Rooster Solo Midland Series 2015
by Nigel Davies 5 Nov 2015 12:58 GMT
5 November 2015
2015 Rooster Midland Series © Nigel Davies
That's it for another year, the 2015 Rooster Midland Series has finished. Well done to Stuart Hydon for winning and well done all who qualified.
We have had a good year with some good winds and well run Opens. I'm please to report that we saw an increase in the numbers attending our open meetings and a big increase in the number who qualified.
Stuart Hydon won the series with a very impressive display of small lake sailing; I believe he is the best small lake sailor in the country, well done Stuart. The first person over 60, Grandmaster was won by Keith Lancaster. Team prize went to Draycote Water.
The final series results were (18 qualified);
Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Stuart Hydon | Shustoke |
| 2nd | Chris Brown | Draycote |
| 3rd | Ian Ingram | Earlswood Lakes |
| 4th | Nigel Davies | Draycote |
| 5th | Kev Hall | Northampton |
| 6th | Keith Lancaster | Hollowell |
| 7th | Kevin Andrews | Notts County |
| 8th | Brian Fisher | Notts County |
| 9th | Kevin Hopkins | Midland |
| 10th | Ian Hopwood | Leigh and Lowton |
| 11th | Tony Hanan | Chelmarsh |
| 12th | Jonathon Woodward | South Staffs |
| 13th | Graham Wilson | Northampton |
| 14th | Tim Gray | Staunton Harold |
| 15th | Nigel Pybus | Draycote Water |
| 16th | Clive Gimson | Notts County |
| 17th | Dave Day | Redditch |
| 18th | Peter Warne | Northampton |
All the qualifiers have received a £20 Rooster voucher to spend.
A very big thank you to Dave at Rooster for supporting the region and creating the e-vouchers for us. Rooster not only support the Midland region by providing prizes but also give us sailing advice, currently there is an interesting blog on the EOS at Oxford by Steve and advice on Buoyancy aids, all well worth a read and can be found on their new web site at www.roostersailing.com. Their support really enhanced the series, I very much hope we can work together next year and build on what we started in 2015.
In addition to the vouchers the Solo Class has brought prizes of Beer and Wine. These will go to the first 5 and there is a small team prize. Those who attended the EOS have received their prize for those not there I will try and hand them out at the start of the 2016 season.
The average attendance per Open this year was 22.5, compared to 13.8 last year. 290 people attended our opens this year, which was the highest number since 2010. I'd like to thank the fleet Captains for organizing the meetings and a big thank you to the sailors for turning up. A special thanks goes to Notts County and Northampton for the number of people they sent to opens this year.
The Midland events and information are posted on the Solo website and on the Facebook group 'Solo Midland Area', so please take a look and come and join us next year, we are in the middle of the country so none of you have far to travel!