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North West Norfolk Week day 1 & 2 at Hunstanton Sailing Club

by Duncan Ellis 30 Jul 2008 07:25 BST 26-27 July 2008

The weekend saw Hunstanton host the opening 2 days of this years North West Norfolk Week sponsored by King's Lynn Audi with over 70 boats competing. The weekend saw perfect sunshine over both days with force 2 winds on Saturday and force 3 on Sunday.

National 12

29 National 12s made the trip with Graham Camm crewed by Zoe Ballantyne winning Saturdays racing. Sunday saw a new winner in the shape of Jon Ibbotson and Charlotte Stewart.

N12 Saturday
1st Graham Camm/Zoe Ballantyne
2nd Jon Ibbotson/Charlotte Stewart
3rd Ian Gore/Frankie Turley

N12 Sunday
1st Jon Ibbotson/Charlotte Stewart
2nd Graham Camm/Zoe Ballantyne
3rd Anthony Gifford/Joe Gifford

Enterprise

The Enterprise fleet saw close racing throughout the weekend with Tim Coleman crewed by Joanne Coleman and Jonti Mason crewed by Bryony Mason each winning a day and being the bridesmaid in the other.

Enterprise Saturday
1st Tim Coleman/Joanne Coleman
2nd Jonti Mason/Bryony Mason
3rd Peter Bayliss/Gail Donald

Enterprise Sunday
1st Jonti Mason/Bryony Mason
2nd Tim Coleman/Joanne Coleman
3rd Peter Bayliss/Gail Donald

Laser

Hunstanton sailor Ian Holland won both days in the Laser class with Michael Ettershank coming in second on Saturday and Nigel Blake taking the runner up prize on Sunday.

Laser Saturday
1st Ian Holland
2nd Michael Ettershank
3rd Nina Plumbe

Laser Sunday
1st Ian Holland
2nd Nigel Blake
3rd Simon Cobb

Handicap

The handicap fleet saw the biggest turnout of the weekend which was split into asymmetric and non asymmetric fleets. Phillip Highfield sailing with Tamsin Butcher dominated the weekend in their RS500. In the non asymmetric fleets Saturday saw John Peters sail his RS300 to victory in the lighter winds on Saturday with Duncan Ellis winning in his Contender on Sunday in the stronger breeze.

Asymmetric Saturday
1st RS500, Phillip Highfield/Tamsin Butcher
2nd RS200, Jasper Barnham/Laura Barnham
3rd RS200, Mark Pogmore/Sue Pogmore

Non Asymmetric Saturday
1st RS300, John Peters
2nd Streaker, Ian Bradley
3rd Solo, Simon Hastings

Asymmetric Sunday
1st RS500, Phillip Highfield/Tamsin Butcher
2nd Laser 2000, Paul Norris/Joanne Bland
3rd RS200, Jasper Barnham/Laura Barnham

Non Asymmetric Sunday
1st Contender, Duncan Ellis
2nd Streaker, Ian Bradley
3rd Laser EPS, Matthew Jones

For full results visit the Hunstanton Sailing Club website and click the Results section.

The sailors now head along the coast to continue the series finishing next Saturday at Snettisham Beach Sailing Club.

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