Audi Etchells Queensland Championship

Audi Etchells Queensland Championship - Overall

by Suellen Hurling 9 Dec 2007 11:27 GMT 6-9 December 2007

Racing on day three of the Audi Etchells Queensland Championship on Moreton Bay © Tom Johns

Consistency pays off for Audi Etchells Queensland Championship

Former World Champion Peter McNeill, sailing with Greg Torpy and Dean Blatchford have taken out the 2007 Audi Etchells Queensland Championship after consistent placings through the regatta.

McNeill, Torpy and Blatchford had four 3rd places after dropping their worst result (10th) giving them a clear win by four points ahead of local sailors Jason Muir, Matt Chew, Paul Wyatt and Adrian Finglas.

After failing to get any races away on Day 2 of the Championship, three races were sailed today giving the crews a chance to drop their worst result. The long day of racing began at 1100 hours with crews only just arriving back at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron 6 hours later.

“We sailed in almost perfect conditions today. Sensational racing,” said McNeill

“We went into the regatta confident. After sailing together as a team for a long period of time, we have our systems down pat. It all came together and the boys (Torpy/Blatchford) sailed brilliantly,”

The new Audi Etchells Queensland Champions will be back to the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in January to race in the Australian Championships from the 11th January. This regatta was considered by most as an excellent training opportunity for the January regatta.

Etchells Brisbane Fleet Captain David Irvine was pleased with the final outcome of the regatta.

“Today was definitely the highlight. We got three races in this afternoon to get a series and enable everyone to drop a race.

“Overall I feel the regatta was a huge success and the team of local Etchells sailors who assisted in organizing he event must be thanked. Time to finalise everything for the Nationals now!” said Irvine.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	AUS915	Koolong X	Peter McNeill	3	10	3	3	3	12
2	AUS874	Racer XY	Jason Muir	10	1	18	5	1	17
3	AUS947	Magpie	Graeme Taylor	21	4	1	4	8	17
4	AUS876	Fifteen	David Clark	1	6	7	15	4	18
5	AUS1244	Dr Evil	Jake Gunther	7	15	6	6	2	21
6	NZL950	Velsheda	Alastair Gair	9	2	19	8	6	25
7	AUS1321	Triad	John Bertrand	4	5	21	1	37	31
8	AUS1347	Funky Cold Medina	Vaughan Prentice	16	3	14	12	5	34
9	AUS1317	Una Mas	Mark Bradford	13	9	8	14	7	37
10	AUS924	Barry	Damien King	15	12	4	21	10	41
11	AUS415	Waterloo Bay	Noel Paterson	12	19	10	10	9	41
12	AUS923	Racer X	Mick O'Brien	8	18	12	11	12	43
13	AUS875	Men at Work	Bucky Smith	2	37	22	2	20	46
14	AUS756	Etchellence	John Sheehan	25	14	2	9	21	46
15	AUS1362	Fair Bump Play On	David Rose	5	7	16	20	37	48
16	AUS1192	Echo Beach	Tom Woods	6	13	15	28	14	48
17	AUS1160	Liquidity	Dirk Van Der Struyf	11	21	11	27	11	54
18	AUS1274	The Nurse	Ross Lloyd	20	11	9	23	16	56
19	AUS1144	Rapscallion	David Healey	26	8	20	16	13	57
20	AUS1250	Bushfire	Jervis Tilly	37	17	5	7	37	66
21	AUS852	Three Ring Circus	Trevor Martin	19	16	26	13	22	70
22	AUS849	Yep	Russell McCart	14	22	13	25	37	74
23	AUS1118	Three Dogs	Gavin Gerrard	23	26	17	17	19	76
24	AUS418	Hocsus Pocus	Peter Willey	27	25	23	19	18	85
25	AUS720	Phantom	Mark Sanders	30	20	31	29	17	96
26	AUS750	Iris II	David Gleadhill	17	24	32	31	24	96
27	AUS913	Never Enough	Andrew Telford	18	31	25	26	27	96
28	AUS883	Tusk	Gary Smith	37	23	27	32	15	97
29	AUS826	Hustler	Craig Mathie	28	27	33	18	25	98
30	AUS723	Forceful	Patrick Meehan	31	28	29	22	28	107
31	AUS1158	New Wave	Peter La Fontaine	24	32	24	30	30	108
32	AUS731	Betelgeuse	Greg Forgan-Smith	29	29	28	33	26	112
33	AUS941	J for Jig	Lex O'Connor	32	34	30	24	29	115
34	AUS423	Pretty Woman	John Willey	37	33	34	35	23	125
35	AUS243	Grape Juice	Justin Barr	22	30	37	37	37	126
36	AUS166	Trilogy	Neil Hudson	33	37	35	34	31	133