Snipe Open at Budworth Sailing Club
by Mark Antonelli 12 Sep 2016 17:07 BST
10-11 September 2016
Snipe Open at Budworth © Joanna Prestwich Photography
Light and variable breeze made for a tricky first day's races for the 21 Snipes at Budworth SC in Cheshire. It was new Junior SCIRA members Nick Devereux and Sarah Jarman who kicked off with 2 x consecutive firsts; Nick's local experience undoubtedly proving its worth.
With a couple of clean starts Mark Antonelli & Toby Moore secured the remaining 1st places of the day. With consistent performance from both crews, only 1 series point separated them after day 1.
Day 2 saw bright sunshine with fresh 10 gusting 22 knots with frequent 10 degree shifts. Eric Paalman with David Alexander in the front recovered his form after a shaky first day to post a 1st in race 5. Sue and Steve Roberts enjoying the stronger breeze posted 2nds in race 5 & 6. The Italian representatives Marco Ballatore & Eugenia Vanni struggled with consistency but managed a 2nd place at the last race of each day. But it was Devereux and Jarman who regained their winning form to take 1st in the last three races to secure the overall win with a good margin.
Worldwide the Snipe is a huge class, the UK fleet has maintained good numbers in recent decades with boats as far North as the Orkney fleets, to the South in Essex and Kent. It makes for a big commitment to travel so we were pleased to welcome visitors to this event from Stromness in Orkney and Bough Beech in Kent As well as several Budworth members from the GP fleet spending a weekend with Snipes in the true spirit of Snipes "Serious Sailing Serious Fun".
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crfew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 29408 | Nick Devereux | Sarah Jarman | Budworth SC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 30226 | Mark Antonelli | Tracy Antonelli.Toby Moore.Dawn Savell | Budworth SC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | 29611 | Sue Roberts | Steve Roberts | Blue Circle SC | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | 29190 | Marco Ballatore | Eugenia Vanni | Budworth SC | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | 26996 | Hugh Devereux | Ryan Hart | Budworth SC | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | 30834 | Eric Paalman | Lynn Paalman. David Alexander | Budworth SC | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | 29834 | John Love | Debbie Love | Budworth SC | 12 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 54 |
| 8 | 30315 | Brian Gregory | Dariusz Sadowski | Bough Beech SC | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 59 |
| 9 | 29538 | Robin Mister | Morgan Mister | Budworth SC | 18 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 61 |
| 10 | 30881 | Roland Antonelli | Steve Astles | Budworth SC | 15 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 70 |