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Cadet Nationals at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 5

by David Elliott 19 Aug 2010 20:04 BST 15-20 August 2010

With one race to go, the result of this year’s Cadet Class Nationals is still in the balance. Andrew Smith & Rory Burdock (Royal Lymington/Frensham Pond) in 9243 Blue String Pudding, who have led the event since Race 3, now stand on 28 points, 11 ahead of both Ben Binmore & Martha Jones (Royal Torbay) in 8440 Black Otter and Abigail Croft & Alex Page (Frensham Pond) in 8363 On The Edge. A further discard kicks in with the tenth and final race and Andrew & Rory, Ben & Martha and Henry Mills & Robert Keen (Waldringfield) in 8845 Hot Rocks are all in contention.

Thursday saw a further two races sailed in conditions similar to the previous day. In the combined Gold and Silver fleet, Henry & Robert took the gun in Race 8 from Caroline Croft & Jacob Payne (Frensham Pond) in 7274 Wave Rider, with Ben & Martha third. Jack Wilson & Jim Brooker (Frensham Pond) in 735 Pintail achieved their best result of the event so far taking fourth place, with Andrew & Rory fifth and Amir & Aliya Jannaty (South Cerney) in 9319 sixth, also producing their best performance of the week.

Caroline & Jacob led the Gold & Silver fleet home in Race 9, with second place taken by Mary Henderson & Annie Sibthorp (Salcombe/Itchenor) in 8561 Bad Influence, for their best finish of the event. Abigail & Alex took third, with Henry & Robert fourth, Louise Latham & Aaron Chadwick (Fishers Green) in 9635 Shine On, fifth and Max & Francesca Ingall (Fishers Green) in 8855 Flirting With Danger, sixth.

Sam Yale & Lottie Passmore (Waldringfield) sailing 9369 and Sam Cooper & Alex Laidlaw (Frensham Pond) in 9151 are winners and runners-up respectively of the Bronze Fleet. Sam & Lottie scored 1, 4 today and Sam & Alex, 3, 5 in today’s two races. Mollie Speirs & Louis Mellor (Frensham Pond) in 9294 were third in Race 8. Katie Wetherall & William Hurd-Wood (Parkstone) in 9601 were second in Race 9 and Ross & Johnny Thompson (Frensham Pond) in 9046, third.

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