Wildwind Rooster Laser Midland Grand Prix at Staunton Harold Sailing Club

by Ann Nugent 13 Oct 2016 12:59 BST 9 October 2016

There was an excellent turnout for this, the final event of the Wildwind Rooster Laser Midland Grand Prix Circuit at SHSC with 35 entrants from the home club and 11 travellers.

The racing began in glorious sunshine although the wind was a cool, light to moderate northerly, enough to provide good racing for the fleet. The first race saw Richard Mason from NCSC winning from Matt Lathoud and John Blundell from the home fleet – and there was good competition right down the order.

The second race saw the wind drop slightly and some start line shenanigans with a recall, a black flag and 3 disqualifications. The fleet was clear away on the third attempt and close racing saw John Ling (Bartley SC) winning from Corey Newton SHSC and Richard Mason.

For the final race the wind faded away to the lightest of breezes and the fleet made a stately procession round the course – John Ling again taking line honours from Andy Allen (Trimpley SC) and Paul Williamson (SHSC). At the final reckoning John Ling took the event and was the overall winner of the Laser Midland Grand Prix series. SHSC sailors showed the depth of talent in the club by providing six of the top 10 places.

Thanks to all those who helped – the Comet and Solo fleets for providing excellent food and the race team led by Tim Gray for providing good, competitive courses.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	211009	John King	Bartley SC	‑6	1	1	2
2nd	1	Richard Mason	NCSC	1	3	(DNF)	4
3rd	30595	Andy Allan	Trimpley SC	‑14	4	2	6
4th	190900	Matt Lathoud	SHSC	2	‑9	6	8
5th	207732	Paul Williamson	SHSC	‑5	5	3	8
6th	178470	John Blundell	SHSC	3	7	‑9	10
7th	138412	Sam Jones	SHSC	4	(DSQ)	8	12
8th	201645	James Dalby	Trent Valley SC	9	(DSQ)	4	13
9th	186038	Simon Foskett	SHSC	8	‑15	5	13
10th	189316	Alastair Lucas	SHSC	‑7	6	7	13
11th	186696	Corey Newton	SHSC	‑12	2	12	14
12th	208674	Neil Crosby	Bowmoor SC	10	11	‑18	21
13th	147812	Dee Fleming	SHSC	13	‑14	10	23
14th	166621	Terry Forbes	SHSC	11	12	‑13	23
15th	186067	Alexander Horner	Midland SC	‑16	13	11	24
16th	210617	Jeremy Higson	Bartley SC	15	10	(DNC)	25
17th	198155	Steve Taylor	Chelmarsh	18	8	‑20	26
18th	202145	Richard Barnett	SHSC	‑23	19	14	33
19th	202293	Paul Powell	Trimpley	‑24	18	16	34
20th	202296	Mike Jones	SHSC	17	17	‑19	34
21st	157402	Rob Watson	SHSC	19	‑22	17	36
22nd	164546	Ian Davies	Trimpley	‑25	24	15	39
23rd	168859	Michael Papp	SHSC	21	20	‑26	41
24th	187484	Tom Allen	SHSC	20	‑32	25	45
25th	206880	Tom Plant	SHSC	22	23	(DNC)	45
26th	200906	Russ Coggrave	SHSC	30	16	(DNF)	46
27th	180309	Ian Moore	SHSC	26	‑30	22	48
28th	6 X	Ethan Lowing	SHSC	‑35	28	21	49
29th	91385	Charles Saunders	SHSC	‑33	25	24	49
30th	157505	Howard Rutter	SHSC	28	‑31	23	51
31st	180930	Phil Hardcastle	SHSC	34	21	(DNF)	55
32nd	179547	Nathan Smith	SHSC	27	(DSQ)	28	55
33rd	160686	Nick Cawthorne	SHSC	‑32	26	30	56
34th	138473	Becky Priest	SHSC	‑29	29	27	56
35th	164810	Cora Kenmuir‑Hogg	SHSC	31	27	‑33	58
36th	201354	Phil Deeley	Midland SC	‑38	33	31	64
37th	200043	Des Luxton	SHSC	‑41	41	29	70
38th	167608	Louise Craig	SHSC	‑40	36	34	70
39th	202145	Jenny Batson	SHSC	‑36	35	35	70
40th	88696	Pete Ramwell	SHSC	37	34	(DNC)	71
41st	178432	Rod Raffell	SHSC	(DNF)	42	32	74
42nd	176775	Matthew Beardshaw	SHSC	‑44	39	36	75
43rd	193453	Stuart Mansfield	SHSC	39	37	(DNC)	76
44th	198602	Chris Brown	SHSC	‑41	40	37	77
45th	158424	Poppy Smith	SHSC	43	38	(DNF)	81
46th	5566	Dave Beighton	SHSC	45	43	(DNC)	88