Solo Open at Notts County Sailing Club
by David Eberlin 29 Oct 06:12 GMT
26 October 2019
The Notts County Sailing Club Solo Open was held in wet, miserable conditions, with a little wind and it was cold.
Given the conditions it was great to see half the fleet as visitors coming from all over the Midlands, including Sheffield Viking, Draycott, Ogston, Earlswood, Carsington and Liegh on Lowton and of course there was a good turnout from the home Notts County fleet.
The all-female Race Crew provided some good racing on a relatively short course managing to fit in four races in the poor conditions. There were couple of spills as the wind gusted and the cold seeped through the layers in the final race.
Tom Gillard of Sheffield Viking won the Open in fine style with four firsts. Nigel Davies from Draycott finishing second with seconds and thirds. Martin Honner (Ogston) and Ian Ingram (Earlswood) were equal on points with Martin ahead in the final race so coming third. The first Notts County Sailor and Junior was Jake Willars finishing in 6th place.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 5675 | Tom Gillard | Sheffield Viking SC | ‑1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 5782 | Nigel Davies | Draycott Water | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑5 | 7 |
| 3rd | 5658 | Martin Honnor | Ogston | 3 | ‑4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4th | 5695 | Ian Ingram | Earlswood Lakes SC | ‑5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5th | 5870 | Chris Brown | RYA | 4 | ‑6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 6th | 5457 | Jake Willars (J) | NCSC | 6 | ‑10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 7th | 5745 | Andrew Fox | Leigh on Lowton | 8 | 8 | ‑9 | 6 | 22 |
| 8th | 5866 | Ian Firth | NCSC | 13 | 5 | 6 | (DNF) | 24 |
| 9th | 5774 | Clive Gimson | NCSC | ‑10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 10th | 5842 | John Webster | Carsington | 9 | 7 | 10 | (DNF) | 26 |
| 11th | 5650 | Phil Kilburn | NCSC | 7 | 12 | ‑13 | 8 | 27 |
| 12th | 5856 | Brian Fisher | NCSC | ‑15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 13th | 5577 | Kevin Andrews | NCSC | 11 | 11 | (DNC) | DNC | 38 |
| 14th | 5042 | Jon Willars | NCSC | 14 | 15 | 12 | (DNC) | 41 |
| 15th | 5511 | P McHenry | NCSC | 12 | 14 | (DNC) | DNC | 42 |