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IOM Yare Cup at Norwich Model Yacht Club

by Duncan Ellis 19 Mar 15:26 GMT 14 March 2026
IOM Yare Cup at Norwich Model Yacht Club © Andrew Wallace

Seventeen sailors took part in this year's first Eastern District event for IOMs on Saturday 14th March hosted by Norwich MYC on Whitlingham Broad. Sailors home clubs pretty much covered all IOM clubs in the region.

Vinnie Zammit and his race team were in charge for the day running 17 races in total in a single fleet.

Weather conditions were dry with the breeze coming from the North West initially but it certainly kept the race officer on his toes as it moved around during the day.

Race wins were shared throughout the fleet with Dave Green, John Gill, Buzz Coleman, Ben Wallace and Duncan Ellis all getting the winners whistle at some stage during the day.

Results wise, seven different clubs in the eastern region were represented in the top 10 places showing a healthy start to the season in the East for the IOM class.

The Next eastern event take place at Huntingdon RYC on the 28th March and already has a healthy entry list but there is still time to enter.

Overall Results:

PosSkipperSail NoClub/CityHullR1R3R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17Pts
1Duncan Ellis37Norwich MYCBritpop7135411111414314127
2Dave Green77HuntingdonBritpop1622223742683.6226239.6
3John Gill175ChelmsfordSpock536116210618322133341
4Buzz Coleman12Coalhouse FortVision4714399233241455647
5Ben Wallace171Cambridge MBCRockstar247863845.671337711860.6
6Hayden Wallace154Cambridge MBCRockstar121159851038.14115186112996.1
7Graham Lewis24Harwich and DovercourtVenti18810611104821156613411899
8Andrew Johnson48HuntingdonGSB411148757569.298781061818106.2
9Phil Davenport46HuntingdonBritpop10591071413159.96791198718120.9
10Oliver Knowland64Alton RCSCAllioth1412111218111257101018559105124
11Andrew Wigley45HuntingdonWisper GSB131612111016159581312101110124140
12Stephen Brown81HuntingdonBlitz8915161215111411.5129101881287146.5
13Mark Quale68Norwich MYCBritpop91016149861111.9181211912141318149.9
14Neil Howie18Norwich MYCCorby15151415131371212.15141871413910158.1
15Ben Harker122HuntingdonH6O32431841818181818181818181818178
16Geoff Josey79BroadsK2181713131412141316.11818181818181818220.1
17Lester Gilbert5BroadsPikanto613181818181818181818181818181818235

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