Waldringfield open meeting

11th & 12th April 2009

 
annual Waldringfield Easter Egg Regatta attracted a high quality turn out of National 12s with two former National Champions and three past winners of Inland Championships. wear on both days was sunny with light breezes (a stark contrast to last year’s snow storms)

racing throughout was as tactical and difficult as Waldringfield can be. Big decisions on when and where to cross 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 6 races. Jon Ibbotson and Charlotte Stewart were consistent (discarding a fourth place) to finish second. Antony and Jo Gifford won second race on Saturday but were unfortunate to find a hole in race 6 and mistakenly restarted in race 5 mistakenly believing that y had been on course side orwise y might have been closer to lead.

 

 

Overall results

3513	Tom Stewart	Elizabeth Ross - 5pts  Northampton SC
3494	Jon Ibbotson	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 - 25pts Royal Harwich YC
3467	Ben Woodcraft	Paddy Woodcraft - 34pts Ardleigh SC
3469	John Nixon	Sue Howe - 34pts Carsington  SC