CraftInsure Topper 5.3 series finale at Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club

by Adam McElroy 16 Jul 2014 10:42 BST

CraftInsure Topper 5.3 series finale at Derwent Reservoir © ITCA

Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club welcomed 130 Toppers to the series finale of the CraftInsure Topper 5.3 National Series.

Almost 240 sailors have competed in the CraftInsure national series during 2014, which visited Weymouth, Queen Mary, Grafham Water and Paignton; in addition to the regional race events organised by the Class in local areas across the UK between March and October.

Race Officer, Peter Saxton took advantage of the conditions nearest the dam to give the fleet the most complete series of races possible in the conditions. Saturday was the more challenging day for the mark layers in light conditions and only two races were possible, with the ladies finishing best and holding onto 1st, 2nd & 3rd overnight.

Sunday delivered more reliable and stronger winds and four races were completed, ahead of schedule - and in the stronger conditions, two male helms leapfrogged the ladies to take 1st & 2nd places for this event.

Overall, the range of wind speeds enabled very sailor to comprehensively demonstrate their skills to the new RYA Head Coach and squad selector, Natalie Lloyd in this important indicator event for National Squad places in 2015 - with very few breakages or forced retirements. Squad applications for RYA and ITCA(GBR) squads are open online.

While the sailors were racing, Topper parents and supporters enjoyed the friendly facilities of the club galley and bar, during a relaxing weekend for those camping on site in tents, caravans and motorhomes. Counselling was offered by the club to anyone suffering from the loss of WiFi and mobile phone signals but many chose to enjoy a good book, stroll to the dam to spectate or simply relax in the sunshine.

Overall series winners and the 1st female sailor received special prizes of new Topper 5.3 sails, generously donated by Topper International, ready for the Crewsaver GBR Nationals at Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club in August.

Entries for the Crewsaver GBR Nationals and the ITCA Zhik Worlds in August are open online.

Sailors can obtain Coached support at the Worlds with pre & post race debriefs, on the water support and individual feedback & advice - interest should be registered with , fees on request.

Volunteers are still needed in a number of supporting roles at the GBR Nationals, no experience is required, please contract

The GBR Nationals are supported by Technical Sponsor, Harken and Topper International.

Derwent open meeting results:

