Silver Wing Sailing Club Enterprise Open Meeting 20^th March 2011

Report and Results

Seventeen boats, including 6 visitors from as far away as Bristol and Warsash, contested the first South Eastern Area Enterprise open meeting of the season at Silver Wing SC.

A better than expected breeze meant that a good day’s racing was had by all. The race officer, Pete Roberts, set a good course (managing avoiding the parts of the lake shadowed by tall trees!).

The first race got away on time, and saw Nick Rush take an early lead with Roger Bennett soon getting into second place. After something of a tussle, where Adam Wickenden nearly caught Roger, eventually Roger managed to get ahead and finished first by a comfortable margin, with Adam second and Pete and Alicia Bennett in third place.

After an excellent curry lunch, the second race got underway. This time Pete Jackson, who had been delayed by trailer problems, managed to get into the lead, which he held onto for most of the race. But in the end, Roger & Laura, who had started in about fifth place, eventually worked they way to the front to seal victory overall, leaving Pete Jackson in second place.

The third race saw Martin Weston starting strongly. Pete Jackson and Roger managed to get past him, but Martin held onto third place for most of the race, just being overtaken by Paul Hobson near in the end.

Paul was sailing one of the new design Rondar Enterprise dinghies launched at the RYA Dinghy show, so it was good to see it out on the water!

 

The day finished with the traditional tea and prize-giving. The full results are given below (although not mentioned is that Flo won a special prize of some chocolate for being the youngest helm!).

Further photos are available from:

http://albums.phanfare.com/isolated/t5kdvmb5/1/5054926

Boat No	Helm	Crew	Club	Points	Position
22359	Roger Bennett	Laura Nokes	Silver Wing SC	2	1
23047	Peter Jackson	Julie Bennett	Burghfield SC	3	2
22879	Peter Bennett	Alicia Bennett	Silver Wing SC	6	3
-	Paul Hobson	Rachel Bradley	Warsash SC	7	4
21104	Adam Wickenden	Elain Gildon	Silver Wing SC	7	5
22851	Martin Weston	Richard Ackroyd	Silver Wing SC	9	6
22501	Allice Allen	Libby Allin	Bristol Corinthian YC	11	7
21500	Jonney Allen	William Allen	Bristol Corinthian YC	15	8
22866	Nick Rush	Maria Paz	Weir Wood SC	15	9
21853	David Ackroyd	Clare Ackroyd	Silver Wing SC	16	10
21094	Chris Nokes	Jane Nokes	Silver Wing SC	20	11
22546	Peter Phillips	Oliver Phillips	Silver Wing SC	20	12
22104	Ray Kirkham	Sheron Bennett	Silver Wing SC	22	13
23218	Phillip Chambers	Chris Parker	Hampton SC	24	14
21974	Roly Lewitt	Chris L-Kay	Silver Wing SC	27	15
22300	Florence tanner	Mike Webb	Silver Wing SC	29	16
22433	Adrian Jacobs	Elli Jacobs	Silver Wing SC	31	17

Thirteen boats, including 4 visitors from as far away as Melton Mowbray, contested the first South Eastern Area Enterprise open meeting of the season at Silver Wing SC.

A variable breeze, ranging from a respectable force 3 to nothing, presented race officers Pete Smith and Pete Bennett with a fair challenge, but they were able to set a good course, with the fleet getting cleanly away on the first start. Pete Jackson led round the first mark, pursued by Chris and Laura Nokes. Roger Bennett and Dave Beaney were able to catch up and pass the second placed boat, and then followed a good tussle between themselves. Adam Wickenden was able however to pass them on the last lap to secure second, with Beaney third.

The second race saw slightly more wind. Pete Jackson again made the first mark in the lead. A big lift from the left hand side of the course saw Roger Bennett and Paul Playle, hotly pursued by Peter and Oliver Phillips, storm past the fleet to round in second and third places respectively. Beaney and Wickenden were however able to regain their position during the race, finishing second and third respectively with Roger Bennett in fourth.

Race three was started immediately after race two in a dying wind. Wickenden led round the first mark, followed by Jackson and Phil Chambers. Jackson retired, as the wind died to nothing, with two wins he did not need to finish. With the wind now gone and four boats retired, the race officer sensibly shortened course to less than a lap, although a slight puff did allow Roger Bennett to overtake Phil Chambers to gain third place.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail No	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Peter Jackson	Julie Bennett	23047	Silver Wing SC	1	1	Rtd	2
2	Adam Wickenden	Andrea Goldsack	21104	Silver Wing SC	2	3	1	3
3	Dave Beaney	John Beaney	20234	Castaways SC	3	2	2	4
4	Roger Bennett	Paul Playle	22359	Silver Wing SC	4	4	3	7
5	Phil Chambers	Ollie Jenkins	23218	Hampton SC	6	7	4	10
6	Chris Nokes	Laura Nokes	21095	Silver Wing SC	5	5	5	10
7	Dave Ackroyd	Rebecca Ackroyd	21853	Silver Wing SC	11	6	6	12
8	Roger Carter	Keith Mundy	19570	Frensham Pond SC	8	9	7	15
9	Pete Phillips	Oliver Phillips	20935	Silver Wing SC	10	8	Rtd	18
10	Dave Simmonds	Gill Cooper	22746	Melton Mowbray SC	9	10	Rtd	19

Boat no	Helm	Club	Race 1	race 2	Race3	Best 2	Results
5166	Vince Horey	King George	2	1	3	3	1
5149	Simon Corper	Burfield	3	2	2	4	2
4386	Mike Dray	Littleton	4	5	1	5	3
5119	Will Rainey	Burfield	1	7	4	5	4
52	Richard Willets	Burfield	5	3	6	8	5
4537	Adam Wickenden	S.W.S.C	6	6	5	11	6
4093	Peter Bennett	S.W.S.C	7	4	7	11	7
5033	Kevin Fuller	B.M.Y.C	11	8	9	17	8
3615	Ken Baker	S.W.S.C	10	10	8	18	9
5046	Paul Playle	Island Barn	9	9	11	18	10
4416	Roly Lewiit	S.W.S.C	8	11	10	18	11
93	Steve Nile	S.W.S.C	13	12	14	25	12
3249	Ray Petty	S.W.S.C	12	14	14	25	13

 

Entrants Name	Type	Handicap	Race 1	Race 2	Race3	Points	Position
P Roberts	full	1088	1	3	3	4	1
J Peck	full	1088	2	6	2	4	2
W Mickiewics	full	1088	4	1	4	5	3
B Beere	full	1088	3	2	5	5	4
P Hamment	full	1088	7	4	1	5	5
D Godway	Radial	1113	5	5	6	11	6
S Hamment	4.7	1175	6	7	7	13	7