420 British National Championship at Dale Yacht Club - Overall
by 420 Marketing Officer 31 Aug 12:07 UTC
23-26 August 2024
After the first two exciting days of racing at the 420 National Championships, there was a brief pause in the competition due to excessively high winds. The race officer called it before 8am, and a short walk along the coast proved he was spot-on. You can read the earlier report here.
Race 6 proved to be incredibly controversial, having called four boats UFD on the water and after examining video footage off the water, the race team decided a further 11 would be added to the list. Requests for scoring reviews ensued and all 11 were reinstated. Whilst this didn't impact the podium finishers overall, it did impact some of those further down who were carrying some bigger numbers.
Sunday saw further challenges to the start integrity and at 6pm the race was retrospectively abandoned. Overall the standard of race management was excellent, with quick turnarounds and fair courses. The race team boosted their reputation on Monday by delivering four excellent races in less than five hours despite a 30 degree shift during that time.
Monday also proved to be the hottest racing so far. Fflur/Rayner took race six win, Marsden/Creasy (last years winners) took race seven and with Jones / Burlton taking race eight there were three boats on 17 points going in to the last race.
Wade / Burlton were five points adrift of the top boats, but with a huge buffer behind them looked comfortable in fourth.
The last race came down to one of the tightest finishes in recent history, but Fflur/Rayner held their nerve to keep Fletcher/Cawthorne behind them on the last reach to the finish and take the title, adding to their Youth nationals win earlier in the year. Wade/Valentine completed the top three finishers in the last race with Jones/Burlton fifth and taking the final overall podium finish and the U17 title. Marsden/Creasy were fourth completing a much better set of races on the last day, but not soon enough to challenge the top boats.
It was a similar story in the female teams, going in to the last race it was a three-way tie between Moskovitch/Burlton, Potter/Nieuwland, and Creighton/Beardsall. They finished 8th, 9th and 10th meaning another female championship title for Noa and Gabs.
The female talent within the 420 fleet is at its highest for many years with four mixed, three female and three female boats making up the top 10.
It was great to be joined by our friends from the Irish 420 fleet and Cora McNaughton/Sean Cronin were top overseas boat in 11th.
Congratulations to the 25 new sailors who joined the fleet, topping the new teams were Finn and Andy Ramus.
We sadly said goodbye (for now) to many of our sailors as University and gap years beckon. We wish you all the best and remember you never grow out of a 420!
Overall Results:
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Pos | Sail No | Bow No | Helm | Crew | Club | Fleet | Buddy Groups | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
1st | 56954 | 41 | Arwen Fflur | Matthew Rayner | Pwllheli WKSC/ Yorkshire Dales SC | Open Mixed | Mackerel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ‑5 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
2nd | 57411 | 32 | William Fletcher | Oscar Cawthorne | Royal Southern YC | Open Male | Haddock | ‑5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
3rd | 57501 | 58 | Joe Jones | Hennie Burlton | Burghfield SC/ RSYC | U17 Mixed | Carp | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ‑14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
4th | 56943 | 44 | Imogen Wade | Hugo Valentine | Draycote Water SC/ Shoreham SC | Open Mixed | John Dory | 3 | 5 | 3 | (UFD) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
5th | 54379 | 69 | marsbar marsden | Olivia Creasy | West Kirby SC | Open Mixed | Trout | 7 | ‑10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 46 |
6th | 57477 | 45 | Harry George | Ralph Cawthorne | Lymington Town SC/ Shustoke SC | Open Male | Pollock | 6 | 3 | (UFD) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 50 |
7th | 54297 | 62 | George Creasy | Will Martin | West Kirby SC/ Cardiff Bay YC | Open Male | Herring | 4 | 8 | 5 | (UFD) | 7 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 62 |
8th | 57224 | 57 | Noa Moskovitch | Gabs Burlton | Royal Lymington YC/ Royal Southern YC | Female | Guppy | 8 | ‑16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 69 |
9th | 56342 | 63 | Sabine Potter | Merle Nieuwland | Warsash SC/ Cardiff Bay YC | Female | Monkfish | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | ‑18 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 71 |
10th | 55517 | 56 | Ellie Creighton | Charlotte Beardsall | Cardiff Bay YC/ Warsash SC | Female | Mullet | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 11 | ‑19 | 13 | 78 |
11th | 55281 | 90 | Cora McNaughton | Sean Cronin | Blessington SC/ Malahide YC | Open Mixed | Chub | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | ‑21 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 93 |
12th | 56467 | 99 | Arthur Greaves | Angus McEwen | RLymYC | Open Male | Chub | 13 | 7 | 9 | (UFD) | 22 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 97 |