Endeavour prize: Josh Trickett

Pos	Sail No	Name	Club	Pts	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	47559	Jack BUTTERS	Parkstone Yacht Club	9	3	‑13	1	1	2	2
2	47553	Tom RENNY	Fishguard Bay YC/ Teifi Boating Club	16	5	2	4	4	1	(BFD)
3	47399	Bella FELLOWS	Yealm Yacht Club	19	‑19	3	7	3	3	3
4	44777	Stephanie WINGEATT	Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club	20	4	‑13	6	1	4	5
5	47343	Anna STURROCK	Loch Tummel SC / Forfar SC	21	2	‑15	2	10	3	4
6	46654	Lucy MEARNS	Rhosneigr Boat owners Association	22	2	1	6	3	‑13	10
7	47128	Ollie DIXON	Royal Harwich Yacht Club	24	1	8	8	‑32	6	1
8	46836	Calum ROSIE	Helensburgh Sailing Club	26	‑14	4	3	2	11	6
9	46396	Freya CUMPSTY	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	27	5	2	11	4	5	(BFD)
10	46023	Anya HAJI‑MICHAEL	Redesmere Sailing Club	28	8	5	12	2	1	‑19
11	47088	Alexander HUGHES	Sutton Sailing Club	32.5	4	RDG	‑14	7	14	1
12	47076	Oliver BLACKBURN	Leigh & Lowton/Pennine SC	34	12	7	1	12	‑13	2
13	47303	Thomas WALLWORK	Redesmere Sailing Club	36	3	6	10	7	‑12	10
14	47211	James LEETCH	Rutland Sailing Club	38	1	10	9	5	‑22	13
15	45586	Joseph DRAKE	Waveney and Oulton Broad Yacht Club	39	13	11	2	‑24	7	6
16	47569	Dylan WALENDY‑WRIGLEY	Harwich Town Sailing Club	41	6	14	‑25	8	10	3
17	47491	Niamh HARPER	Loch Tummel Sailing Club	42	15	5	‑19	9	8	5
18	47124	Adam ROWLATT	Llangorse Sailing Club	43	11	8	10	10	4	(BFD)
19	46623	Nancy SCOTT	Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club	44	8	‑18	15	11	2	8
20	46578	Alex WHITFIELD	PYC	49	15	‑27	4	11	5	14
21	46895	Luke GRIBBIN	Paignton Sailing Club	51	7	4	15	‑18	9	16
22	47419	Georgie MCKENZIE	Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club	51	9	15	7	13	‑16	7
23	45732	Alice SMITH	Hayling Island Sailing Club	59	6	16	16	6	15	‑26
24	47220	Callum ELWIN	Mumbles Yacht Club	70	18	‑28	19	6	9	18
25	46664	Eleanor CRAIG	Staunton Harold S.C.	74	16	6	22	22	8	‑23
26	47028	Ewan GRIBBIN	Paignton Sailing Club	77	18	7	21	17	14	‑39
27	47350	Eleanor HUTCHINGS	Roadford Lake	78	‑37	10	26	18	7	17
28	46520	Alexander CLARKE	Brightlingsea Sailing Club	80	20	12	18	‑21	19	11
29	46962	Kieran MOORE	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	84	‑27	1	25	20	11	27
30	47266	Sam PLATT	Bolton Sailing Club	85	‑32	23	22	24	12	4
31	45400	Mara LYON	Prestwick Sailing Club	91	41	19	5	14	(DSQ)	12
32	47488	Ashley DEATON	Royal Harwich Yacht Club	91	12	36	5	15	23	(BFD)
33	47039	Michael O'Driscoll	Crawley Mariners Yacht Club	91	22	26	9	‑34	10	24
34	35211	George COLES	Carsington Sailing Club	91	22	‑43	12	15	17	25
35	44889	Eleanor CRANFIELD	Hollowell Sailing Club	93	14	20	18	19	‑27	22
36	46624	Piers LUXFORD	Royal Harwich Yacht Club & NBYC	94	7	3	30	‑47	33	21
37	46410	Eleanor POOLE	Starcross Yacht Club	94	9	(OCS)	14	31	32	8
38	46168	Simon GADSBY	Nottingham Sailing Club	94	‑40	12	13	29	21	19
39	45968	Victoria COWAN	Portchester Sailing Club	96	10	‑39	13	30	31	12
40	47116	Arabella SABBERTON	Norfolk Broads Yacht Club	98	30	‑53	16	26	19	7
41	47398	Angus LAWSON	East Lothian Yacht Club	98	26	‑41	20	9	30	13
42	46875	Harriet LEE	Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club	99	17	30	8	13	‑40	31
43	45884	Michael PLATT	Bolton Sailing Club	100	23	16	11	25	25	‑27
44	47518	Chloe BUTTERWORTH	Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club	103	‑51	33	20	5	27	18
45	46835	Alex MCFARLANE	Castle Cove Sailing Club	105	‑46	29	36	8	18	14
46	46665	Murray SCOTT	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	106	17	25	‑40	25	6	33
47	46938	Charlotte WATSON	Llyn Brenig	108	‑40	35	3	12	26	32
48	47565	Joseph BAKER	Royal Windermere	108	28	11	31	22	16	(BFD)
