Optimist Open at Banbury Sailing Club

by George Eames Matthews 27 Apr 2016 10:56 BST 23 April 2016

Banbury Optimist Open © Tim Matthews / Banbury SC

The car park filled rapidly and by 09am the boat park was crammed with Oppies. Boys and girls rigged their boats ready for the day ahead. The briefing commenced at 10am and immediately after the boats were launched. With just over 40 entries, the start line spanned the width of the lake.

The first start was good, with only one general recall all day. So the racing kicked off! The first race saw David Calder (Burghfield) master the tricky light winds to narrowly beat George Eames Matthews (Banbury) by half a boat length with Barty Gray (Bowmoor) 3rd.

Race 2 proved even more challenging as the shifty wind fooled many: 1st Barty Gray, 2nd Tom Mitchell (Lymington), 3rd David Calder.

After a short break for a delicious lunch and a change of course, racing resumed with race 3 won by David Calder. Barty Gray was 2nd followed closely by George Eames Matthews in 3rd.

With one race left, all was to play for. With David 1st, Barty 2nd and George 3rd it came down to the last race to decide the final positions. The wind dropped slightly, and George and Tom forged a commanding 1,2 lead with Barty finishing 3rd.

Overall Results:

Main fleet
1st David Calder (Burghfield)
2nd George Eames Matthews (Banbury)
3rd Barty Gray (Bowmoor)

Regatta Fleet

Twelve boats battled it out for the Regatta Fleet honours and the final top three positions were:

1st Sam Griffiths (Royal Lymington/Salterns)
2nd Ella McWilliam (Warsash)
3rd Susie Symes (Banbury)

A special mention has to be made to Burghfield SC who fielded 15 boats across the two fleets.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	SailingClub_1	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
Main Fleet
1st	5811	David CALDER	Burghfield	1	3	1	‑5	5
2nd	5995	George EAMES MATTHEWS	Banbury	2	‑5	3	1	6
3rd	6328	Barty GRAY	Bowmoor	‑3	1	2	3	6
4th	6374	Tom MITCHELL	R LYM Y C	‑8	2	5	2	9
5th	5285	Oli Woodley	Burghfield SC	‑10	4	9	4	17
6th	6365	Millie IRISH	Draycote Water SC	4	‑12	7	8	19
7th	6366	Finley HARTSHORN	FOSSC	6	‑10	4	10	20
8th	5722	Jacob FELTON	Staunton Harold SC	‑13	6	6	11	23
9th	6370	Katheryn BYNE	Draycote Water SC	7	7	‑11	9	23
10th	6114	Oliver MEADOWCROFT	Upper Thames	11	9	8	‑13	28
11th	6387	Oliver HUGHES	Papercourt	14	‑17	10	7	31
12th	4443	Hazel McDonnell	Hollowell	5	11	16	‑18	32
13th	6206	Derin can SOYER	Draycote Water SC	12	8	13	‑17	33
14th	6249	Kristof JENKINS	Burghfield	‑15	13	15	6	34
15th	6243	Alice SNOOK	HISC	‑19	15	12	14	41
16th	4732	Ellen MORLEY	Hollowell	9	19	14	‑20	42
17th	6169	Maya BROWN	Burghfield SC	17	‑20	19	12	48
18th	5785	Oli MALTBY	Papercourt	16	‑21	17	15	48
19th	6074	Arthur FARLEY	RVYC	‑22	16	21	19	56
20th	5391	Alfred TAYLOR	Banbury	24	‑26	20	16	60
21st	6089	Tara EWBANK	Staunton Harold SC	‑26	18	24	21	63
22nd	6395	Joshua GAVIN	Island Barn SC	20	22	22	‑25	64
23rd	6123	Jacob ALLSOPP	Burghfield	‑23	23	23	22	68
24th	6115	Clara JONES	Burghfield	25	27	18	‑28	70
25th	5959	Keiran Bray	Banbury SC	‑28	24	27	23	74
26th	4558	Sophie LEES	Burghfield	27	‑29	25	26	78
27th	4983	Aimee BRAY	Banbury SC	30	‑33	29	27	86
28th	5353	Emma STEVENS	Burghfield SC	29	31	‑33	31	91
29th	6020	James BARRETT	Burghfield	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	132
29th	6151	Drew BARNES	Christchurch SC / Rlyc	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	132
29th	5566	Iris SINGLETON	Hollowell	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	132
Regatta Fleet
1st	6067	Samuel GRIFFITHS	RLymYC / Salterns	18	25	‑26	24	67
2nd	1181	Ella MCWILLIAM	Warsash SC	35	14	28	(DNC)	77
3rd	5047	Susannah SYME	Banbury	21	‑30	30	29	80
4th	5221	Laurence BARNES	Banbury SC	31	28	31	‑34	90
5th	6407	Jack STONES	Frensham Pond SC	‑39	35	32	30	97
6th	5897	Imogen JONES	Burghfield	32	‑37	36	32	100
7th	64	Sam BROWN	Burghfield SC	33	‑36	35	33	101
8th	4647	William BARRETT	Burghfield	‑38	34	34	35	103
9th	5411	Archie BOURNE	Burghfield SC	34	32	39	(DNC)	105
10th	4515	Joseph Jones	Burghfield SC	37	‑39	38	36	111
11th	5313	Luke NASH	Burghfield	36	38	37	(DNC)	111
12th	4783	William BARNES	Banbury SC	40	(DNC)	40	DNC	124