Leigh & Lowton's Junior Winter Regatta and Northern Feva Championships 2025

by Lindsay Welfare 9 Jan 12:02 GMT 4 January 2025

Following the torrential rain of New Years Eve, and the looming forecast of snow, 36 Junior and Youth sailors from across the northern region travelled to Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club for the Junior Winter Regatta and Northern Feva Championships on Saturday 4th January. They were rewarded with 3 races in light, chilly but dry conditions.

With an ESE breeze filling in gently as sailors arrived, Mike Baldwin and his team set up a trapezoid course with the start just off the club which made for good spectating and emergency trips ashore for repairs.

Two races were sailed before lunch in an average 3.5 knots. Feva 5424 Laia and Oscar from Ullswater had a consistent lead, with those chasing deciding in light airs that not flying the kite may be a better option on the leeward legs. In the handicap fleet, Annabelle from Hollingworth led the toppers in both races but was beaten in the first race by Alex from LLSC in his Optimist.

Everyone was ready for a warm lunch and a chance to thaw out hands and feet, before launching again for a third race in similar conditions. The handicap fleet had a general recall but got away clear under black flag. The Fevas had close racing, with Isobel and Isla from West Kirby SC winning, and Poppy winning the handicap race to make it a family affair.

Boats were packed away swiftly before prize-giving and everyone headed home, before snow fell across the northern region.

Thank you to OOD Mike Baldwin, the race and rescue team, galley team for supplying us with hot drinks and food, and particularly sailors and their supporters for braving the forecast and supporting the event, including 10 Fevas from the region showing the strength of Feva sailing in the north, including 5 boats from Windermere School.

The LLSC Winter Series continues with Tipsy Icicle starting 5th January and continuing until middle March.

Handicap Fleet Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	PY	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	Topper	48719	Anabelle Bramwell		Hollingworth	1369	‑2	1	2	3
2nd	OPTIMIST	5500	Alex Welfare		Leigh and Lowton	1628	1	‑5	4	5
3rd	29ER	2223	George Spence	Harriet Wood	Yorkshire Dales	895	4	2	‑7	6
4th	Topper	47299	Poppy Armstrong		Budworth	1369	‑8	6	1	7
5th	Topper	48258	Benjamin Smallwood		Budworth	1369	‑10	4	3	7
6th	Topper	49303	Tristan Shaw		Budworth	1369	5	3	‑13	8
7th	LASER RADIAL/ ILCA 6	206472	Ben Welfare		Leigh and Lowton	1154	3	‑8	6	9
8th	OPTIMIST	6013	Lochlyn Grant		Leigh and Lowton	1628	6	(DNC)	5	11
9th	RS TERA SPORT	3829	Aggie Priestley		Ullswater	1445	7	7	‑10	14
10th	Topper	48707	Xavier Bramwell		Hollingworth	1369	‑11	9	8	17
11th	Topper	49191	Naythan Twiggs		Budworth	1369	9	10	‑11	19
12th	Topper	47354	Lucy‑Laura Miller		Sheffield Viking	1369	‑12	11	9	20
13th	Topper	48216	Thomas Carrig		Winsford Flash	1369	‑14	12	12	24
14th	RS TERA SPORT	4402	Rory Davenport		Bassenthwaite	1445	13	13	‑14	26
15th	RS TERA SPORT	2353	James Bridgeman		Leigh and Lowton	1445	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	34
15th	Topper	48606	Annabel Hayfield		Hollingworth	1369	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	34

RS Feva Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	5424	Laia Priestley	Oscar Davenport	Ullswater	1	1	‑3	2
2nd	3792	Isobal Sandow	Isla Armstrong	West Kirby/Trearddur Bay	‑3	2	1	3
3rd	8854	Zach Williamson	Hayden Gridley	RYYC	5	‑7	2	7
4th	8994	Grace Allen	Gracie Bullen	Bassenthwaite	2	‑6	5	7
5th	8794	Oscar Manning	Poppy Moss	Ripon	‑6	3	4	7
6th	5554	Jennifer Brooker	Anna Sutcliffe	Windermere	4	4	‑8	8
7th	5566	George Allen	Ethan Lewis	Windermere	‑8	5	7	12
8th	5542	Holly Johnson	Elizabeth Johnson	Windermere	7	‑8	6	13
9th	5545	Charlie Cowell	Faye Clancy	Windermere	9	9	‑10	18
10th	5552	Rafaela Gould	Authur Allen	Windermere	‑10	10	9	19