GJW Direct National Autumn Championship (NS1) at Datchet Water Sailing Club

by James Ripley 15 Oct 10:46 BST 9-10 October 2021

The Autumn Championships formed the first event of the ITCA (GBR) 2021-22 National Series. After the last two series have been disrupted due to the pandemic, the class is looking forward to returning to some sense of normality.

Arriving on Saturday morning, there was a thick fog over the lake. As it lifted, we could see the second problem - that there was no wind. An AP over 1 was replaced by an AP over 2, and then an AP over 3. Eventually, the Race Officer had no choice but to cancel racing for the day, despite the best efforts of the race team.

GJW Direct National Autumn Championship (NS1) at Datchet Water - photo © Georgie Altham / www.facebook.com/galthamphotography

Sunday started similarly light, but the breeze soon started to fill in, allowing racing to commence not long after scheduled. Very shifty and fluky conditions made for very challenging sailing for the competitors - evidenced by the high scores of everyone in the fleet. It also meant a lot of work for the Race Committee - in particular the mark layers.

In the smaller 4.2 fleet, Holly Norton sailed a consistent regatta to win by one point from Thomas Semmens, who in turn was one point ahead of Tate Kump in third. In the 5.3s, Lily Browning took the win from Bjorn Handley and Alex Jones.

GJW Direct National Autumn Championship (NS1) at Datchet Water - photo © Georgie Altham / www.facebook.com/galthamphotography

Congratulations to all of the competitors. Thank you the Datchet Water SC for hosting the Topper class, and all of the volunteers who made this event happen.

With thanks to our sponsors: GJW Direct, Rooster, Harken, Optimum Time, Topper Sailboats, Sailingawards, Marlow Ropes, and Go Dippy.

Overall Results:

