Sailing Chandlery RS200 Northern Tour 2023

Sailing Chandlery RS200 Northern Tour 2023 - Summary

by Ben Teague 14 Nov 2023 10:54 GMT

Chris and Evie Pickles win the RS200 Northern Tour overall © Ben Teague

It has been another great year on the RS200 Northern Tour who saw the return of Sailing Chandlery as the title sponsor. A total of 130 sailors from 24 clubs (ranging from East Lothian to Draycote) took part in the Tour which saw close racing throughout the fleet.

Overall, the Dad and daughter duo Chris and Evie Pickles came out on top thanks to three event wins from three. They might have made it look easy on paper, but they were made to work for each win against some hot competition. Notably, Russell and Annabelle Page gave them a run for their money in the glorious sunshine at Staunton Harold whilst Jon Chapman and Wendy Martin tried to make home advantage count at Budworth.

Northern Tour regulars Martin and Barbera Smith from Leigh and Lowton, and Jon and Heather Ward from Budworth finished in second and third respectively.

The most active northern boat in the 200 fleet this year has undoubtedly been Ben Dearden who has travelled the length and breadth of the country sailing his 200 with every crew he could find. In addition to five Northern Tour events, he took part in the Nationals, Inlands, End of Seasons and BUSA Fleet Racing Champs. He also treated himself to a new boat half-way through the season!

Jon and Heather Ward take third place in the RS200 Northern Tour overall - photo © Ben Teague

The Tour prizes provided by Sailing Chandlery were warmly received by the fleet I hope that many of the prize winners will have already spent their winnings on some new kit or bits for their boats. I also hope the Tour has promoted the Sailing Chandlery brand to a wider variety of sailors in the north and raised the profile of the business.

Preparations are already well under way for 2024 and the tour schedule will be announced shortly once the final events are finalised. We are hoping to expand the Tour to get a greater coverage of the 'north' and have four winter and spring training dates confirmed to encourage more members into the class. In particular, I am hoping to send the Tour to the north east coast for the first time since 2017 and we will be visiting Red Wharf Bay SC in Anglesey for the first time.

On behalf of the fleet, I would like to thank Andrew and the Sailing Chandlery team for their support and generosity this year. I hope that they have enjoyed keeping up with the northern 200 fleet down in Essex and also hope that they would like to renew their sponsorship for 2024.

Ben Dearden and one of his many crews take fourth place in the RS200 Northern Tour overall - photo © Ben Teague

