Enterprise Inland Championships at Northampton Sailing Club

by Barry Moss 28 Apr 2010 12:06 BST 24-25 April 2010

50 teams for the Enterprise Inlands at Northampton © Anthony York / www.chunkypics.co.uk

Warm sunshine and a gentle Force 2-3 South Westerly greeted the fifty strong fleet for start of the Inland Championship. Sailors had travelled from the extremes of the UK. Looe in Cornwall with seven boats, two from Scotland with further boats from Essex and Tynemouth.

Race 1

After the customary General Recall the OD responded with a Black flag and the fleet got away at the second attempt. Gareth Shaw and Verity Pope from Looe SC lead round the Windward mark with ex champions Tim Sadler and Rich Sault from Yorkshire Dales SC and Ges Brown and Julie Moore from Chester SC following. Shaw/Pope dropped back and the lead was interchanged between Brown/Moore and Sadler/Sault until caught by Alan Johnson crewed by Hannah Sadler (Tim Sadlers daughter), from South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club. Johnson/Sadler won from Sadler/ Sault and Brown/Moore.

Race 2

Starting with the Black flag caught out 6 boats at the first start including Brown/Moore and one of the title contenders Tony Woods. Away the second time the fleet headed to the same windward mark against the Dam wall and Sadler/Sault lead from Paul Hobson crewed by Alicia Bennett from Herne Bay SC and Ann Jackson crewed by Alan Skeens from Burghfield SC. The three leaders quickly established a gap on the fleet with Sadler/Sault leading and behind Hobson/Bennett Jackson/Skeens having a close race. On the last beat Jackson/Skeens went left and passed Hobson/Bennett to claim second with Johnson/Sadler again pulling through from well down the fleet to claim 4th.

Race 3

Yet more new faces at the front with renowned Thames Valley Castaways sailor Dave Beaney crewed by son Alex leading at the Dam pursued by Martin Weatherstone crewed by Karen Jewkes with Paul and George Graham from Burwain SC in third. The Beaney duo held their lead to the finish with Tony Woods crewed by Charlie Berry from Etherow SC 2nd Johnson/Sadler 3rd and Sadler/Sault 4th. The Grahams dropped back to 11th and Weatherstone/Keh held on for 6th.

Overnight leaders then were Johnson/Sadler and Sadler/Sault one point apart. A superb meal was served by the Northampton Galley in the evening. Enterprises will be back!

Race 4

With a 10am start scheduled the conditions did not look promising with a grey sky and no breeze at all. However the fleet were ordered out at 10:15 to arrive at the Committee boat where the wind was duly switched on to Force 3 for the start! Similar beat to the dam wall but a longer leg downwind gave a longer beat the length of Pitsford during the race.

Phil and Sarah Kirk from Frampton SC rounded the windward mark in the lead followed by Nick and Rachel Jackson from Burghfield SC and Phil Bevan with daughter Laura from Grafham Water SC. The newly married Kirks held the lead throughout but the Bevans overtook the Jacksons to claim second and Johnson/Sadler again pulling through to 4th leaving Sadler/Sault down in 9th.

Race 5

The last race with the same long beat saw a Red boat at the front helmed by John Woodward and crewed by Siobhan Pearson from Bartley SC. Second round trying to drop Johnson/Sadler were Sadler/Sault and then the Kirks. Woodward/Pearson opened up a gap downwind and were never challenged. Johnson/Sadler clinched the Championship with second place and Sadler/Sault were close but fourth was not enough. Ali Morish crewed by Niki Birrell crowned a good championship adding third to two previous sixth places.

Alan Johnson claimed the Inland Championship from a 50 strong fleet with some superb sailing from mid fleet positions in the Vintage 30 year old Subsonic Whinkle.

