Enterprise Open Meeting at Olton Mere Sailing Club
by Paul Young 22 Sep 2008 10:23 BST
20 September 2008
The Double Chine series travels to near Birmingham © Janice Bottomley /
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This event the thirteenth in the 2008 Midland area Double Chine Series sponsored by Speed Sails was held at Olton Mere Sailing Club on Saturday 20th September.
The fleet of nine boats was greeted by brilliant sunshine and a light southerly breeze.
In the first race Mike Cossey/Christine Barron (Tamworth SC) got a good start and led at the windward mark, they continued to lead for some considerable time until Nigel Allso/Kate Brazier (Tamworth SC) reeled them in. A battle them took place with the lead swapping several times, at the last mark a rare mistake by Nigel and Kate saw them doing a penalty turn allowing Mike and Christine to get away to win. Second was Nigel and Kate and third was Paul Young/Therese O ` Toole (Brookvale and Sparkhill SC) with locals Kevin Rose/ Gill Bilton (Olton Mere SC) forth.
The second race started in a lighter and more variable wind, Nigel and Kate led at the first mark but got becalmed soon afterwards allowing Martin Bottomley/Iain Leiper (Emberton Park SC) to take the lead, followed by Kevin and Gill. Later Nigel and Kate got the lead back after rounding a mark on the inside of a three boat overlap and got away to win this race.
Mike and Christine recovering after a bad start passed Martin and Iain on the last lap to take second place. On the last leg in sight of the finish Martin and Iain got becalmed allowing Paul and Therese plus Kevin and Gill past to finish third and forth. Martin and Iain finished fifth.
In race three Mike and Christine got a good start and built up an unassailable lead to win both the race and the meeting, Nigel and Kate were second. Kevin and Gill and also Paul and Therese both had abysmal starts and battled through the fleet, at the finish Kevin and Gill were third with Paul and Therese forth.
Thanks to Olton Mere SC for a good day.
Overall Results
1st 22823 - Mike Cossey/Christine Barron - Tamworth SC - 2pts
2nd 20443 - Nigel Allso/ Kate Brazier - Tamworth SC - 3pts
3rd 22901 - Paul Young/Therese O` Toole - Brookvale and Sparkhill SC -6pts
4th 22619 - Kevin Rose/Gill Bilton - Olton Mere SC - 7pts
5th 23159 - Martin Bottomley/Iain Leiper - Emberton Park/Midland SC -10pts
6th 22598 - Andrew Yates / Dave Humphries - Olton Mere SC - 11pts
7th 21622 - Niall Martin/Ben Humphries - Olton Mere SC - 14pts
8th 18744 - Chis Troth / Maria Gidley - Olton Mere SC - 14pts
9th 22493 - Steve White/Laura Humphries - Olton Mere SC - 15pts