420 Inland Championships at Burton Sailing Club

by Phil Taylor 2 Oct 2012 17:20 BST 29-30 September 2012

420 Inland Championships at Burton © Mike Shaw / www.fotoboat.com

The weekend of 29th and 30th Sept saw the UK 420 fleet gather at Burton Sailing Club for their Inland Championships. With the annual post Nationals migration of established sailors off to University and the like, there was a new look to the fleet, with many new faces and new partnerships.

Competitors were greeted on Saturday by sunny skies, a very friendly club and about 15 knots of breeze, but with big gusts and lulls. 420s move pretty fast in those conditions, so that meant four laps of a fairly short course, which led to lots of mark rounding practice and boat on boat action! Race 1 got away under the watchful eye of PRO Stog, but turned into a practice race when the leeward mark decided to make a break for the shore. The restart saw James Taylor and Tom Lovesey take an early lead that they never relinquished, being followed home by Callum Airlie and Joe Butterworth, Toby Morsley and James Dodd and Craig Dibb and Matt Wallis.

For race 2 the course was changed to a windward-leeward. Tim Riley and Luke Burywood took an early lead but, in a foretaste of the rest of the weekend, Callum and Joe clearly relished the conditions and forged through, winning from Craig and Matt, with Tim and Luke in 3rd. Callum and Joe repeated their success in Race 3, this time followed by the ladies team of Annabel Cattermole and Bryony Bennett-Lloyd, with Toby and James in 3rd.

Saturday finished with Race 4, with a win for Scott Wallis and Josh Voller, Ben Hazeldine and Rhos Hawes in second, and Callum and Joe in third. After racing, class coach for the weekend Jonny McGovern gave all the sailors a great debrief on the days events.

Sunday arrived grey and wet, with possibly slightly more wind and some big gusts. Race 5 saw normal service resumed for Callum and Joe, taking the win from James and Tom with Scott and Josh in 3rd. The final race saw Craig and Matt take the bullet from Callum and Joe, whilst Ben and Rhos were third.

Overall, Annabel and Bryony were top ladies, in 7th place overall. Fifth overall were Scott and Josh, Ben and Rhos were fourth. Third and second places were only separated by the result of the last race, as the boats had identical scores and place profiles. James and Tom were third, and Craig and Matt took second. Comfortably ahead in the end, and having sailed a great regatta, the 2012 420 Inland champions are Callum Airlie and Joe Butterworth.

Further down the leaderboard there were some great performances, especially from some of the class newcomers.

Many thanks to Burton Sailing Club for the use of their facilities, and for the great welcome, to our sponsors (LDC Sailing and CurraDinghy) for the prizes, and to all of the helpers on and off the water.

The next major event for the 420 fleet will be the End of Season Championships on Nov 24th and 25th at Graham, but before that the class have a busy program of autumn training, both national and regional. For details of what is going on visit the class website at www.420sailing.org.uk or our Facebook page British International 420 Class.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	54482	Callum AIRLIE	Joseph BUTTERWORTH	East Lothian Yacht Club	2	1	1	‑3	1	2	7
2	54164	Craigo DIBB	Matt WALLIS	Warsash	4	2	‑8	5	4	1	16
3	54163	James TAYLOR	Tom LOVESEY	Burghfield SC / HISC	1	‑8	4	4	2	5	16
4	53703	Ben HAZELDINE	Rhos HAWES	Fpsc / RLymYC	6	‑7	5	2	5	3	21
5	52230	Scott WALLIS	Josh VOLLER	Spinnaker / R.lymyc	9	‑14	6	1	3	4	23
6	54582	Toby MORSLEY	James DODD	Pordinowic SC	3	5	3	6	(OCS)	9	26
7	53866	Annabel CATTERMOLE	Bryony BENNETT‑LLOYD	Welwyn Garden City Sc	‑18	4	2	7	6	12	31
8	54415	Tim RILEY	Luke BURYWOOD	Warsash R.lym	11	3	‑20	10	7	8	39
9	53644	Rosie WATKINS	Anna WATKINS	Poole YC	10	6	11	8	13	‑15	48
10	53966	Jemima LAWSON	Lily SUMMERS	Emsworth SC	8	9	10	12	12	‑16	51
11	54058	Lucy YEATES	Ellie DEVEREUX	Leigh & Lowton SC	12	10	‑25	9	10	11	52
12	54081	Matthew LULHAM‑ROBINSON	Benjamin LULHAM‑ROBINSON	Yorkshire Dales SC Yeadon Otley	7	11	9	14	15	‑21	56
13	51754	Daniel WHITELEY	James CLEMETSON	Port Dinorwic	16	13	15	(DNC)	8	14	66
14	53975	Danielle THOMAS	Amy SPARKS	RLYC	13	15	13	15	‑16	10	66
15	54364	Alistair GRAY	Alan MCINTOSH	Helensburgh SC	5	‑28	19	19	9	18	70
16	54464	Matthew SHORROCK	Will DAVIS	Frensham Pond	15	18	7	18	‑20	13	71
17	54124	Sarah ALTON	Molly FROST	CBYC	‑25	12	22	20	14	6	74
18	52566	Morgan DIBB	Gemma BIRD	Warsash SC	‑24	19	12	16	24	7	78
19	54510	Sarah NORBURY	Mari DAVIES	South Staffordshire SC	19	17	14	24	11	‑28	85
20	53889	Martin WRIGLEY	Sam SMITH	CBYC	14	21	18	11	‑25	23	87
21	54578	Mali HARNETT	Helen WOODWARD	WYC	21	‑23	16	17	21	22	97
22	54483	Ella STOGGALL	Emma KINDON	CBYC / Carsington	20	27	‑28	13	23	17	100
23	53328	Andrew CROCKET	Duncan SMITH	Loch Lomond SC	22	20	21	22	19	‑25	104
24	51988	Alasdair IRELAND	Ruaridh MILLS	Toward SC	26	‑29	24	21	18	20	109
25	52480	Jenny SMALLWOOD	Esther FENTON‑JONES	Wraysbury Lake	(DNF)	26	17	27	22	19	111
26	51407	Hattie AYRE	Josie GUMMER	Stone Sc	23	16	(DNF)	23	27	27	116
27	52067	Joseph BURNS	Ryan ORR	Spinnaker	‑29	22	26	28	17	24	117
28	53229	Joanna BARRIE	Sophie THOMSON	Annandale SC	17	25	31	‑32	26	26	125
29	53304	Jennifer ABRAHAM	Samantha FOSTER	Helensburgh SC	31	(DNC)	23	25	28	30	137
30	52456	Catriona WALLACE	Nia CROCKFORD	South Cherney	28	24	30	30	30	‑32	142
31	51174	Joanne FOSTER	David ABRAHAM	Loch Tummel SC	‑32	30	29	26	RDGa	RDGa	143.6
32	54059	Drystan HARNETT	Joe CHADWICK	Whitstable YC	27	(DNF)	27	31	31	31	147
33	53157	Rachel MAWER	Rachel DINGLEY	CCC / Largs	30	(DNF)	32	29	29	29	149
34	XXX	Leewis Coppinger	Harrison Coppinger		33	31	(DNC)	DNC	DSQ	33	167