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LWA Summer Series Sat 14 June
Oxford Sailing Club
Oxford SC put on a beautiful sunny day and even an RAF flypast for the UKWA/LWA Inlands two day event. There was a superb turnout of 29 Technos, 26 Raceboards, 13 RS:Xs and 5 Formula sailors as well as 30 Juniors sailing on the Team 15 Course, of whom 8 stayed to sail on the Main Course on the Sunday. Of these the LWA contingent was comprised of 7 Technos, 24 Raceboards and 3 Formulas. The four races completed on the Saturday counted as an event in the LWA Summer Series. Sailors who were nor regular LWA event participants had their results excluded from the calculation of the LWA positions shown below on which this report is based.
However, the beautiful sunshine, as sometimes happens, was not accompanied by similarly splendid wind. Race Officer James Palin was at times beset by 120 degree windshifts and wind strengths from zero to 10 knots within seconds of each other, which made it very difficult indeed to set a start line which was going to be viable for more than a few minutes at a time.
Nevertheless eventually racing did get underway and it soon became clear that at the front end of all the fleets there was a small group of sailors who did not have to depend on luck, but who were able to get a solid grip of the problems presented by the shifting wind and the occasional puffs. In the Raceboard fleet the leading bunch consisted of Rob Kent, Paul Leone, Chris Gibson and Annette Kent, who between them filled most of the top places in nearly every race. Just occasionally someone else got lucky - Andy Lacy, Bernie Fyans, Alan Jackson and Rod Davis all had at least one good result - but consistency was the name of the game. Chris Gibson and Rod Davis managed a couple of OCSs between them without which their results might have been different.
At the sharp end the event became a duel between Rob Kent on his Tushingham Lightning 9.4 and International Raceboard Class Association President Paul Leone using a Spanish Aerolite 9.5. Whilst Rob managed to win the UKWA two day event, largely because non-LWA sailors Bob Ingram and Tim Gibson finished between them in some races, in the first four races, scored for LWA sailors only, Paul and Rob finished on the same points with Paul winning on countback. Annette performed miracles on her 8.5 Mistral, her best position being a 3rd.
In the Technos Mathew Brown (U17) headed the LWA results with four wins, finishing four points clear of Sam Jenkins (U15) and Stuart Hards (U15), who were both on 7 points with Sam taking it on countback.
The Formula sailors alas had a dry weekend as the wind refused to co-operate and the race they attempted was binned during the countdown.
Thanks go to all the Oxfords SC guys, the on-water crew, registration and results teams and all the others who helped to make this event a success.
RESULTS:
Raceboard 9.5/8.5:
1st: Paul Leone (also 1st Master); 2nd: Rob Kent; 3rd Chris Gibson (also 1st Vet)
1st Lady: Annette Kent (8.5)
Raceboard 7.5:
1st: Dave Kinnerley
Techno 6.8:
1st: Stuart Hards; 2nd: Connor Wells; 3rd: Andrew Robinson
Techno 7.8:
1st Matthew Brown; 2nd: Sam Jenkins; 3rd: Charlie Wilson; 4th Alex Mitchell
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LWA Oxford Sat 14 June 2008: |
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Raceboards: |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Tot |
Nett |
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1 |
RB 9.5 |
1111 |
PaulLeone |
1 |
-4 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
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2 |
RB 9.5 |
919 |
Robert Kent |
-2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
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3 |
RB 9.5 |
0 |
Christopher Gibson |
6 |
2 |
OCS |
4 |
37 |
12 |
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4 |
RB 9.5 |
918 |
Annette Kent |
3 |
-11 |
7 |
5 |
26 |
15 |
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5 |
RB 9.5 |
537 |
Rod Davis |
5 |
6 |
4 |
OCS |
40 |
15 |
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6 |
RB 9.5 |
8722 |
Bernie Fyans |
4 |
9 |
3 |
-13 |
29 |
16 |
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7 |
RB 9.5 |
580 |
Russ Canning |
7 |
-13 |
6 |
6 |
32 |
19 |
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8 |
RB 9.5 |
843 |
Adrian Rippington |
-10 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
30 |
20 |
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9 |
RB 9.5 |
9383 |
Andy Lacey |
-9 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
30 |
21 |
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10 |
RB 9.5 |
416 |
Alan Jackson |
14 |
7 |
DNC |
3 |
49 |
24 |
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11 |
RB 9.5 |
267 |
Douglas Starr |
-18 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
43 |
25 |
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12 |
RB UL |
353 |
Paul Robinson |
8 |
-18 |
12 |
16 |
54 |
36 |
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13 |
RB 9.5 |
531 |
Jon Davis |
-15 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
51 |
36 |
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14 |
RB 9.5 |
868 |
Bill Keeling |
21 |
DNC |
10 |
8 |
64 |
39 |
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15 |
RB 9.5 |
557 |
Graham Horsley |
-19 |
10 |
13 |
17 |
59 |
40 |
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16 |
RB 9.5 |
9896 |
Adrian Brearley |
11 |
12 |
17 |
-22 |
62 |
40 |
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17 |
RB 9.5 |
22 |
Derek Clark |
-17 |
16 |
15 |
11 |
59 |
42 |
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18 |
RB 7.5 |
1311 |
David Kinnerley |
13 |
14 |
16 |
-18 |
61 |
43 |
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19 |
RB 9.5 |
587 |
Mike Crowther |
16 |
-17 |
14 |
14 |
61 |
44 |
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20 |
RB 9.5 |
8811 |
Kerry Hastings |
12 |
-20 |
18 |
19 |
69 |
49 |
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21 |
RB 9.5 |
7282 |
Brian Tilbury |
20 |
DNC |
20 |
15 |
80 |
55 |
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22 |
RB 7.5 |
497 |
Colin Flint |
-23 |
19 |
19 |
21 |
82 |
59 |
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23 |
RB 9.5 |
774 |
Peter Ash |
-22 |
21 |
22 |
20 |
85 |
63 |
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24 |
RB 9.5 |
538 |
Janet Pain |
-24 |
22 |
21 |
23 |
90 |
66 |
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DNC/OCS = 25 |
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Pos: |
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Technos: |
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R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Tot |
Nett |
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1 |
T7.8 |
453 |
Matthew Brown |
U17 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
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2 |
T7.8 |
425 |
Sam Jenkins |
U15 |
-3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
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3 |
T6.8 |
9597 |
Stuart Hards |
U15 |
2 |
2 |
OCS |
3 |
15 |
7 |
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4 |
T6.8 |
9640 |
Conor Wells |
U15 |
-5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
12 |
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5 |
T7.8 |
9713 |
Charlie Wilson |
U17 |
4 |
-6 |
6 |
4 |
20 |
14 |
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6 |
T7.8 |
9721/9621 |
Alex Mitchell |
U17 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
DNC |
24 |
16 |
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7 |
T6.8 |
343 |
Andrew Robinson |
U15 |
-7 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
24 |
17 |
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DNC/OCS = 8 |
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