Solo Spring Championships at Oxford Sailing Club

by Doug Kerr, Oxford SC 12 Apr 2010 14:33 BST 10 April 2010

58 Solos journeyed to Oxford Sailing Club at Farmoor Reservoir to be met with initially no wind but beautiful sunshine. By the end of the day all entrants had enjoyed some excellent and highly competitive racing.

The first race scheduled for an 11.00am start was delayed until a gentle 5 knots of wind filled in at 1.00pm. Due to the delayed start all three races were run back to back by race officer Peter Bickerton and his willing team of volunteers. Each race lasted about an hour and were turned round in short order.

The first race was postponed just before the start due to a major wind shift, after a reset of the course, the race finally got underway after 2 recalls and the benefit of a black flag. The light winds were very shifty and in the first race in particular, the left of the course was the favoured side, with those on the right suffering badly. The wind picked up slightly for races 2 and 3 and wind speed hit the dizzy heights of 7 - 8 knots.

Chris Brown took first place in Race 1 and consolidated his position with a 2nd in the 3rd race and taking the overall championship. Jon Clarke was consistent with two 3rd places and secured 2nd position in the championship. First veteran and 3rd place in the championship went to Dave Mitchell with a 2nd and 5th in races 2 and 3. The grand master prize went to Bob Taylor who finished 8th overall.

Chris Brown thanked Bob Ashby - Oxford fleet captain, the race team, Gill for her excellent catering and the clubs hospitality.

Oxford Sailing club look forward to the Solos returning next year.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Club	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Brown, Chris	RYA	5091	1	-14	2	3
2	Clarke, Jon	Draycote Water	4712	3	-9	3	6
3	Mitchell, David	RYA	5114	-31	2	5	7
4	Cumbley, Charlie	Teign Corinthian	5097	7	(DNF)	1	8
5	Horey, Vince	King George	4960	2	6	(DNF)	8
6	Cumming, Pete	RYA	5	-13	5	7	12
7	Maclean, Ian	Restronguet	5007	-14	1	12	13
8	Taylor, Bob	Corus	5104	10	3	-38	13
9	Bush, Stuart	Shustoke	4848	4	13	(DNC)	17
10	Dray, Mike	Littleton	4386	-40	8	9	17
11	Goldhawk, Chris	Chew Valley	5075	15	-17	4	19
12	Liddington, David	Rugby & Daventry	4897	5	-38	15	20
13	Gillard, Chris	Sheffield Viking	5113	9	11	(DNF)	20
14	Lee, Mark	Spinnaker	4606	22	4	(DNC)	26
15	Denison, Stephen	Hollingworth Lake	4884	-28	19	8	27
16	Goodman, Daniel	Littleton	4735	-23	23	6	29
17	Wilkie, Mike	Littleton	4772	-33	10	21	31
18	Deppe, Bruce	Hollingworth Lake	4327	25	7	-29	32
19	Davis, Andy	Chase	7	8	24	(DSQ)	32
20	Wicks, Barry	Maidenhead	4684	12	22	(DNC)	34
21	Davies, Nigel	Draycote	5090	-29	21	14	35
22	Mitchell, Pete	RYA	5115	18	-20	17	35
23	Riley, Tim	Littleton	4336	-27	25	11	36
24	Wilson, Graham	Northampton	4736	21	15	-39	36
25	Hanan, Tony	RYA	4993	20	16	(DNC)	36
26	Gibb, Kevin	Largo Bay	4870	6	33	-35	39
27	Goodhow, Nigel	RORC	5101	19	-51	22	41
28	Jowett, Jon	Littleton	5102	-46	18	25	43
29	Webster, John	Carsington	5096	-41	12	32	44
30	Gray, Mike	Fishers Green	4205	-38	26	20	46
31	Mead, James	Fishers Green	4658	37	-43	10	47
32	Jones, Steve	Wraysbury Lakes	4741	17	30	(DNC)	47
33	Davey, John	Teign Corinthian	4740	16	-37	33	49
34	Fox, Andrew	Crosby	5021	-48	35	16	51
35	Ball, Mike	Papercourt	5080	34	-44	18	52
36	Pye, Richard	Draycote Water	4357	24	-28	28	52
37	Raynard, Alastair	Carsington	5028	-44	42	13	55
38	Jowett, Vanda	Littleton	4665	32	-41	23	55
39	O'Connor, Anthony	Fishers Green	4762	30	-48	30	60
40	Smith, Andrew	Draycote Water	4810	42	-49	19	61
41	Lawson, Peter	Corus	4169	-39	27	36	63
42	Fisher, Nick	Chew Valley	4483	-53	40	24	64
43	Meekings, Keith	Maidenhead	4732	-43	31	37	68
44	Millett, Roger	Chichester YC	4942	-56	29	41	70
45	Jackman, Dorick	Chichester YC	4581	-47	36	34	70
46	Corper, Simon	Salcombe	5111	11	(DNC)	DSQ	71
47	Penfold, Stephen	Chew Valley	4809	26	47	(DNF)	73
48	Withrington, Peter	Littleton	4918	35	-45	40	75
49	Wilkin, Ralph	Banbury	5076	-49	46	31	77
50	Siggers, Richard	Shustoke	4487	45	32	(DNF)	77
51	Hotchin, Lesley	Oxford	3940	-52	52	26	78
53	Gibbard, Peter	Oxford	4527	51	34	(DNC)	85
54	Weeks, M	South Cerne	4241	36	50	(DNC)	86
55	Carter, Nick	Burghfield	4195	54	-55	42	96
56	Hoult, Brenda	RYA	4214	(DSQ)	39	DNC	99
57	Kerr, Doug	Oxford	4501	50	54	(DNC)	104
58	Ashby, Bob	Oxford	3550	55	56	(DNC)	111
59	Gardner, Rob	Notts County	5070	(DSQ)	DNC	DNC	120