Please select your home edition
Edition
Melges 15

Netley Sailing Club RS200 Club Championship

by Terry Hunt 7 Oct 2024 10:59 BST 5 October 2024

Whilst the RS200 Inlands were taking place at Grafham Water Sailing Club (and being won by a Netley SC member), Netley Sailing Club hosted its club RS200 championship with thirteen teams taking to the start line.

With the breeze coming straight up Southampton Water at 18-20kts, blue skies, anyone would have thought it was a glamour summer sailing day!

PRO, Dan Holeman, set the fleet 5 races, all upwind / downwind, 3 short races and 2 slightly longer, not that we needed any more upwind hiking by races 4 and 5!

Quick out the blocks was Nils Jolliffe & Nick Pratt showing great upwind speed to lead from the off and never look back. This was pretty much to be the order of the day. For race one, Vicky Taylor crewed by Simon Horsfield took 2nd, with Martin Lown & Chris Fisher 3rd.

Race 2, Adam Sandison with Mattis Prince stormed out the blocks to take a comfortable win, with Nils/Nick second and Terry & Charlie Hunt 3rd.

Race 3 saw Nils and Nick back at the front with a good win for Vicky and Simon, having recovered from a capsize in race 2, with Martin and Chis 3rd.

By race four the tide had turned and was forcing the fleet over the line. A general recall ensued and Dan brought out the black flag, or in our case, the black paddle of doom!

This made sure the fleet behaved for the final 2 starts.

Again it was Nils and Nick winning race 4 with Adam & Mattis 2nd and current World RS Tera Champion, Will Stratton-Brown crewed by his Dad, Harry, taking 3rd.

The final race of the day and by this time, most of us just wanted to be ashore, saw Nils and Nick swap over and finished off with the most convincing win of the day, with Martin & Chris cementing 2nd overall with a 2nd place and Will and Harry taking 3rd.

So with a clean sweep, Nils and Nick took the win from Martin & Chris and Mattis and Adam just pipping Terry & Charlie to 3rd overall on countback.

After racing, everyone brought their aching limbs to the comfort of the club house for a meal and then finished off with some live music, with ex commodore, Rob Bowen reforming his band, Sock Monkey.

I think to say, we all had a great day's racing!

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelm & CrewR1R2R3R4R5Pts
11175Nils Jolliffe & Nicholas Pratt121114
2345Martin Lown & Chris Fisher3437212
3399Mattis Prince & Adam Sandison14142815
4751Terry Hunt & Charlie Hunt4374415
51529William Stratton‑Brown & Harry Stratton Brown57143318
61356Andrew Chapman & Melissa Chapman6565622
7986Vicky Taylor & Simon Worsfold214214523
81093James Spikesley & Beth Spikesley7886728
91618Heather Ross & Henry Ross81158930
10574Martyn Prince & Marie‑Amelie Renard126991436
11888Sandy McPherson & Andy Trickett101010101440
121290Rob Bowen & Kay Bowen9914141446
13340Michael Worthington & Jessica Worthington111414141453

Related Articles

RS200 SW Ugly Tour at Bristol Corinthian
The scene has certainly been set for a close season ahead March? You expect me to go sailing in March?! Fortunately for Fred, heading north to BCYC is like coming home for me. So we took the inevitable decision to pack the boat up and hit the motorway. Posted on 31 Mar
RS200 Training and Open Meeting at Swanage SC
Ben Whaley and the club put on a wonderful weekend "I reckon Swanage Sailing Club is my new favourite open meeting venue!" proclaimed Emma Clarke after a resounding victory with helm Ian Martin in Sunday's 5 race series. Posted on 25 Mar
RS200 Training at Restronguet
A day of training part-funded by an RS Class Association Training Grant On the 22nd February a group of eight keen RS200s, from across the Southwest and even as far afield as Scotland, gathered on the sunny shores of Restronguet Sailing Club for a day of training part-funded by an RS Class Association Training Grant. Posted on 4 Mar
RS200 and RS400 Training at Yorkshire Dales
A big thank you to Ollie Groves and Esther Parkhurst All eyes were on the rather chilly looking forecast for the latest round of RS Class Association supported training at the Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club with Ollie Groves and Esther Parkhurst. Posted on 21 Feb
Abersoch Dinghy Week 2025 Preview
Entries open for this fabulous family racing week with lively socials South Caernarfonshire Yacht Club are pleased to announce that entries are now being taken for the 2025 Abersoch Dinghy Week. Posted on 13 Feb
RS200 Nationals entry opening soon
1st February means a chance to be at South Caernarvonshire YC in August The RS Class Association announce that entry for the Noble Marine RS200 National Championship will open at 6pm on Saturday 1st February Posted on 26 Jan
From Australia to Abersoch
An across-the-world journey to sail at the Noble Marine RS200 Nationals Jonny Harrison first sailed an RS200 way back in 1998, and now living in Australia, will be making an across-the-world journey to sail at the Noble Marine RS200 Nationals at SCYC, Abersoch this Summer. Posted on 24 Jan
Noble Marine to sponsor RS200 Youth Championship
At Exe this September The RS Class Association are pleased to announce that in addition to their long-term sponsorship of the 'noughty' fleet National Championships, the specialist boat insurance company will sponsor the Noble Marine RS200 Youth Championships. Posted on 23 Jan
Noble Marine RS200 Nationals - NoR released
South Caernarfonshire YC is an amazing venue Wimbledon, the FA Cup Final, the World Darts Championships, and the London Marathon. All are highlights of the British sporting calendar. However, no event quite compares to the Noble Marine RS200 National Championships! Posted on 20 Jan
RS200 Scottish Tryhard at North Berwick
The wind was up and the waves were punchy on Sunday The weather was crisp for the first Tryhard of 2025 and fourteen RS200s descended on North Berwick. We were greeted by current national champion Ben Whaley and 10-15kts of breeze. Posted on 13 Jan