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Northern ILCA circuit event at Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

by Ben Nelson 3 Jul 21:58 BST 28 June 2025
Northern ILCA circuit event at Rudyard Lake © Dinah Rauenbusch

Rudyard Lake Sailing Club held the latest round of the Northern ILCA circuit with eleven ILCA sailors on Saturday 28th June.

After last year's event, the bar was set high with perfect conditions. The weather this year certainly tested the sailers with challenging Westerly winds across the course with big gusts picking up as the day progressed.

This led to gritted teeth, hard hiking and several capsizes from most of the competitors. However, all 11 sailers were fully committed to the conditions. Tim Keithley from West Riding Sailing Club took the first race in full rig.

Larry Muir, the first Rudyard competitor, took the second race to the delight of the home supporters showing he hadn't forgotten how to sail a Laser after moving away from the class for several years ago. Tim again won the final race of the day.

By the end of the day, all the competitors were in agreement that it was a challenging day's sailing with the strong and shifty winds, physically and mentally exhausting, but great racing throughout the fleet. There will be bruises to prove it in the days following.

Overall a great event and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next year.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmnClubR1R2R3Pts
1stILCA 7219650Tim KeighleyWest Riding SC1‑212
2ndILCA 7108827Paul KeelingBlithfield SC2‑324
3rdILCA 6102536Larry MuirRudyard Lake SC‑6145
4thILCA 6213966Tom AllumCarsington SC3‑636
5thILCA 7219798Will TaylorDelph SC54(DNF)9
6thILCA 7223673S. BelfieldLeigh & Lowton SC45(DNC)9
7thILCA 6177601David IsherwoodRedesmere SC‑87512
8thILCA 7124702Ben NelsonRudyard Lake SC‑98614
9thILCA 6173550Felicity GardinerRudyard Lake SC7‑10714
10thILCA 6198809John SargentRudyard Lake SC(DSQ)9817
11thILCA 7151571Geoff SmithRudyard Lake SC1011(DNC)21

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