After a couple of mixed results on the opening day yesterday, including an OCS, silver medallist Luke Patience and Mary Henderson won the Endeavour Champion of Champions title with two final race wins.
With three points between the top two boats (Patience/Henderson and Palmer/Seabright) going into the second and final race of the day, the pressure was on. A bit of a battle took place off the start line but once again Patience/Henderson were able to repeat their performance and secure another win, which was enough for an overall win. Palmer/Seabright were always in contention but they had to settle for a close second, which after their impressive results from the opening day, were able to take second place overall.
For Patience and Henderson winning the 2021 Endeavour Trophy was a case of completing some unfinished business from the last Endeavour in 2019. Patience recalls it well: "Indeed, it almost feels like a bit of redemption from when we almost won two years ago but mucked up on a gybe on the last run.
"In a way it makes it even more special to have finally won the Endeavour. It was really great racing."
Plans are already under way for next year's Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy, which is taking place on 8-9 October 2022.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st Olympian 470 Luke Patience Mary Henderson (OCS) 1 1 3 1 1 7
2nd Thames A Rater Ben Palmer Amy Seabright 2 2 2 ‑11 3 2 11
3rd RS400 Nick Craig Katie Burridge 4 6 4 4 4 ‑7 22
4th RS200 Arran Holman Toby Lewis ‑9 4 5 7 6 4 26
5th Solo Andy Davis Pippa Kilsby 7 ‑21 3 15 5 8 38
6th Merlin Christian Birrell Matt Mee 5 13 (BFD) 5 15 6 44
7th RS Feva Millie Irish Joe Warwicker ‑21 18 11 1 12 5 47
8th National 12 Tom Stewart Isobel Stewart 1 ‑19 17 9 8 13 48
9th GP14 Mike Senior Liz Senior 8 ‑27 8 13 9 11 49
10th RS800 Tom Morris Guy Fillmore 11 10 9 ‑28 2 20 52
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