International Moth Winter Series
by Gareth Davies 12 Feb 2012 17:41 GMT
Tiger Trophy at Rutland © Martin Hollingshead
Congratulations to Ricky Tagg who became the winner of the second Moth Winter Series. The Moth Winter Series final event finished last week with the Tiger Trophy held at Rutland Sailing Club. Saturday, saw Ricky Tagg win two of the three races with a very credible 11th in the other. Unfortunately over night the snow arrived with very little wind and the temperature on the water dropped to -5c. This ended the Moths bid to be the overall winners of the Tiger Trophy.
Once again, the winter series attracted 30 different Moth helms from many parts of the country who all braved the winter weather at some stage to take part. Last years winner Mike Cooke, featured again this year and ended up 5th overall in his new Ninja design after only competing in three of the five events. It was also great to see that there were three different overall winners of the five events with Jason Belben and Ricky Tagg winning two events each. In the top ten there were three different makes of Moths with Ninja's, Mach 2 and a Bladerider in the top ten.
Moth Winter Series Results: (top ten)
1. Ricky Tagg
2. Mike Lennon
3. Jason Belben
4. Mike Cooke
5. Neil Baker
6. Simon Hiscocks
7. Tom Offer
8. Richard Westbury
9. Doug Pybus
10. Oliver Vidal
I am pleased to welcome Simon Hiscocks who has joined the fleet and with the World Championship being held in Hayling Island in 2014 I'm sure that the already star studded fleet will continue to grow as we run up to the event.
Don't forget that the Moths will once again be at Alexandra Palace for the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show on 3 & 4 March. If you're thinking about getting into moth sailing then pop over for a chat, there are boats to suit all budgets and our fleet contain both male and female sailors.