Oxford Carriers Supernova Winter Championship at Bowmoor Sailing Club

by Ellen Clancy 5 Mar 10:27 GMT 23 February 2019

Supernova Winter Championship at Bowmoor © Chris Hawley

The 2019 season started is off to a strong start with the Oxford Carriers Supernova Winter Championship at Bowmoor Sailing Club on Saturday 23rd February. Despite the foggy start to the day 36 keen Supernova sailors travelled to Bowmoor to test what they had learnt over the winter.

Before racing was due to commence the thick fog had lifted and we had a beautiful sunny day which felt more like mid-summer than February.

Race 1: A port biased line created a scramble at the pin end, resulting in a general recall. At the second attempt Sansom won the pin and the boats that tack early onto port made the most gains in the light wind. Sansom held his lead throughout, with the chasing pack swapping positions as the small gusts and shifts came down the course. In the end Sansom took the win, from Milliner and then Biggs.

Supernova Winter Championship at Bowmoor - photo © Chris Hawley

The Race Officer took us in for an early lunch (which was great!) waiting for the breeze to fill in.

Race 2: A slightly more consistent but still light wind. Milliner and Biggs pulled away from the chasing pack in their own battle, while behind Gibson, Sansom and Workman battled for 3rd. Biggs showed slightly more upwind speed to creep into the lead at the final top mark, then held on to take the win form Milliner and Gibson.

Race 3: With three sailors on 4 points the last race was all to play for. As the wind shifted 90deg to the right it took a while to set the course, but at the start Sansom from the port end again pulled into a big left shift with Biggs, Gibson and Young to lead at the first mark. Sansom slowly pulled away, with Gibson, Young and Milliner fighting back. At the last mark the wind died and they all closed within a few meters. Milliner split from the pack and looked to be crossing Sansom for a last gasp win, but it wasn't to be. Sansom held on for the win and Winter Champs tittle, followed by Gibson, Young.

A huge thank you to our sponsors Oxford Carriers for supporting the event and providing some brilliant prizes as well as to the whole duty crew at Bowmoor for putting on a great championship in very tricky conditions.

Overall Results:

1st Lady Ellen Clancy
1st Silver Tom Chadfield (1st Veteran)
1st Bronze Stuart Hall

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Class	Fleet	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Charlie Sansom	1176			Bowmoor	1	‑3	1	2
2nd	Matt Biggs	1175			Blithfield	3	1	‑5	4
3rd	Cliff Milliner	1190	Gold		Cotswold	2	2	‑4	4
4th	Mike Gibson	1127	Gold	Master	Bartley	‑6	4	2	6
5th	Gavin Young	1192	Gold		Cotswold	5	‑6	3	8
6th	Alex Horlock	1060	Gold		Exe	4	‑20	8	12
7th	Garry Butterfield	1184	Gold	Master	Bartley	7	‑10	7	14
8th	Ray Workman	1217	Gold		Cotswold	10	5	‑13	15
9th	Tom Chadfield	1189	Silver	Veteran	Blithfield	‑17	7	9	16
10th	Mike Adams	552		Veteran	Bexhill	‑18	11	6	17
11th	Matt Williams	1169	Gold		Cotswold	9	8	‑18	17
12th	Ellen Clancy	1141	Silver		Cotswold	12	‑18	10	22
13th	Brian Smith	1069		Veteran	Bowmoor	8	17	‑23	25
14th	Andy Beardshaw	1210		Master	Redditch	11	14	‑17	25
15th	Chris Hobbs	1179		Master	Bowmoor	‑21	15	12	27
16th	Bob Horlock	1079	Silver	Veteran	Exe	14	13	‑19	27
17th	Alison Linnell	1019	Silver	Master	Hollowell	22	9	‑24	31
18th	Chris Williams	1201	Gold		Cotswold	‑20	16	15	31
19th	Richard Lambert	1166	Gold	Master	Borg Beech	13	22	‑25	35
20th	Robert Hills	1216	Bronze	Veteran	Cotswold	15	‑23	20	35
21st	John Walpole	1235	Silver	Veteran	Exe	‑26	26	11	37
22nd	Pete Bingham	1177	Silver	Veteran	Bowmoor	25	12	‑27	37
23rd	Steve Johnson	1203	Silver	Veteran	Cotswold	23	‑24	14	37
24th	Ian Casewell	1057	Silver	Veteran	Cotswold	19	‑28	21	40
25th	Gorden Tweedle	1135	Bronze	Veteran	Haversham	16	‑31	26	42
26th	Paul Underell	1160	Gold	Veteran	Cotswold	‑27	21	22	43
27th	Norman Carter	1008	Silver	Veteran	Hollowell	29	‑32	16	45
28th	Tom Baldwin	1134	Silver	Master	Carsington		19	32	51
29th	Stuart Hall	1237	Bronze	Master	Silver Wing	24	‑29	28	52
30th	Serena Stewardson	1083			Emberton Park	‑32	25	29	54
31st	Andy Gould	1137	Bronze	Veteran	Cotswold	28	27	‑30	55
32nd	Stuart Stephen	1167	Bronze	Veteran	Bartley	‑34	30	33	63
33rd	Ben Viggers	1085			Bowmoor	30	33	‑35	63
34th	David Stephen	1180	Bronze		Bartley	33	‑34	31	64
35th	Mark Hitchmough	561	Silver	Master	Bowmoor	31			68
36th	Ian White	707		Veteran	Emberton Park		35	34	69