Firefly Nationals at Tenby Sailing Club overall

by Barney Smith 15 Aug 2004 08:31 BST

Race 8 - The Tomato Boats Trophy

Tony Gunstone and Lucie Buck have won the 58th Firefly National Championships after a thrilling last race. With five teams still able to win the 52 boat fleet away first time using a gate start. Top GBR match racer Ian Williams sailing with Lizzie Edwards led the race from the first mark pursued by Alex Davey and Sally Wilson. Gunstone and Buck from the Imperial Poona Yacht Club gradually worked their way through to second which secured them the coveted Sir Richard Fairey Point series cup by a narrow margin from Williams and Edwards.

Barnaby Smith and Alice Gardner just pipped Dom Johnson and Debs Kershaw for 4th overall. Top team racers Johnson and Kershaw failed to pip them after using every trick in the book to try and get the necessary two places between them and Smith in the final race.

Top Over 40 team and 12th overall, Peter and Dawn Langdon have an astonishing combined age approaching 140. The first ladies team, Julia Cornah and Jennifer Corkhill, come from the opposite end of the age range and also took home the under 21 prize.

Tenby Sailing Club ran a superb National Championships on and off the water with the fleet completing all eight planned races. The Firefly fleet again proved its suitability for young and old, families and students. Next years Championships will be at Felixstowe Ferry in Suffolk from the 13th to the 19th August 2005.

