DF95 & IOM Twixmas Regatta at Fleetwood Model Yacht Club
by Derek Priestley 29 Dec 2025 15:56 UTC
27-28 December 2025
DF95 & IOM Twixmas Event at Fleetwood MY&PBC © Mark Rose
Mulled wine, hot mince pies, Stollen, and a big tub of Quality Street!
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th were this year's "Twixmas" Regatta for radio yachts at Fleetwood MYC. 19 DF95's and 36 IOM's has initially entered but we had a few dropouts and so just 17 DF95's and 30 IOM's actually competed.
Saturday started with almost no wind which came & went and shifted around the mainly easterly direction. Eventually it sort of settled at about 3 to 4 knots and we were able to complete 10 races interspersed by breaks for hot mince pies & mulled wine plus lunch before the 3pm cut off time. Peter Baldwin (Birkenhead) beat John Tushingham (Keighley) on count back to take the win, with John Brierley (Birkenhead) rounding out the podium
On Sunday there was more of the same shifty light winds for the start, but now we had 2 fleets for the R.O. Shaun Holbeche and scorer Judith Baldwin, to manage. But they cracked on and managed to get 14 heats (7 races) completed by 3pm with lots of mince pies etc consumed and a slightly stronger and steadier wind compared to Saturday. The event was won by Rob Walsh (Fleetwood) by 1 point from Graham Elliott (Birkenhead) and James Hadden (Gosport) in third.
The scoring for both events was undertaken using a trial and prototype scoring system with discards (drops) at 3, 7 and 14 races. Thus the iOM's were fortunate to have two discards after only seven races.
The next big events coming up for DF95's and IOM's are both at WLYC Southport on the 7/8 Feb and 7/8 March respectively. For further details on these and others, see the full list of events for 2026 on the MYA website, www.mya-uk.org.uk/events
IOM Overall Results:
| Pos | Skipper | Sail No | Club/City | Hull | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Rob Walsh | 25 | Fleetwood | Venti | 1 | 2 | (6) | 2 | 3 | 3 | (8) | 11 |
| 2 | Graham Elliott | 09 | Birkenhead | Britpop | (6) | (7) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | James Hadden | 119 | Gosport | Britpop | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | (8) | (10) | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Martin Roberts | 22 | Birkenhead | Britpop | 3 | (9) | (7) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Roger Crates | 30 | Bridlington | Venti | 4 | (13) | 10 | (17) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Peter Baldwin | 63 | Birkenhead | Britpop | 3 | 8 | (13) | (11) | 5 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Alan Bennett | 178 | Etherow | Britpop | 1 | (14) | 3 | 4 | (14) | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Tim Hand | 134 | Lincoln | Britpop | 8 | 5 | (14) | (15) | 1 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 9 | Simon Fairman | 71 | Manor Park | Alioth | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | (17) | (15) | 10 | 33 |
| 10 | Mark Rose | 38 | Fleetwood | Britpop | 9 | 4 | (11) | 7 | 9 | (11) | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Andrea Roberts | 82 | Birkenhead | Britpop | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | (13) | (14) | 35 |
| 12 | Shaun Priestley | 87 | Fleetwood | Britpop | 5 | (16) | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | (13) | 36 |
| 13 | Derek Priestley | 67 | Fleetwood | SV | 7 | (19) | 9 | (12) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 14 | Vernon Appleton | 73 | Datchet | Britpop | 10 | (17) | 15 | (20) | 11 | 7 | 6 | 49 |
| 15 | Andrew Taylor | 51 | Fleetwood | Alioth | 10 | 12 | 5 | 13 | (16) | (18) | 15 | 55 |
| 16 | John Tushingham | 33 | Keighley | Mint | 8 | 18 | (20) | 10 | 13 | 14 | (31) | 63 |
