Results / GUL RS RACING CIRCUIT HAYLING ISLAND SC - 14/07/2001
GUL RS200 Racing Circuit at Hayling - July 14/15
The combined RS800 and RS200 GUL RS Racing Circuit at Hayling Island SC
broke records for RS Racing Circuit events. The RS800 entry was a record for
any RS class at a Racing Circuit event since RS's were launched and the
entry of 56 RS200's was the third largest fleet at an RS Racing Circuit
event and the largest 200 fleet at such an event.
With the majority of the leading 200 helms at Hayling for final practice
before the Nationals it was always likely that the racing was going to be
very competitive and so it proved with the top three helms finishing on the
same points. The already high quality of the fleet was further increased
with the usual suspects being joined by 49er sailors Paul Brotherton, Harvey
Hilary and Simon Hiscocks.
Bright sunshine and a westerly force 3 greeted the fleet on Saturday.
Race 1 got away at the first attempt, with the majority of the fleet
going right. Jon Lewis/Lizzie Humphrey came in from the left to lead at
the first mark. A rapid increase in wind strength with gusts over 25
knots caught out many boats, including Mark/Samuel Littlejohn while
vying for the lead. The weather then threw in a rain and hail storm,
after which Tom/Jo Hewitson held a small lead over Paul/Caroline Fisk
and Ian Pickard/Laurie Dunn, which was the order at the finish. The
weather stabilised for Race 2, which saw the first black-flag
disqualifications. After some close racing all the way to the finish,
the Littlejohns won from Dave/Nicky Derby second and Steve Dunn/Olivier
Vidal third. Race 3 meant early showers for some, including the
Hewitsons, as the list of black-flag casualties grew. Harry/Prue Roome
had a commanding lead at the first mark, but were hunted down by
Dunn/Vidal as the wind lightened. Dunn/Vidal beat the Roomes to the
line, with the Derbys in third.
Light winds and more sunshine greeted the sore heads on Sunday morning,
after another lively RS social. The event was wide open after the mixed
results and DSQs on Saturday. The wind steadily decreased during Race
4, causing problems for some at the windward mark as they misjudged the
tide. After some close racing, the Hewitsons won from Steve/Katie
Restall second and Martin Wadhams/Amanda Davies third. The sea breeze
arrived for Race 5, leading to a large windshift to the south. As the
wind and waves increased, the Derbys took control of Race 5 to win from
the Roomes second and Restalls third. Both the Hewitsons and
Littlejohns were unable to recover from poor starts in Race 5, leaving
the series wide open for Race 6. As the wind and waves continued to
build, the Littlejohns took control of the last race to win
convincingly. The Fisks continued their consistent series in second,
with the Hewitsons claiming what was to prove a very important third.
This left three boats tied for the series on 17 points, with the
Hewitsons taking first place on count-back from the Littlejohns second
and the Fisks third. After the Hewitsons and the Fisks had been tied at the
top of the GUL RS200 Racing Circuit all season the very tight overall
victory at Hayling has given the Hewitson's overall Circuit victory.
After such a closely competed event, the fleet is looking forward to an
exciting GUL RS200 Nationals at
Mounts Bay in a couple of weeks time. The top three at Hayling have been the
form horses all season but others are not far behind. Steve Dunn has shown
good form in the last two months whilst the Derby's, three fourth places
overall at the last three circuit events, must be a threat. Jon Lewis, who
was in such dominant form early season will surely bounce back at the
Nationals from recent poor results. Jokers in the pack could be former RS200
National Champion Geoff Carveth with Lesley Bennett crewing and leading
RS400 helms Craig Burlton, Emma Carveth crewing and Pete Vincent with Trudie
Danbury onboard; all of who are mounting serious campaigns for the RS200
Nationals which could be the most open Nationals of any of the RS classes.
Ian Pickard/Pete Vincent.
