Welsh Topper Open Championships at Llandegfedd Sailing Club

by Wyn Roberts 14 Jul 2021 11:36 BST 10-11 July 2021

Llandegfedd Sailing Club successfully hosted the return of the Welsh Topper Open Championships last weekend. The event has been missing from our calendars the last couple of years and it's great to have it back on the map.

Topper sailors of all abilities turned out; it was a delight to see more novice sailors joining some of our best Topper sailors from Wales and England. Competitors travelled down from London, from the South Coast and the Midlands, and of course from all over Wales.

We had wonderful sunshine, good breeze, a few damp periods, and some big shifts, nevertheless we had some superb racing expertly managed by our race officer Bill Jackson. Bill said, "it's great to see the event back at Llandegfedd and it's really impressive to see the start line discipline of these young sailors".

Everyone said how much they enjoyed the event and hoped it would be a permanent fixture once more in the Topper sailing calendar.

Congratulations to Bjorn Handley: first 5.3 boy and Overall Winner; Noah Wood: second 5.3 boy and First Welsh Boat; Kaitlyn Wyatt: first 5.3 girl and Harry Sims: first 4.2 rig.

"It was a great, well organized event in challenging conditions; I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am very proud to be first Welsh sailor," commented Noah Wood.

4.2 Fleet Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	46227	Harry Sims	Llandegfedd SC	‑2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
2	‑	Eliska Van der Veen	Llandegfedd SC	1	1	2	2	2	‑3	3	2	13
3	46734	George Sims	Llandegfedd SC	‑3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	19

5.3 Fleet Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	45770	Bjorn Handley	Island Barn RSC	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	‑4	8
2	48678	Kaitlyn Wyatt	Shoreham SC	‑3	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	17
3	48571	Katherine Gunn	Notts County SC	‑7	4	1	2	3	2	2	5	19
4	48317	Noah Wood	CHIPAC ‑ Pwllheli	2	5	6	‑8	4	8	4	3	32
5	46391	Jessica Powell	Draycote Water SC	5	7	‑8	5	5	6	5	8	41
6	48066	Jack Sims	Llandegfedd SC	4	3	5	‑11	7	7	11	6	43
7	46970	Alicia Biggs	Llandegfedd SC	‑15	9	4	9	9	5	12	2	50
8	45772	Georgia Hughes	Llandegfedd SC	9	6	13	6	11	4	‑15	7	56
9	46271	Sam Morley	Llandegfedd SC	8	12	7	4	8	11	6	‑16	56
10	47794	Felicity Angell	Draycote Water SC	6	8	‑10	10	6	9	8	9	56
11	46891	Eloise Cusden	PPSA	12	11	9	13	13	13	9	‑18	80
12	43911	Flo Tovey	Mumbles YC	‑18	10	15	7	12	14	14	11	83
13	47173	Dan Powell	CBYC	11	13	12	17	10	‑19	7	19	89
14	44954	George Biggs	Llandegfedd SC	14	14	‑17	14	15	10	16	10	93
15	48193	Jasper Focardi Dolling	Dovey YC	13	15	19	12	‑20	12	19	15	105
16	46768	Natasha Baker	Mumbles YC	16	‑18	18	15	16	17	10	14	106
17	47219	Henry Powell	CBYC	‑20	19	16	16	18	15	13	12	109
18	43581	Naomi Edwards	Tata SC	17	17	14	19	‑21	16	17	13	113
19	47338	Efa Thomas	CBYC	19	16	11	‑21	14	21	18	17	116
20	46611	Jack Wright	Llandegfedd SC	10	20	‑21	18	17	18	21	20	124
21	47104	Will Powell	CBYC	21	21	20	‑22	19	20	20	21	142
22	46712	George Felstead	CBYC	‑23	23	22	20	23	23	22	23	156
23	46716	Tom Ferries	CBYC	22	22	‑23	23	22	22	23	22	156