Hayling Selector 2 Event

420 Open and Ladies World Championships and Junior European Championship Selections, Selector 3, Hayling Island April 28th/29th

The final weekend to select the teams for the 420 Open and Ladies World Championships and Junior European Championship Selections was held at Hayling Island over the weekend of April 28th and 29th. This was a return visit after the first weekend had been moved there in March because of Foot and Mouth around the inland venues.

35 boats competed and 8 races were held, with racing taking place in the harbour on both days.

Saturday started with a South Westerly force 5, which was forecast to increase. The course was laid in the area of the harbour close to the club and with all the courses being a double inner loop before the reach to the outer run there was exciting viewing for everybody.

In the first race, Myles and Elliot Willis pulled out a good lead by the first mark which was whittled away by Nic Asher and Paul Davies, but they held on to win with Asher second, a feat that nobody else achieved that day.

In the second race Ben field and Nick Hutton led at the first mark, but Nic Asher pulled steadily through to win comfortably with Ben Field second. By this time the wind was gusting well into force 6 and at least one gust of 29 knots was recorded during the afternoon.

It was paying to be hard right on the beats, and for the third race all the main contenders started on port ready for the long drag out to the right. Ian Martin and Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes got the better of Nic Asher and both were well clear of the rest of the fleet by the first mark. Ian Martin led for another loop but a poor spinnaker drop let Nic Asher in and he held on to win by a couple of boats lengths.

Alex Cherry and Paul Burgoine led the fourth race but they could never escape from a small group Nic Asher, Ben Field and Myles Willis. Despite the gusty conditions there was much place changing before Nic Asher took the lead and held it to the finish.

The gusting winds and short chop led to many capsizes in the main part of the fleet. The tide had flooded to the point where the masts just bounced on the bottom and 6 had to be replaced overnight. Much midnight oil was burnt but everybody was repaired and ready to race the next day.

The forecast for Sunday was better but with squally showers forecast and a force 4 already blowing in the bay, the course was set up in the harbour in the stretch from Thorney to East Head where the direction of the channel gave a true beat.

The fifth race started in a force 2 to 3, Athol and Eamon King led at the first mark from Sam Carter and Paul Jones and Suzanne Bennell and Jill Shorrocks. On the second beat, Sam Carter read the tide and lead at the next wind mark but he was unable to hold off Athol King who won with Sam Carter second.

The wind dropped a little and the course was shortened to a single inner loop for the remaining races. The sixth race was a close race; again Sam Carter led early on but he was unable to hold off Nic Asher who went onto win while Victoria and Emma Rawlinson were a close third.

In the seventh race Ian Martin led from Myles Willis at the first mark followed by Ben Field and Athol King. On the second beat the wind dropped away to nothing and as it filled back in, Myles Willis made the most of it to pull out a long lead from Ian Martin who also pulled away from the others.

The final race showed the vagaries of racing in the harbour. On the first beat in a force 2, the fleet went left except for Giles Rolls and Duncan Winton who applied their local knowledge to take a long port tack out which then lee bowed them up to the mark. They rounded second behind Nick Cherry and Chris Evans. Nick Cherry held on to win by a big margin whilst Giles Rolls applied his magic again and regained second on the second beat and was only passed by Myles Willis before the finish.

In the meeting, Nic Asher’s string of wins on Saturday was just enough to hold off the challenge from Myles Willis on Sunday. Third went to Ian Martin but only on a count back tie break with Ben Field.

The selections held over the 3 meetings, twice at Hayling with the third at Sunderland, gave a full range of conditions. 9 races were sailed in very windy conditions but the remaining 15 were all in the range of force 1 to 4. Nic Asher and Paul Davies finally won but with a narrow 3 point margin over Myles and Elliot Willis. The tussle for 3rd was not resolved until the final race when Ian Martin and Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes eventually got the better of Ben Field and Nick Hutton and Alex Cherry and Paul Burgoine. Vicky and Emma Rawlinson consolidated their position as top ladies but Gemma Farrell and Jo Allen and Suzanne Bennell and Jill Shorrocks pushed them all the way to the end.

Results:

Hayling Island Selector 3

1st Nic Asher/Paul Davies 13pts, 2nd Myles Willis/Elliot 14pts, 3rd Ian Martin/Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes 25pts, 4th Ben Field/Nick Hutton 25pts, 5th Alex Cherry/Paul Burgoine 28pts, 6th Athol King/Eamon King 37pts, 7th Nick Cherry/Chris Evans 38pts, 8th Vicky Rawlinson/Emma Rawlinson 39pts, 9th Sam Carter/Paul Jones 40pts, 10th Eivind Karlson/Haakon Karlson 50pts.

 

Overall Selection series, 24 races, 20 to count.

1st Nic Asher/Paul Davies 56pts, 2nd Myles Willis/Elliot 59pts, 3rd Ian Martin/Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes 94pts, 4th Ben Field/Nick Hutton 98pts, 5th Alex Cherry/Paul Burgoine 105pts, 6th Athol King/Eamon King 109pts, 7th Nick Cherry/Chris Evans 113pts, 8th Vicky Rawlinson/Emma Rawlinson 174pts, 9th Sam Carter/Paul Jones 178pts, 10th Gemma Farrell/Joanna Allen 185pts.

