Allen 29er GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy - Day 1
by Nia Mccallum 11 Oct 2020 06:24 BST
10-11 October 2020
Allen 29er GP2 at Weymouth ©
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Sunshine and 18 knots of wind greeted the fleet on day one of the Allen Grand Prix 2. With 71 boats entered the fleet was split into blue and yellow flights for a day of qualifying races.
Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) got off to a good start accelerating off the yellow fleet start line but dropped back to sixth with Ethan Gerrell/Tom Barnes (834) taking the first race win of the regatta. Blue fleet race one started well for Ollie Evans/Ben Hutton-Penman (2811) pushing out from the middle of the line to take a commanding lead which they maintained taking the first blue race win. First placed girls in race one were Sophie Dennis/Emma Wells (2340) with a fifth in yellow flight. Given the strong winds gusting up to 20 at times, the safety fleet was kept pretty busy and there was a fairly constant stream of boats returning to shore.
Ollie/Ben (2811) enjoyed the wind powering to a second bullet in blue flight race two. Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849) pushed ahead of Sophie/Emma (2340) to take fourth and first girls in race two.
By race three the wind had moved right and dropped to between 14-16 knots. The boats at the front in yellow flight were very close together with Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) leading at the first gate just ahead of Tom Storey/Ben Willett (2982). Tom/Ben managed to get past 3066 to take the bullet in yellow race three. In blue flight 222, Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (2900) in disguise, established a storming lead by the first gate which they held to win by the traditional 29er country mile. Monique/Jess (2849) held on as first girls taking a third in race three.
Race four yellow flight was won by the overnight first mixed boat Emily Mueller with shotgun crew Louis Johnson (2234). Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (222) won the blue flight race four and took the overnight lead. Overnight first girls are Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849).
Five more races are carded for Sunday and with points still tight at the top of the leaderboard it could be an interesting day!
Results after Day 1:
Pos | Sail No | Flight | Helm | Crew | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
1 | 222 | Blue | BEN MUELLER | FREDDIE LONSDALE | HISC | ‑5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | 3066 | Yellow | ALED LLEWELLYN‑JONES | BEN BRADLEY | SAUNDERSFOOT / HILL HEAD SC
HISC | ‑6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | 2811 | Blue | OLLIE EVANS | BEN HUTTON‑PENMAN | GUNARD SC / BURNHAM SC/CORINTHIAN OTTERS | 1 | 1 | ‑10 | 4 | 6 |
4 | 2234 | Yellow | EMILY MUELLER | Louis Johnson | HISC / ? | 2 | ‑5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | 2982 | Yellow | TOM STOREY | BEN WILLETT | YORKSHIRE DALES SC / TATA SC | 4 | 2 | 1 | (UFD) | 7 |
6 | 2905 | Blue | ELODIE EDWARDS | EWAN WILSON | CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC / WORMIT BOATING | 2 | 3 | ‑4 | 2 | 7 |
7 | 2327 | Blue | CHARLIE GRAN | EMILY COVELL | HISC | 3 | ‑5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
8 | 834 | Yellow | ETHAN GERRELL | TOM BARNES | HISC / RTYC | 1 | 3 | ‑7 | 5 | 9 |
9 | 2966 | Yellow | LEO WILKINSON | SAM JONES | DATCHET WATER SC/MAIDENHEAD SC / HILL HE | 3 | ‑4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
