11th & 12th April 2009
The annual Waldringfield Easter Egg Regatta attracted a high quality
turn out of National 12s with two former National Champions and three
past winners of the Inland Championships. The weather on both days was
sunny with light breezes (a stark contrast to last year’s snow storms)
The racing throughout was as tactical and difficult as Waldringfield can
be. Big decisions on when and where to cross the tide needed to be made
in every race. Tom Stewart and Liz Ross had good speed and were able to
pull through and win 5 out of the 6 races. Jon Ibbotson and Charlotte
Stewart were consistent (discarding a fourth place) to finish second.
Antony and Jo Gifford won the second race on Saturday but were
unfortunate to find a hole in race 6 and mistakenly restarted in race 5
mistakenly believing that they had been on course side otherwise they
might have been closer to the lead.
Overall results
|
3513
|
Tom Stewart
|
Elizabeth
Ross - 5pts
Northampton SC
|
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3494
|
Jon Ibbotson
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Charlotte
Stewart
-
12pts Oxford and Cambridge Sailing Society
|
|
3514
|
Antony
Gifford
|
Jo Gifford
-
13pts Aldeburgh YC
|
|
3436
|
Steve Sallis
|
Joanne Sallis
-
14pts Hykeham SC
|
|
3483
|
Jon Brown
|
Jules Brown
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25pts Royal Harwich YC
|
|
3467
|
Ben Woodcraft
|
Paddy
Woodcraft
-
34pts Ardleigh SC
|
|
3469
|
John Nixon
|
Sue Howe
-
34pts Carsington SC
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