Results / Gul RS Solent Grand Slam Stokes Bay - 22/06/2002
A fleet of 20 RS700s turned up for the GUL sponsored circuit event at
Stokes Bay SC. Exciting, close racing was enjoyed by all who weathered
the big waves & wind of Saturday, with a contrasting force 2-3 on Sunday.
Race 1 saw Tim Johnson (Chew Valley) & Andy White (Stokes Bay) zoom off
into an early battle for 1st place, closely followed by current National
Champion, Neil Robinson (HISC). At the start of the final lap, a big
gust hit & wiped out White & Johnson at the windward mark, allowing
Robinson to take line honours, closely followed by Jason Belben (Stokes
Bay). Race 2 was won by Paul Bayliss (HISC) who sailed an excellent
race, to beat White & Johnson in 2nd & 3rd, with Belben in 4th.
Race 3 was won by White who went into the lead over night, followed by
Johnson 2nd & Bayliss 3rd, and Belben 4th.
Sunday�s weather was perfect 700 weather, bright & sunny with a force 3
breeze.
Races 4,5,6 were held back to back with Bayliss taking 2 bullets out of 3
with a 2nd in the last to take a 1st place overall, followed by Belben
who sailed a perfect last race to win from Bayliss, Vining (Datchet), &
Johnson.
A fantastic weekend was had by all, at a very hospitable & well-organised
club.
The circuit continues to throw up new talent from different areas, with
the class growing from strength to strength at each event. A training
event is to be held at Queen Mary SC on the 13/14 July, just before the
Eurocup event at Lake Garda, and the Nationals at WPSA.
1 800 Bayliss Hayling Island (21) 1 3 1 1 2 29 8
2 788 Belben Stokes Bay 2 4 4 2 (21) 1 34 13
3 741 White Stokes Bay 4 2 1 4 2 (21) 34 13
4 762 Johnson Chew Valley 3 3 2 3 (4) 4 19 15
5 716 Vining Datchet Water 9 5 6 (21) 10 3 54 33
6 775 Walbank Lymington Town 6 7 (9) 7 8 5 42 33
7 724 Belben Stokes Bay 7 (9) 8 5 9 9 47 38
8 755 McCallum Datchet Water (11) 6 11 8 6 8 50 39
9 803 Dickinson Hayling Island 5 8 (21) 11 5 11 61 40
10 758 Dodds Whitstable 10 (11) 7 10 7 6 51 40
11 744 Robinson Hayling Island 1 (21) 21 6 3 21 73 52
12 731 Weeden Stokes Bay (21) 21 5 9 11 10 77 56
13 748 Gorringe Lymington Town 12 12 10 (21) 12 12 79 58
14 802 Gorringe Datchet Water 8 10 (21) 21 21 21 102 81
15 728 Wright Stokes Bay (21) 21 21 12 14 13 102 81
16 718 Garvin Queen Mary (21) 21 21 14 21 7 105 84
17 777 Speer CVLSC (21) 21 21 15 15 14 107 86
18 776 Beynon Hayling Island (21) 21 21 13 13 21 110 89
19= 770 Swan Poole (21) 21 21 21 21 21 126 105
19= 715 Wright Gurnard (21) 21 21 21 21 21 126 105