GBR IOM Ranking 1 & 2 Hosted by Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

by GBR IOM Class 28 Mar 2018 21:07 BST 24-25 March 2018

GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln © A. Guerrier

The IOM Class made a welcome return to Lincoln Radio Sailing Club for the first 2018 ranking weekend.

Day One Day one saw 48 skippers descend at the club's water at Scotland Farm to very little wind but the usual warm welcome from all at Lincoln RSC.

With the briefing concluded all were eager to get on the water, however with a lack of breeze all were left to reminisce over a hard winter and a LRSC breakfast bap.

With the wind slowly playing ball, a course was set along the southern bank, the seeding races were duly won by Derek Priestley, Graham Elliott and Graham Bantock and completed around 12:30. Racing then began to move along at a more desirable pace with plenty for skippers to think about, whilst the left hand side of the upwind legs looked promising there was never quite enough breeze or a header to get back to the windward mark. After race 3 it was two South West skippers in Tony Edwards and Gavin Watson tied on 8 points with Derek Priestly 4 points back, the wind once again became inconsistent in both direction and speed but in general veering North. This led for plenty of work for the LRSC race team in moving marks quickly and making tough calls to abandon starts or heats on the first beat. After a storming victory in race 4 it was Derek Priestley who took the lead after the discard had kicked in. With race 5c underway the wind completely diminished, PRO Chris Elliott taking the tough decision to abandon the race and end the day ahead of schedule.

Derek Priestley took the win after a very consistent set of scores, Tony Edwards a very credible second and Gavin Watson finalizing the podium. With plenty of positions changing in races any of the top twenty were capable of winning races in A heat with the scoresheet close throughout all fleets and a variety of different designs showing speed.

Derek Priestley wins Day 1 of the GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln - photo © A. Guerrier

Tony Edwards finishes second on Day 1 of the GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln - photo © A. Guerrier

Day 1 Results:

Pos	Skipper	Sail No	Club/City	Hull	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	Derek Priestley	67	Fleetwood	In Transition	1	2	9	1	4
2	Tony Edwards	75	Yeovil	BP	3	1	4	3	7
3	Gavin Watson	41	West Cornwall	Sedici	2	4	2	17	8
4	Paul Allen	27	Birkenhead	BP	2	16	3	7	12
5	Chris Harris	21	Windrush	BP	17	6	1	6	13
6	PETER Stollery	39	Guildford	BP	4	5	5	12	14
7	Graham Bantock	95	Chelmsford	Akziom	1	12	12	2	15
8	Nigel Brown	55	Gosport	V10	3	3	20	10	16
9	Darin Ballinton	98	Manor Park	BP	2	18	8	9	19
10	Trevor Binks	72	Eastbourne	BP	3	14	7	11	21
11	Graham Elliott	9	Birkenhead	BP	1	17	19	4	22
12	Mark Dennis	19	Chelmsford	BP	5	10	11	8	23
13	Dave Allinson	4	Chipstead	BP	4	8	14	19	26
14	John Tushingham	51	Keighley	Vision	5	7	16	31	28
15	John Smith	43	Manor Park	BP	5	11	17	13	29
16	Bob Conner	14	Woodspring	BP	4	13	13	20	30
17	Robert Wilson	97	Leicester	BP	9	9	15	27	33
18	Tony Guerrier	50	ERS	V10	10	21	6	18	34
19	John Cleave	0	Ryde	Chaste	11	27	10	16	37
20	Simon Clarke	94	Windrush	BP	17	19	28	5	41
21	Vernon Appleton	36	Chipstead	BP	6	20	18	24	44
22	Tim Long	199	Abersoch	Vision	8	23	23	14	45
23	David Stewart	130	Tayside	BP	9	15	29	30	53
24	Dave Burke	30	Lincoln	BP	13	34	27	15	55
25	David Potter	20	Birkenhead	Lintel MMX	8	26	31	22	56
26	Roy Stevens	54	Scarborough	BP	10	24	24	29	58
27	Stephen Haywood	57	Market Bosworth	BP	7	25	26	26	58
28	Ken Binks	83	Eastbourne	BP	13	39	21	25	59
29	Mick Chamberlain	46	Lincoln	Sedici	6	22	32	37	60
30	Ian Davies	33	Poole	BP	8	30	25	32	63
31	Mike Kemp	37	Two Islands	Fraktal	6	28	30	35	64
32	Graham Whalley	161	Manor Park	V9	15	41	33	21	69
33	Austin Guerrier	8	Datchet	V10	10	37	42	23	70
34	Mike Partington	82	Fleetwood	BP	16	40	22	33	71
35	David Alston	11	Two Islands	V9	7	31	40	36	74
36	John White	109	Bideford	Lintel MMX	12	29	34	49	75
39	Emilio Gonzales Oses	125	Birkenhead	BP	7	37	37	35	79
38	Richard Aucott	16	Sedgemoor	BP	9	32	38	40	79
37	John Sharman	61	Keighley	Arrival	14	37	44	28	79
40	Tracy Ballington	108	Manor Park	BP	13	33	36	39	82
41	Peter Baldwin	63	Birkenhead	Lintel MMX	14	47	35	42	91
43	Michael Cooper	139	Lincoln	TNT	11	43	41	45	95
42	Sue Partington	86	Fleetwood	BP	12	45	46	38	95
44	Colin Walton	3	Manor Park	BP	12	46	43	41	96
45	Gary Box	1	Manor Park	Rubix	14	38	47	46	98
46	David Perkins	71	Cambridge	BP	17	44	39	43	99
47	Peter Cogill	110	Rotherham	V9	15	42	45	44	101
48	Chaz Jordan	99	Lincoln	Lintel MMX	11	48	48	47	106

