A record entry of 75 boats attended the RS Feva Grand Prix event hosted by Chew Valley Lake SC on October 1st & 2nd. Hot, sunny, tricky conditions meant that nerves of steel were required by the sailors hoping to qualify for the 2012 Feva Worlds or for those hoping to gain a place in the RYA National Junior Squad, Class National Squad or RYA South Zone Squad.
Race one got under way on time in 5 knots of patchy breeze. Leading the way after one lap was Delanie Rutter & Eve Townsend with Chay & Stirling Taylor 2nd; James Hutton-Penham & Thomas Jayasekara in 3rd. The wind dropped to just 3 knots by the finish so a good win by Chay & Stirling whilst climbing to 2nd was James & Thomas with Arran Holman & Chrispin Beaumont in 3rd who all lapped some of the back-markers.
Race two started after a general recall with 7 boats caught black flag. Three of which sheeted in on the 1minute gun! After the first lap a gust of breeze down the left hand side saw Arran & Chrispin extend a huge lead which they held to the finish. 2nd was Chay & Stirling with Ed Haynes & Henry Bowers leading the chasing pack in 3rd. By the finish Anna Prescott & Jess Eales pulled through to 2nd leaving Chay & Stirling in 3rd when the wind shifted left.
The course was reset for the 3rd race which started in 4 knots. The black flag was up but all the fleet were line shy except for the Woodbridge’s (father & daughter local sailors ) who nailed the start. First at the leeward gate was Elliott Wells & Jake Todd with Chay & Stirling in 2nd & Lauren Miles & Esther Fenton-Jones in 3rd. As the wind started dropping again so the going got tricky allowing for a great race for Chay & Stirling who took first from Elliott & Jake, with Jack Nunn & Jonathan Baddeley pulling up to 3rd.
Day two dawned hot & still so racing was postponed for two hours. In the afternoon the fleet got away all clear on a black flag in 8 knots of patchy wind. First at the leeward gate was Sam Grade & Katie Prescott with Jenny Smallwood & Jamie Webb in 2nd & Oliver Scott & Tom Mitchell in 3rd.Again the wind began to drop which Oliver & Tom took advantage of & pulled through to win with Arran & Chrispin up to 2nd whilst Sam & Katie dropped to 3rd.
Race 5 got away in 8 knots after the course was moved over to the right (the sea breeze direction). There was lots to be gained downwind & Arran & Chrispin battled with Chay & Stirling; close behind were a bunch including Jenny & Jamie plus Sam & Katie plus Lauren & Esther. In the end Arran & Chrispin romped away with Chay & Stirling 2nd whilst Anna & Jess climbed up to 3rd. This meant it was all on the last race & in a perfect 8 knots it was Tom Darling & Will Dolin leading at the leeward gate from Elliott & Jake with Arran & Chrispin in 3rd. At the final top mark the 3 boats were close but Tom & Will held on for a win with Arran & Chrispin 2nd securing the overall prize & Elliott & Jake 3rd.
A big ‘thank you’ to the race management team and everyone at CVLSC who helped to make this a record-breaking turnout for the class.
An equally big ‘thank you’ to all the sailors and their support crews who travelled up to 150 miles or more from 35 different clubs to take part in the event.
The club provided extra prizes which were really appreciated as not only did the top 10 boats get prizes so did 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th & 70th!
