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Lakeland & Borders ILCA Open at Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club

by Greg Liggins 8 Sep 10:35 BST 6 September 2025
Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club Lakeland & Borders ILCA Open © Hender Blewett

Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club welcomed 21 entrants to their annual ILCA open on Saturday 6th September, forming part of the 2025 ILCA Lakeland & Borders series.

Despite the record dry summer, DRSC benefits from circa 1,000 acres of water when full, so despite a longer than usual walk down to launch, there was still more than plentiful sailing area once the fleet were afloat.

The day started cool and overcast but with the promise of a building breeze and improving temperatures. A packed schedule of 5 races back to back was planned and once under way at midday, the fleet enjoyed pleasantly warm conditions with a perfect breeze of between 14-18 knots.

A mix of triangle, sausage, and triangle/sausage courses were sailed and the pecking order at the front of the fleet was soon established amongst the ILCA6s of Toby Waggett, Spirit Alderson, Tom Bates and Fred Buckley, punctuated by the ILCA7s of Alastair Conn, Greg Liggins, Stuart Belfield and David Shilling. Racing was close and compacted throughout the fleet with short turnaround times between racing, a credit to the skills of all the sailors and the efficiency of PRO Hender Blewett and team.

In the end, it was a day for the ILCA6s, with Toby winning several of the races on the water as well as taking a clean sweep of race bullets on handicap. Spirit's scoresheet of second places was only punctuated by a 3rd in Race 1, which gave Tom a 2nd amongst an otherwise string of 3rd places.

Just behind the front of the fleet, Alanna Starkie in the ILCA4 put in a very consistent series to come out with 6th overall and first female.

First place overall for Toby caps another outstanding season for the DRSC sailor, in which he has transitioned from the ILCA4 to ILCA6 with seeming ease. ILCA youth sailing in the northern region would appear to be in rude health, with youths taking 6 of the top 10 places and dominating the podium.

DRSC once again proved its ability to run quality racing in beautiful surroundings and the club looks forward to seeing the fleet return again in 2026.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoHelmPYR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1stILCA 6221318Toby Waggett1154‑111114
2ndILCA 69Spirit Alderson1154‑322228
3rdILCA 6215383Tom Bates11542‑333311
4thILCA 7179022Alastair Conn110445‑114619
5thILCA 6220518Fred Buckley1154‑12497424
6thILCA 4199495Alanna Starkie1216‑8668525
7thILCA 7223847Greg Liggins1104‑11975930
8thILCA 6165711Gareth Fay1154‑157591031
9thILCA 6221315Henry Blades1154613411‑1434
10thILCA 7223673Stuart Belfield11045‑148131137
11thILCA 4172789Olivia Coady1216711‑16.512737
12thILCA 7218043David Shilling1104168106(DNC)40
13thILCA 4226298Robin Wright12169‑1212101243
14thILCA 6226314Andrew Hewett115410101314‑1647
15thILCA 4195846Nicky Leech12161315‑1816852
16thILCA 4207007Paula Kent121614‑17.515151357
17thILCA 6207804Mike Saunders1154‑181614181866
18thILCA 6188193Kevin Brown1154‑1917.516.5171768
19thILCA 4133423Zara Dryden12161719‑20191570
20thILCA 7206487Richard Benson110420202120(DNC)81
21stILCA 6173329Chris May115421(NSC)19RETRET84

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