Results:
1. 655 - Tom & Jo Hewitson, RNCYC, 17pts
2. 520 - Mark & Samuel Littlejohn, Lancing SC, 17pts
3. 626 - Paul & Caroline Fisk, Bough Beech, 17pts
4. 700 - Dave & Nicky Derby, Bough Beech, 21pts
5. 696 - Steve Dunn & Olivier Vidal, Stewartby Water SC, 24pts
6. 704 - Ian Pickard & Laurie Dunn, Bristol Corinthian YC, 31pts
7. 579 - Steve & Katie Restall, Downs SC, 32pts
8. 618 - Harry & Prue Roome, Hayling Island SC, 35pts
9. 522 - Melvyn Cooper Hayling Island SC, 42pts
10. 264 - Simon Hiscocks & Rachael Jenkins, Hayling Island SC, 61pts
GUL RS200 Racing Circuit Overall
1. Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson RNCYC 5pts
2. Paul Fisk Caroline Fisk Bough Beech 9pts
3. Mark Littlejohn Samuel Littlejohn Lancing 13pts
4. Steve Dunn Lucy Davey Stewartby 18pts
5. Jon Lewis Lizzie Humphreys Burghfield 20pts
6. Ian Pickard Laurie Dunn Bristol CYC 25pts
RS200 Open Meeting
Provisional Result
Entries: 56
Races Sailed: 6
Discard : 1
Series
Sail No Helm Crew Club Points Place R1 R2 R3 R4
R5 R6
655 Tom Hewitson Joanna Hewitson RNCYC 17 1 1 4
57 1 8 3
520 Mark Littlejohn Samuel Littlejohn Lancing SC 17 2
5 1 4 6 9 1
626 Paul Fisk Caroline Fisk Bough Beech 17 3 2
7 5 4 4 2
700 David Derby Nicky Derby Bough Beech 21 4 14
2 3 9 1 6
696 Steve Dunn Oliver Vidal SWSC 24 5 57 3
1 10 6 4
704 Ian Pickard Laurie Dunn Bristol Corinthian 31 6
3 6 7 12 10 5
579 Steve Restall Katie Restall Downs SC 32 7 10
12 9 2 3 8
618 Harry Roome Prue Roome HISC 35 8 15 8
2 13 2 10
522 Melvyn Cooper HISC 42 9 7 10 6
17 7 12
264 Simon Hiscocks R Jenkins HISC 61 10 9 19
13 57 13 7
637 Sarah Taylor Claire Upton-Brown HISC 64 11 18
57 14 8 11 13
651 Charles Roome Kate Peters HISC 77 12 26 5
57 7 17 22
555 Sally Styles Catherine Cooke Downs 80 13 16 14
57 20 14 16
646 Richard Bullock Camilla Bullock ISC 85 14 13 22
57 27 5 18
383 Trudie Danbury Simon Hamilton Bristol Corinthian 91 15
17 9 16 23 26 57
426 S Richards C Jenkins Framphn-on-Seven 96 16
23 11 24 29 57 9
654 Jonathan Lewis Lizzie Humphry Burghfield SC 98 17 4
57 11 14 12 57
371 Katrina Gilbert Jenny Rust Frensham Pond 98 18 28
16 57 19 20 15
622 Martin Wadhams Amanda Davies Medway YC 101 19 12
17 12 3 57 57
364 Simon Gillow Vickie Smith Highcliffe 101 20 24
27 15 31 18 17
573 Paul Fitzpatrick Lynne Ratcliffe Bexhill 106 21 22
18 22 28 25 19
570 Martin Grady Liz Hartland RNSA 109 22 27 13
17 41 28 24
503 Angus Hemmings Claire Nuttall Stokes Bay 111 23 19
57 8 5 22 57
469 Sam Mettam Geoff Philips RNSA 111 24 11 57
57 11 21 11
540 Malcolm Morley Poppy Morley HISC 117 25 30 21
20 36 32 14
365 Philip Pascall Juliette Leach ISC 117 26 40 29
19 26 23 20
676 David Milger Debra Reynolds BOA 120 27 25 24
18 32 30 23
337 Mahmood Nadjm Lynn Pevy HISC 125 28 8 34
10 50 45 28
405 Clare Rowbottom Lucy Matthews Locks 125 29 32 15
21 38 19 57
387 Daniel Perry Debi Gibson Wembly 125 30 35 23
25 15 27 57
701 Andi Riley Julie Marsden Stewartby SC 130 31 31
26 23 25 41 25
609 Chris Brann George Wainwright BCYC 131 32 37
57 26 18 24 26
602 Chris Woodard Linda Woodard Wembley 138 33 29 20
57 16 16 57
590 Alan Perry Jo Haynes Wembley 153 34 33 28
29 45 36 27
472 Will King J Langford RNSA 160 35 20 32
27 44 37 57
480 Ian Brearley Sally Brearley HISC 167 36 21 25
57 33 31 57
327 Paul Beard Matt Hall Wembley 177 37 39 30
57 47 40 21
474 Sarah Covington Helen Clarke HISC 193 38 38 57
57 35 34 29
491 Harvey Hillary Pippa Williams HISC 199 39 6 57
57 22 57 57
295 Paul Brotherton Lynsey Brotherton Weymouth & Portland AC
207 40 57 57 57 21 15 57
424 Caroline Oldham Julie Latta GFSC 216.5 41 34 57
57 39.5 29 57
242 William Carlton Avril Carlton Cotwold SC 219 42 36
31 57 49 46 57
669 Sally Potter Irene Griffiths Bristol Corinthian 230 43
57 57 57 24 35 57
319 Una Hodgkins Chris Crosland Lonoon Corinthian 232 44
57 33 28 57 57 57
692 Marc Savitsky Alec Savitsky Great Moor SC 234 45 57
57 57 30 33 57
551 Adrian Taylor Tracey Shepherd HISC 248 46 57 57
57 34 43 57
361 Prue Nash Nataie Rogers Stokes Bay 249.5 47 57
57 57 39.5 39 57
548 Keith Moody Niki Moody Lymington Town SC 250 48
57 57 57 37 42 57
531 Jules Rains Becky Rains DWSC 255 49 57 57
57 46 38 57
625 Nigel Gardner Dora Gardner Burghfield SC 258 50 57
57 57 43 44 57
281 Mark Norris Jerry Ranger HISC 267 51 57 57
57 48 48 57
607 Jim Jackson Jacqui Rogers HISC 269 52 57 57
57 51 47 57
519 Paul Maxfield Caroline Maxfield HISC 270 53 57
57 57 42 57 57
336 HughMorgan Rebecca Kent HISC 285 54 57 57
57 57 57 57
535 Winston Lord Fred Lord Portchester 285 54 57
57 57 57 57 57
571 Simon Mittins Andy Bass BRNC 285 54 57 57
57 57 57 57