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Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | Arran HOLMAN | Crispin BEAUMONT | Hollowell SC / Bartley SC | 3 | 1 | -14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2nd | 4344 | Chay TAYLOR | Stirling TAYLOR | Burnham SC | 1 | 3 | 1 | -22 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3rd | 3788 | Oliver SCOTT | Tom MITCHELL | Docklands S&WC | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | -22 | 5 | 25 |
| 4th | 4355 | Anna PRESCOTT | Jess EALES | Lymington Town SC / Hayling Island SC | -16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 32 |
| 5th | 4332 | Elliott WELLS | Jake TODD | Hayling Island SC | 18 | -22 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 6th | 2383 | Jenny SMALLWOOD | Jamie WEBB | Wraysbury Lake SC | 14 | 4 | -24 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| 7th | 3105 | Tom DARLING | Will DOLIN | Hayling Island SC / Burghfield SC | -31 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 8th | 2050 | James HUTTON-PENHAM | Thomas JAYASEKARA | Corinthian Otters | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | -24 | 48 |
| 9th | 4251 | Robert MASTERMAN | Marcus PAYNE | Hayling Island SC | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 13 | -52 | 49 |
| 10th | 4085 | Samuel GRADE | Katie PRESCOTT | Lymington Town SC | -59 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 67 |
| 11th | 3120 | Lauren MILES | Esther FENTON-JONES | Emsworth SC / Papercourt SC | 26 | -28 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 69 |
| 12th | 839 | Jonny WATKINS | Will Taylor | Dabchicks SC | 7 | 20 | 26 | 5 | -38 | 12 | 69 |
| 13th | 2574 | Jessy HAMMETT | Hattie LUCAS-CLEMENTS | Hayling Island SC / Papercourt SC | 25 | 14 | 15 | -34 | 10 | 6 | 69 |
| 14th | 1518 | James CURTIS | Harry PHELPS | Island Barn SC | 15 | 8 | 11 | 9 | -49 | 26 | 69 |
| 15th | 1664 | Jack NUNN | Jonathan BADDELEY | BowmoorSC / Cardiff Bay SC / HISC | 8 | -43 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 71 |
| 16th | 1412 | Max MATTHEWS | Guy RIVINGTON | Tudor SC | 10 | 18 | 12 | -43 | 14 | 19 | 72 |
| 17th | 1883 | Harvey MARTIN | Will WARD | Ogston SC | 29 | -35 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 78 |
| 18th | 2523 | Connie MEEK | Imogen SEWELL | Royal Torbay YC | 9 | 33 | 13 | 7 | -43 | 22 | 83 |
| 19th | 2012 | Phoebe WARREN | Tabitha PEEL | Emsworth SC | 20 | 21 | 20 | -36 | 15 | 13 | 88 |
| 20th | 2047 | Flynn DAVIES | Josh ALDRIDGE | Burnham SC | 11 | RDG | 47 | 10 | -65 | 11 | 90 |
| 21st | 4606 | Will ROBINSON | Joe HILLS | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 38 | 12 | 34 | -39 | 18 | 10 | 112 |
| 22nd | 3626 | Alex JOESBRY | Emlyn WILLIAMS | Port Dinorwic / Budworth SC | 22 | (BFD) | 33 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 114 |
| 23rd | 1486 | Arthur BROWN | Niamh DAVIES | Royal Burnham YC / Burnham SC | -56 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 115 |
| 24th | 2508 | Jamie JOBSON | Eve GADD | Royal Torbay YC | 23 | 11 | 22 | -47 | 29 | 34 | 119 |
| 25th | 4051 | Alex HADLEY | Edward ELMORE | Thorpe Bay YC | -42 | 27 | 19 | 42 | 12 | 21 | 120 |
