The Flying Fifteen 'Sprint': End-of-season finale at Draycote Water

This Saturday (18th October 2014) Draycote Water Sailing Club will host the Flying Fifteen "Sprint" – the grand finale to the 2014 Flying Fifteen season!

This popular fixture on the Flying Fifteen calendar attracts the very best FF racers in the World and the following are already confirmed entries for the 2014 event:

• Greg Wells and Richard Rigg (winners of the last two European Championships);
• Charles Apthorpe (2001 World Champion);
• Simon Kneller (2012 National Champion); and
• Richard Lovering and Matt Alverado (2013 top-ranked FF team).

The Sprint is the last opportunity for FF sailors to earn 2014 National Ranking points and, with everything still to play for in each of the ranking categories, the event should prove to be an exciting climax to a fantastic FF season. As the fleet prepares for the 2015 World Championships in France, turnouts at FF events are on the up and the 2014 Sprint is expected to be the biggest yet!

This unique event requires the Race Team to run as many short 45-minute races as possible between 12pm and the deadline of 5pm. The quality of the fleet is always of the highest order as the top crews turn up to pit their wits against their rivals in an attempt to be crowned as the UK's best FF team in the shorter Sprint format. As one top FF sailor explained, "If the Flying Fifteen Nationals are a Test Match, the Sprint is a T-20 Bash!"

The Sprint will again be sponsored by Mercure Hotels.