British Sport!!

oh come on, drop it, im nearly 16

Edited by mike ellis

hohum. i know some old dude got a prize, i wasnt really listening and it was a long time ago.

dont think she was last year (feva national champ) i think it was some old dude, wasnt really paying attention. and anyway fevas are not exactly similar to 29ers. you can try and telll me that they are both small asymetrics but it is a mahoosive leap from feva to 29er. the 9er is so much less stable and more exciting and has a lot more bits of string than a feva.

The problem at the youths was due to the awful wind all week, some of the
races had to be run inside of chichester harbour, which some may say could
have created an unfair advantage for the girls from hayling island because
they would have better local knowledge of the tides etc, also the event was
purely a light wind event with some of the teams who race well in heavier
winds not having a chance to show what they can do.

Simon,

Your table is totally misleading, especially when you consider that there is a 2 year age gap between Peters and Weguelin,and most results listed are in the optimist class where age is highly significant. Others factors not reflected are

- the amount of coaching received by the 2 pairings - one is fully funded in the youth squad with ts support + loads of additional support , and the other is largely self coached and not in any squad and completely self-motivated

- the fact that Diamond only started crewing in January having previously been a successful helm - Ladies European 29er Champion after only 3 or 4 months in the class and 21st at the Worlds with a crew not ever sailed with before - not publicised anywhere.

Statistics may have their uses but definately not in this case.