| 17 | Guy Cowper | 39 | Birkenhead | Britpop | 5 | 11 | 16 | (21) | 21 | 17 | (22) | 70 |
| 18 | George Bennett | 180 | Etherow | Britpop | 12 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | (25) | (21) | 74 |
| 19 | Alan Watkinson | 23 | Birkenhead | Corbi 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 24 | (27) | 23 | (31) | 80 |
| 20 | Garry Benson | 68 | Fleetwood | Britpop | 7 | 26 | 22 | 16 | (28) | 16 | (31) | 87 |
| 21 | Paul Middleton | 32 | Fleetwood | Alternative | 11 | (21) | (21) | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 87 |
| 22 | Ian Sinclair | 141 | Fleetwood | Sedici | 14 | 20 | (25) | 23 | (30) | 19 | 17 | 93 |
| 23 | Bob Lafbery | 16 | Keighley | Vision | 16 | (29) | 27 | 18 | 22 | (29) | 16 | 99 |
| 24 | Peter Guest | 27 | Fleetwood | Vision | 13 | (27) | 26 | (27) | 19 | 22 | 20 | 100 |
| 25 | Peter Iles | 78 | Fleetwood | Britpop | 11 | 25 | 19 | (31) | 20 | (27) | 25 | 100 |
| 26 | Harry Blderson | 83 | Fleetwood | Sedici | 9 | 23 | 23 | 22 | (28) | (28) | 24 | 101 |
| 27 | Damian Ackroyd | 101 | Keighley | Night Mail | 12 | (30) | (30) | 29 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 107 |
| 28 | Tony Wilson | 133 | Fleetwood | Lintel | 13 | 22 | (28) | 25 | 25 | (30) | 23 | 108 |
| 29 | John Berry | 12 | Etherow | Viper | 14 | (28) | 24 | 28 | (29) | 21 | 27 | 114 |
| 30 | John Tideswell | 24 | Keighley | Alternative | 15 | 24 | (29) | (28) | 23 | 26 | 26 | 114 |
DF95 Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | Sail No | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Peter Baldwin | 172 | Birkenhead | 1 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 | 16 |
| 2nd | John Tushingham | 51 | Keighley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 16 |
| 3rd | John Brierley | 84 | Birkenhead | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 2 | -9 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
| 4th | Shaun Priestley | 67 | Fleetwood | (DNF) | -10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 33 |
| 5th | Tim Hand | 44 | Lincoln | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | -8 | -17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 36 |
| 6th | Gordon Bayliff | 35 | Fleetwood | 6 | 2 | -10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 7th | Paul Middleton | 6 | Fleetwood | 4 | 4 | 5 | -10 | 6 | -10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
| 8th | Liz Tushingham | 100 | Keighley | 10 | -18 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | (DNS) | 7 | 7 | 67 |
| 9th | Vernon Appleton | 73 | Datchet | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 11 | -16 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 10 | 68 |
| 10th | Guy Cowper | 38 | Birkenhead | 14 | 8 | 7 | (DNF) | 7 | 13 | 14 | 5 | -15 | 5 | 73 |
| 11th | Andrew Taylor | 437 | Fleetwood | (DNF) | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -16 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 78 |
| 12th | John Tideswell | 164 | Keighley | 9 | 11 | 11 | -13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -14 | 12 | 12 | 88 |
| 13th | Damian Ackroyd | 139 | Keighley | 11 | 14 | 9 | (RET) | 13 | 6 | -17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 91 |
| 14th | Harry Balderson | 83 | Fleetwood | 13 | 16 | -18 | 11 | (RET) | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 99 |
| 15th | Neil Davies | 58 | South Lakes | -16 | -15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 103 |
| 16th | Martin Brennan | 814 | Dovestone | 12 | 12 | 17 | (DNS) | 15 | 5 | 5 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 104 |
| 17th | Peter Iles | 98 | Fleetwood | 15 | -17 | 15 | 14 | -16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 119 |
| 18th | Mark Rose | 138 | Fleetwood | 8 | 9 | 16 | 15 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 124 |