49	44343	Andrew O'Driscoll	Crawley Mariners Yacht Club	109	31	17	28	‑38	24	9
50	47079	Emma CRANE	RYA	109	13	24	24	14	34	‑37
51	47306	James HOLLIS	Bartley green	114	24	33	29	‑36	17	11
52	43694	Samuel COOPER	West Lancashire Yacht Club	120	23	22	39	21	‑42	15
53	47101	Georgia KING	Hollowell Sailing Club	122	30	‑57	34	19	23	16
54	45440	Rebecca BARRY	Chester Sailing and Canoeing Club	122	27	22	‑30	29	20	24
55	47533	Krishan BHOGAL	Manor Park Sailing Club	130	16	34	39	‑51	15	26
56	46919	Daniel THOMPSON	Queen Mary Sailing Club	131	21	18	‑35	33	31	28
57	47158	Ciaran RANDERIA	Grafham Water SC/HISC	132	10	14	17	23	DNE	‑40
58	47312	James TULLEY	Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club	133	‑47	34	17	26	47	9
59	47277	Harry PALMER	Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club	134	34	26	24	16	(BFD)	34
60	4092	Rhys CHANDLER	Club Hwylio Bala Sailing Club	139	11	‑47	47	36	25	20
61	46147	Thomas PARKHURST	Beaver sailing club	141	‑58	28	41	16	39	17
62	45356	James WYNN‑EDWARDS	Chester Sailing and Canoeing Club	144	20	32	‑46	28	28	36
63	30804	Paul MOUGHTIN‑LEAY	Manor Park/Burton SC	146	26	27	33	17	43	‑49
64	45329	Hugo HANSEN	Cotswold SC	148	‑50	37	23	20	22	46
65	46468	Lewis HUMPHRIES	Pevensey bay	152	‑44	39	21	35	28	29
66	47341	Harry PULFORD	Llyn Brenig Sailing Club	153	28	37	(DNC)	37	21	30
67	46653	Franklin WRIGHT	Pennine Sailing Club	157	53	‑56	37	27	18	22
68	44144	Toby COPE	Rudyard Lake Sailing Club	158	29	9	‑50	46	45	29
69	46274	Molly SACKER	Bewl Valley Sailing Club	163	35	‑55	26	28	53	21
70	14109	Rebecca ALCOCK	Hunts Sailing Club	170	49	19	37	30	‑55	35
71	45565	Thomas WOODINGS	Carsington Sailing Club	170	‑44	44	29	37	35	25
72	42990	Molly NIXON	WLYC and Red Wharf Bay	171	25	25	42	‑48	46	33
73	44443	George GRAHAM	Burwain Sailing Club	174	39	21	‑49	38	32	44
74	44416	Freddie CRANFIELD	Hollowell SC	175	‑63	49	28	45	38	15
75	47154	Hakan DIGBY	Queen Mary Sailing Club	177	35	‑44	41	42	20	39
76	46888	Molly DESORGHER	Notts County Sailing Club	178	21	50	32	‑57	35	40
77	45438	Jess SILLITOE‑PRICE	Club Hwylio Clywedog Sailing Club	178	29	38	47	34	‑49	30
78	47554	Aidan BELL	Cardiff Yacht Club	179	‑54	54	35	23	29	38
79	47221	Zac OREHAWA	Clwb Hwylio Clywedog Sailing Club	179	‑48	35	32	31	33	48
80	31149	Ciara ARCHBOLD	Burton Sailing Club	181	24	‑48	46	43	24	44
81	44286	Matthew BROWN	Bowmoor Sailing Club	182	‑56	45	38	33	43	23
82	46734	Grace BRADLEY‑SHANKAR	Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre	182	42	36	40	35	29	‑46
83	46223	Morgan ARCHER	Blue Circle sc	183	36	42	‑45	39	30	36
84	21137	Hugo BURROWS	West Oxfordshire Sailing Club	184	19	30	‑58	49	44	42
85	47432	Millie ALDRIDGE	Parkstone Yacht Club	185	47	47	27	27	37	‑48
86	47602	Natalie STIFF	Horning sailing club	187	37	29	‑51	43	37	41
87	47568	Abigail HOLDEN	Horning sailing club	188	36	40	45	‑53	39	28
88	44018	Charlie TORDOFF‑GIBSON	Christchurch Sailing Club	188	33	38	33	‑51	41	43
89	47195	Sophie KIRK	Chichester Yacht Club	193	42	20	48	‑54	41	42
90	47021	Conor LAMB	Whitstable Yacht Club	193	33	40	23	‑58	44	53
91	46770	Lizzy MARKHAM	Upper Thames	194	‑52	32	43	44	38	37
92	47080	Ethan PAUL	west kirby sailing club	197	‑59	46	36	32	40	43
93	47156	Charlie SOUTH	Chichester Yacht Club	200	49	51	‑54	39	26	35
94	47389	Benjamin ROBERTS	Saundersfoot Sailing Club	200	45	(OCS)	27	41	42	45
95	46855	Katherine PARISH	Stewartby Water Sailing Club	204	‑52	50	38	48	34	34
96	28554	Tom BOOTH	PYS/ YYC	207	32	17	‑56	52	51	55
97	45471	Will PRIESTLEY	Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club	212	‑53	53	31	52	45	31
98	47386	Beth ALBONE	Milton Keynes Sailing Club	212	38	48	‑50	46	48	32
