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Mirror Scottish Championships at St Marys Loch Sailing Club

by Alan Henderson 22 Jul 2002 15:56 BST
Sailing at the Mirror Scottish Championships © Alan Henderson

Mirrors came to their Scottish Championship at St Mary’s Loch in the Scottish Borders from as far as the Shetland Islands on July 20/21, helping make up a fleet of seventeen boats.

There were flukey conditions all weekend, but wind strengths from flat calm to 20 knots. At the front of the fleet there was plenty of competition among the Team GBR members, as they tuned up for the Mirror Europeans in Holland. First race went to Stuart Bithell and Holly Scott, from Hollingworth Lake, before their fellow club members, Jonathan McGovern and Nicola Brook took the second race. Also near the front were Katie and Anna Mackenzie, plus leading singlehander, Andrew Greenhalgh, from Annandale. The wind rose to 20 knots for the last race, and Blithell planed to a second win, ahead of McGovern.

On Sunday it was back to light, patchy winds, but a third win for Blithell left him well placed, before making sure of the Championship with a fourth win in the fifth race. McGovern and Mackenzie meanwhile had very close racing, both taking a second and a third in Sunday’s first two races. In the last race, Blithell again underlined his credentials with a fifth win, and McGovern in second made sure of second overall, ahead of the Mackenzie sisters.

Overall Results:

PosHelmCrewClubPts
1Stuart BlithellHolly ScottHollingworth Lake5
2Jonathan McGovernNicola BrookHollingworth Lake10
3Katie MackenzieAnna MackenzieRoyal Windermere14
4Andrew Greenhalgh Annandale19
5Gerry McGillLuke McGillSunderland24

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