Sunday 23rd October, and it was time to compete for the RNLI Shield, which was the last of the club championships events, re-scheduled due to the sailing area being hampered by weed.
The rain stopped and blue sky could be seen, with the breeze building, the fleet made up of entirely single handers, solos,lasers,streaker, made its way to the start line. A steady force 2 from the south-east, made life simple for the race management team of Christian hill, the ever present keeper of the records Allan Hayward.
Mike won overall, 2nd was cousin Blake, both finished in front of their uncle Graham who in turn sailed Cadets and taught the RO Christian Hill how to sail, and also finished in front of his brother-in-law Simon, whilst on board the committee boat we had young Kiran helping out with the flags while his brother Leo assisted their grandad Richard on the rescue boat, along with his son Matthew, and George (don't think I can find a tenuous family link), a wonderful family affair on a glorious day at the green, with some money raised for the RNLI as well.
Overall Results:
1st Laser, Mike Atkinson
2nd Aero 6, blake Newman
3rd Laser, Graham Newman
4th Laser, Simon Williams
5th Solo, Richard piper
6th Solo, nick Pighill
7th Solo, Martin jarvis
8th Streaker, Roberto Mancini
9th Solo, Peter Hollis
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