton Peter Greenhalgh HISC 189 37 4
5 60 60 60 60
901 Greg Lamb Dan Mountifield HISC 195 38 60 60
18 24 33 60
808 G Pugh T Jones PFYC 196 39 60 60 60 20
29 27
890 Dick Parker Rob Wells HISC 198 40 8 10
60 60 60 60
906 Mike Braidley Annie Goodman HISC 201 41 21 60
60 60 35 25
914 Andy Postle Lisa Foster Royal WestonYC 205 42 60
60 60 9 16 60
814 Jon Mills Andrew Williams Oxford SC 207 43 60
37 30 60 43 37
882 Keith Walker Paul Jones HISC 215 44 60 60
32 43 44 36
947 Matt Adams Charlie Merchant Bexhill 223 45 60
20 23 60 60 60
876 Mark Barnes Howard Paterson Whitstable YC 224 46 19
25 60 60 60 60
817 Patrick Altoft Nick Burt Durham University SC 227 47
60 60 60 35 42 30
884 Thomas Jones Nick Jones Grafham/Carsington 229 48
60 60 60 40 37 32
833 Colin Weeks Adrian Stoggall HISC 237 49 60 60
60 41 41 35
824 Jon McGuire Lou-lou Cairhall Stokes Bay SC 245 50
60 60 60 42 45 38
804 Neil Baker Chris Dodds HISC 246 51 60 35
60 44 47 60
843 David Ellis James Brant Rickmansworth SC 247 52
7 60 60 60 60 60
948 Roger Saynor Ben Saynor Royal Navy 249 53 33
36 60 60 60 60
887 Stephen Chiverton Debora Chiverton HISC 251 54
60 60 60 37 34 60
892 David Pike Robert Pike Eastbourne SC 253 55 60
60 60 27 46 60
894 Tracey Covell Vanda Zadorony HISC 274 56 34 60
60 60 60 60
900 Chris Powles Gary Hart HISC 285 57 60 60
60 45 60 60
827 Huw Morgan Rebecca Kent HISC 300 58 60 60
60 60 60 60
955 Andrew Smith Beck Tobin 300 58 60 60
60 60 60 60