Waldringfield Cadet Week 2025

by Helen Krailing 1 Sep 2025 15:19 BST 22-25 August 2025

Sometimes it's hard to know who is having more fun, the children or the parents, but either way, word is spreading and Waldringfield Sailing Club welcomed more visitors than ever this bank holiday weekend.

Frensham, South Cerney, Fishers Green, Rickmansworth and Welsh Harp families all came to enjoy the scenery, the Cake, the Treasure Hunt around the village, the Quiz, S'mores and 9 hotly contested races with 5 different race winners.

Two trophy races were scheduled for Friday afternoon 22nd August to allow everyone to arrive and get set up without missing the main event. It was a light wind introduction to the tide and mud - not only for the visitors! Only one race was completed and Will Hancock (SCSC) & Alvy Jones (FGSC) set the pace for the event. Will won the Regatta in 2023, Silver in 2024 so it got the locals worried! Lewis Walker and Clementine Denny Pickess were 2nd and Rosemary Fish and Millie Ballam finished 3rd. These are both Silver Fleet boats. Anything could happen this weekend.

The main event started on Saturday with 3 races each day for the 23 boats in silver and gold fleet and 2 for the 12 boats in Regatta fleet. Some highlights:

• Primrose and Penelope came 2nd in race 4 in the main fleet after a late promotion from regatta.
• Charlotte and Michael came 3rd in race 4 and were regularly seen near the front of the fleet, finishing 2nd in Silver and 7th overall.
• Margot Pynn was the youngest crew and completed all races age 7 and 6 weeks.
• Lewis & Clementine, Tom & Issy, George & Evie, Mia and Sophie all got 2 race wins. Kali and Araminta won race 8.
• Under 13 was won by Jasper Bush, Under 14 by Lewis Walker, Under 15 by George Cox Olliff and Under 16 by Tom Krailing.
• The banana awards were back and Chris Fish won one for setting the course for the ex-cadets race and then sailing the wrong course.
• 6 ex cadet helms took on the challenge of the ex cadet race and with 12 National Championship titles between them it was the race to watch with commentary from the Kali and Ella in the race box keeping everyone entertained.
• Ethan's Dad Sandeep offered to help Chris in the Galley everyday and Ethan won the Plank for multiple reasons and we are delighted they embraced cadet week so fully.
• Andre Edwards was the winning crew in the Old Gaffers Race helmed by former Cadet and Lark National Champion Stephen Videlo.
• Alvy Jones ably crewed by Will won the crews race in testing windy conditions
• Frensham brought their lead guitarist Simon Gregory forimpromptu Karaoke on Sunday night.
• Lewis Walker and Clementine Denny Pickess are our new Waldringfield Cadet Week Champions!! Massive congratulations to this under 14 silver fleet sailor and his fantastic crew.

The most fulfilling part of the weekend is watching the progress made by the regatta fleet. Cadet week offers the chance for the crews to transition after crewing in the nationals and get some helming practice before the Inlands.

The winners of the week were Jemima Cox - Olliff helming her first regatta crewed by her helm for the World Championships in Czechia this summer. This is a very worthy way to give back and develop new helms, well done Ava for showing how its done.

Georgina sailed with Lola last cadet week but has spent most of the year sailing with Kemmel. This pair are getting their act together and had a great weekend finishing second.

After Bruce's storming performance at the Nationals with a race win and a second place he gave up his chance of glory in the main fleet to crew for his brother Oscar and help him out. They finished 3rd. Well done boys!

Oli, Jude, Henry and Rosie have all just finished crewing and performed brilliantly with Daisy, Harry, Lucas and Eden. All but Lucas are brand new crews and all finished within 8 points of each other.

Then came Eliza and Lulu who showed great potential and were notably the only regatta pairing to compete in the weeks most important race - the crew's race. Charlie Baxter introduced his cousin Robbie to cadets.

The tide, mud, club boats and revolving crews contributed to the results not showing how well the Welsh Harp regatta helms did. Hansel, Roline and Ethan sailed with Henry, Rose, Finn, Isla, Rosa from our Junior Sailing Section and Yaseen, Archie, Poppy, Well done for being so adaptable and getting stuck in. You learnt lots and I hope you come back to Waldringfield soon and bring your friends!

Thank you again to our sponsors: Seamark Nunn, Hawke Marine, Fox's Chandlery and Robertos Ice Cream.

