Staunton wins Tripartite Cup

by Ann Nugent 28 May 2019 11:18 BST 26 May 2019

Staunton's Graham Newton/ Mark Stevens (Fireball) during the Tripartite Cup 2019 © David Bell

Burton SC's Tim Bird & Tom Hooton (505) during the Tripartite Cup 2019 © David Bell

Wow, what a great day for sailing at Sunday's Interclub Event - 26th May. The Interclub is an annual event where sailors from Midlands Clubs; Staunton Harold SC, Burton SC and Swarkeston SC to get together and spend a day racing.

The honour of the Tripartite Cup is up for grabs with the scores from the top few boats from each club counting.

Great participation from all three clubs

This year saw some of the highest participation in the last few years - 8 boats from Burton Sailing Club, 6 boats from Swarkestone Sailing Club, 17 from Staunton and 20 different classes represented.

And the winners...

Staunton took the top spot with Grahame Newton/ Mark Stevens (Fireball) coming in first overall with two firsts to count. Burton Sailing Club's Tim Bird/ Tom Hooton (505)and Neil Rabbits (Laser) came second and third respectively. First junior was James, expertly crewing for Dad, Brett Cokayne.

Wind, rain and sun

Finally after weekends in the doldrums, Sunday heralded some great conditions for racing. Conditions weren't easy with the wind going from full on to a complete lull, pouring rain to lots of sunshine, and for the sailors fantastic hiking and some unplanned swimming! This has to have been one of the most hotly contested Interclub events in a long time, with keen competitive racing up and down the fleet. Thank you to Rob Watson for stepping in and setting some superb races - also to his team both on and off the water. And of course a big thank you to everyone who took part - travellers and home boats alike.

2020

Here's to the next Interclub when Swarkestone SC will be hosting the event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Rating	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Fireball	15118	952	Grahame Newton	Mark Stevens	SHSC	1	1	‑4	2
2nd	505	8914	903	Tim Bird	Tom Hooton	Burton SC	2	2	‑8	4
3rd	Laser	161749	1099	N Rabbitts		Burton SC	‑9	4	1	5
4th	Laser	210230	1099	John Blundell		SHSC	(RAF)	3	2	5
5th	2000	21425	1112	Brett Cokayne	James Cokayne	SHSC	3	‑8	5	8
6th	Devoti D‑Zero	150	1029	A Spencer		Burton SC	4	‑20	7	11
7th	Laser Radial	203181	1145	Nathan Smith		SHSC	6	5	‑9	11
8th	Supernova	627	1077	S Hirst		Swarkestone SC	13	‑19	3	16
9th	GP14	13949	1130	Peter Nugent	Charles Saunders	SHSC	5	11	‑13	16
10th	Streaker	1783	1128	Alan Bennett		SHSC	‑23	12	6	18
11th	Miracle	3824	1194	Tim Gray	Amy Nugent	SHSC	‑11	9	11	20
12th	Laser Radial	174537	1145	Carl Weighill		Swarkestone SC	15	6	(OCS)	21
13th	Wayfarer	11183	1102	Mike Weighill	Carl Martin	Swarkestone SC	8	13	‑24	21
14th	Wayfarer	11282	1102	N O'Donnell	B O'Donnell	Swarkestone SC	7	15	(OCS)	22
15th	Laser	135448	1099	Carl Avery		Burton SC	10	‑22	12	22
16th	Laser Radial	149743	1145	Mike Pain		Burton SC	‑16	10	14	24
17th	Laser Radial	168859	1145	Mick Papp		SHSC	(DNF)	18	10	28
18th	Comet	563	1207	Chris Blundell		SHSC	22	7	(DNC)	29
19th	Laser	147659	1099	Grahame Smith		SHSC	12	‑23	19	31
20th	Laser Radial	67023	1145	Greg Rimmer		Burton SC	‑17	16	15	31
21st	Comet	845	1207	Nigel Fern		SHSC	18	14	(DNC)	32
22nd	2000	21655	1112	Terry Forbes	Amy Forbes/ Kenny Upchurch	SHSC	(DNF)	17	17	34
23rd	RS200	1162	1046	Russ Coggrave	Lucy Mallory	SHSC	14	‑25	21	35
24th	RSAERO 7	2039	1065	K Morley		Burton SC	18	‑24	18	36
25th	Laser Pico	3	1330	Tanya Weighill		Swarkestone SC	24	‑28	16	40
26th	Scorpion	1925	1036	Martyn Denchfield	Richard Barnett	SHSC	21	‑27	20	41
27th	Laser Radial	200043	1145	Des Luxton		SHSC	‑26	21	23	44
28th	RS100 8.4	208	1004	Darrel Sleep		SHSC	‑27	26	22	48
29th	Phantom	1139	1002	Matt Pritchard		Burton SC	20	(DNC)	DNC	52
30th	Laser Radial	176510	1145	Jenny Batson		SHSC	25	(DNC)	DNC	57
31st	Solo	2038	1143	Joanne Hill		Swarkestone SC	(DNF)	DNC	DNF	64