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Gurnard Sailing Club Junior Championship

by Luke Bradley 13 Jul 2023 09:50 BST 8 July 2023

Gurnard Sailing Club hosted its annual Junior Championship on the 8th July. The morning was spent waiting for the wind which eventually filled in mid afternoon but from a rather tricky southerly direction. Race Officer Mark Harrison did a great job to run 5 short races in the shifty offshore breeze.

In the 10 strong Feva fleet, Samuel Leather and Taylor Willows were in the groove with 4 firsts to count. The battle for runner up went down to the wire with Ben Anderson and Josh Griffiths just pipping Thomas Leather and Aether Marshall at the finish of the final race to claim second place. Hannah Yates and Barney Hall were awarded a prize for the youngest Feva pairing.

Competition was fierce in the Tera Sport class with Cass Day and Sean Di Salle both winning 2 races each. However Cass's consistency gave him the overall win from Sean with Rafe Bradley in third place overall.

In Regatta Fleet, 6 sailors did some training in the morning followed by 4 short races in the afternoon. Freddy Harrison cruised to victory with a clean sweep of firsts ahead of Lucien Foster and Penny Hall.

The day was rounded off with live music from the Dapper Chaps plus Special Guest with some of the sailors showing off their musical talents.

Thank you to Spinlock for sponsoring the trophies and also to Henri Lloyd and Helly Hansen for donating prizes.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewR1R2R3R4R5Pts
Feva Fleet
1st3100Samuel LeatherTaylor Willows111‑314
2nd8Ben AndersonNick Williams‑422228
3rd999Thomas LeatherAether Marshall23‑4139
4th11Will BradleyTom Yates‑6554418
5thF1Oliver SmithBeau Lloyd‑7437519
6th5306Isla PrestonMaeve Hall3666‑721
7th6047Hannah YatesBarney Hall58(RET)5826
8th308Tania FedorenkoMaia Uren8‑999632
9th2Rafferty MooreMatilda Moore107710(DNF)34
10th3810Katherine HowardFlorence Russell9‑1088934
Tera Race Fleet Fleet
1st112Cass Day ‑212216
2nd5155Sean de Salle 1‑515411
3rd3608Rafe Bradley 33‑44313
4th2383Will Haines 4‑9.551717
5th4140Patrick de Salle 54‑73517
6thT7Lottie Griffith (DSQ)6.537622.5
7th3897Fallon Day 9268‑1125
8th1909Jack Harrison 6810‑13226
9th2874Jasper Jenkinson 86.586‑928.5
10th3464Elsie Jenkinson 7‑1199833
11th3068Emily Bunn 109.5‑12111040.5
12th796Daisy Preston 11‑1211101244
13th3914Emily Leather 12‑1313121350
Tera Regatta Fleet Fleet
1st T6Freddie Harrison ‑1111 3
2ndT4Lucien Foster 23‑52 7
3rd190Penny Hall ‑4243 9
4th3908Mira Rezak 3‑534 10
5thT2William Segar ‑6425 11
6thT?Matilda Uren 5(DNC)DNCDNC 19

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