Overall Results: (8 races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Club	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	3747	Growler	Imperial Poona YC	Anthony Gunstone	Lucy Buck	8	6	1	4	1	3	11	2	25
2	3708	Atomic	Imperial Poona YC	Ian Williams	Lizzie Edwards	3	4	6	7	3	11	3	1	27
3	2649	Mustard	London Corinthian SC	Alex Davey	Sally Wilson	10	2	5	2	11	5	1	3	28
4	3023	Fourwood Thinking	Wessex Exiles	Barnaby Smith	Alice Gardner	2	7	3	12	9	1	6	8	36
5	3612	Mojo	Spinnaker Club	Dom Johnson	Debs Kershaw	9	3	7	9	2	4	4	7	36
6	3674	F10	Spinnaker Club	Nigel Wakefield	Emily Sanderson	1	10	10	5	4	13	9	5	44
7	2937	Smutty	West Kirby SC	Chris Kameen	Betty Neeve	15	5	2	1	5	16	10	12	50
8	3690	Waynetta	Royal Lymington YC	Ian Sanderson	Ruth Verrier Jones	12	8	12	15	7	2	20	4	60
9	2587	Chi Chi Chi	Wessex Exiles	Mark Tait	Sally Wakefield	25	17	21	6	6	8	2	11	71
10	2144	Ma-hon	IPYC, RLYC, TC	Ben Vines	Jenny Vines	4	12	8	10	10	23	14	20	78
11	3628	Red Baron	West Kirby SC	David Cheshire	Emma Pettitt	5	14	9	14	13	7	19	17	79
12	2502	Cyclone	Restronguet SC	Peter Langdon	Dawn Langdon	14	13	36	18	15	12	5	10	87
13	2539	Dillon	Llangorse SC	Guy Davidson	Anna Willard	11	15	14	16	12	6	13	53	87
14	3607		Bough Beech	Tom Hebbitt	Suzie Short	18	11	11	3	19	33	22	9	93
15	888	Desperado	Waldringfield	Dave Chisholm	Kerry Ryan	41	27	16	11	8	14	28	6	110
16	2803	Grendel	Imperial Poona YC	Edward Smith	Natasha Hughes	6	1	4	8	53	9	31	53	112
17	3434	Cow	West Kirby SC	Paul Kameen	Georgie Corlett	16	20	25	13	17	19	33	14	124
18	1979	Winter of Discontent	Thames SC	Rob Cage	Georgina Cage	7	9	28	24	53	18	17	25	128
19	3810	Lila Lives On	West Kirby SC	Julia Cornah	Jennifer Corkhill	27	16	18	26	14	34	8	24	133
20	3125	Puree	Spinnaker SC	Amy Morris	Gilly Ansell	20	23	30	40	27	10	16	15	141
21	2319	Gigi	Burfield	Eleanor Martin	Alison Martin	13	38	27	20	34	22	15	19	150
22	3072	Squeaky	London Corinthian SC	Damian Boreham	Lucy Boreham	26	21	17	22	37	17	36	13	152
23	5		West Kirby SC	Andrew Cornah	Rob Miller	35	31	13	17	21	35	23	21	161
24	1446	Swift	London Corinthian SC	Rosie Brown	Giles Bradford	17	18	43	31	25	29	12	31	163
25	2523		Datchet	Ian Martin	Stella Brown	24	19	26	44	20	21	25	34	169
26	2065	Bonkers	Deben YC	Richard Thompson	Sue Johnson	32	22	29	34	22	20	24	22	171
27	3713	Arjosaurus	West Kirby SC	Simon Reynolds Jones	Kate Merritt	19	25	20	28	18	31	34	32	173
28	3610	Tiffany	Deben YC	David Thompson	Frances Davidson	31	28	32	30	23	24	18	23	177
29	3645		West Kirby SC	Andrew Bryson	Wendy Carlin	30	24	24	27	16	53	53	18	192
30	3415	Lurcher	Great Moor	Mat Johnson	Chris Johnson	34	49	23	36	31	40	7	30	201
31	69		West Kirby SC	Laura Smith	Emily Healey, Ally Pharoh	22	32	37	23	43	41	21	28	204
32	3671	Purple Doris	West Kirby SC	Marian Armstrong	Adam Whittle	33	26	15	35	26	45	32	44	211
33	2631	Werrr	Spinnaker Club	Jane Hudson	Jenny Heeley	38	43	34	39	24	25	35	16	211.1
34	3615	Skirmish	Spinnaker Club	Christian Guy	Jay Brookes	40	29	19	37	36	26	43	26	213
35	3		Southampton University	Matt Radmore	Joanne Bailey	23	30	38	19	30	53	53	27	220
36	3113	Lollypop	Deben YC	Mike Arnold	Katie Arnold	39	35	31	33	53	27	30	29	224
37	3802		Deben YC	Henry Arnold	Rachel Crebbin	28	48	22	21	42	28	38	53	227
38	3609	Shocker	West Kirby SC	Patrick Armstrong	Oliver Owen	43	36	33	32	38	32	26	37	234
39	2282	Border Reiver	Rickmansworth SC	Will Mason	Catherine Ellis	21	44	42	29	29	38	40	42	241
40	2658	Plug	Rickmansworth SC	Amy Stamp	Helen Stamp	47	41	46	51	41	15	27	35	252
41	3616	Top Dolly	Upper Thames	Jonathan Bicford	Josephine Mason	45	42	44	41	32	30	29	36	254
42	3751	Racing Dee Man	West Kirby SC	Gregory Moore	Ursula Moore	36	37	39	48	33	37	37	41	260
43	F	FMRSL	University of London	Anneka Smith	Verity Birch	44	46	40	25	35	53	53	33	276
44	3758		Burfield	Mathew Dry	Rosie White	50	50	47	46	28	36	44	39	290
45	3812	Gingivitis	West Kirby SC	David Milledge	Lee Taylor	42	40	41	45	39	44	39	45	290.1
46	3600	Scrubber	Chipstead SC	Neil Banks	Jenny Banks	29	34	35	42	46	53	53	53	292
47	3131	Framboise	Deben YC	Tom Sherwen	Mike Sherwen	37	39	49	50	47	42	41	38	293
48	3809	Sound Chief	West Kirby SC	Andy Rowland	Jim Bramley	51	45	50	43	40	39	42	43	302
49	3818	Tinkerbell	Stokes Bay SC	Luke Thompson	Lucinda Buckley	46	33	48	53	53	53	53	40	326
50	12	3644 Lube	Bartley Green SC	Ruth Romer	Hermione Turner	48	51	51	47	44	43	45	53	329
51	3563		Burfield	Wil Helmsley	Elsie Cameron	49	47	45	38	45	53	53	53	330
52	18	Flare	Thames SC	Patrick Rayner	Daisy Rayner	52	52	52	49	53	53	53	53	364

Veterans Trophy (o40), 2502, Cyclone, (Restronguet SC)
Deben Ladies Trophy, 3810, Lila Lives On, (West Kirby SC)
Uffa Fox Memorial Trophy (u18), 3610, Tiffany, (Deben YC)