Place

Sail No

Helm

M/F

Age

Crew

M/F

Age

Club

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

Points

1

50372

Nic Asher

M

17

Paul Davies

M

16

WOBYC

2

1

1

1

16

1

7

17

13

2

49199

Myles Willis

M

16

Elliot Willis

M

18

Chipstead

1

7

4

3

3

8

1

2

14

3

49542

Ian Martin

M

17

Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes

M

17

8

5

2

5

6

7

2

5

25

4

50549

Ben Field

M

20

Nick Hutton

M

19

6

2

3

4

7

13

3

19

25

5

50117

Alex Cherry

M

18

Paul Burgoine

M

18

Tamworth

5

4

6

2

17

6

5

14

28

6

50112

Athol King

M

18

Eamonn King

M

17

Derwent Reservoir

12

12

9

16

1

5

4

6

37

7

50548

Nick Cherry

M

16

Chris Evans

M

17

Bartley Green

4

14

12

6

8

10

9

1

38

8

50179

Vicky Rawlinson

F

18

Emma Rawlinson

F

16

3

8

11

9

5

3

17

13

39

9

50362

Sam Carter

M

18

Paul Jones

M

18

Waldringfield

9

6

14

13

2

2

8

25

40

10

50373

Eivind Karlson

M

17

Haakon Karlson

M

15

Helensburgh

7

3

5

7

13

15

16

23

50

11

50469

Pippa Wilson

F

15

Lauren Morrison

F

16

Royal Lymington

19

16

22

17

20

9

6

4

71

12

50363

Helen Mayhew

F

18

Julia Scott

F

18

Bough Beech

16

30

15

18

9

4

10

36

72

13

50177

Susanne Bennell

F

18

Jill Shorrocks

F

17

Port Dinorwic

22

21

16

36

4

12

13

7

73

14

50375

Callum Macdonald

M

16

Andrew Greer

M

15

RNCYC

29

13

17

14

10

16

12

11

76

15

49956

Gemma Farrell

F

18

Joanna Allen

F

17

Draycote Water

18

11

20

8

11

14

15

20

77

16

50213

Iain Watson

M

16

David Putt

M

16

Royal Lymington

10

17

13

11

19

11

20

28

81

17

48885

Neil Croussouard

M

15

Sam Pascoe

M

16

Weir Wood

15

10

8

10

24

20

32

30

87

18

48843

Tom Smedley

M

14

Mike Pennock

M

17

Hayling Island

11

20

30

20

21

19

11

15

96

19

50364

James Roche

M

16

Rob Ozanne

M

17

Bough Beech

14

19

7

36

18

22

27

22

102

20

50188

Charlie Odell

F

19

Katherine Hopson

F

19

Grafham Water

17

9

18

36

14

26

24

27

108

21

49820

Jeni Tod

F

20

Katie Graves

F

18

20

22

23

22

15

17

22

16

112

22

50450

Jonathan Cavill

M

16

Oliver Dale

M

18

Bough Beech

23

25

21

12

23

25

31

12

116

23

49541

Claire Paramore

F

16

Sarah Paramore

F

18

Restronguet

24

15

26

21

22

21

18

24

121

24

49819

Joanna Brigg

F

15

Sophie Anderson

F

15

Itchenor

28

26

36

19

29

28

14

10

125

25

49738

James Spencer

M

19

Chris Sawtell

M

13

18

10

15

36

36

36

36

128

26

49100

Charlotte Savage

F

16

Maia Walsh

F

16

Bartley Green

26

29

29

36

28

18

21

8

130

27

48958

Alison Martin

F

16

Kate Martin

F

16

Burghfield

30

23

24

36

27

30

23

9

136

28

50115

Carrie Vaughan

F

18

Rachel Larman

F

19

Barnt Green

21

24

19

36

26

23

26

29

139

29

50030

Joanne Macdonald

F

15

Faye Govan

F

15

RNCYC

25

27

36

36

12

29

25

31

149

30

49544

Jessica Mapplebeck

F

17

Tom Mapplebeck

M

17

Ogston

27

28

28

36

25

24

28

21

153

31

50125

Giles Rolls

M

17

Duncan Winton

M

17

Itchenor

36

33

25

36

33

34

30

3

158

32

50468

Micky Boughan

F

17

Elly Jay

F

15

36

34

36

36

30

31

19

26

176

33

49098

Catherine Putt

F

18

Bethan Carden

F

16

Royal Lymington

31

31

27

36

31

27

29

32

176

34

50189

Laura Wade

M

16

Jessica Makey

F

17

Corinthian Otters

36

32

36

36

32

32

33

18

183

35

50209

Samantha Green

F

17

Sophie Dyer

F

17

Corinthian Otters

32

36

36

36

34

33

36

36

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