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P&B Northamptonshire Youth Series Round 1 at Cransley Sailing Club

by Norman Byrd 24 Apr 05:13 UTC 20 April 2024

Glorious weather? Tick.
Loads of sailors? Tick.
Enthusiastic coaches? Tick.

The 2024 series kicked off at Cransley Sailing Club. There were plenty of sailors, in fact interest was so high that the entry list closed before the event. It's never nice to have to disappoint would be entrants, but the next event is coming soon!

The RYA have confirmed funding for the series for another year, for which we are extremely grateful. Similarly, thank you to Pinnell and Bax for sponsoring the event again for the umpteenth year. Nelly made an appearance at the event, chief boat hauler for Northampton Sailing Club it would appear.

After a brief welcome the sailors were split into the customary fast, slow and topper fleets. As this was the first event of the year, head coach Rachel devised a morning of refreshing the basics. The breeze across the reservoir was a little variable, everything from calm, to fully hiked, to capsized! Over forty sailors were put through their paces before lunch.

PRO Nigel Austin briefed the sailors and more or less the whole fleet launched. A wide range of boats were sailed, everything from a fantastic looking O'pen BIC, to training Opis with everything else in between. As long as we can find a PY for your boat, you can probably join in. If we can't find a PY, we'll probably make one up! As usual though, the toppers were the largest fleet (17 boats) followed by the fast fleet (16) and slow fleet (11).

William Clarke (Hollowell) and Oscar Rowe (Draycote) won the first two topper races making it all to play for in the final race. Edward Croxton from Hollowell took the final race, with Oscar beating William to win the fleet overall. First place Oscar Rowe, second place William Clarke, third place Edward Croxton.

Another three sailors took race wins in the slow fleet. Athena Trollinger, Middle Nene, won the first race in her Tera Sport. Henry Martin, Treaddur Bay, Anglesey, won the second in his Optimist. Finn Neal, Hollowell won the final race in his Optimist. Finn took first place, Henry was second, and third place was won by Harry Jarvis, Middle Nene, Tera Sport.

The fast fleet was won by Jaspar Nicholls, Draycote, ILCA 6, with race wins in the first and second races. Noah Byrd, last season's overall winner in an Optimist, won the final race to finish second overall in the fast fleet in his (brother's) ILCA 4. Peter Astley, Draycote, ILCA 6 came third overall.

Once the handicaps had been compiled first place overall was won by William, second was Noah and third was Oscar.

Almost a quarter of the fleet received their first timer medals, perhaps the most important medals of the day. All of these sailors will be eligible for the overall first timer trophy to be awarded at the end of the series. This rewards participation over performance and is primarily scored by number of races finished, not overall position.

It took until Monday evening to complete the results, for which I apologise. An enormous thanks to Matt Rowley at Draycote who helped crunch the numbers despite running an enormous Feva event at Draycote. Apologies also to Peter Astley who was initially thought to be fourth in the fast fleet but in fact was third. Equally, apologies are also due to Hasan Tayub from Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing who was though to have come third in the fast fleet, but came fourth.

A huge thanks to the team at Cransley for delivering the event. The club was absolutely full, fit to burst. The car park was full, the track to the club shared a dual role as an overspill car park!

On this showing it looks as if Hollowell are going to put up a stiff fight for club of the year. This has been won by Draycote for the last few years, will they be able to defend their crown? Lots of sailors have changed classes this year opening the door for other winners. An exciting year to come. The next event will be at Middle Nene Sailing Club on May 11th. As well as delivering plenty of wind and exciting sailing last year, they also delivered the most fabulous sailors' tea! Definitely worth a visit. All junior sailors from all clubs are welcome at the series. We'd be delighted to have sailability sailors taking part. Keep an eye on our facebook page for more information!

Overall Results:

PosFleetClassSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3Pts
1stTopperTopper46770William ClarkeHollowell12‑203
2ndFastICLA 4208933Noah ByrdDraycote3‑1714
3rdTopperTopper48672Oscar RoweDraycote‑7167
4thFastICLA 6204914Jaspar NichollsDraycote25‑127
5thFastICLA 6187480Peter AstleyDraycote5‑2038
6thTopperTopper46512Alex StaintonHollowell63‑159
7thFastICLA 6XHasan TayubLeics & Rutland YSA‑117411
8thTopperTopper46971Edward WhittakerDraycote‑154812
9thSlowOptimist5556Finn NealHollowell‑12.511213
10thTopperTopper44437Edward CroxtonHollowell‑149514
11thTopperTopper46135Jai DhaliwalDraycote‑1961117
12thSlowOptimist3956Henry MartinTrearrdur Bay‑12.510717
13thSlowRS Tera Sport4540Harry JarvisMiddle Nene9‑24918
14thFastICLA 6190904Solomon DayMiddle Nene10‑231424
15thFastICLA 4no numberHenry ByrdDraycote817‑17.525
16thSlowRS Tera Sport11Athena TrollingerMiddle Nene4‑322226
17thFastICLA 6140089Joe RileyCransley188‑1926
18thFastICLA 4132078Frank McAuleyMiddle Nene‑24171330
19thSlowRS Tera Sport4547Joshua GillsonMiddle Nene‑22211031
20thTopperTopper36622Thomas CroxtonHollowell2114‑2335
21stTopperTopper24208Harry AmberyCransley1619‑2535
22ndTopperTopper47287Millie LezghadLeics & Rutland YSA2315‑3538
23rdFastICLA 4144923Aiyushi ModhaCransley2022‑2442
24thSlowRS Tera Sport2987Jameson TrollingerMiddle Nene‑342517.542.5
25thFastFusion Pro11Isla PowellNorthampton3212‑3844
26thFastICLA 6191539Hamani Kaur BainsLeics & Rutland YSA17‑352946
27thFastICLA 4111Matilda GuyettCransley31‑331647
28thTopperTopper 4.243526Isaac FouldsDraycote30‑312151
29thTopperTopper 4.22Reuben StevensonCransley25.5‑302651.5
30thTopperTopper 4.265Elizabeth StaintonHollowell4013(DNF)53
31stTopperTopper47613Theo GravesDraycote‑29262753
32ndSlowRS Tera Sport4541Arianne LeatherMiddle Nene‑33273057
33rdSlowOpen‑Bic7729Evelyn ParkinsonNorthampton28‑363159
34thTopperTopper47288Elias ZamakdaLeics & Rutland YSA25.534‑3759.5
35thFastByte412Thomas DaleLeics & Rutland YSA‑35283260
36thFastFusion Pro1Holly PowellNorthampton‑37293463
37thFastPicoNo NumberOlivia JoyceNorthampton2737‑4064
38thSlowOpi‑Bat14Eleanor ClarkeHollowell36‑402864
39thTopperTopper 4.247504Zeid ZamakdaLeics & Rutland YSA39‑413372
40thFastPicoXNathaniel ZurekNorthampton38‑393674
41stTopperTopper47290Riley WorleyLeics & Rutland YSA‑42383977
42ndSlowOptimist5403Sophie CoateSouth Staffs41(DNC)DNC86
43rdSlowRS Tera Sport5Emme AstleyDraycote(DNS)DNCDNC90
43rdTopperTopper 4.21Florence RileyCransley(DNS)DNCDNC90

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