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Date	Venue
Dec 30^th	Grafham Water S.C.
January
6^th	Queen Mary S.C.
7^th	Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
21^st	Ranelagh S.C.
27^th	Northampton S.C.
February
17^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
18^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
March
3^rd & 4^th	Alexandra Palace
17^th	Scaling Dam S.C.
24^th	Burghfield S.C.
25^th	Burghfield S.C.
31^st & 1^st	Bristol Corinthian Y.C.
April
7^th – 9^th	Waldringfield S.C.
15^th	Tynemouth S.C.
21^st	South Cerney S.C.
21^st – 22^nd	Pagham S.C.
22^nd	Annandale S.C.
29^th	Waveney & Oulton Broad
May
5^th & 6^th	Solway Y.C.
5^th – 7^th	Salcombe Y.C.
12^th – 13th	Trent Valley S.C.
20^th	Frampton-on-Severn
20^th	Desborough S.C.
26^th – 27^th	West Riding S.C.
June
2^nd & 3^rd	Yorkshire Ouse S.C.
3^rd	Ranelagh S.C.
9^th	Penzance S.C.
10^th	Mounts Bay S.C.
16^th – 17^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
23^rd	Chipstead S.C.
23^rd & 24^th	Starcross S.C. * Cancelled *
24^th	Tynemouth S.C.
30^th & 1^st	Aldeburgh Y.C.
July
7^th & 8^th	Ripon S.C. (Secretary's Cup)
14^th	Spinnaker S.C.
14^th & 15^th	Frensham Pond S.C.
14^th & 15^th	Clyde (Bardowie) * Cancelled *
21^st	Earlswood Lakes S.C.
21^st & 22^nd	Filey S.C. (event plan)
28^th – 4^th	North West Norfolk
29^th – 3^rd	BRIXHAM Y.C.
August
4^th – 5^th	Norfolk Broads Y.C.
4^th – 12^th	Bassenthwaite S.C.
5^th – 11^th	Salcombe Y.C.
12^th – 18^th	Salcombe Y.C.
25^th – 26^th	East Lothian Y.C.
26^th – 27^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.
28^th – 31^st	Royal Harwich Y.C.
September
1^st	Derwent Reservoir S.C.
1^st & 2^nd	Royal Lymington Y.C.
9^th	Derwent Reservoir S.C.
15^th	Up River Y.C.
16^th	Thorpe Bay Y.C.
22^nd	Trent Valley S.C.
23^rd	Henley S.C.
29^th	Olton Mere
29^th – 30^th	Waldringfield S.C.
30^th	Twickenham Y.C.
October
6^th	Ripon S.C.
7^th	Yeadon S.C.
6^th & 7^th	Salcombe Y.C.
13^th	Grafham Water S.C.
21^st	Tynemouth S.C.
November
3^rd	Northampton S.C.
3^rd– 4^th	Northampton S.C.
17th	Trent Valley S.C.
24^th	To be advertised
December
1^st	Yorkshire Ouse SC
26^th	Royal Harwich Y.C.

GILL Series #1 at Bristol Corinthian

Nineteen boats took part in the first GILL Series event of 2007, held in winds blowing dogs off leads in all directions. After some confusion as to the correct starting time, Fran Gifford & Sophie Mackley were first to cross the port biased line and continued to lead for the first lap, closely followed by Tom Stewart & Liz Ross. After Tom & Liz capsized at the gybe mark, Richard Williams & Lindsey Iles pulled through to second to take up the chase. Richard & Lindsey took advantage of large right shift to overtake Fran & Sophie on the second beat. Tom & Liz showed good pace to climb back to second but suffered gear failure on the last lap, allowing Graham Camm & Zoë Ballantyne to finish second with Fran & Sophie in third.

In the second race, after a short break ashore to assess the suitability of conditions for racing, Tom & Liz started well and gradually built a comfortable lead over the first three laps. Second place was held by various competitors throughout the race, including Sam & Fiona Mettam, showing good speed in their first Gill Series event. Richard & Lindsey recovered from a spectacular pitch-pole right in front of the clubhouse, at the first windward mark, to climb to second on the final upwind leg and then pass an inverted Tom and Liz on the final run to take the gun. Tom and Liz finished second with Graham and Zoë third.

One minute before the start of the third race, the wind shifted left leaving the fleet unable to cross the line on starboard. Richard & Lindsey and Tom & Liz found their way to the front at the windward mark after a heavily biased beat. Tom & Liz passed Richard & Lindsey on the second reach and sailed consistently to take first. Graham & Zoë and John Ibbotson & Andrew Douglas overtook Richard & Lindsey on the penultimate lap to finish second and third respectively.

The class arranged for Nick Martin to do some on-the-water coaching with a whole fleet video debrief in the evening after dinner. Surprisingly, although having to spend much of his time pulling people out of the water, some good footage was obtained and even the national champion was given some hints on how to improve his boat handling! This was followed by a games evening involving various skills from the hilarity of Twister through to the challenges of playing Jenga after finishing the barrel of real ale provided by the club.

On the Sunday there were no dogs left and people were in danger of being blown out of their boots due to wind speed at times in excess of 30 knots, so racing was abandoned. This left Richard & Lindsey in first place by one point from Tom & Liz, with Graham & Zoë in third.

The National 12 class would like to thanks GILL for their support and generous sponsorship of the prizes. More information about GILL’s range of sailing clothing may be found at www.gillmarine.com . Details of the GILL National 12 series are available at www.national12.org.

Photos: Frances Wilkins

Overall

Pos’n	No.	Helm	Crew	Club	Pts
1st	3450	Richard Williams	Lindsey Iles	Royal Harwich YC	2
2nd	3501	Tom Stewart	Liz Ross	Northampton SC	3
3rd	3492	Graham Camm	Zoe Ballantyne	Burghfield SC	4
4th	3494	Jon Ibbotson	Andrew Douglas	Royal Harwich YC	7
5th	3431	Frances Gifford	Sophie Mackley	Aldeburgh YC	8
6th	3429	Sam Mettam	Fiona Mettam	RNSA	10
7th	3495	Terry Cooke	Pip Jeffries	Bristol Corinthian YC	15
8th	3481	David Wilkins	Adele Cameron	Spinnaker	16
9th	3389	Andrew Miller	Megan Baker	Bristol Corinthian YC	18
10th	3484	Antony Gifford	Jo Gifford	Aldeburgh YC	24
11th	3502	David Peacock	Tricia Wood	Trent Valley SC	26
12th	3491	Kevin Iles	Angie Cooke / Gavin Dove	Thorpe Bay YC	28
13th	3439	Brian Kitching	George Kitching	Frampton on Severn SC	40
13th	3505	Nathan Harding	Lucy Horsley	Salcombe Y C	40
13th	3339	Kean Gunton	Ethan Gunton	South Cerney SC	40
13th	3412	Andy Horsley	Kitto Horsley	Billy No Mates YC	40
13^th	3415	Nigel White	Chris White	Burghfield SC	40
13^th	3500	Paul Turner	Rosanne Carberry	Trent Valley	40
13^th	3490	Rick Perkins	Sarah Perkins	Whitstable	40

Full results including Admirals cup, junior and family on the Gill Series results page

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