Hornet European Championships at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Hornet European Championships at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Overall

by Dean Saxton 19 Aug 2014 23:32 BST 16-19 August 2014

Will McGrath and Sam Woolner win the 2014 Hornet European Championship © www.borderphotos2010.com

Day 4 and the final two races of the Hornet European Championship at Royal Torbay Yacht Club. Bright sunshine along with light and variable wind caused the race officer to put a short postponement on race 9 as the wind settled down.

Two teams were fighting for the title, Will McGrath and Sam Woolner who had an overnight lead of 2 points over Rob Larke and Nic Barnes.

McGrath and Woolner decided to race their own race rather than cover Larke and Barnes, and it paid off. Having won the previous two days racing, they didn't disappoint, taking line honours from Jo Powell and Corin Westley in second and Strangler and Pippa Rogers in third.

Larke and Barnes recorded a fifth and were still in with a chance, all be it a slim one.

Into the final race, Larke and Barnes threw the kitchen sink at it, taking the bullet, but there was no shaking off the dominance of McGrath and Woolner who finished just behind them.

Tim Coombe and James Beer took third.

Congratulations to Will McGrath and Sam Woolner who are the new Hornet European Champions and will hold the title for two years.

The Hornet class association would like to thank Exe Sails, 50 Degrees North, Exeter Solar and Marchbanks Architectural Design for sponsoring the event, Royal Torbay Yacht Club for hosting the event, and all the competitors who took part in making it a very enjoyable championship.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	2108	Will MCGRATH	Sam WOOLNER	Starcross S.C.	5	5	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	12
2	2140	Robert LARKE	Nicolas BARNES	Royal Southern Y.C.\ Thorpe Bay Y.C.	3	1	1	2	4	2	2	6	5	1	16
3	2132	Jon WILLIAMS	Pippa ROGERS	Rutland S.C.\Port Dinorwic S.C.	4	10	4	5	5	4	8	4	3	4	33
4	2176	Toby BARSLEY‑DALE	Gareth RUSSELL	Weston S.C.\Paxton Lakes S.C.	7	7	5	23	2	5	5	1	9	5	37
5	2183	David EDGE	Martin ARMSON	Weston S.C.	1	8	3	3	6	8	3	8	10	6	38
6	2147	Tim COOMBE	James BEER	Starcross S.C.	8	4	6	10	3	23	4	2	8	3	38
7	2115	Jo POWELL	Corin WESTLEY	Port Dinorwic S.C.	6	11	7	6	11	3	9	7	2	8	48
8	2151	Peter BENNETT	John SHELTON	Shoreham S. C.	13	3	10	7	12	7	6	5	12	7	57
9	2160	Nigel SKUDDER	Keith HILLS	Starcross S.C.	11	12	23	9	7	6	10	12	4	11	70
10	2155	Duncan WEST	Barney BROATCH	Starcross S.C.	10	9	8	12	13	10	7	11	6	9	70
11	2125	Harry ASHWORTH	Ruth WALKER	Bartley S.C.	9	6	9	8	16	9	11	10	13	10	72
12	2157	Kath BRODTCH	Alex ROGERS	Port Dinorwic S.C.	12	14	16	13	14	13	12	9	7	13	93
13	2171	Tom GUY	Jamie KELLEWAY	Netley S.C.	17	17	13	4	10	11	23	23	11	12	95
14	2182	Kevin BURT	Barry MILLER	Netley S.C.	14	15	12	11	8	15	13	13	14	14	99
15	2058	Roger KELLEWAY	Natalie KELLEWAY	Hayling Island S.C.	15	13	11	14	9	12	14	14	15	16	102
16	2165	Andy HOHL	Pippa GREENSLADE	Starcross S.C.	16	16	23	16	15	14	15	15	20	19	126
17	2101	Gary HAYLETT	Tracey HAYLETT	Thorpe Bay Y.C.	18	23	15	15	17	16	17	17	18	17	132
18	2154	Richard GARRY	Matt MCGRATH	Starcross S.C.	2	2	14	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	133
19	2156	Mike OWEN	John CLIFFORD	South Staffs S.C.	19	18	23	17	18	17	19	18	16	23	142
20	2181	Dean SAXTON	Adam SAXTON	Maylandsea Bay S.C.	23	23	23	23	23	23	16	16	17	18	159
21	2185	Dawn BARSLEY‑DALE	Simon EVANCE	Weston S.C.	23	23	23	23	23	23	18	23	19	15	167
22	2178	Eric MARCHBANKS	Kathy HOPTON	Starcross S.C. & S.B.S.& W.S.C.	23	23	23	23	23	23	20	19	23	23	177