Pos	Champ No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
5.3 Fleet
1st	217	Lily Browning	1	2	‑12	4	7
2nd	690	Bjorn Handley	‑39	5	1	2	8
3rd	114	Alex Jones	4	6	2	‑22	12
4th	317	Leo Yates	2	11	‑27	3	16
5th	548	Hugo Valentine	5	1	‑38	12	18
6th	156	Graydon McLeod Fleming	8	4	‑11	6	18
7th	160	Edward Quinn	‑19	8	4	9	21
8th	318	Edwin Cross	3	18	‑26	1	22
9th	611	Jessica Powell	‑35	16	3	5	24
10th	669	Reuben Hudson	10	‑20	9	7	26
11th	235	Katherine Gunn	18	7	6	‑35	31
12th	618	Ben Homer	11	14	10	‑47	35
13th	571	Samson Cross	27	3	‑42	8	38
14th	92	Ava Harris‑Scott	6	‑17	15	17	38
15th	545	Hayden Moore	‑40	9	16	21	46
16th	323	Finley Southon	7	‑55	14	27	48
17th	67	Clem Middle	16	‑32	7	28	51
18th	343	Kyle Muelaner	15	12	‑32	25	52
19th	691	Ellie Thwaites	‑65	15	20	20	55
20th	525	Erin Pank	34	‑40	8	15	57
21st	384	Sophie Kennedy	‑43	29	5	24	58
22nd	171	George Spence	31	10	22	‑37	63
23rd	121	Caitlin Thomas	9	13	‑50	44	66
24th	74	Finley Briggs	24	‑52	35	10	69
25th	544	Edward Smith	29	‑36	28	13	70
26th	615	Megan Thomson	26	31	‑45	14	71
27th	331	Edward Paling	25	24	25	‑29	74
28th	91	Sebastian Davies	32	26	21	‑34	79
29th	86	Oliver Smith	12	21	‑56	48	81
30th	574	Rory Clow	17	43	‑65	26	86
31st	539	Jack Sims	‑42	30	39	18	87
32nd	189	Jasper Focardi Dolling	23	‑72	48	19	90
33rd	263	Rhys Griffiths	20	27	‑71	43	90
34th	183	Isla Todd	22	‑47	30	38	90
35th	274	Lola Mordaunt	33	‑46	23	36	92
36th	179	Erin Young	14	35	‑60	46	95
37th	248	Oliver Gatton	46	‑60	19	30	95
38th	760	Lauren Irons	37	45	‑66	16	98
39th	113	Gloria Smith	21	‑54	47	31	99
40th	109	Izzy Johnson	44	‑63	18	39	101
41st	58	Erin Tinkler	57	28	‑64	23	108
42nd	696	Tara Ewbank	41	34	‑58	33	108
43rd	202	Alex Purrier	38	41	34	‑54	113
44th	360	Henry Martin	69	22	24	‑74	115
45th	154	Elizabeth Whitefoot	‑68	39	36	41	116
46th	36	Ruairi Herrington	13	‑65	49	56	118
47th	398	Charlotte Cooper	28	51	43	‑63	122
48th	510	Finn Brook‑Holmes	55	56	13	(DNC)	124
49th	295	Leon Kadioglu	60	33	31	‑75	124
50th	264	Rebecca Shearer	‑67	62	52	11	125
51st	210	Finley Waterhouse	47	25	53	‑59	125
52nd	155	Jago Jennings	‑66	23	40	64	127
53rd	159	James Clements	‑62	19	54	58	131
54th	376	Thomas Looseley	‑49	38	44	49	131
55th	243	Christopher Hampshire	45	‑48	41	45	131
56th	650	Leah May	‑70	50	17	66	133
57th	599	Harriet Wood	50	‑69	33	50	133
58th	93	Emiliy Shearer	‑77	37	62	40	139
59th	698	Lewis Bacon	54	44	‑57	51	149
60th	586	Alistair MacKinnon	59	‑78	51	42	152
61st	100	Alexander Van Doren	‑76	53	46	53	152
62nd	90	Jessica Taylor	‑71	42	55	57	154
63rd	324	Josh James	63	‑68	61	32	156
64th	635	Sam Morley	SCP	‑70	37	65	158
65th	563	Florence Tovey	64	67	29	‑72	160
66th	306	Finlay Todd	48	49	‑74	67	164
67th	294	Henry Powell	36	‑80	68	62	166
68th	42	Electra Reeves	56	59	59	‑61	174
69th	699	Thomas Lloyd	51	64	63	‑71	178
70th	94	Lucas Symons	53	58	67	‑73	178
71st	369	Dan Powell	58	‑75	72	52	182
72nd	299	Orlando Orchard	(UFD)	66	73	55	194
73rd	661	Eliska van der Veen	52	‑77	76	68	196
74th	308	Dominic Atherton	61	57	‑79	79	197
75th	10	Hawkie Findlater	72	‑79	70	60	202
76th	51	Hannah Baker	‑74	71	69	69	209
77th	327	Jack Wright	73	61	‑77	76	210
78th	269	Luke Robinson	‑78	73	75	70	218
79th	590	Zoe Morley	75	76	‑80	78	229
80th	11	Alexander Small	80	74	(DSQ)	80	234
81st	291	William Powell	79	‑81	78	77	234
82nd	305	Jadon Brockdorff‑Kennedy	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	255
82nd	12	Alex Pemberton	(UFD)	DNC	DNC	DNC	255
82nd	541	Efa Thomas	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	255
4.2 Fleet
1st	502	Holly Norton	2	‑3	1	7	4
2nd	505	Thomas Semmens	‑5	1	2	10	5
3rd	97	Tate Kump	1	2	‑9	15	6
4th	352	Harry Mitchell	‑4	4	3	15	11
5th	236	Jacob Davies	‑10	6	4	25	15
6th	530	Harry Sims	3	8	5	26	16
7th	533	Amelia Smith	‑8	5	6	25	17
8th	143	John Whitefoot	‑11	7	7	34	23
9th	27	Oscar Rowe	‑9	9	8	33	24
10th	365	Chloe Grayton	6	11	‑12	37	25
11th	39	?Lauren Anderson	7	10	10	38	27
12th	72	George Sims	‑12	12	11	47	35