| 26th | 1836 | Reuben WOODBRIDGE | Alice WOODBRIDGE | Chew Valley Lake SC | 21 | -34 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 120 |
| 27th | 4382 | Delanie RUTTER | Eve TOWNSEND | Emsworth SC | 4 | (BFD) | 31 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 121 |
| 28th | 3737 | Edward HAYNES | Henry BOWERS | Sevenoaks School / Bough Beech SC | 32 | 9 | 28 | 29 | -37 | 32 | 130 |
| 29th | 2000 | Jourdan SWINDON | Alex BRADLEY | Thorpe Bay YC | 27 | (BFD) | 23 | 33 | 34 | 16 | 133 |
| 30th | 4039 | Wills MURRAY | Will ORMOROD | Oxford Pirates | 12 | 24 | 18 | -46 | 40 | 44 | 137 |
| 31st | 4604 | Kathryn HUTTON – PENMAN | Matthew JAYASEKARA | Corinthian Otters | 40 | -48 | 30 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 139 |
| 32nd | 4071 | Max DUCE | Ben FARENDEN | Thorpe Bay YC | -46 | 29 | 16 | 40 | 19 | 43 | 146 |
| 33rd | 3187 | Elliott WILKINSON | Jonny INNES | St Mawes SC / Helford River SC | 52 | 30 | 17 | -67 | 16 | 38 | 152 |
| 34th | 4385 | Libi ASKEW | Emily PROUD | Burghfield SC / Chichester YC / HISC | -36 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 36 | 33 | 157 |
| 35th | 1307 | Nick NEVE | Henry NEVE | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 44 | 23 | 35 | (RAF) | 17 | 41 | 159 |
| 36th | 4062 | William BIRCHALL | Dominic HALL | Hayling Island SC / Papercourt SC | 48 | -51 | 43 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 159 |
| 37th | 4622 | Buzz GILKS | Poppy GILKS | Queen Mary SC | 30 | 46 | -52 | 27 | 26 | 35 | 163 |
| 38th | 4610 | Hannah BRISTOW | Jess SCOURFIELD | Leigh & Lowton SC / Royal Torbay YC | -55 | 26 | 40 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 165 |
| 39th | 3638 | Patrick GANNON | Sam PEARCE | Burghfield SC | 37 | 15 | -53 | 30 | 35 | 51 | 167 |
| 40th | 1071 | Julian COOKE | Lizzie COOKE | Chew Valley Lake SC | (DNC) | DNC | 21 | 20 | 47 | 9 | 175 |
| 41st | 4102 | Matt HILL | Joe REEVE | Burghfield SC | 33 | (BFD) | 49 | 23 | 45 | 29 | 179 |
| 42nd | 3733 | Tom SMITH | Daniel WILSON | Sevenoaks School / Bough Beech SC | 13 | (DNF) | 56 | 24 | 46 | 46 | 185 |
| 43rd | 4620 | Cameron WEBBER | Joseph FENWICK | Hill Head SC / Thornbury SC | 19 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 44 | -48 | 186 |
| 44th | 4415 | Nick ROBINS | Alicia CAMPBELL-BOTTOMS | Hayling Island SC | (DNC) | 16 | 39 | 49 | 33 | 55 | 190 |
| 45th | 4530 | James EALES | Katie CRUICKHANK | Royal Lymington YC / Hayling Island SC | 45 | 32 | 50 | 35 | 31 | -64 | 192 |
| 46th | 2574X | Christian EDMONDS | Nick EDMONDS | Chew Valley Lake SC | 47 | 42 | 29 | 50 | -52 | 31 | 197 |
| 47th | 4150 | Jonathan SNOW | Peter SNOW | Thorpe Bay YC | -58 | 38 | 57 | 26 | 39 | 39 | 198 |
| 48th | 3424 | Courtney BILBROUGH | Orla MITCHELL | Docklands S&WC | 43 | (BFD) | 37 | 51 | 27 | 45 | 202 |
| 49th | 3999 | Matt WALKER MORECROFT | Dom COTTERILL | Bowmoor SC | 35 | -56 | 42 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 206 |
| 50th | 3100 | Anna LUCAS-CLEMENTS | Lucy HARRIS | HISC/ Papercourt SC / Queen Mary SC | 50 | 37 | 51 | 32 | -63 | 42 | 211 |
