Cam Cup Team Racing at Grafham Water Sailing Club
by Anthony Butler 6 Mar 2012 13:05 GMT
3-4 March 2012
Wessex Exempt take the trophy
Wessex Exempt took the Cam Cup at Grafham Water on 3/4 March, with West Kirby close runners-up in a star-studded field. This annual Cambridge University Cruising Club team racing event was dominated by alumni teams who filled the first seven places of the 15-strong entry. University teams took the next three places, in the Silver league, with a grand tie amongst universities and schools in the Bronze league.
Conditions on the Saturday were excellent, with teams getting 8 to 10 races in sunny conditions. The wind proved tricky on the Sunday, and time was lost in several course changes before a front came through to steady the wind on WNW at 20mph – and a cool 4 degrees Centigrade. In spite of these circumstances teams got 3 to 4 races each – quite enough for most in the cold and windy conditions, particularly after the excellent dinner and clubbing session of the night before!
Final detailed results over the week-end were as follows.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Team |
|---|
| Gold League |
|---|
| 1 | Wessex Exempt |
| 2 | West Kirby |
| 3 | SSCM (Bristol) |
| 4 | West Kirby Hawks |
| 5 | Royal Hong Hong YC |
| Silver League |
|---|
| 6 | Royal Thames Red |
| 7 | Royal Thames Blue |
| 8 | Oxford |
| 9 | Cambridge |
| 10 | Bristol Red |
| Bronze League |
|---|
| 11= | Liverpool |
| 11= | Oakham School |
| 11= | Oxford & Cambridge SS |
| 11= | Sevenoaks School |
| 15 | Bristol White |