10 | 2849 | Blue | MONIQUE VENIS‑OZANNE | JESS JOBSON | HHSC/HISC / ROYAL TORBAY YC | ‑7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
11 | 2947 | Blue | FREDDIE FISHER | CAM MITCHELL | HISC | 4 | 8 | 8 | ‑16 | 20 |
12 | 2414 | Yellow | IOLO DAVIES | IOAN DAVIES | PEMBROKESHIRE YC / CARDIFF BAY YC | 9 | 9 | ‑11 | 4 | 22 |
13 | 2338 | Yellow | SEAN WOODARD | TOBY BLOOMFIELD | DEBEN YC/WALDRINGFIELD SC / PAIGNTON SC | (DNC) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
14 | 2118 | Yellow | OLIVER SMOULT | IMOGEN ASQUITH | LLANGORSE SC/TATA SC | 8 | 6 | 8 | ‑19 | 22 |
15 | 2753 | Blue | SIAN TALBOT | MADELEINE BRISTOW | LEIGH & LOWTON SC | ‑18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
16 | 2222 | Yellow | ROBIN STEIN | SAM BRACKLEY | HISC FELPHAM SC | 7 | (DNC) | 9 | 7 | 23 |
17 | 2903 | Blue | FREDDIE WESTWELL | JESSE KIBBLE | HISC | 6 | ‑16 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
18 | 2340 | Yellow | SOPHIE DENNIS | EMMA WELLS | HISC | 5 | ‑14 | 12 | 9 | 26 |
19 | 724 | Blue | FREYA BLACK | ABI CAMPBELL | WPNSA / BCYC | 11 | 6 | 9 | ‑15 | 26 |
20 | 2806 | Yellow | GEORGE VINCENT | THOMAS WILLETT | PARKSTONE YC / TATA SC | 12 | 7 | ‑16 | 8 | 27 |
21 | 2736 | Blue | MAXI TUSTAIN | ALFIE COGGER | ISLAND BARN / WPNSA / CONISTON SC | 8 | 7 | ‑15 | 12 | 27 |
22 | 2224 | Yellow | FINBARR WORMWELL | TOM PEACOCK | FRENSHAM POND SC/HISC / PARKSTONE YC | ‑15 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
23 | 2545 | Blue | JAMIE GATEHOUSE | OSCAR MORGAN‑HARRIS | BEWL VALLEY SC | 9 | 14 | 13 | ‑18 | 36 |
24 | 2336 | Yellow | LUCA MITCHELL | ZAK MITCHELL | PAIGNTON SC | 11 | 15 | 10 | (DNC) | 36 |
25 | 2924 | Yellow | KARRIE CLARK | LIA FLETCHER | RHS / RHS/WSC | 10 | ‑13 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
26 | 2230 | Blue | MAGGIE RICKMAN | THOMAS WHITE | HAYLING ISLAND SC/PAPERCOURT SC / PAPERC | 17 | ‑22 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
27 | 2433 | Yellow | JAMIE WILKINSON | WILL MORRIS | HISC / HISC/WARSASH SC | 16 | 8 | ‑19 | 17 | 41 |
28 | 2742 | Blue | ED COADY | SEBASTIAN SHILLING | DERWENT RESERVOIR SC / DRSC | ‑19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 42 |
29 | 2206 | Blue | JAMES CROSSLEY | OLIVER HICKLING | DATCHET WATER SC/DOVEY YC / DATCHET WATE | 15 | 11 | 17 | ‑19 | 43 |
30 | 2225 | Blue | OLIVIA BRACEY‑DAVIS | WILLIAM HELLEWELL | HISC / PAIGNTON SC | 13 | 17 | ‑20 | 13 | 43 |
31 | 1194 | Yellow | SAM COX | WILL DE JAEGER | RESTRONGUET SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC | 13 | ‑20 | 15 | 15 | 43 |
32 | 2337 | Blue | JULIA BARNES | TIEGAN PEARCE | RTYC / TRESAITH MARINERS SC | 10 | (DNC) | 18 | 17 | 45 |
33 | 3007 | Yellow | EMMA HUTCHINGS | AMELIE CURTIS | HISC/PAGHAM YC / HAYLING ISLAND/NETLEY S | 19 | 16 | ‑25 | 11 | 46 |
34 | 2292 | Blue | ISSY LEETCH | SOLOMON WILBY | RUTLAND SC | 14 | 20 | 12 | (DNC) | 46 |
35 | 2738 | Blue | TED LANE | RUPERT CLAPHAM | CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC | (RET) | DNC | 6 | 5 | 48 |
36 | 2173 | Yellow | BLAKE TUDOR | BRETT TUDOR | BRIGHTLINGSEA SC | 20 | ‑21 | 18 | 10 | 48 |
37 | 1356 | Yellow | JAMES CLARKE | NOAH FITZGERALD | GRAFHAM WATER SC | 17 | ‑19 | 17 | 14 | 48 |
38 | 2242 | Blue | CAITLIN MORLEY | THEO AERS | BURNHAM SC / BLACKWATER SC | 21 | 10 | ‑23 | 20 | 51 |
39 | 403 | Blue | OLLIE VINES | OLLIE BADDELEY | ROYAL LYMINGTON YC | 20 | 13 | ‑22 | 21 | 54 |
