Twenty Challengers gathered at Rutland Sailing Club for the 2022 UK Challenger Championships on Friday 23 September. There were nine visiting sailors and four visiting boats. Five visiting sailors were loaned Rutland Sailability or privately owned Challengers.
Eleven 2.4mR sailors were present for their Inland Championships. As in 2021, the two classes shared a committee boat but each sailed their preferred course: trapezoidal for the Challengers and windward-leeward for the 2.4s.
Once the numbers had been crunched, Graham was first overall and Nick second with Val narrowly beating Chichian for third. In the Silver fleet Alan had an emphatic win but the syndicate of Jack and Bob scraped second beating Caz on countback.
This was a tightly fought championship with six different winners over eight races. Ultimately the old hands just managed to keep the young guns in order. They have been invited back for next year!
Thanks are also due to: the race committee, in particular Richard Johnson (Challenger race officer) and David Rowlands (2.4 race officer); the mark layer David Newton and his assistants; the safety boat crews and to Val Millward the event organiser.
Trophies Awarded:
Curtis Cup (1st overall) Graham Hall
Judi Figgures Trophy (2nd overall) Nick Bett
Prentice Pot (3rd overall) Val Millward
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cup (1st Silver) Alan Bradley
Rutland Rose Bowl (2nd Silver) Jack Alderdice and Bob Austin (syndicate)
3rd Silver Caz Jerromes
Silver Piccolo (highest placed sailor previously unplaced at a UK Championships) Alex Hovden
Thames Water Shield (winner of last race) Chichian Wu
Jock Campbell Trophy (best under 30 or over 80) Chichian Wu
Overall Results:
Pos Fleet Sail No Boat Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Pts
1st Gold 270 Daisy Graham Hall Rutland Sailing Club 2 3 2 1 ‑4 3 3 2 16
2nd Gold 261 Last Orders Nick Bett Rutland Sailing Club ‑8 1 3 3 1 2 8 4 22
3rd Gold 312 Legless Jester Val Millward Rutland Sailing Club 4 ‑8 6 4 2 6 2 5 29
4th Gold 290 Swimarathon Chichian Wu Chinese Taipei 3 10 ‑17 2 6 1 7 1 30
5th Gold 280 White Knight Duncan Greenhalgh Bassenthwaite Sailing Club 6 5 1 7 ‑9 5 4 8 36
6th Gold 297 Trinity Bill Ridlington Rutland Sailing Club 5 4 4 6 ‑11 7 6 6 38
7th Gold 263 Freethinker Rory McKinna Clyde Cruising Club 7 6 ‑16 8 5 11 1 3 41
8th Gold 212 David Hodson Rutland Sailing Club 1 2 11 5 7 4 (DNC) DNC 51
9th Gold 304 Alex Hovden Papercourt Sailing Club 10 7 5 ‑11 3 8 9 9 51
10th Gold 265 Noinan David Driffill Ogston Sailing Club 11 11 7 9 10 10 ‑12 7 65
11th Silver 315 Thunderball Alan Bradley Rutland Sailability 12 9 10 10 ‑15 9 10 12 72
12th Silver 281 Larr‑D‑Da Jack Alderdice and Bob Austin Rutland Sailing Club 9 12 (DNF) DNC 8
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