Day 2

Day two dawned with Skippers arriving at Lincoln RSC to be greeted by wind, in particular around mid top suite from the NW.

Also, in attendance were a few sore heads after a great class social and a few ruing the start of BST and an hour's less recuperation.

Racing once away got off on time with a course set from the South bank. The seeding races were won by Derek Priestley, Darin Ballington and Rob Walsh making a return after a family wedding had prohibited attendance on day one.

GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln - photo © A. Guerrier

With racing moving at a good pace Darin Ballington took out race 2 with a welcome return to form after a difficult first day with Rob Walsh and uncle Derek in hot pursuit. Soon after the breeze followed day one's trend by veering to the North and making the windward mark a little tricky to view from the control area. The course moved towards the East bank with racing duly getting under way yet again.

With no one side delivering, most gains were made keeping to the middle of the course, not getting stuck out on a limb and having the opportunity to make the most of a 10 -15 degree shift when they arrived, which they did!

The Fleet continued on the East bank until race 4 when the breeze decided it was time to shift back to the WNW, after a slow start to the day it was Josh King who made the most of the new course by taking out race 5 sailing BG's former World and European winning steed POP! In race 6 Paul Allen improved on a consistent afternoon session of 3,3 to take out race 6 in dying wind conditions and to end the day and the weekend a little ahead of schedule.

After tallying the final scores, it was Rob Walsh who came out on top with John Tushingham enjoying a much improved second day two points adrift and Paul Allen taking third. The ever-consistent Graham Elliott finished fourth with Derek Priestley, Gavin Watson and Chris Harris all finishing on 27 points with Darin Ballington in eighth on 29 points.

Rob Walsh wins Day 2 of the GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln - photo © A. Guerrier

John Tushingham finishes 2nd on Day 2 of the GBR IOM Class National Ranking event at Lincoln - photo © A. Guerrier

Day 2 Results:

