Club Championships 2008

On the 30th March 2008 Weir Wood held its club championships. The event consisted of three races two handicap (back to back) in the morning and a pursuit race in the afternoon, we had 42 entries in total. After a very damp start in what promised to be a gentle breeze the wind died to almost nothing making the sailing conditions very testing for the helms and favored some classes more than others. The wind filled a little at the start of the second race but soon dropped again. With the 1st race being won by Matt Giles and Alex Mullany in their RS200 and the 2nd race won by John Ramshaw and Mark Harrington, also in an RS200 everything was in the balance for the afternoon pursuit race.

The wind filled in for the pursuit race much to everyones relief. John & Mark were able to make an early break and opened up a substantial gap at the head of the fleet. It was not long before the Big Rig Rooster 8.1's began to make progress through the fleet reducing their lead, with Simon Barrington eventually overtaking them to win the race. However John and Mark were able to just keep ahead of Chris Fyans in his Rooster 8.1 to finish 2nd and take the championships overall.

The overall results can be found by clicking here, the top three were 1st John Ramshaw & Mark Harrington RS200, 2nd Simon Barrington Rooster 8.1 and 3rd Chris Fyans Rooster 8.1. Matt Giles & Alex Mullary finished 5th making them the 1st Youth Boat.