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Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	19876	Alan Johnson	Hannah Sadler	SCYC	1	4	3	4	2	10
2	23127	Tim Sadler	Richard Sault	Yorkshire Dales SC	2	1	4	9	4	11
3	22439	Phil Bevan	Laura Bevan	Grafham Water SC	9	17	7	2	6	24
4	20234	David Beaney	Alex Beaney	Castaways	11	13	1	5	12	29
5	23194	Ges Brown	Julie Moore	Chester SC	3	51	8	13	7	31
6	22940	Paul Hobson	Alicia Bennett	Herne Bay SC	4	3	23	6	19	32
7	22933	Ann Jackson	Alan Skeens	Burghfield SC	8	2	19	8	17	35
8	23089	Jon Woodward	Siobhan Pearson	Bartley SC	17	8	30	10	1	36
9	23015	Nick Jackson	Rachel Jackson	Burghfield SC	10	11	13	3	14	37
10	23170	Al Fry	Medium Mac	King George SC	7	10	9	16	51	42
11	22270	Ali Morrish	Niki Birrell	Edinburgh Uni SC	6	6	32	28	3	43
12	23196	Tony Woods	Charlie Berry	Etherow SC	16	51	2	7	24	49
13	22975	Phil Kirk	Sarah Kirk	Frampton-on-Severn	12	51	32	1	5	50
14	23223	Steve Graham	Katie Dolling	Northampton SC	21	14	16	15	9	54
15	22536	Phil Snewin	Chris Blundell	Chester S&CC	20	7	20	11	18	56
16	22810	Martin Weatherstone	Karen Jewkes	Midland SC	18	51	6	17	20	61
17	22702	Jane Scutt	Nick Scutt	Middle Nene SC	24	5	21	12	25	62
18	20518	Nigel Pepperdine	Diana Pepperdine	Staunton Harold SC	19	18	18	14	13	63
19	10055	Gareth Shaw	Verity Pope	Looe SC	5	9	51	30	23	67
20	21483	Paul Graham	George Graham	Burwain SC	27	16	11	21	21	69
21	22911	Martin Bradley	Rachel Bradley	Ogston SC	14	29	31	20	8	71
22	22823	Mike Cossey	Christine Barron	Tamworth SC	22	21	5	24	28	72
23	22878	Graham Ellis	Nicolla Ellis	Royal Mersey YC	35	15	28	19	11	73
24	23094	Antony Cole	Andrew Holmes	Aldenham SC	37	26	15	26	10	77
25	22322	Keith Tyler	Katie Tyler	Hunts SC	31	22	12	22	26	82
26	23008	Barry Moss	Dennis Swain	Shustoke SC	13	51	25	34	16	88
27	23165	Karen Morris	Lisa Woods	Etherow SC	29	23	24	18	51	94
28	22112	Charles Morrish	Alison Robertson	St Mary's Loch SC	51	33	14	27	22	96
29	20673	Richard Critchley	Rob Lea	Pilkington SC	23	20	26	35	31	100
30	22901	Paul Young	Megan Ward	Midland SC	36	31	10	36	30	107
31	22659	David Jackman	Chris Jackman	Looe SC	28	12	33	37	51	110
32	22272	Charles Adams	Hannah Adams	West Lancs YC	51	24	51	23	14	112
33	23050	Tim Finch	Jackie Finch	Chester S&CC	15	34	33	33	51	115
34	21932	Ben Burrows	Oliver Burrows	West Oxfordshire SC	26	25	35	32	32	115
35	22320	Martin Davies	Laurence Davies	Rugby & Daventry SC	25	37	38	25	29	116
36	22315	Kevin Bilham	Scott Bilham	Ely SC	30	27	22	44	38	117
37	21513	Daniel Margetts	Emma Haines	Looe SC	51	35	39	29	27	130
38	20202	Tim Coleman	Joanne Coleman	Ripon SC	32	51	27	39	33	131
39	23141	Martin Barrett	Jennifer Cragg	Ripon SC	33	30	43	31	37	131
40	21852	Philip Harrison	Chris Winters	Midland SC	42	36	17	45	40	135
41	23248	Martin Bottomley	Ray Ball	Emberton Park SC	34	38	29	38	34	135
42	22894	Phil Wilson	Chris Bridge	Ogston SC	39	28	34	40	39	140
43	21605	Tim Jackman	Pete Greenwood	Looe SC	43	19	36	51	51	149
44	21820	Gerry Goodfellow	Robert Atkinson	Tynemouth SC	38	32	40	42	51	152
45	22912	Peter Dolling	Louise Dolling	Dabchicks SC	41	40	37	51	35	153
46	20018	Matthew Jaycock	Jack Spree	Looe SC	40	42	42	41	36	159
47	20816	Caragh Morrish	Lorry M Young	Tynemouth SC	46	39	41	43	41	164
48	22345	Paul Dunn	Sam Gossage	Looe SC	44	41	51	46	43	174
49	21344	Sarah Goddard	Naomi Bilton	Dovestone/Olton Mere SC	45	43	44	47	42	174
50	23224	Graham Kirkup	Rory Mackenzie	Hunts SC	51	51	51	51	51	204