Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week 2014

by Crewsaver 1 Aug 2014 11:26 BST 20-26 July 2014

It promised to be bigger and better and, with 273 entries across 51 fleets, the largest entry seen since 2007, the Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week 2014 was certainly an event not to be missed.

The extremely warm weather enabled the competitors to top up their sun tans! This did however result in light winds all week. This did not dampen the sailors' spirits with hot sun, sea & sand there was still plenty of fun to be had.

The social program was headlined by Dinghy Week's favourite band Elephant Juice, who played not once but twice in the week much to the enjoyment of all who came along and danced the night away.

This year saw the successful introduction of a smaller course with committee boat starts for the Topper, Tera and Optimist fleets, resulting in the spectacular sight of 50 youth boats enjoying the competitive side to sailing.

Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week Organiser Andy Teague says 'I am amazed at the number of entries with competitors coming from as near as Pwllheli and as far as Dubai. I would like to thank everyone for making it such a great event.'

The event finished with a successful prize giving. Lots of sailors were lucky enough to win fantastic products from the brand new Crewsaver Phase2 Dinghy Range.

Hannah Burywood, Marketing Coordinator for Crewsaver comments 'Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week is an extremely well organised, enjoyable event that every dinghy sailor should have noted in their calendar.'

With this in mind jot the 2015 date in your calendar: Registration, 25th July 2015 Sailing, 26th – 31st July 2015.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Club
Standard Laser
1st	Craig Williamson	Staunton Harold SC
2nd	Cameron Smith	Chelmarsh SC
3rd	Ben Ditchburn	Dudworth SC
Solo
1st	Chris Gillard	Sheffield Viking SC
2nd	Paul Heath	Leigh and Lowton SC
3rd	Oliver Whitehead	Hollingworth Lake SC
Laser Radials
1st	Paul Williamson	Staunton Harold SC
2nd	Penny Downes	SCYC
3rd	Alexander Davies	Leigh and Lowton SC
Phantoms
1st	Philip Worth	Delph SC
2nd	Mike Tustin	Bowmoor SC
3rd	Mike Webster	Northampton SC
Optimist
1st	Matthew Ingram	Holyhead SC
2nd	Tyler Green	Port Dinorwic SC
3rd	Thomas Marsden	Holyhead SC
Topper
1st	Oliver Blackburn	Leigh and Lowton SC
2nd	Brandon Banner	Leigh and Lowton SC
3rd	James Wynn Edwards	Chester SC
Tera
1st	Alastair Joyce	Ogston SC
2nd	Dominic Baldwin	SCYC
3rd	William Shelly	SCYC

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club
RS 400
1st	Chris Pickles	Matt Sharman	Delph SC
2nd	Jon Heissig	Nicky Griffen	Llangorse SC
3rd	Paul Allen	Mike Allen	Leigh and Lowton SC
Fireball
1st	Paul Cullen	Gina Moidinis	Weirwood SC
2nd	Mo Turner	Jez White	Draycote Water SC
3rd	David Stanley		Chelmarsh SC
RS 200
1st	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Red Wharf Bay SC
2nd	Phil Smith	Niaomi Smith	Bassenthwaite SC
3rd	Mike Budd	Katie Budd	SCYC

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club	Boat Type
Single Handed Mixed
1st	Matt Jenkins		Sheffield Viking SC	RS 300
2nd	David Entwistle		Burghfield SC	Blaze
3rd	Stuart Bailey		Tewkesbury SC	D‑Zero
Junior/ Family Fleet
1st	Mike Bishop	Amy Cowlishaw	Sheffield Viking SC	Mirror
2nd	Alex Colquit	James Colquit	West Kirby SC	Cadet
3rd	Lucy Best	Sam Viney	Cardiff Bay SC	RS Feva
Asymmetric Class
1st	Jonny Harris	Alex Harris	SCYC	Cherub
2nd	Alex Knight		Castle Cove SC	Musto Skiff
3rd	Nick Orman		Castle Cove SC	D‑One
Slow Mixed Dinghies
1st	Tim Lawrence	Charlotte Lawrence	SCYC	Lark
2nd	Jemma Viney	Iago Davies	Cardiff Bay SC	420
3rd	Alan Johnson	Paula Fisher	SCYC	Enterprise
Fast Mixed Dinghies
1st	Steve Hunt	Ruth Critchley	Pilks/Bass SC	Merlin Rocket
2nd	Lizzie Hendon	Steven Hendon	Blithfield SC	Merlin Rocket
3rd	Mike Banner	Kay Banner	Leigh and Lowton SC	Albacore

Crewsaver Team Challenge Trophy:
1st Delph SC
2nd Chelmarsh SC
3rd Staunton Harold SC

Club with the most entries:
Leigh and Lowton SC

A full set of results can be found at www.scyc.co.uk.