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Bourne End Week at Upper Thames Sailing Club - Day 1

by Lesley Lemon 29 May 2005 08:07 BST
The Thames A Rater fleet on day one of Bourne End Week © Martin Collen

Day 1 of Bourne End Week started with 18-20 knots breeze from the south west. The gusty conditions gave competitors a challenging start to the week.

The largest fleet with 17 Merlins saw the closest racing with Simon Blake coming in as leader for the day. The day started with the Cadet Trophy, followed by Martin & Sarah Collen dominating the Wayfarer fleet with 2 bullets.

The OKs were led round by Terry Palmer, Commodore of UTSC, in both races and the Fireflys shared the glory between Rob Cage & Richard Bickford.

The gusty conditions were exceptionally challenging for the 12 Thames A Raters. Despite Martin Hunter, in Redline Sportscars, dominating the first race, Paul Browning, in CIC, took the silverware in the second race.

Results after day 1:

Merlins:
Simon Blake & Alex Jackson, Cookham Reach SC, 3 pts
Colin Bruckbank & liam Dempsey, Wembley, 3 pts
Phil Dalby & Liz Page, Trent Valley, 7 pts

Firefly:
Richard Bickford & crew, Upper Thames SC, 3 pts
Rob & Harriet Cage, Thames SC, 3 pts
Richard & Amber Munday, Thames SC, 10 pts

Wayfarers:
MP & Sarah Collen, Upper Thames SC, 2 pts
Peter & Beth Brewer, Upper Thames SC, 4 pts
Ray Scragg & Caroline Cooper, Upper Thames SC, 6 pts

OKs:
Terry Palmer, Upper Thames SC, 2 pts
Peter Walker, Upper Thames SC, 6 pts
Garth Thompson, Upper Thames SC, 6 pts

Thames A Rater:
Paul Browning/Graham Bartholomew/Justin Dunn, Thames SC, 3pts
Martin Hunter/Jeremy Kearns/Chris Downham Thames SC, 3pts
Miles Palmer et al, Thames SC, 6pts

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