Derbyshire Youth Sailing event at Burton Sailing Club

by Joanne Hill 30 Apr 2021 17:54 BST 24 April 2021

Derbyshire Youth Sailing at Burton © John Edwards

With sun, a good wind and reasonable temperatures, Saturday the 24th April started out with great promise and as 23 boats were rigged at Burton Sailing Club we knew our second Derbyshire Youth Sailing event of the year was going to be a good one.

With a fair wind blowing all of our young sailors got off to a good start It didn't take long for the Byte C11, Lasers and Comets to pull away for their own battles with the added mix of our only double hander, the Feva, making good use of their spinnaker. With quite a few position swaps throughout the field it wasn't long before the horn sounded and everyone came in for a well-earned lunch. It was good to see that Burton had the BBQ ready and waiting.

During lunch the gusts picked up a little, but it didn't put off our buzzing sailors who were keen to get out for the next two races. Race 2 started with a wind shift and a slightly early start by most of the Lasers, giving the rest of the fleet a slight head start. Not wishing to suggest our young DYS sailors are very competitive but there were some excellent battles taking place and judging by the (socially distanced) crowd gathering outside the club house it was causing quite a stir, after all there were nine Toppers out on the water all wanting to be the first one home.

Derbyshire Youth Sailing at Burton - photo © Helen Lancashire

After the afternoons two races it was time to pack the boats away whilst the results were sorted. You know when its been a good day by the length of time it takes to wrap everything up, there was definitely quite a few excited tales to tell.

Huge congratulations to all of our sailors who took part, some for their first DYS event, but especially to our winners.

The 1st May will see us at Swarkestone Sailing Club for a training event in preparation for our third race day on the 15th May at Staunton Harold Sailing Club. For more details on events, DYS, eligibility and registration please visit our website www.dysailing.org

Isobel Hedley Fen wins the Derbyshire Youth Sailing at Burton - photo © Joanne Hill

Overall Results:

1st Senior - Isobel Hedley Fen (Comet)
1st Intermediate - Matilda Harrison (Comet)
1st Junior - Rueben Lawrance (Topper)

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Class	Sail	Club	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Sen	COMET	804	Ogston SC	Isobel Hedley Fenn		‑1	1	1	2
2nd	Sen	LASER RADIAL	149329	Rudyard SC	Henry Baylis		‑2	2	2	4
3rd	Sen	BYTE CII	3716	Combs SC	Victoria Theaker		3	‑6	3	6
4th	Sen	LASER RADIAL	189467	Swarkestone SC	Kate Robertson		‑4	3	4	7
5th	Sen	LASER RADIAL	195318	Carsington SC	Stefan Murgia		‑6	4	5	9
6th	Sen	RS FEVA XL	4347	Swarkestone SC	Patrick Hill	Jonathan Hill	5	5	‑6	10
7th	Int	COMET	142	Ogston SC	Matilda Harrison		‑10	7	7	14
8th	Sen	LASER RADIAL	202529	Ogston SC	Alice Hedley Fenn		7	‑9	8	15
9th	Sen	LASER RADIAL	174537	Swarkestone SC	Tanya Weighill		8	8	‑9	16
10th	Int	BYTE CLASSIC		Combs SC	George Jacobs		9	‑12	11	20
11th	Int	TOPPER	45034	Burton SC	Amelia Gay		‑16	10	10	20
12th	Int	RS TERA PRO	3421	Burton SC	Alice Edwards		11	‑18	12	23
13th	Int	LASER 4.7	165482	Errwood SC	Ella Clayton		12	11	‑13	23
14th	Jun	TOPPER		Errwood SC	Reuben Lawrance		14	13	‑17	27
15th	Sen	LASER 4.7	674278	Burton SC	Elijah Rimmer		‑20	14	14	28
16th	Sen	RS NEO	2730	Errwood SC	Lucy Bambrook		13	17	‑18	30
17th	Jun	RS TERA SPORT		Burton SC	Alistair Casey		15	15	‑16	30
18th	Int	TOPPER		Swarkestone SC	Alexander Dowson		‑17	16	15	31
19th	Jun	TOPPER		Burton SC	Sophia Hollingshead		18	‑22	20	38
20th	Int	TOPPER		Burton SC	Gabriella Hollingshead		‑19	19	19	38
21st	Int	TOPPER 4.2	26713	Swarkestone SC	Lily Hosty		22	20	(DNC)	42
22nd	Int	TOPPER		Burton SC	Alex Hayball		21	21	‑22	42
23rd	Jun	TOPPER	46800	Burton SC	Phoebe Gay		‑23	23	21	44