420 Autumn Championship at Poole Yacht Club
by Joe Burns & Matt Shorrock 1 Oct 2014 12:37 BST
27-28 September 2014

420 Autumn Championship at Poole © Sue Kalderon
Despite the 420 fleet being greeted by a weekend of light and shifty conditions, PRO Colin Rainback did a great job to get seven races away for the 37 boats entered into the 420 Autumn Championships.
Race 1 saw Sarah Norbury and Mari Davies establish a large lead, leaving the rest of the pack to race amongst themselves.
After an out of character mid fleet finish in race 1, Inland Champions Martin Wrigley and Marcus Tressler resumed service with two bullets in the following races. However after a 2,2,3, Jenny Smallwood and Dani Thomas led the event overnight.
Day 2 saw further testing conditions, with spotting the pressure and accompanying shifts and avoiding the holes being the order of the day.
The tricky conditions meant almost everyone had a turn at the front, with 4 different race winners - Joe Burns and Matt Shorrock; Issy Davies and Gemma Keers; Sarah Jarman and Emily Walters and Jenny Cropley and Emma Baker.
Perhaps it was the old heads or perhaps just momentum, but the big lads managed to defy the odds and put together the most consistent series to come out on top, with Jenny Smallwood and Dani Thomas in second place and first girls.
Thank you to Poole YC to putting on a great event, to Tom Mapplebeck and Tim Rush fro supporting the sailors on the water, and to our sponsors, Curradinghy.
Overall Results:
Pos | Sail No | Helm & Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
1st | 53378 | Joe BURNS Matt SHORROCK | Spinnaker SC/RYA | 5 | ‑19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
2nd | 55015 | Jenny SMALLWOOD Danielle THOMAS | Datchet Water SC/RLYC | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ‑13 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
3rd | 55107 | Martin WRIGLEY Marcus TRESSLER | RYA/Rutland SC | ‑22 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 |
4th | 54849 | Sarah NORBURY Mari DAVIES | South Staffordshire SC/Pwllheli SC | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ‑16 | 13 | 32 |
5th | 54415 | Robbie KING Alex KING | Warsash SC / Rlyc/Warsash SC / Rlyc | 4 | 3 | ‑21 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 47 |
6th | 54848 | Isabel DAVIES Gemma KEERS | Itchenor/Itchenor | 7 | 5 | ‑20 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 55 |
7th | 54464 | Ross THOMPSON Ben SHORROCK | FPSC/FPSC | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | ‑25 | 13 | 9 | 57 |
8th | 53645 | Max MOYLES William BIRCH‑TOMLINSON | RLYC/RLYC | 18 | ‑21 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 62 |
9th | 54006 | Rhiannon FLACK Kirsten GLEN | Hill Head/Parkstone YC | ‑27 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 64 |
10th | 52069 | Alex PLATT Ryan ORR | Restronguet SC & Rcyc/Restronguet SC & R | 9 | 13 | 6 | 24 | ‑33 | 11 | 2 | 65 |
11th | 54983 | Jenny CROPLEY Emma BAKER | RLymYC/RLymYC | ‑24 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 71 |
12th | 52626 | Sarah JARMAN Emily WALTERS | RLymYC/RLymYC | 14 | 17 | 16 | ‑18 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 75 |
13th | 55104 | Fenella BENNETT Emily GENT | RLymYC/RLymYC | ‑35 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 78 |
14th | 55242 | Max CLAPP Ross BANHAM | BVSC/Royal Southern YC | 6 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 21 | ‑23 | 80 |
15th | 53958 | Annabel VOSE Charlotte ASHWORTH | Royal Southern/Alton Waters | 15 | ‑20 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 83 |
16th | 54164 | Hatty MORSLEY Pippa CROPLEY | Portdinorwic/Portdinorwic | 11 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 12 | ‑31 | 88 |
17th | 55244 | Katie DAVIES Grace SUMMERS | Itchenor/Emsworth | 17 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 2 | ‑27 | 94 |
18th | 54124 | Jemma VINEY Matilda MATTHEWS | Cardiff Bay Yc/Cardiff Bay Yc | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 34 | (BFD) | 94 |
19th | 54852 | Joanna KALDERON Midge WATKINS | Itchenor SC/Poole YC | 25 | 7 | 24 | ‑29 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 96 |
20th | 54853 | Milly PUGH Amy SPARKS | Poole/Poole Yc | 13 | 15 | 10 | ‑25 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 103 |
21st | 54947 | James CLEMETSON Sam SMITH | TBSC/Staunton Harold | 36 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 8 | (DSQ) | 19 | 111 |
22nd | 53959 | Rebecca STEPHENS Niamh ONEILL | Penzance/Penzance | 20 | 10 | 19 | ‑35 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 113 |
23rd | 52627 | Dan ATHERTON Matthew VINEY | RLymYC / Gurnard SC/RLymYC / Gurnard SC | 8 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 30 | (BFD) | BFD | 114 |
24th | 54482 | Esther FENTON‑JONES Tabitha PEEL | HISC/HISC | 16 | ‑34 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 116 |
25th | 52480 | Alex SMALLWOOD James SCOTT | Datchet Water Sc/Datchet Sc | 21 | 22 | ‑32 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 125 |
26th | 53983 | Alexander HUGHES Tom SMITH | Sutton SC/Sutton SC | 12 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 19 | (DNC) | 126 |
27th | 55169 | Arran HOLMAN Alessandro FOGLIA | Hollowell/Hollowell | (OCS) | 27 | DSQ | 7 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 134 |
28th | 52395 | Katie KINVER Ben HAZELDINE | Exeter SC/Frensham Pond SC | 30 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 32 | (BFD) | 135 |
29th | 54583 | Georgia BOOTH Josie GUMMER | Scaling DAM/Scaling DAM | 19 | 33 | ‑35 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 142 |
30th | 54839 | Lucy TERKELSEN Esme JONES | Stone SC/RTYC | 23 | 30 | 11 | 26 | ‑34 | 31 | 25 | 146 |
31st | 54487 | Anna STOATE Miles JONES | Poole YC/Poole YC | 31 | 29 | 22 | 27 | ‑36 | 26 | 17 | 152 |
32nd | 54081 | Rachel MAWER Rebecca COLES | Clyde CruisingC / Largs S Club9/Clyde Cr | 28 | ‑35 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 167 |
33rd | 53974 | Thomas WALLWORK Sam PLATT | Redesmere/Bolton | 29 | 24 | 30 | ‑34 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 176 |
34th | 52067 | Nick DEVEREUX Daniel BURNS | Budworth SC/Spinnaker SC | 32 | 32 | 29 | ‑33 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 176 |
35th | 54068 | Douglas BRIERLEY Lilly SUMMERS | Orient Y Club
NEW York/Emsworth SC | 33 | 31 | 31 | ‑36 | 32 | 33 | 26 | 186 |
36th | 54510 | Iago DAVIES Patrick JEFFERIES | Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli/Clwb Hwylio Pwllhel | 26 | ‑36 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 32 | 189 |
37th | 54058 | Freddie Cranfield Emma MCCLUSKEY | Hollowell/Leigh & Lowton Sc | 34 | ‑37 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 29 | 206 |

