Gul UK Fireball National Championships at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Gul UK Fireball National Championships at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Overall

by Dave Hall 29 May 09:59 BST 25-28 May 2019

Gul Fireball Nationals at Torbay day 4 © Tanya Hutchings

Torbay dealt up its most challenging conditions for the final day of the championship. A North Westerly wind blowing out of both the town of Torquay and occasionally out of Paignton. Not only varying in direction it also changed in speed from 5 to 20 knots. It was going to be an interesting final day for the potential champions.

There was a short delay while the race team waited for a window to start the first race of the day. Once the fleet got away it was anybody's guess which side the wind was going to favour, as a result there were boats making huge gains and then losses. Dave Wade and Richard Pepperdine led round the first mark closely followed by Martyn Lewis & Richard Byne. In the much changing conditions Martyn & Richard passed Dave & Richard to take the win. Ian Dobson & Richard Wagstaff recovered well to come in third with Matt Burge & Dan Schieber their nearest challenger swallowed up in the pack.

So, for the last race it was a cat and mouse as Ian & Richard chased Matt & Dan around the starting area. The conditions very similar to the first race of the day with once again much place changing all through the race. Christian Birrell & Vyv Townend showed they still had it to put in a second place but it was Ian & Richard who went on to win the race and as a result the Championship.

A big thank you to Royal Torbay YC who ran an excellent event both on and off the water. Also to our sponsors Gul, Hyde Sails, North, Global Insurance and to the UKFA committee.

Gul Fireball Nationals at Torbay day 4 - photo © Tanya Hutchings

Bronze fleet
1st Roger Etherington & Dave Pannell
2nd Pete Badham & Steve Digby
3rd Andy Robinson & Phil Popple

Silver fleet
1st Jack Grogan & Will Sargent
2nd Georgia Booth & Sam Platt
3rd Keith Walker & Nick Rees

1st Lady Helm. Georgia Booth
1st Lady Crew Christina Tyler

1st Under 26 Helm Issac Marsh
1st Under 26 Crew Ollie Davenport

1st Master Helm Vince Horey
1st Master crew Vyv Townend

1st Grand Master helm Dave Hall
1st Grand master Crew Russell Thorne

Perseverance trophy Jane and Patrick Collison
Toby Hamer Trophy Dan Johnson & Ben Latham

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	15161	Ian Dobson	Richard Wagstaff	Gold	1	3	2	45	1	1	3	1	9
2	15144	Christian Birrell	Vyv Townend	Gold	3	2	6	45	45	2	4	2	19
3	15123	Matt Burge	Dan Schieber	Gold	4	1	1	1	3	45	10	12	20
4	15143	David Wade	Richard Pepperdine	Gold	7	8	4	6	2	4	2	6	24
5	15155	Dave Hall	Paul Constable	Gold	10	15	3	4	4	5	8	9	33
6	15120	Vince Horey	Andrew Thompson	Gold	6	9	9	3	18	7	11	4	38
7	15151	Martyn Lewis	Richard Byne	Gold	32	10	20	16	5	6	1	3	41
8	15122	Ian martin	Ben rhodes	Gold	2	12	8	10	15	3	9	10	42
9	15147	Paul Cullen	Simon Forbes	Gold	5	14	7	5	12	10	5	11	43
10	14870	Pete Gray	Simon Foskett	Gold	23	11	13	2	8	8	15	8	50
11	15162	Isaac Marsh	Oliver Davenport	Gold	9	7	10	8	6	11	17	19	51
12	15073	Sam Mettam	Tim Saunders	Gold	17	4	36	18	7	13	6	7	54
13	15133	Kevin Hope	Russell Thorne	Gold	12	16	5	45	9	45	14	5	61
14	15130	David Winder	Ben Rayner	Gold	18	6	17	12	11	12	7	17	65
15	15124	Pete Kyne	Tom Kyne	Gold	8	5	11	45	19	15	19	15	73
16	15114	John Hayes	Joel James	Gold	13	24	18	9	22	19	12	28	93
17	15148	Jack Grogan	William Sargeant	Silver	22	18	15	19	10	20	16	18	96
18	14940	Georgia Booth	Sam Platt	Silver	26	25	22	13	16	17	13	16	97
19	14928	Anthony Willcocks	James Willcocks	Gold	11	13	21	14	23	22	20	22	101
20	14941	Derian Scott	Derek Jarvis	Gold	14	17	19	15	30	35	18	20	103
21	15157	Keith Walker	Nick Rees	Silver	21	23	12	22	45	14	31	13	105
22	15099	Simon Kings	Jono Loe	Silver	30	19	16	26	13	16	24	21	109
23	15145	Steve Goacher	Tom Goacher	Silver	25	45	24	11	28	21	22	14	117
24	15024	Joe Jospe	Tom Egli	Silver	33	22	35	17	14	9	27	33	122
25	15150	Angus Hemmings	Steve Chesney	Gold	19	20	14	21	25	23	34	45	122
26	15086	Allan Tyler	Christina Tyler	Silver	20	27	30	7	32	30	21	25	130
27	13944	Dan Johnson	Ben Latham	Silver	34	26	23	20	34	18	28	27	142
28	15097	Roger Etherington	Dave Pannell	Bronze	16	28	27	28	17	32	29	39	145
29	15156	Daniel Thompson	Harry Thompson	Silver	27	29	29	23	20	27	23	31	149
30	15045	Christine Slater	Graham Slater	Silver	24	33	26	27	26	24	25	29	152
31	14950	Chris Thorne	Lawrence Creaser	Silver	38	21	25	44	21	31	33	23	154
32	15160	Pete Badham	Steve Digby	Bronze	15	41	28	33	38	29	45	24	167
33	15075	Andy Willcocks	Andrea Willcocks	Silver	40	37	32	25	27	25	26	32	167
34	14991	Andy Robinson	Phil Popple	Bronze	31	31	31	24	33	28	30	26	170
35	14964	David Mason	Chris Oglethorpe	Bronze	41	36	40	35	24	26	36	35	192
36	14889	Barry Smith	Rick Spring	Silver	29	34	37	29	41	33	39	30	192
37	15127	Jeremy Atkins	Richard Botting	Bonze	39	39	34	31	29	36	32	37	199
38	14662	Anthony Procter	Alan Goule	Bronze	28	32	42	30	37	37	38	41	202
39	14994	Damian Abbatt	Doug Byall	Bronze	36	35	33	34	31	38	41	38	207
40	14592	Charlie Sansom	Chris Jenkins	Bronze	43	38	39	32	36	34	37	34	211
41	14600	Ben Altman	Robin Simpson	Bronze	37	30	38	36	39	40	35	36	212
42	14789	Hannah Finlay	Gordon Finlay	Bronze	35	40	41	37	35	39	40	40	226
43	14622	Jane Collison	Patrick Collison	Bronze	44	43	44	38	40	41	43	43	248
44	15121	Bryan Thompson	Simon Benson	Bronze	42	42	43	39	42	45	42	42	249