| 51st | 2153 | Immi SLINN | Ruby GRIFFIN | Draycote Water SC | 49 | 45 | 44 | 53 | (BFD) | 28 | 217 |
| 52nd | 4194 | Dominic HALL | Jonathan HALL | Draycote Water SC | 28 | 49 | -65 | 41 | 60 | 47 | 224 |
| 53rd | 4608 | Sam BARSON | Bradley DUFFY | Oakham School / Rutland SC | -63 | 41 | 38 | 56 | 56 | 36 | 225 |
| 54th | 3815 | Molly GILBERT | Mollie LIPPETT | Emsworth SC | 17 | (BFD) | 67 | 55 | 41 | 53 | 232 |
| 55th | 3734 | Gregory SALE | Alex FROST | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 34 | (BFD) | 46 | 60 | 51 | 57 | 247 |
| 56th | 4133 | Lily STREATFIELD | Emily ATKINSON | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 41 | 40 | 60 | 54 | 54 | -61 | 247 |
| 57th | 3782 | Oliver GRIFFITHS | Cameron CURRIE | Docklands S&WC | 24 | (DNF) | 54 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 249 |
| 58th | 2376 | Charlie STANNARD | Annie BOYLE | Docklands S&WC | 57 | 47 | -58 | 52 | 48 | 54 | 256 |
| 59th | 2617 | Emma BARNETT | Jess JOBSON | Royal Torbay YC | 53 | 31 | -63 | 61 | 57 | 60 | 260 |
| 60th | 4135 | Stuart DOUGHTY | Will BYFORD | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 64 | 44 | 45 | -71 | 59 | 58 | 268 |
| 61st | 3172 | Harry ASHWORTH | Freddy CLARK | Royal Torbay YC | 39 | 59 | 62 | 57 | 55 | -63 | 270 |
| 62nd | 2215 | Max GRIGGS | Cody GRIGGS | Royal Torbay YC | 54 | 53 | 59 | 48 | -61 | 59 | 271 |
| 63rd | 3537 | Grace SUMMERS | Hugh COMRIE | Emsworth SC / CVLSC | 51 | 58 | 55 | 62 | -67 | 49 | 273 |
| 64th | 862 | Oliver BARNES-DEAN | Patrick STILLMAN | Thorpe Bay YC | (DNF) | 50 | 48 | 66 | 50 | 66 | 278 |
| 65th | 4354 | Oskar BISSET | Max TAYLOR NOBBS | Downs SC | 65 | 36 | -72 | 64 | 62 | 69 | 293 |
| 66th | 2582 | Christian THOMAS | Nathan FLANAGAN | Stokes Bay SC | (DNC) | 61 | 73 | 59 | 53 | 62 | 306 |
| 67th | 2045 | Tom DUTTON | Henry POTTLE | Oakham School / Rutland SC | 62 | 52 | 66 | 65 | -73 | 70 | 312 |
| 68th | 4043 | Ella KILKELLY | Libby MANNING | Thorpe Bay YC | 66 | 55 | 61 | 72 | 69 | -72 | 320 |
| 69th | 760 | Issy GILBERT | Martin GILBERT | Emsworth SC | 60 | 54 | 69 | 70 | -72 | 71 | 322 |
| 70th | 1250 | Milo GORDON | Michael DENNIS | Baltic Wharf SC | (DNF) | 60 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 65 | 328 |
| 71st | 3416 | Isobel CURRIE | Raya UZUNOVA | Docklands S&WC | (DNF) | 57 | 64 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 334 |
| 72nd | 3746 | Hannah LEAF | Lottie NEVE | Oakham School / Rutland SC | (DNC) | 63 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 338 |
| 73rd | 3362 | Ellie WALTON | Abi RILEY | Draycote Water SC | 67 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 71 | -75 | 340 |
| 74th | 1266 | Miriam WOODBRIDGE | Hattie HOLE | Chew Valley Lake SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 68 | 66 | 68 | 357 |
| 75th | 56 | Harriet WINBUSH | Gary WALTON | Draycote Water SC / Bartley SC | (DNC) | DNC | 74 | BFD | 64 | 74 | 368 |
| 76th | 4079 | Madeleine HOPPER | Philippa HADLEY | Thorpe Bay YC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 390 |
| 76th | 3000 | James DANDO | Niall BOWERS | Cardiff Bay YC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 390 |