TYCO Healthcare Hamble Winter Series 2003 Prizegiving
by Eddie Mays 16 Dec 2003 08:56 GMT
Race Director Jamie Wilkinson, Vice-Commodore Peggy Dorothy, Co-owners of Great Scot II (IRC 3) Barbara Mackay & Eurof Phillips at the TYCO Healthcare Hamble Winter Series 2003 Prizegiving © Eddie Mays
Organised by Hamble River Sailing Club
After eight weeks of intense racing in fourteen divisions the 2003 TYCO Healthcare Hamble Winter Series held the Series prizegiving at the Hamble River Sailing Club last Saturday evening. The Protest Committee had resolved the outstanding problem with the Laser SB3 class on Thursday evening and all the winners are confirmed below.
The formula for deciding the two top prizes, Yacht & Sportsboat of the Series, is like all the best recipes a closely guarded secret but Race Director Jamie Wilkinson admitted that but for the unfortunate accident to a crew member on Ian Dawson’s X-332 in the last race the decision would have been much tighter. The Yacht of the Series was awarded to Eurof Phillips & Barbara Mackay in IRC 3. They won six races and were adjudged OCS in the 7th race. With only one discard allowed they scored a perfect 6. The Sportsboat of the Series went, for the second year running, to Ian Southworth and Nigel Smith in their 707. In a fleet of 40 boats they scored 9 wins, a 2nd and a 5th to win this high competitively class by 18 points.
At the Prize-giving three local charities were each presented with a cheque for £1,000 from the proceeds of the Charity Pursuit race that was run in the middle of the series. Ian Walker represented the John Merricks Trust, Janet Motherwell, daughter of the founder, represented Hamble Inshore Rescue and John Santy collected the cheque for Sail 4 Cancer.
The final act of this year’s Series was on Sunday when the Race Director and the Flag Officers held a thank you lunch for the club members who had helped with the Series. 50 members attended and in thanking them for their efforts Jamie Wilkinson emphasised the level of commitment they had given over the past two months. To run such a large series, 262 entries this year, from such a small club, 300 members, was a significant achievement.
Series Winners:
Yacht of the Series:
Great Scot II, Eurof Phillips & Barbara Mackay
Sportsboat of the Series:
Chilli Chaser, Ian Southworth & Nigel Smith
IRC 0 1104 I-Site Ker 11.3 Robbie Cameron-Davies
IRC 1 940 Exabyte 2 IMX-40 Shaun Frohlich
IRC 2 1404 Kier building with Flair Elan 40 Jim McGregor
IRC 3 3471 Great Scot II Mills 10 Eurof Phillips & Barbara Mackay
IRC 4 7070 Purple Haze ¼ Tonner Tony Dodd
X 332 8233 Glide-X Ian Dawson
Sigma 38 8408 festina lente The Meakins Family
Sigma 33 4416 Whippa Snappa Richard Puddifoot
Bowsprit 9319 Jazolo Robert Shaw
Mumm 30 8930 Highlander III Gregor Logan
1720 1774 Splash Test Dummies Andrew & Jane McLelland
Laser SB3 3035 Sublime Mike Ewart-Smith
Sportsboat 2505 Impetuous Beneteau 25 Messers Morton, Brown & Devonshire
707 7098 Chilli Chaser Ian Southworth & Nigel Smith
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