Alex Colquitt and his team claimed overall victory at the first RYA Summer Match Racing event of the season with a full range of heavy and light winds to test the competitors.
Hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, it was a weekend of two halves after a bright and breezy day one, with gusts upwards of 20 knots, followed by lighter winds for day two and a new dynamic for the results on the racecourse.
Exciting racing in the fresh breeze on the Saturday made for a busy and long day of racing in glorious conditions with the race team fitting in 15 flights with two races in each flight, the last at 18:00.
Day two dawned with lighter airs for the repêchage series. It was to be a storming day for Colquitt and co, who having started the day in 5th, won all four of their races in the repêchage to move into the semi-finals, where they claimed a 2:1 win over Myant-Best for a place in the final.
Ali Morrish beat Team Otter 2:0 to claim the other place in the final, while in Petit Final, Otter took a 2:1 victory to finish third, leaving Myant-Best fourth overall.
Colquitt and his team then continued to stamp their authority on the event with three wins from three matches in the final against Morrish.
Overall placings
1. Alex Colquitt, Jamie Harris, Rebecca Coles, Harriet Watkins
2. Ali Morrish, Emily Robertson, Jack Fenwick, Ella Boxall
3. Sophie Otter, Cary Randeria, Amy Sparks, Scarlett Anderson, Niamh Davies
4. Niall Myant-Best, Ed Males, Jez Fowke, Hattie Askew
5. Ellie Cumpsty, Rosie Povall, Pippa Benson, Emily Au, Rheanna Pavey
6. Thomas Goodman, Iain Duncan, Jasmine Gosling, Louis Hockings Cooke
7. Tiger Tellwright Cockell, Sam Davis, Lucy Terkelsen, Cally Terkelsen, Harley Stone
8. Sasha Tydeman, James Thorne, Lucy Greenwood, Sam Blaker, Joseph Blaker
The RYA Harken Youth Match Racing Championship will take place in RS21s at Cardiff Bay YC, Wales, 3-5 September, for teams of sailors aged at least 14 but under 22 years old by 31 December 2022. The event will include a trophy for the highest placed all-U19 team and entry is open now.
The full list of remaining dates for the RYA Summer Match Racing Series 2022 is:
3-4 September 2022: Harken Youth Championship, RS21s at Cardiff Bay YC, Wales
10-11 September 2022: Marlow Ropes Women's Championship, Elliott 6Ms at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
24-25 September 2022: Summer Match Racing 2, RS21s at Queen Mary SC, London
8-9 October 2022: Summer Match Racing 3 for the Ceilidh Cup, Sonars at Royal Northern & Clyde YC, Scotland
21-23 October 2022: RYA National Match Racing Championship Grand Final, RS21s at the Royal Southern YC in Hamble, Southampton
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