Rooster 420 Autumn Championship at Rutland Sailing Club
by Jennie Clark 22 Sep 19:21 BST
21-22 September 2019
The weather wasn't particularly autumnal when the 420 fleet rolled up at Rutland SC for their Rooster sponsored Autumn Championships, with glorious sunshine and breeze across the lake promising some great sailing on Saturday.
'Team Stog' were in charge of racing and as might be expected they kept the racing to time and provided good courses to ensure a decent mix of upwind and downwind legs. Race 1 got under way promptly and was won in convincing style by Haydn Sewell and William Heathcote with Jamie Cook and Will Martin in 2nd place and new pairing Nick Evans and Ollie Meadowcroft in 3rd. Eleanor Keers and Faye Chatteron bounced back from an uncharacteristic 17th in race 1 to claim line honours in race 2, with Haydn and William 2nd and Nick and Ollie in 3rd.
Team Stog kept the turnover between races fast and race 3 saw Haydn and William once again first over the finish line, followed by Eleanor and Faye then Jamie and Will. Nick and Ollie claimed 4th to put their new partnership very much on the radar. A Port and Starboard incident in race 4 saw them retire from that race, but another new partnership came to the line first - Dylan McPherson and Jack Lewis were followed home by Haydn and William, then Ellie Driver and Rose Edmonds.
Sunday morning saw the weather change with torrential rain followed by a prolonged period of 'will it won't it' wind, which decided that it was not going to play ball. A lengthy AP eventually gave way to AP over A and an early prize-giving with prizes presented by Ian Walker.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 36 | 54483 | Haydn Sewell | William Heathcote | 1 | ‑2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2nd | 23 | 56339 | Eleanor Keers | Faye Chatterton | ‑17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3rd | 12 | 56108 | Jamie Cook | Will Martin | 2 | ‑8 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4th | 17 | 55871 | Nick Evans | Oliver Meadowcroft | 3 | 3 | 4 | (RET) | 10 |
| 5th | 57 | 54487 | Dylan McPherson | Jack Lewis | ‑11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 6th | 28 | 54480 | Ella Lance | Matty Evans | 5 | 9 | (RET) | 9 | 23 |
| 7th | 33 | 55242 | Megan Ferguson | Nick Deveraux | 13 | ‑16 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 8th | 37 | 53304 | Lucy Hughes | Josh Manning | 6 | 6 | 12 | ‑16 | 24 |
| 9th | 41 | 56467 | Ellie Driver | Rose Edmonds | ‑23 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10th | 2 | 53332 | Callum Davidson‑Guild | Johnny Thompson | 9 | ‑18 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 11th | 44 | 53117 | Toby Schonrock | Thomas Clayton | 8 | ‑14 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 12th | 6 | 54853 | Phoebe Hutchings | Emmy Walker | 19 | ‑21 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 13th | 9 | 53975 | Megan Farrer | Maya Brown | ‑18 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| 14th | 32 | 52566 | Kt. Byne | Lia Horne | 7 | 19 | 16 | ‑31 | 42 |
| 15th | 24 | 56469 | Charlotte Videlo | Cally Terkelsen | 22 | (RET) | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 16th | 38 | 54482 | Henry Heathcote | hector bennett | 20 | 12 | 11 | ‑32 | 43 |
| 17th | 7 | 54852 | Bertie Fisher | Fraser Hemmings | 16 | 7 | ‑29 | 21 | 44 |
| 18th | 16 | 55190 | Harry Ingram | Louis Mills | 4 | 23 | 19 | ‑24 | 46 |
| 19th | 25 | 55375 | Julia Staite | Bettine Harris | ‑25 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 46 |
| 20th | 11 | 54983 | Kuba Staite | Szymon Matyjaszczuk | ‑26 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 47 |
| 21st | 42 | 53328 | Alice Davis | Ellie Rush | 12 | 20 | ‑21 | 20 | 52 |
| 22nd | 55 | 55942 | Sophie Edwards | Ellie Thomas | 15 | 24 | ‑27 | 13 | 52 |
| 23rd | 34 | 55398 | Joey Taylor | Terry Hacker | ‑28 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 24th | 5 | 53380 | Jamie tylecote | freya Pembery | 10 | (UFD) | 22 | 27 | 59 |
| 25th | 50 | 56116 | Ellie Clark | Josh Price | 24 | 13 | ‑28 | 22 | 59 |
| 26th | 10 | 55854 | Millie Irish | Daisy Desorgher | 14 | 25 | 20 | ‑29 | 59 |
| 27th | 30 | 54848 | Scarlett Cawthorne | Eloise Clapson McBride | 21 | ‑26 | 14 | 26 | 61 |
| 28th | 39 | 54785 | Mathias Potter | Cameron Hook | ‑30 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 62 |
| 29th | 8 | 544 | Henry Hallam | Ollie Croft | ‑33 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 66 |
| 30th | 26 | 55107 | Abbey Mumford | Evie Herrington | ‑31 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 78 |
| 31st | 21 | 56113 | Ching Wong | Elinor Oleary | ‑34 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 80 |
| 32nd | 29 | 52759 | Ben Tylecote | charlie Turnbull | 27 | 31 | ‑33 | 23 | 81 |
| 33rd | 31 | 53982 | Oskar Shepherd | Iain Blake | 29 | ‑30 | 30 | 30 | 89 |
| 34th | 27 | 11111 | Alice Lucy | Solomon Wilby | 32 | 32 | 32 | ‑33 | 96 |
| 35th | 1 | 55083 | Mathew Ingram | Harri Burns | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 108 |