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Scorpion National Championships at Teign Corinthian YC - Practice Race

by Penny Jeffcoate 10 Aug 2014 20:07 BST 9-15 August 2014

As people converged on Teignmouth for the 2014 Scorpion National Championships, they scanned the sky for signs of the threatened approach of the tail end of Hurricane Bertha. The wind was taking its time but despite this, there was a steady south-westerly force 4-5 blowing when PRO, Don Harrison, started the Practice Race at 1500. 18 boats had managed to get through the traffic jam on the M5, and get to the line. Only 13 finished the short race round a triangle-sausage course.

Tom Gillard and Sam Brearey (Sheffield Viking SC, 2018) was first round the windward mark but was forced to retire when his toe straps went – at least it was a sign they were hiking hard! Ellie Pegg and Richard Haines (Yealm YC,1952) were also up among the leaders until they went for a swim.

Come the next day, Bertha was starting to make her presence felt and the PRO decided to postpone the first day of racing until Monday 11th. It looks like it is going to be a breezy week.

Practice Race Results:

PosSail NoBoat NameHelmCrewPts
12026Sneaky NinjaAndy McKeeChris Massey1
22030 Steve WalkerJerry Hannabuss2
32017Not Another WombatAnnabel VoseAlex Hayman3
42024Big Bad WolfBarry WolfendenRachel Rhodes4
51947Angel DustRichard JonesJohn Purdie5
61952CartelElinor PeggRichard Haines6
72005Drama QueenJanet RitchieAlan Ritchie7
82027A La CarteCarol HainesKeith Atkinson8
92023 Richard SearleLucy Searle9
102025What a WombatTrevor RawlinsBarry Rawlins10
111936Bottyburp the BarbarianSimon HoldenEllie Gosling11
121990Blue BreezeJamie RobertsTracey Roberts12
132015Touching the voidJoanne MahyKaron Mahy13
DNF2018 Tom GillardSam Brearey36
DNF2022Quackers!Peter GrayRichard Pepperdine36
DNF1861StormtrooperJames RipleyCarys Roberts36
DNF1931The BusinessKevin GoslingAndy Service36
DNF2010 Jonathan FoxHelen Miles36
DNF2020Snap shackle & plopJohn MursellJames Mursell36

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