40 | 2139 | Blue | NICK EVANS | SAM WEBB | BLACKWATER SC | ‑25 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 54 |
41 | 2478 | Yellow | ROB MAWDSLEY | OLLIE MEARS | HISC | (DNC) | 17 | 21 | 16 | 54 |
42 | 2345 | Blue | GRUFF GREEN | CADAN PEARCE | TRESAITH MARINERS SC | 12 | 19 | 24 | ‑25 | 55 |
43 | 2046 | Yellow | IWAN ROBERTS | GEORGE SELLWOOD | TRESAITH MARINERS SC | 18 | 23 | 14 | (UFD) | 55 |
44 | 1490 | Blue | TASMYN GREEN | TYLER GREEN | PORT DINORWIG SC | 16 | 21 | 19 | ‑22 | 56 |
45 | 2025 | Blue | RALPH NEVILE | ANGUS KILPATRICK | FRENSHAM POND SC / HISC | (DNC) | 9 | 16 | DNC | 62 |
46 | 1159 | Yellow | BEN TUTTLE | WILL BALCH | HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC | 14 | 12 | (DNC) | DNC | 63 |
47 | 1158 | Yellow | BEN PURRIER | TOM CAMPBELL | PARKSTONE YC | 21 | 22 | ‑24 | 20 | 63 |
48 | 2514 | Yellow | KILLIAN BOAG | JAKE STOKES | GURNARD SC / R LYM Y C | 24 | ‑25 | 23 | 18 | 65 |
49 | 2493 | Blue | ELLA LIGHTBODY | FELICITY BRELLISFORD | R LYM Y C / CORINTHIAN OTTERS/HISC | 22 | 23 | ‑26 | 23 | 68 |
50 | 1113 | Yellow | TESS SADOWSKI | CASPAR BARTON | | 23 | 26 | 20 | (DNC) | 69 |
51 | 2213 | Blue | FINIAN MORRIS | JOSH LYTTLE | HAYLING ISLAND SC / DATCHET WATER SC | ‑24 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 69 |
52 | 1702 | Blue | SAFFRON TWIGG | ELLIOTT TWIGG | | (DNC) | DNC | 30 | 8 | 75 |
53 | 2216 | Blue | CHARLIE HOPKINSON | BEN PALING | NOTTS COUNTY SC | 23 | 25 | 28 | (DNC) | 76 |
54 | 2175 | Yellow | TOM WILLIAMSON | CAMERON SWORD | QMSC/WEIR WOOD SC / QUEEN MARY SC | (DNC) | 18 | 22 | DNC | 77 |
55 | 2231 | Blue | GABBY CLIFTON | THEO CLIFTON | DABCHICKS SC | (RET) | 26 | 29 | 26 | 81 |
56 | 2494 | Yellow | NATHANIEL GORDON | JOSEPH DORMER | HISC/QUEEN MARY SC | 22 | 24 | (DNC) | DNC | 83 |
57 | 725 | Yellow | LIBBY THOMPSON | MADDIE BILBROUGH | HAYLING ISLAND SC | 25 | (RET) | DNC | DNC | 99 |
58 | 2022 | Blue | KATE NEWMAN | EDEN REYNELL | NETLEY SC | 26 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 100 |
59 | 1220 | Blue | TOM STRATTON‑BROWN | ELIZA SOUTH | NETLEY SC / EMSWORTH SC | (DNC) | DNC | 27 | DNC | 101 |
60 | 2381 | Blue | SAM BAKER | FELIX CUMMINGS | HAYLING ISLAND SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC/OX | 27 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 101 |
61 | 2933 | Yellow | RUBEN FITZGERALD | BEN HOOK | CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 401 | Yellow | MELISSA HEPPELL | RACHAEL JENKINS | WPNSA | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 2787 | Blue | KATY JENKINS | AMELIE HISCOCKS | WPNSA | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 1504 | Blue | KATE ROBERTSON | MOLLY HINSLIFF‑SMITH | SWARKESTONE SC / NOTTS COUNTY SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 2477 | Yellow | RAULF BERRY | CAITLIN WILLIAMS | HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 933 | Blue | MEGAN RHODES | ALFIE SHEAHAN | PAIGNTON SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 2229 | Blue | AGNES BRACEY‑DAVIS | EWAN PLOWDEN‑WARDLAW | R LYM Y C | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 313 | Yellow | NUALA SELLWOOD | OSCAR PHYPERS | RESTRONGUET SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 2016 | Yellow | ELLA HEBRON | MADDY UMNEY | PEVENSEY BAY SC / PEVENSEY BAY | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 2040 | Yellow | BEN ADLER | BEN RICHARDSON | CCSC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |
61 | 480 | Yellow | OLLIE WATTAM | SEB WATTAM | FELPHAM SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 111 |