Miracle Northern Championships at Delph Sailing Club
by Martin Bathe 13 May 2013 19:02 BST
11-12 May 2013
Miracle Northern Championships at Delph © Val Reddecliffe
The two day Miracle Northern Championships held at Delph Sailing Club near Bolton saw a return to form of Wayne Atherton sailing in a new partnership with experienced Miracle crew Angela Sweeney. The pair managed to win the event by sailing just the three races on the Sunday of the two-day event.
On Saturday there were two races in a wind made up of "the angry gusts from hell" travelling in an easterly direction across the lake. Jack Hopkins sailing with Jake Beckford coped best with the conditions and Jack's reading of the start lines yielded good starts and led to the pair dominating the racing. Graham Clow sailing with Gemma McHugh sailed well as did Jon Willars and Rachel Day. The challenging conditions meant the rescue boat had a busy time and two boats failed too badly to be put back on the water for day two.
After Jack and Jake's dominance of the first day's racing it looked like Sunday was going to turn into a battle royal with Wayne and Angela who were fresh to the fray. However, Sunday's conditions of a lighter westerly favoured Richard Brameld crewed by son Todd. Also, Ashley Southwell sailing with James Wilkinson found the conditions more to their liking and got themselves up amongst the action. Increased competition and a more crowded start line of seventeen boats saw Jack and Jake struggle. Whilst the wind on the Sunday was proving a good sailing wind, it was cold and wet and some boats opted for the warm and dry of the clubhouse and didn't emerge to sail after lunch.
Delph SC would like to thank Bank Top Brewery, Bolton, for sponsoring the event and Delph members for running it.
Overall Results: (five races, 2 discards)
| Pos | Helm | Crew | Sail No | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Wayne Atherton | Angela Sweeney | 3383 | Delph | (20) | (20) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Jack Hopkins | Jake Beckford | 3508 | Delph | 1 | 1 | (6) | 4 | (20) | 6 |
| 3 | Jon Willars | Rachel Day | 3793 | Welton | (5) | 2 | 2 | 3 | (3) | 7 |
| 4 | Richard Brameld | Todd Brameld | 3131 | Beaver | (6) | 4 | (7) | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Graham Clow | Gemma McHugh | 3796 | Delph | 2 | 3 | 5 | (6) | (7) | 10 |
| 6 | Ashley Southwell | James Wilkinson | 4011 | Leigh & Lowton | (10) | (20) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Rob Cocking | Ben Neild / Dave Taylor | 3077 | Delph | 4 | 5 | (12) | 7 | (8) | 16 |
| 8 | Louis Moulden | Eilidh Campbell | 4036 | Delph | 3 | 6 | 9 | (20) | (20) | 18 |
| 9 | Simon Reddecliffe | Mark Atherton | 4007 | Delph/Leigh & Lowton | 7 | 7 | (13) | (8) | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Dave Reed | Jean Reed | 3725 | Girton | (11) | (20) | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Phil Worth | Anna Belle Worth | 3414 | Delph | 8 | 8 | 10 | (20) | (20) | 26 |
| 12 | Brian Worrall | Sharon Worrall | 3679 | Welton | (12) | 9 | (14) | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 13 | Iain Wilkinson | Lauren Wilkinson | 3480 | Leigh & Lowton | (20) | (20) | 3 | 20 | 20 | 43 |
| 14 | Robin Baycroft | Hilary Baycroft | 1954 | Delph | 9 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 49 |
| 15 | Martin Bathe | Mavis Bathe | 59 | Delph | (20) | (20) | 11 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
| 16 | Paul Beckford | Hayley Clow | 3493 | Delph | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 60 |
| 17 | Jan Sawczuk | Richard Bowman‑Hunt | 2003 | Delph | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 60 |
| 18 | Phil Harty | Sorrel Harty | 1600 | Delph | (20) | (20) | 20 | (20) | (20) | 60 |
| 19 | Andy Baddeley | Sarah Baddeley | 758 | Delph | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 60 |