13th | 57275 | 20 | Freya Sewell | Ethan Sparkes | Chichester YC | Open Mixed | Gurnard | 11 | ‑18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 106 |
14th | 55634 | 10 | Joe Warwicker | Edie Carter | Bough Beech SC/Shoreham SC | Open Mixed | Monkfish | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 7 | ‑24 | 17 | 21 | 118 |
15th | 57004 | 16 | Zac Shepherd | Arthur Southall | Itchenor SC | Open Male | Pike | 19 | 21 | (DNF) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 122 |
16th | 7 | 37 | Sebby Bailey | James Davies | Burghfield SC/Oxford SC/ Shropshire SC | U17 Male | Herring | ‑22 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 123 |
17th | 54463 | 29 | Patrick Bromilow | Tom Kelsall | West Kirby SC | Open Male | Pike | 18 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 | ‑23 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 124 |
18th | 57502 | 54 | Tabitha Davies | Sophia Sfaxi | Royal Lymington YC/Trearddur Bay SC/ Fre | Female | Bass | 14 | ‑35 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 141 |
19th | 54482 | 65 | India Eastwood | Isla Fletcher | Bosham SC/Itchenor SC/ Royal Southern YC | U17 Female | Chub | 21 | (DNF) | 13 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 141 |
20th | 57286 | 66 | Tilda Brayshay | Bea Greenfield | Yorkshire Dales SC/ Oxford SC | Female | Bass | 24 | ‑30 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 141 |
21st | 5448 | 9 | Hector Davies | Haydn Sewell | Royal Lymington YC | Open Male | Guppy | 28 | ‑32 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 156 |
22nd | 56383 | 22 | Nia Mecklenburgh | Ed Upton‑Brown | RLymYC/ Bosham SC | Open Mixed | John Dory | 26 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 12 | ‑30 | 28 | 23 | 156 |
23rd | 56007 | 33 | Laragh Epstein | Charlie Howard | Cardiff Bay YC/ Burghfield SC | U17 Mixed | Mullet | 15 | 17 | 15 | (UFD) | 30 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 159 |
24th | 55189 | 72 | Jasper Bramwell | Olly Hateley | Hollingworth Lake SC/West Kirby SC/ Sout | Open Male | Mackerel | 20 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 24 | ‑31 | 163 |
25th | 54983 | 73 | Fin Waterhouse | Chris Hampshire | Budworth SC/ Ripon SC | Open Male | Guppy | 17 | 24 | 19 | 18 | (UFD) | 15 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 168 |
26th | 57350 | 43 | Finn Ramus | Andy Ramus | Hayling Island SC | Open Male | Gurnard | 25 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 29 | ‑31 | 28 | 200 |
27th | 55854 | 25 | Zach Aziz | Adam Aziz | Draycote Water SC | Open Male | Pollock | 23 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 21 | ‑33 | 25 | 200 |
28th | 55244 | 15 | Lauren Mecklenburgh | James George | RLymYC | Open Mixed | Trout | 27 | 19 | 22 | 25 | ‑36 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 205 |
29th | 56112 | 92 | Daniel Copithorne | Matt Mapplebeck | Royal Cork YC/ | U17 Male | Mackerel | 29 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 25 | 27 | ‑32 | 211 |
30th | 564671 | 89 | Steven Greaves | Madeleine Greaves | Datchet Water SC/ Royal Lymington YC | Open Mixed | Gurnard | 30 | (RET) | 27 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 214 |
31st | 5725 | 12 | Pippa Shepherd | Tommy Eastwood | Itchenor SC/ Bosham SC | U17 Mixed | Herring | 36 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 29 | ‑37 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 225 |
32nd | 55190 | 11 | James Alexander | Matt Baird | Budworth SC | Open Male | John Dory | 32 | ‑36 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 244 |
33rd | 52566 | 48 | Hugo Fletcher | Josh Beadsworth | Royal Southern YC/ Warsash SC | U17 Male | Carp | (DNF) | 26 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 255 |
34th | 51766 | 93 | Alex Breese | Richard Breese | RLymYC | Open Male | Monkfish | 31 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 34 | ‑37 | 37 | 33 | 259 |
35th | 52759 | 7 | Rosanna Joyce | Sian Baird | Budworth SC | Female | Pollock | 35 | 25 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 35 | ‑38 | 34 | 261 |
36th | 57274 | 4 | Ella Martin | Jess Patterson | Cardiff Bay YC | U17 Female | Haddock | 33 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 34 | ‑36 | 36 | 263 |
37th | 57499 | 68 | Jessica Skelding | Naythan Twiggs | Winsford Flash/ Budworth SC | U17 Mixed | Bass | 34 | 31 | (DNF) | 35 | DNF | 40 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 287 |
38th | 56091 | 53 | Cian Epstein | Roisin Epstein | Cardiff Bay YC | Open Mixed | Carp | (DNF) | DNC | DNC | 31 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 294 |
39th | 54785 | 35 | Keali rhodes | Annie Bramwell | Draycote Water SC/Northampton SC | Female | Trout | (DNS) | DNC | 35 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 298 |
40th | 54124 | 5 | Niamh Epstein | Molly Martin | Cardiff Bay YC | U17 Female | Pike | 38 | 37 | 36 | 33 | (UFD) | 38 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 300 |
41st | 759 | 8 | Meg Thomas | Flo Patterson | Cardiff Bay YC/ Restronguest SC/St Mawes | U17 Female | Mullet | 37 | 34 | (DNF) | 37 | DNF | DNC | DNC | 41 | DNC | 317 |