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NW Senior Travellers Finale at Elton Sailing Club

by Dave Woodhead 6 Oct 2016 17:01 UTC 6 October 2015
NW Senior Travellers Finale at Elton © Dave Scott

The seventh and final round of the 2016 NW Senior Travellers took place at Elton SC on Tuesday the 4th October. Now in its sixth year this mid week series for the over 50s remains as popular as ever with 53 boats taking part in one or more event. Typically each open meeting has an entry into the 20s with many new very competitive "youngsters" (just over 50!) now taking part.

Going into the final day the points for the overall winner were very tight with four possible winners dependent on the results on the day. The winner would be one of the Solos of Darren Nield and Dave Woodhead, the Supernova of Tony Critchley or the Streaker of Dave Turtle. The scene was set for a great showdown with perfect weather conditions to provide some close and exciting sailing.

After the first race it looked like it might be going the way of the Solos with Darren and Dave taking first and second places. Dave Turtle and Tony Critchley taking third and fourth respectively. There was a bit of an issue over the number of laps sailed and the realisation from the OD team that they had had the sailors sail one lap too many. A later suggestion was that the series be renamed the senior moments trophy.

After lunch the two remaining races were sailed back to back. This time the conditions appeared to favour the Supernovas whilst the Solos got stuck in mid fleet traffic. New comer to the series Andy Flitcroft(Supernova) took the race closely followed by club mate Tony Critchley. Darren managed to break free of the pack to claim third place from Dave Turtle.

It would all come down to the final race. A situation never to have occurred before and the tension was felt on the start line. In six years of this series there has never been a general recall, but before this race got away we had two! Tony Critchley secured the victory in this final race to just take him past Dave Woodhead in the overall standings and also give him the top place on the day. A thoroughly well deserved result especially as Tony has been nursing an injured hand all season following surgery to restore his grip.

In other categories Elton SC took the champion club trophy, calculated from the top three boats from each club. Steve and Liz Marsh took the first double handed boat sailing an RS200 and Richard Hemingway sailing a Solo took the over 70 trophy.

Overall Results:

PosClassSail NoClubHelmCrewDelph 1Delph 2Delph 3Burwain 1Burwain 2Burwain 3Bolton 1Bolton 2Bolton 3Hollingworth 1Hollingworth 2Hollingworth 3Southport 1Southport 2Southport 3LLSC 1LLSC 2Elton 1Elton 2Elton 3Pts
1stSUPERNOVA1074BoltonTony Critchley (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)531121221(DNC)(DNC)42125
2ndSOLO5040EltonDave Woodhead (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)1111‑5‑4232443‑632‑5‑727
3rdSOLO5095EltonDarren Nield (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)222313316(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)13330
4thSTREAKER1926GresfordDave Turtle (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)3‑54232(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)3342234‑535
5thSUPERNOVA1102Leigh & LowtonMark Cuthburt 45764(DNC)‑92‑9(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)66595‑15‑12867
6thSTREAKER1780DelphSimon Reddecliffe 6428118‑17‑12(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)5567‑12‑1381181
7thSOLO5402EltonPaul Salmon 866‑13‑1294‑11‑11‑1148797(DNC)(DNC)‑1491087
8thLASER/ Solo149647EtherowJohn Berry (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)11914686594(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)661397
9thRS 2001417EltonSteve MarshLiz Marsh(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)13612914(DNC)1179119‑17149124
10thSOLO3219GresfordDavid Thomas 1112(DNF)‑19‑201712‑1810(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)101181613‑201718155
11thSOLO4429EtherowRichard Hemmingway (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)141413‑211513151514(DNF)(DNC)(DNC)141511‑1817170
12thSUPERNOVA1071BoltonAndy Flitcroft (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC11211412229
13thMERLIN‑ROCKET3593BoltonJerry CahillIan Beebe78(DNF)121612191018(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)1816(DNC)DNCDNC244
14th420 / Laser44266EtherowIan RenshawRob Howell(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)23222023(DNF)221417(DNF)1412(DNC)1718(DNC)(DNC)DNC256
15thPHANTOM1229Leigh & LowtonSteve Norris (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)16811(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)789(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNC81315257
16thENTERPRISE22476EltonGeoff McLardyDave Wood109(DNF)151715162116(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)1317(DNC)DNCDNC257
17thENTERPRISE19876SCYCAlan JohnsonJackie Finch(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)433(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC369116261
18thSTREAKER1744BurwainMark Pearce 22357615(DNF)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNC16DNCDNC272
19thSOLO4282Hollingworth LakeDave Smith 334(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)14168(DNF)65(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC275
20thSUPERNOVA1041BoltonChris Caton (DNC)(DNC)(DNC)211819222221(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)121310(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNC320
21stGP1413277BurwainPeter DewhurstJohn Birtles(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)10135795(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC373
22ndENTERPRISE21310EltonPaul SavagePeter Finney(DNF)11(DNC)20211881920(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC387

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