Pos	Skipper	Sail No	Club/City	Hull	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	Rob Walsh	25	Fleetwood	BP	1	2	3	1	6	2	9
2	John Tushingham	51	Keighley	Vision	3	21	1	2	2	3	11
3	Paul Allen	27	Birkenhead	BP	3	20	9	3	3	1	19
4	Graham Elliott	9	Birkenhead	BP	2	4	2	9	9	4	21
5	Derek Priestley	67	Fleetwood	In Transition	1	3	7	18	10	6	27
6	Gavin Watson	41	West Cornwall	Sedici	4	6	12	6	4	7	27
7	Chris Harris	21	Windrush	BP	4	9	5	5	5	8	27
8	Darin Ballington	98	Manor Park	BP	1	1	4	16	7	20	29
9	Josh King	26	Windrush	BP	8	26	6	11	1	9	35
10	Tony Guerrier	50	ERS	V10	5	5	8	12	20	5	35
11	David Potter	20	Birkenhead	Lintel MMX	2	18	22	7	7	11	45
12	Graham Bantock	95	Chelmsford	Akziom	10	11	14	4	11	17	50
13	Greg King	181	Windrush	BP	2	7	11	13	17	26	50
14	Bob Conner	14	Woodspring	BP	10	10	13	8	14	31	55
15	Dave Burke	30	Lincoln	BP	3	14	10	15	27	13	55
16	Stephen Haywood	57	Market Bosworth	BP	5	12	18	19	12	12	59
17	Mick Chamberlain	46	Lincoln	Sedici	12	8	15	20	26	18	73
18	Ian Davies	33	Poole	BP	9	36	25	10	15	21	80
19	Robert Wilson	97	Leicester	BP	5	15	23	14	25	28	82
20	Nigel Brown	55	Gosport	V10	13	33	27	21	8	16	85
21	Trevor Binks	72	Eastbourne	BP	13	22	21	24	20	10	86
22	Mark Dennis	19	Chelmsford	BP	7	13	16	22	31	30	88
23	John Sharman	61	Keighley	Arrival	4	19	20	28	29	23	94
24	Simo Clarke	94	Windrush	BP	8	23	17	25	22	32	95
25	Tim Long	199	Abersoch	Vision	11	27	35	17	23	19	97
26	Austin Guerrier	8	Datchet	V10	7	25	26	26	28	14	98
27	Richard Aucott	16	Sedgemoor	BP	10	30	36	23	16	22	101
28	Ken Binks	83	Eastbourne	BP	9	17	19	27	30	35	102
29	Roy Stevens	54	Scarborough	BP	15	38	33	31	13	15	107
30	Vernon Appleton	36	Chipstead	BP	8	16	24	30	37	34	112
31	Colin Walton	3	Manor Park	BP	11	29	29	33	21	24	114
32	John Cleave	0	Ryde	Chaste	13	31	34	39	24	27	129
33	Graham Whalley	161	Manor Park	V9	6	24	28	37	36	37	131
34	Peter Baldwin	63	Birkenhead	Lintel MMX	7	32	30	29	33	33	131
35	John Smith	43	Manor Park	BP	6	28	32	32	34	36	132
36	Mike Kemp	37	Two Islands	Fraktal	6	35	31	35	35	39	142
37	David Perkins	71	Cambridge	BP	12	41	38	42	42	25	158
38	Mike Partington	82	Fleetwood	BP	14	40	37	40	38	29	158
39	John White	109	Bideford	Lintel MMX	14	39	43	34	33	38	158
40	David Stewart	130	Tayside	BP	9	34	39	38	39	47	159
41	Peter Cogill	110	Rotherham	V9	14	44	40	36	41	40	171
42	Michael Cooper	139	Lincoln	TNT	12	37	41	41	43	41	172
43	Sue Partington	86	Fleetwood	BP	15	42	42	43	40	42	181
44	Chaz Jordan	99	Lincoln	Lintel	11	43	44	47	47	47	192
45	Garry Box	1	Manor Park	Rubix	17	47	47	47	47	47	205
45	David Alston	11	Two Islands	V9	17	47	47	47	47	47	205

It was great to see skippers competing at a ranking weekend after a break and plenty of new faces, competition no matter which fleet was very close with all skippers having a moment of glory, a well-earned promotion or race win.

Thanks to Chris Elliott the Lincoln RSC race team, who by no means had it easy, with 18 course changes and 5 heats abandoned on the first leg on Sunday alone, however decisions were made on a consistent basis with quality of racing always prevailing. Also, to all volunteers at LRSC who yet again worked tirelessly to provide a quality weekend where every detail had been meticulously planned, Thank you.