99	29461	Angus KEMP	Poole Yacht Club	214	34	42	53	40	‑54	45
100	44645	Calum BELL	Helensburgh Sailing Club	215	31	23	‑56	54	52	55
101	20822	Alex WATSON	Llyn Brenig	217	54	52	‑57	55	36	20
102	45841	Edward PRICKETT	Solva	221	43	49	34	49	46	‑52
103	46192	Olivia JONES	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	221	43	45	42	40	‑52	51
104	46303	Lorcan KNOWLES	Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club	222	25	24	60	60	53	(DSQ)
105	47527	Lucy KNIGHTS	Bolton Sailing Club	223	48	21	52	‑55	55	47
106	47264	Rachael MCCLUSKEY	Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club	228	‑59	31	43	47	49	58
107	24339	Andrew STURT	Hollowell SC	228	38	43	44	53	50	(DNC)
108	45770	Magnus HANDLEY	Queen Mary Sailing Club	232	57	31	55	‑62	51	38
109	47099	Finlay BRECHIN	Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club	241	‑62	51	54	50	36	50
110	47180	Eleanor HENSLEY	Royal Harwich YC	241	45	‑56	51	45	50	50
111	34823	Jennifer PARSONS	Rotherham Sailing Club	243	46	‑58	49	44	57	47
112	45236	Mary TILLING	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	243	‑57	46	44	56	48	49
113	46146	Lucy PARKHURST	Beaver sailing club	246	58	‑59	52	41	54	41
114	46227	Jago STRONG‑WRIGHT	Llandegfedd Sailing Club	255	55	58	53	42	47	‑60
115	44849	Matthew HARRISON	Rudyard Lake Sailing Club	259	39	‑62	48	58	62	52
116	44471	Isabel WALLWORK	Redesmere Sailing Club	262	56	41	‑61	56	56	53
117	46652	Edward BROWN	Broxbourne Sailing Club	273	41	‑60	58	60	58	56
118	45918	Jenna VINCENT	Parkstone Yacht Club	273	55	‑61	55	50	59	54
119	46134	Edward HOLLEY	Llyn Brenig Sailing Club	277	51	52	59	‑61	58	57
120	46021	Elli WILLIAMS	Llyn Brenig Sailing Club	285	60	54	‑63	59	56	56
121	46126	Anna BENZ	Queen Mary Sailing Club	290	50	(DNC)	61	63	57	59
122	42784	Benjamin SYKES	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	290	‑60	60	57	57	59	57
123	47538	Finlay TULETT	Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust	291	61	55	‑64	64	60	51
124	46549	Eabha STRONG‑WRIGHT	Llandegfedd Sailing Club	294	‑61	57	59	59	61	58
125	44433	Joshua TRICKETT	Starcross Yacht Club	301	‑64	64	60	62	61	54
126	46961	Rebecca ROBERTS	Cardiff Bay Yacht Club	308	‑63	63	62	61	60	62
127	44589	Molly TULETT	Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust	313	‑66	62	63	65	62	61
128	47390	William JUKES‑BENNETT	Llyn Brenig Sailing Club	321	62	61	62	(DNC)	DNC	DNC
129	46480	Elsie HOLLEY	LBSC	327	64	59	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC
130	42670	Iain DUNCAN	West Lothian Sailing Club	337	65	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
131	46131	Brandon PUGH	NYC	340	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
131	46213	Erin GUY	QMSC	340	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
131	45772	David ROSIE	Helensburgh Sailing Club	340	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Overall Series Results:

1st Jack Butters
2nd Lucy Mearns (1st Female)
3rd Calum Rosie
4th Thomas Wallwork
5th Alexander Hughes
6th Bella Fellows
7th Georgie McKenzie
8th Tom Renny
9th Freya Cumpsty
10th Nancy Scott

Overall Series Results - Females:

1st Lucy Mearns (Lynn Cockerill Trophy)
2nd Bella Fellows
3rd Georgie McKenzie
4th Freya Cumpsty
5th Nancy Scott
6th Stephanie Wingeatt
7th Anna Sturrock
8th Anja Haji-Michael
9th Niamh Harper
10th Alice Smith

Overall Series Results - Youths:

1st Lucy Mearns (Topper Times Trophy)
2nd Michael O'Driscoll
3rd Piers Luxford
4th Jonathan Wilson
5th Alexander Clarke
6th Patrick Croghan
7th Daniel Taylor
8th Grace Bradley-Shankar
9th James Ripley
10th Freddie Cranfield

Full series results