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Helm Age Group	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
Gold and Silver Fleet
1st	Silver	Hurricane	10121	Lewis Walker	Clementine Denny‑Pickess	U14	Waldringfield SC	3	1	4	‑10	3	3	1	‑7	2	17
2nd	Gold	Matador	10129	Tom Krailing	Issy Stock		Waldringfield SC	‑18	4	3	1	‑6	5	2	3	1	19
3rd	Gold	Hypersonic	10128	George Cox‑Olliff	Evie Winchester	U15	Waldringfield SC	1	2	5	‑6	2	1	5	‑6	4	20
4th	Gold	Utopia	8529	Mia Stanislaus	Sophie Baer		Frensham Pond SC	‑10	3	1	4	1	(OCS)	3	4	6	22
5th	Gold	Enigma	10003	Dylan McArdle	Harriet Walker		Waldringfield SC	2	(OCS)	7	‑9	5	2	4	2	3	25
6th	Gold	Kiwi	9078	Kali Karaskas	Araminta Denny Pickess		Waldringfield SC	8	7	6	7	‑11	(OCS)	6	1	5	40
7th	Silver	Mischief & Mayhem	9964	Charlotte Noren‑Topham	Michael Thorpe		Frensham Pond SC	5	6	‑11	3	9	6	‑16	8	9	46
8th	Gold	Thunderstruck	10094	Will Hancock	Alvy Jones		South Cerney SC / Fishers Green SC	‑9	‑18	8	8	7	4	9	5	7	48
9th	Silver	Zest	9876	Ella Edwards	Edith Pynn	U15	Waldringfield SC	4	‑16	9	5	4	9	7	11	‑13	49
10th	Gold	Maverick	10007	James Vellacott	Clara Vellacott	U15	Waldringfield SC	‑13	5	2	11	8	8	‑13	9	8	51
11th	Silver	Twocan	9985	Primrose Denny‑Pickess	Penelope Reid	U14	Waldringfield SC	‑20	10	13	2	14	(DNF)	11	12	16	78
12th	Silver	Aquilo	9977	Holly Jones	Eliza Gregory	U15	Frensham Pond SC	14	8	10	13	10	13	10	‑19	‑17	78
13th	Silver	What's It Called	9020	Zoe Thomas	Thomas Emile/Isla Robson	U15	Rickmansworth SC	15	‑21	‑22	12	16	7	8	10	12	80
14th	Silver	The Great Escape	9962	Jasper Bush	Elsa Stock	U13	Waldringfield SC	6	11	‑23	‑21	13	15	14	14	14	87
15th	Silver	Animal	8378	Sophia Stamp	Avenlina Almquist	U15	Frensham Pond SC	12	14	‑20	18	‑19	10	15	13	10	92
16th	Silver	Bombshell	9360	Joe Mycroft	Elizabeth Thorpe	U15	Frensham Pond SC	7	13	15	14	17	18	‑22	17	‑19	101
17th	Silver	Hypnosis	7335	Charlie Jones	Edward Gregory	U13	Frensham Pond SC	16	9	17	‑22	20	(OCS)	12	16	11	101
18th	Silver	El Nino	9043	Olivia Stamp	Sbastian Baer		Frensham Pond SC	17	12	19	‑20	15	12	19	‑23	15	109
19th	Silver	Forty‑two	9034	Rosemary Fish	Milly Ballam	U14	Waldringfield SC	11	‑20	16	19	12	16	‑20.5	18	20	112
20th	Silver	Quicksilver	10107	Daisy Cox	Gwen Collischon	U14	Fishers Green SC	19	19	12	‑23	‑21	14	18	15	18	115
21st	Silver	Fast Forward	9026	Imogen Bush	Margot Pynn		Waldringfield SC	‑23	17	14	15	22	11	‑23	21	22	122
22nd	Silver	Purple Haze	9454	Maxwell Stanislaus	Hannah Muir‑Wood	U14	Frensham Pond SC	‑21	(NSC)	18	16	18	17	17	20	21	127
23rd	Silver	Hi‑Velocity	9215	Isobel Stamp	Scarlett Bose‑Mallick	U15	Frensham Pond SC	22	15	21	17	‑23	19	20.5	22	‑23	136.5
Regatta Fleet
1st	Regatta	True Colours	9984	Jemima Cox‑Olliff	Ava Stoddart	U14	Waldringfield SC	3	1	3	1	2	(SCP)				10
2nd	Regatta	Pushing It	10001	Georgina Loader	Lola Dawson	U14	Waldringfield SC	1	3	4	‑5	1	3				12
3rd	Regatta	Mistofolees	8513	Oscar Ward	Bruce Ward	U15	South Cerney SC	2	5	1	6	‑8	1				15
4th	Regatta	Wild Thing	9289	Oliver Walker	Daisy Gifford	U12	Waldringfield SC	‑6	6	RDG	3	3	6				19
5th	Regatta	White Stuff	9000	Jude Baldock	Harry Ballam	U12	Waldringfield SC	4	2	(DNF)	4	4	7				21
6th	Regatta	Double Expresso	9634	Henry Yates	Lucas Fish	U15	South Cerney SC	5	‑7	5	2	5	5				22
7th	Regatta	Scallywag	9083	Rosie Hancock	Eden Jones	U13	South Cerney SC / Fishers Green SC	‑7	4	6	7	6	4				27
8th	Regatta	Space Cadet	9767	Eliza Card	Lulu Card	U13	Waldringfield SC	(DSQ)	8	7	8	7	10				40
9th	Regatta	Pulling Power	7630	Hansel Holland	Yaseen Waymouth / Finn Wood	U12	Welsh Harp SC	9	9	8	10	10	(DNF)				46
10th	Regatta		9600	Roline Pillember	Archie Baxter	U15	Welsh Harp SC	8	10	11	9	‑12	11				49
11th	Regatta	Willpower	9028	Charlie Baxter	Robbie Kajzer‑Hughes	U14	Waldringfield SC	10	(RET)	10	DNF	9	8				50
12th	Regatta		7669	Ethan Vincent	Poppy Baxter	U14	Welsh Harp SC	11	11	9	(RET)	11	9				51

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