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Fred's Big Toephy Footy Open at Guildford Model Yacht Club

by Roger Stollery 5 Feb 2020 09:10 GMT 2 February 2020
Fred's Big Toephy Footy Open at Guildford © Roger Stollery

Ten entries from 5 clubs sailed 15 races on a blustery day at Abbey Meads lake, Chertsey. Race Officer Martin Crysell set a simple windward leeward course for the WSW wind and operated from the southern control area. There were some very strong gusts and initially these Footys were in their smallest, but one rigs.

The conditions favoured Peter Shepherd's FAT BOY design and although pressed by Peter Jackson's IBEX and Roger Stollery's ICE at times, he won the first 5 races. This run of wins would have continued except that he lost Race 6 to Roger. During the afternoon the wind became much lighter with big calm patches in the centre of the course and bigger rigs came out of the sail bags. This made a big difference to young Oliver and Nathan Stollery, who won Races 13 and 14 respectively. Not to be outdone, Peter Shepherd in a frustrating dying breeze won the last race after a battle with David Wilkinson's single sailed wooden BREITHORN.

The prizewinners thanked Guildford Model Yacht Club's Race Team, RO Martin and scorer Peter Dunne, for running another good Footy event at the start of the 2020 Footy racing series.

Overall Results:

1st Peter Shepherd (Abington Park) FAT BOY 14pts
2nd Roger Stollery (Guildford) ICE 32pts
3rd Peter Jackson (Abington Park) IBEX 40pts
4th David Wilkinson (Whitefriars) SC BREITHORN 53pts
5th Oliver Stollery (Guildford) ICE 61pts
6th Nathan Stollery (Guildford) ICE 71pts
7th Sid Sims (Birmingham) ICE 80pts
8th Keith Parrott (Frensham Pond) ICE 85pts
9th Mark Mortimore (Guildford) ICE 119pts
10th Tony Butler (Birmingham) ICE 120pts

Fred's Big Toephy Footy Open at Guildford - photo © Roger Stollery
Fred's Big Toephy Footy Open at Guildford - photo © Roger Stollery

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