Overall Series Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	LLSC	YDSC	SHSC	BIRK -ETT	GNAC	BUD- WORTH	Pts
1	494	Chris Pickles	Evie Pickes	Leigh and Lowton SC		1	1			1	3
2	1068	Martin Smith	Barbera Smith	Leigh and Lowton SC	5	3	4	5	11		12
3	1560	Jon Ward	Heather Ward	Budworth SC	9	2		7	13	4	13
4	1402	Ben Dearden	Alice Carter/Esme Baraclough/Abbey Mumford	Yorkshire Dales SC	7	5	7		7	8	19
5	1314	Jon Chapman	Wendy Martin	Budworth SC	12			11		2	25
6	1478	Ben Teague	Nat Pritchard Jones/Heather Quinn/George Holbrook	Abersoch SC	11		8			13	32
7	1033	Gareth Williams	Jen Williams	Leigh and Lowton SC	3			16	24		43
8	1419	Russell Page	Vicky/Annabelle Page	Budworth SC	4		2				71
9	1112	Nigel Pepperdine	Di Pepperdine/Simon Kelsall	Staunton Harold SC			3	4			72
10	847	Chris Smallwood	Marie Smallwood	Budworth SC				12		5	82
11	1277	Stewart Walker	Olivia Walker/Martin Walker			4			14		83
12	1538	Matthew Luxton	Desmond Luxton	Staunton Harold SC	10	9					84
13	1700/1709	Ross Southwell	Poppie Christie/Katie Byrne	Leigh and Lowton SC/Yorkshire Dales SC				18		7	90
14	329	Rose Jury	Martin Walker	Ullswater YC/Yorkshire Dales SC		7		20			92
15	1538	Matthew Luxton	Des Luxton	Staunton Harold SC			10	19			94
16	757	Thomas Ellis	Jon Ranson	Red Wharf Bay				17		17	99
17	1509	Alistair Norris	Evie Coates	Leigh and Lowton SC	1						131
18	1559	Andrew Peters	Jill Peters	Castle Cove SC				1			131
19	211	Brendan Lynch	Anna McBestie	ELYC/HSC					1		131
20	1642	John Wilson	Laura Glover	East Lothian YC				2			132
21	728	Adam Catlow	Martyn Catlow	Leigh and Lowton SC	2						132
22	1682	Andrew Brown	Alex Sutcliffe	Tynemouth SC					2		132
25	296	Bex Smith	Sian Baird	Budworth SC						3	133
23	296	Jamie Tylecote	Evie Coates	Rutland SC				3			133
24	600	Fiona Rigg	Ellen Clarke	East Lothian YC					3		133
26	1369	Phil Smith	Naomi Smith	Bass SC					4		134
27	1026	Jamie Barker	Hannah Jones	Staunton Harold SC			5				135
28	987	Michael Sims	Libby Sims	Burton BC					5		135
34	1137	Tony Taylor	Debbie Sutcliffe	Budworth SC						6	136
29	1620	Lol Hayward	Ana Nugent	Staunton Harold SC			6				136
30	891	Dan McLean	Eva McLean	Leigh and Lowton SC	6						136
31	876	Lee Carter	Anne			6					136
32	1612	Ben Tylecote	Anna Caldecott	Rutland SC				6			136
33	1120	Peter Collings	Ali Morrish	CSSC					6		136
35	1135	Paul Hill	Alex Hill			8					138
36	712	Alexander Davies	Sitara Davies	Leigh and Lowton SC	8						138
37	1277	Alice Carter	Joe Spencer	Yorkshire Dales SC				8			138
38	939	James Johnson	Tom Johnson	Roa Island					8		138
42	1520	Alex Taylor	Rory Newstead Taylor	Leigh and Lowton SC						9	139
39	470	Dave Barker	Gemma Barker	Scaling Dam SC				9			139
40	952	Liz Simons	Matt Simons	Staunton Harold SC			9				139
41	807	Phil Davenport	Oscar Davenport	Bass SC					9		139
45	1644	Tony Wilcock	Liz Jamie	Budworth SC						10	140
43	704	Harrison Entwistle	Sam Storer	Coniston SC				10			140
44	1071	Matthew Somerville	Henry Bullen	Bass SC					10		140
47	1452	Alistair Hodgson	Ella Spain	Draycote Water SC						11	141
46	1006	Matt Smith	Carole Smith	Staunton Harold SC			11				141
49	978	Alex Cleaver	Olivia Cleaver	Budworth SC						12	142
48	1150	Andy Smith	Lily Smith	Bass SC					12		142
50	501	Rob Howard	Wes Tinven	Sunderland YC				13			143
52	1437	Jacob Din	Lauren Marsh	HLSC						14	144
51	583	Dominic Smith	Katheryn Smith	Ripon SC				14			144
55	1435	Hugh Smallman	Maria Pavlu	Budworth SC						15	145
53	523	Sam Sloss	Chloe Rankin	Largs SC				15			145
54	1076	Robin Dawson	Oliver Smith	Bass SC					15		145
57	720	David Grice	Chris Grice	Budworth SC						16	146
56	1202	Tom Moss	Poppy Christie	Scaling Dam/Bass SC					16		146
58	1033	Neil Campbell	Archie Campbell	Bass SC					17		147
60	1514	Toby Moore		Budworth SC						18	148
59	1437	Adam Din	Olivia Zuniga	Hollingworth Lake SC					18		148
61	1312	Paul Clark	Emily Clark	Bass SC					19		149
62	507	Thomas or Henry K	Stephen Kirk	Bass SC					20		150
63	757	Tom Ellis	John Ranson	Red Wharf Bay / Bolton					21		151
64	1538	Matthew Luxton	Desmond Luxton	Staunton Harold SC					22		152
65	958	Alastair Duncan	Alfie Duncan	Bass SC					23		153