Allen National 12 Burton Week 2025 at Brightlingsea Sailing Club - Overall

by Isobel Stewart 27 Aug 18:40 BST 23-26 August 2025

Last Saturday, the National 12 class descended on Brightlingsea Sailing Club for the most exciting championships of the summer so far. We had a fantastic week with various race courses, wind conditions and wave patterns.

Our first day consisted of two championship races in light, shifty breeze and a new challenge to think about - the shadows from the much larger sails of the national 18 class whom we were sharing the venue with.

Ollie Meadowcroft and Cally Terkelson took an early lead with a promising 1st and 2nd, with Graham and Blue not far behind having won the second race.

That evening we had our first social of the week, our shared rum party with the National 18s! After rounds of free rum punch and the lively steel drums band, we all headed to bed in anticipation of the endurance race we would facing tomorrow.

The campers were treated to an early morning wake up call from masses of geese in time to prepare for the ever anticipated Burton Cup race. This two hour battle is always intense, and following their results the previous day, it was between Graham and Blue and Ollie and Cally for the top spot. Graham and Blue took an early lead and sailed impressively, only for Ollie and Cally to come back fighting in the building breeze to take the trophy.

The racing was followed by a class formal dinner in the clubhouse with the all important Burton Cup prize-giving.

The podium consisted of Ollie and Cally in 1st, Graham and Blue 2nd and completed by Tom and Isobel Stewart in 3rd place. Subsidiary prizes were awarded to Ian and Alex Gore as first married couple and first under 21 boat was Rory Gifford crewed by Ben Whaley.

Bank Holiday Monday brought sunshine and more breeze. We had two more points races to add to the mix. Keeping consistent, Graham and Blue won the first, but the second had a new leader; Rory and Ben who were competing in their first Burton Week. They showed us all how to plane upwind, only managing to get overtaken by knocking off their rudder setting up the final beat, with Ollie and Cally taking the bullet.

The pair were ahead coming into the final day, which was unexpectedly light airs. After multiple attempts to start, the fleet finally got away under the black flag.

Whilst there was visible breeze on the right, it was past the lay line to the windward and the left hand side of the beat came out flying, with Graham and Blue at the front. The square courses gave us three tense downwind legs with many position changes, however the wind was slowly building throughout the race.

The final race of the day determined the winners of the national 12 championships, it was another light race, but this time led by Rory and Ben who were flying along in their paradox design (traditionally not a favoured shape in this wind). However after their rookie error of hitting the 2nd mark despite their sizeable lead, after a penalty turn, the race got closer with both Graham and Blue and Antony and Jo Gifford pushing for the lead.

Graham and Blue found their accelerator and sped to the front in the final leg of the course, winning the last race of the week. Rory and Ben came 2nd, and Antony and Jo secured 3rd.

After an impressive day, Graham and Blue were the esteemed winners of Burton Week 2025.

Ollie and Cally were 2nd overall and Tom and Isobel 3rd.

Subsidiary trophies included:

• Shotgun - Ed Willet and Sarah Robinson
• Admiral's Cup - David Harris and Trystan Cook
• Arrows - Rory Gifford and Ben Whaley
• Gill Super Crew - Ben Whaley
• Joe Yorke - Roland and Katie Whitehead
• Canter - George Finch and Toby Hunt
• Corrigan - Ollie Meadowcroft and Cally Terkelsen
• Handicap - David Harris and Trystan Cook
• Grand Masters - Ian and Alex Gore
• Non-Foiling - David Harris and Trystan Cook

The Burton Brick - Rory Gifford and Ben Whaley, for a consistent effort with a number of offences including lost car keys, attaching jib cleats backwards, and inability to gybe.

The Decanter, awarded as a recognition of going above and beyond in support for the National 12, was given to Ed Willet for his efforts for the class in building a fleet at Whitefriars Sailing Club and his work on the N12 publishing.

