GP14 Youth Championships at Budworth Sailing Club

 With the changes by World Sailing to enable multi-championships together on the same course and event, the GP14 class is eager to encourage youth sailors into our fantastic class and financially supported this event. To encourage more participation an new category racing for a new shield had been introduced by the Association - Youth Helm sailing with an Adult Crew.

Visiting sailors commented on how many juniors had been trained up by the host club Budworth and entered the event.

Sailors who were new to the class expressed that they "found the event friendly, competitive and welcoming. It was a valuable learning experience due to the great training and sprint racing." Another commented "the skills learnt could be transferred into their usual sailing fleets".

The weekend rounded off a brilliant few months for many sailors from Budworth SC as they have stepped out of their junior classes to try the double handed GP14. The hard work clearly paid off with them all sporting huge smiles and maybe a couple bruises.

The event created friendships and hopefully will help the Association in seeing the required entries to be able to upgrade our first Youth Boat at a Worlds to a Youth World Champion. In a week where the GP14 2004 Youth World Champion Stu Bithell won gold for team GB at the Olympics, where can we expect to see these sailors in the future?

Trophies awarded:

National 57 team Trophy (3 highest placed boats from a club or group) - Tadbrook & Combs SC

Hazelock Cup (Highest Lady Helm and Crew) - Roseanna Joyce and Sian Baird

Milliken Cup (18 years and under) - Emily Page

Youth Helm sailing with an Adult crew:

Winner - Michaela and Hugh Attfield

Runner up - Matthew and ross Baird

Third Place - Charlotte and Ken Critchley

Overall Results:

Pos Entry R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts

1 14140 Emily Page & Matthew Williams Budworth SC 1 1 ‑3 1 2 5

2 (youth) 14116 Peter Boyle & Joe Doherty Sutton Dinghy Club 3 4 1 (dnf 15) 1 9

3 (youth) 14232 Hannah Whittam & Henry White Todbrook Sc 2 ‑7 2 5 4 13

4 13883 James Alexander & Joe Mills Budworth SC 6 2 ‑9 2 7 17

5 (youth) 13389 Victoria Theaker & Bryn Barker Coombs Sc 4 3 8 (ret 15) 3 18

6 (youth) 13744 George Jacobs & Henry Bayliss Coombes Todrook Sc ‑10 6 4 3 6 19

7 13721 Rosanna Joyce & Sian Baird Budworth SC 8 5 5 4 ‑9 22

8 14201 Michaela & Hugh Attfield Budworth SC 7 9 ‑10 6 5 27

9 14010 Annabel Page & Georgia Evans Budworth SC 5 ‑8 6 8 8 27

10 13541 Fin Waterhouse & Kian Lawlor Budworth SC 9 ‑11 7 7 10 33

11 13875 Matthew & Ross Baird Budworth SC 11 10 11 (dnf 15) dns 15 47

12 13777 Charlotte & Ken Critchley Budworth SC (DNS 15) 12 12 dns 15 dns 15 54

13 14201 Hermione Attfield Budworth SC (DNS 15) DNS 15 DNS 15 dns 15 dns 15 60

13 (youth) 14018 Samuel Bailey & Finlay Morgan South Staffs Sc (DNS 15) DNS 15 DNS 15 dns 15 dns 15 60