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Solo Open at Staunton Harold Sailing Club

by Nick Threadgill 26 Oct 2012 07:45 BST 20 October 2012

Staunton Harold Sailing Club's first Solo open meeting for many years took place on Saturday 20th October. A Solo fleet was re-established at the club a year ago and is now thriving.

The forecast for the day was for very light winds; however, sailors arriving at the club were greeted by sunshine and a steady force 2-3 breeze which fortunately held through most of the day.

Eight Staunton Harold sailors were joined by seventeen visitors giving a fantastic turnout of twenty five boats. Sailors from the Midlands circuit came together with a number of visitors from the North to contest the event which formed the final round of the 2012 Midlands Travellers Series.

The wind direction blowing down the reservoir allowed the OOD Simon Kelsall to set courses with a good first beat, with some variation in the courses for the three races.

Michael Simms (5302) from Carsington SC won the first race in the morning, followed home by David Mitchell (5310) in second and Chris Gillard (5312) in third. The second and third races were held back to back after lunch. The second race was also won by Michael Simms, this time with Pete Mitchell (5363) in second and Chris Brown (551) in third. Michael Simms was pushed down to second place in the third race with the win going to Steve Dennison (5263) from Hollingworth Lake SC, Andy Friar (5111) was third.

With two fantastic wins, the overall winner of the 2012 Staunton Harold SC Solo Open was Michael Simms.

Overall Results: (top ten)

PosSail NoHelmClub
1st5302Michael SimmsCarsington SC
2nd5263Steve Dennison Hollingworth Lake SC
3rd5363Pete MitchellHayling Island SC
4th5111Andy FriarRudyard Lake SC
5th551Chris BrownRYA
6th4727Javier PortoStaunton Harold SC
7th5149John BlundellChester SC
8th5312Chris GillardSheffield Viking SC
9th5310David MitchellHayling Island SC
10th5246Nigel PepperdineStaunton Harold SC

The SHSC Solo Fleet Captain Nick Threadgill thanked all those who had come to the event, the OOD Simon Kelsall and his race team and the galley team who provided excellent hot breakfasts and lunches, and presented prizes to the top three competitors and to Javier Porto who was the first Staunton Harold boat in a creditable sixth place and to Brian Fisher who was the first with a boat number less than 4000.

Overall the event was a great success and we're now looking forward to next year's SHSC Solo open on 19th October 2013.

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