Solo Open at Carsington Sailing Club
by John Webster 15 May 2016 21:59 BST
15 May 2016
Carsington Solo Open prize winners © John Webster
The first decision this morning was what to offer the Solo racers considering the weather forecast. With the forecast of the wind dying our PRO Henry Wright said 3 raced back to back hoping we could get three races in. A good call Henry.
32 Solos contested the difficult conditions, wind up/ down and big shifts. As usual the cream came to the top; Steve Denison winning with a 2/1, Ian Hopwood second with a 1/3. In the very difficult conditions positions changed and lots of hard luck stories.
A special well done to Carsington member Alistair Raynard 5037 finishing 5th overall. There were prizes for 1st Lady helm, 1st Septimus, 1st GM, 1st Vet.
A big thank you to all the visitors making a great day of it.
Special thanks to our Commodore Steve Blake presenting the prizes and daughter Rosie taking the pictures.
Not forgetting all the race team, thank you.
A great day was had by all.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 5658 | Steve Dennison | Hollingworth Lake | 2 | (RET) | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 5645 | Ian Hopwood | Nantwich | 1 | ‑7 | 3 | 4 |
| 3rd | 5637 | Oliver Davenport | Redesmere SC | ‑4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4th | 5642 | Nigel Davies | Draycote SC | 3 | (RET) | 4 | 7 |
| 5th | 5037 | Alistair Raynard | Carsington SC | ‑12 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 6th | 5491 | Michael Sims | Carsington SC | 6 | ‑13 | 5 | 11 |
| 7th | 5386 | Stephen Graham | Burwain SC | 5 | (RET) | 7 | 12 |
| 8th | 5321 | Thomas Hooton | RYA | 8 | 5 | ‑25 | 13 |
| 9th | 5408 | Tony King | Bassenthwaite | 10 | 4 | ‑12 | 14 |
| 10th | 5577 | Kevin Andrews | Notts County SC | ‑17 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 11th | 5524 | Kev Hall | Northampton | 7 | 9 | ‑14 | 16 |
| 12th | 5595 | Andrew Fox | Leigh & Lowton | 14 | 3 | ‑21 | 17 |
| 13th | 5564 | Graham Wilson | Northampton | 11 | ‑17 | 6 | 17 |
| 14th | 4673 | Malcolm Hall | Carsington SC | 9 | ‑19 | 9 | 18 |
| 15th | 5655 | John Webster | Carsington SC | 15 | 8 | ‑16 | 23 |
| 16th | 5644 | Geoff Holden | Northampton | 13 | 10 | ‑23 | 23 |
| 17th | 5511 | Paul McHenry | Notts County SC | 16 | 11 | ‑18 | 27 |
| 18th | 4409 | Jeremy Lane | Carsington SC | ‑18 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 19th | 4882 | Brian Fisher | Notts County SC | (DNC) | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 20th | 4848 | Adrian Coates | Carsington SC | 19 | 12 | (DNC) | 31 |
| 21st | 5143 | Jack Hayhurst | Carsington SC | ‑24 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 22nd | 5650 | Phil Kilburn | Notts County SC | 20 | 16 | ‑26 | 36 |
| 23rd | 5480 | Gavin Vaugan | Carsington SC | ‑25 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 24th | 4902 | Stephanie Gunn | Notts County SC | 23 | ‑24 | 17 | 40 |
| 25th | 5388 | Steve Barnett | Carsington SC | 22 | ‑23 | 19 | 41 |
| 26th | 4254 | Rob Burdekin | Carsington SC | ‑27 | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| 27th | 4985 | Kim Cant | Leigh & Lowton | 26 | ‑27 | 22 | 48 |
| 28th | 5003 | Paul Bottomley | South Staffs | 29 | 20 | ‑30 | 49 |
| 29th | 5075 | Ian Jenkinson | Carsington SC | ‑31 | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| 30th | 5221 | Chris Birch | Carsington SC | 21 | (DNF) | DNC | 54 |
| 31st | 4764 | Keith Appleby | Carsington SC | 28 | 26 | ‑29 | 54 |
| 32nd | 5355 | Roger Doyle | Carsington SC | ‑30 | 28 | 28 | 56 |