After a fantastic week, all that's left is to thank Brightlingsea Sailing Club for putting on such a great event and our sponsors; Allen , Craftinsure, Blood Red and Dinghy Shack.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Boat Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	3530	GRAHAM CAMM	BLUE CAMM	VERY HUNGRY	BURGHFIELD SC	3	1	2	1	4	1	1	9
2	3543	OLLIE MEADOWCROFT	CALLY TERKELSEN	D.B. COOPER	SALCOMBE YC	1	2	1	2	1	5	4	11
3	3544	TOM STEWART	ISOBEL STEWART	WHITEBAIT	WALDRINGFIELD SC	2	4	3	3	OCS	3	6	21
4	3525	IAN GORE	ALEX GORE	MOG	UP RIVER YC	5	3	4	4	3	2	5	21
5	3483	RORY GIFFORD	BEN WHALEY	TBA	EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SC	4	5	7	5	2	10	2	25
6	3529	ANTONY GIFFORD	JO GIFFORD	CAT IN THE HAT	ROYAL TAY YC	8	8	5	6	6	7	3	35
7	3531	STEVE SALLIS	JO SALLIS	CATBERT	HYKEHAM SC	7	7	6	7	5	OCS	10	42
8	3462	NICK BUBB	RORY BUBB	RED SNAPPER	ROYAL LYMINGTON YC	12	10	8	10	10	4	7	49
9	3527	KEVIN ILES	KATY MEADOWCROFT	SNAGGLEPUSS	WEST OXFORDSHIRE SC / UTSC	9	9	9	8	7	OCS	11	53
10	3471	ZOE MEADOWCROFT	ZOE BALLANTYNE	LARS PORSENA OF	SALCOMBE YC / BURGHFIELD SC	6	6	10	13	8	11	13	54
11	3484	JAMES GIFFORD	GRACIE JOSLIN	FATSO	ROYAL TAY YC	11	11	11	9	9	8	15	59
12	3515	MARK ADDISON	JONATHAN ADDISON	HAPPY HOUR	UPPER THAMES SC	10	13	12	11	12	9	9	63
13	3548	JEREMY HARTLEY	LUKE HARTLEY	ALL TIDE UP	STOKES BAY SC	13	16	13	12	13	6	8	65
14	3551	GEORGE FINCH	TOBY HUNT	OVER THE RAINBOW	C / SWANAGE SC	15	15	14	14	11	14	14	82
15	3519	IAIN MACINTYRE	FI GRIEVE	DEAD CAT BOUNCE	ROYAL HARWICH SC	14	12	15	15	15	12	OCS	83
16	3546	ROLAND WHITEHEAD	KATIE WHITEHEAD	FENCHURCH	LOCH TUMMEL SC	17	17	16	18	16	13	17	96
17	3501	ROBERT STEWART	CHARLOTTE STEWART	SILVERFIN	SHOREHAM SC	16	14	17	22	14	18	18	97
18	3429	TRE JACOBS	LYLA JACOBS	FOOLS GOLD	WALDRINGFIELD THAMES SC	18	19	18	17	20	15	20	107
19	3290	DAVID HARRIS	TRYSTAN COOK	DR DE SOTO	UPPER WHITEFRIARS SC	20	18	24	19	19	17	16	109
20	3459	ROB FORD	HARLEY FORD	CARBON COPY	ROYAL HARWICH Y.C	21	20	22	23	18	16	19	116
21	3432	STEVE LE GRYS	sabrina ireland	CRAZY JANE	ROYAL HARWICH Y.C	23	23	21	21	17	19	21	122
22	3473	JOHN MEADOWCROFT	lucy eeles	MAX FACTOR	SALCOMBE YC / UTSC	DNF	DNC	19	20	RTD	20	12	125
23	3492	GOODFELLOW	GEORGE MAJOR	BABEL FISH	BRIGHTLINGSEA / ARDLEIGH SC	19	21	OCS	16	OCS	DNC	DNC	137
24	1833	JAMES WILLETT	SARAH ROBINSON	WATER NYMPH	WHITEFRIARS SC	24	24	25	25	21	21	22	137
25	3528	ED MIATT	VICTORIA HURST	BLUE KANGAROO	CARSINGTON SC	22	22	23	24	RTD	DNC	DNC	145
26	3513	PETER FULLER	SAFFRON HILL	SILVER LINING	ORWELLYC WSC RHYC	DNC	DNC	20	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	155
27	3540	ADAM JON IBBOTSON	RHONA ENKEL	ATOMIC KITTEN	BURGHFIELD SC / WALDRINGFIELD SC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	162