Results / RS Fat Face Racing Circuit Derwent SC - 07/06/2003
The RS200 Fat Face Racing Circuit went north to County Durham for a great
event on June 7/8. 31 boats from the Isle of Wight to Kinross enjoyed an
event of two halves; it is difficult to think of two days with such
different weather. Saturday had loads of sunshine and a very blustery
force 5 from the southwest. Sunday was grey with a feeble force 1-2 from
the east; the racing finished in heavy, dank, drizzle. Whilst many boats
reflected the change in the conditions it made no difference to the top
three boats whose close tussle went down to the wire.
Race 1 was action packed over a real crash and burn short course Pete
Vincent/Harriett Edwards and Cliff/Becci Milliner had turns in the lead
but with such shifty conditions and a tight chasing pack it was not a day
to lead. Jon Lewis/Millie Parsons took the lead at the last windward mark
to win from the Vincent/Edwards team with the fast finishing Ian
Pickard/Laurie Dunn combo third. Vincent appeared to have race 2 in the
bag with a big lead but a horror third beat saw him drop to fourth. David
Giles/Fiona Clark won from Pickard and Lewis. Race 3 saw Lewis pull well
clear but had to work very hard to hold on when Pickard closed on to his
transom for the final lap; Giles was well clear in third with Vincent
fourth.
Giles and Clark had a great start to Sunday leading race 4 throughout
with Jon/Chris Blundell second, Vincent third and Katie Masterson/Fiona
Foulkes having a really good race in fourth. The Blundells and Vincent
worked the right side of the beat in the middle of the race 5 to good
affect. The Blundells won with Vincent just claiming second by half a
boat length from Lewis with Giles fourth.
Lewis just led by a point from Giles into the final race with Vincent 2
points behind needing a second and to be ahead of the other two. The
Blundells were off to flying start and led at mark 1, Giles and Vincent
were in the top 5 with Lewis well out of contention. A navigation error
by the Blundells let Giles and Trudie Danbury/Bert through at the first
leeward mark. The third beat saw the Blundells take the lead again with
Vincent in close company. The final run started with the order of
Blundell, Giles and Vincent with Giles in overall control. The wind now
really faded with boats struggling to set kites. Patrick Altoft and
Debbie Greenland in 5th saw new breeze first and gybed to win. Giles
survived a nervous finish to claim second from the Blundells to claim
overall victory to complete a clean sweep at all the Fat Face inland
circuit venues this year.
1. David Giles Fiona Clark Wier Wood 5.1.3.1.4.2 11
2. Jon Lewis Millie Parsons Burghfield 1.3.1.5.3.8 13
3. Pete Vincent Harriett Edwards Bristol CYC 2.4.4.3.2.6 15
4. Jon Blundell Chris Blundell Hallamshire 8.27.12.2.1.3 26
5. Patrick Altoft Debbie Greenland Ripon 11.5.7.6.9.1 28
6. Ian Pickard Laurie Dunn Bristol CYC 3.2.2.11.18.11 29
7. Paul Plestead Sharon Plestead Winsford 7.7.13.9.6.5 34
8. Cliff Milliner Becci Milliner Cotswold 4.6.11.13.8.7 36
9. Josh Gebhard Steve Evans Derwent 16.11.8.7.7.9 42
(First youth)
10. Trudie Danbury Bert Ryder Bristol CYC 6.9.5.21.19.4 43
(First Doris)