RS200 Southerns, Rooster National Tour & West Country Boat Repairs SW Ugly Tour at Parkstone

by Niki Birrell 21 Jul 2022 04:50 BST 16-17 July 2022

An impressive full entry of 40 boats travelled to Parkstone YC on 16th July for the RS200 Southern Championships for a weekend event on the Rooster National Tour, combined with a one-day event for the West Country Boat Repairs SW Ugly Tour.

The fleet were greeted with a lovely 10-15 knot breeze and wall-to-wall sunshine that stayed throughout the day. Race Officer Bryan Drake and his team did a fantastic job to get 4 races away on day 1, with tight racing throughout the fleet. After racing, a tired fleet came ashore to the welcome sight of an ice cream van giving out free ice creams!

A lovely curry dinner followed, and this concluded the SW Ugly Tour event, with Chris Catt and Ian Martin taking the honours, from Robe Henderson and Elouise Mayhew in 2nd and Hamish Walker and Emma Hivey in 3rd.

Conditions were similar on day 2, glorious sunshine and 10-15 knot winds. The Race Officer set 2 longer 3-lap races, which once again produced tight racing where any small mistake could cost multiple places, as demonstrated by the author of this report with a capsize on the final leg of one race!

Once ashore the fleet enjoyed delicious cakes baked by the club members - we really do love Parkstone YC!

Congratulations to Ian Martin and Chris Catt who sailed a consistent series to win by 5 points from Hamish Walker and Emma Hivey. Niki Birrell and Ben Whaley were 3rd on equal points with Matt Mee and Tom Pygall, leaving Ben asking Niki if they'd left it too late to enter the 'insane' 170 boat RS200 Nationals!

The Rooster Endeavour prize went to Alex and Mike Cleaver, who had travelled all the way from Budworth SC.

Many thanks to all at Parkstone YC for delivering another seamless and memorable event and of course to our sponsors Rooster and West Country Boat Repairs.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	1603	Ian Martin	Chris Catt	Netley SC	‑9	2	1	3	1	6	13
2nd	1702	Hamish Walker	Emma Hivey	RNSA/ASA	2	4	3	7	2	‑13	18
3rd	1136	Niki birrell	Ben whaley	Parkstone yc	5	6	5	2	‑7	2	20
4th	1615	Matt Mee	Tom Pygall	Burghfield	3	‑13	7	4	3	3	20
5th	1652	will storey	Kate Allam	Pyc	‑16	7	6	1	4	5	23
6th	1647	Richard Edwards	Lila Edwards	Parkstone Yacht Club	‑12	5	4	10	6	1	26
7th	1019	James Williams	Sarah Tuppen	Chew Valley Lake SC	1	3	15	‑21	13	11	43
8th	1625	Karen Oldale	Jo Hewitson	Parkstone	10	9	9	5	‑12	10	43
9th	1521	Matt Venables	Bethan Matthew	Sutton/Royal Thames	6	11	‑16	14	8	7	46
10th	16	Chris Webber	Nicki Webber	Pevensey Bay SC	(RET)	10	8	11	10	8	47
11th	965	Alex Smallwood	Callum Farnden	Datchet Water SC	7	8	12	‑15	9	12	48
12th	861	Duncan Glen	Lorna Glen	Parkstone YC	20	‑27	10	13	5	4	52
13th	629	Rob Henderson	Elouise Mayhew	Salcombe YC / Royal Harwich YC / Waldrin	4	1	2	6	(DNC)	DNC	54
14th	1667	Owen Bowerman	Annabelle Orme	HSIC	‑18	15	18	9	11	14	67
15th	964	Chris Thomas	Verity Hopkins	Weir Wood SC	15	14	17	‑28	17	9	72
16th	1078	Merrick Stanley	Victoria Upton	Llandegfedd SC	11	17	13	‑18	14	17	72
17th	1694	Bruce Grant	Maddy Kirk	Itchenor Sailing Club	27	‑30	11	8	21	15	82
18th	1395	Nigel Bird	Andy Bird	R.Y.A	8	‑25	24	17	15	22	86
19th	1178	Julian Bradley	Helen Cafferata	Wembley	23	21	‑27	16	18	16	94
20th	594	Kyle Brown	Madeline Strugnell	Restronguet SC	17	22	‑31	20	24	19	102
21st	1720	Chris Mayhew	Nicole Mayhew	Waldringfield SC and Royal Harwich YC	13	12	19	19	(DNC)	DNC	104
22nd	1151	Jake Hardman	Emma Hartley	HISC/Parkstone YC	21	18	25	‑38	16	24	104
23rd	1340	Edward Harris	James Bennett	Chew Valley Lake SC	‑36	32	23	12	22	29	118
24th	1618	James Ross	Monty Ross	Netley SC	‑35	16	30	26	19	27	118
25th	1699	Douglas Calder	David Calder	RNSA	‑30	23	26	23	26	23	121
26th	541	Milly Tregaskes	Taryn Banks	Restronguet	19	‑34	28	30	27	18	122
27th	322	Freya Brown	Grace O'Hallaran	Restronguet SC	22	20	‑36	32	28	21	123
28th	975	Matt Thornton	Laura Bevan	Parkstone Yacht Club	29	28	20	25	23	(DNC)	125
29th	1358	Charlie Whitaker	Andrew Wishart	Queen Mary SC	14	24	21	27	(DNC)	DNC	127
30th	1658	John Harvey	Sarah Maddison	Thornbury Sailing Club	24	19	22	22	(DNC)	DNC	128
31st	1665	Peter Loretto	Kelly Aaron	Parkstone	25	26	14	24	(DNC)	DNC	130
32nd	386	Daniel Tregaskes	Polly Tregaskes	Restronguet	32	33	‑37	33	25	20	143
33rd	1402	Ffion Morgan	Ben Dearden	Exe Sailing Club / Yorkshire Dales SC	28	29	‑32	29	31	26	143
34th	1585	Tony Wilkinson	Michelle Wilkinson	Parkstone	26	‑31	29	31	29	30	145
35th	983	Shaun Robson	Marie Smith	Parkstone	33	‑37	35	34	32	28	162
36th	1685	Roger	Phil Brook	PYC	‑37	35	33	35	33	31	167
37th	1637	Kim Gavin	Sarah Gavin	Parkstone YC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	20	25	168
38th	978	Alex Cleaver	Mike Cleaver	Budworth SC/Swanage SC	34	‑38	38	36	30	32	170
39th	1674	Stuart Totten	Jill Totten	Parkstone	31	36	34	37	(DNC)	DNC	179
40th	1679	Dave Pointer	Jan Pointer	Parkstone YC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	205