Over the weekend of 15th & 16th April, Tata Steel Sailing Club in South Wales hosted the first event of the 70th anniversary year of the Osprey with the Welsh and Midland Championships which was a shared event with the Solo Welsh Championships.
There was an entry of 14 boats from as far as Weymouth in the South and Coniston in the North.
The first race was led by Alex and Nick Willis who crossed the fleet on port. It wasn't long before DJ Edwards & Vyv Townend took the lead and extended their lead through to the finish. Terry Curtis and Pete Greig were the leading chasers. Dave Griffiths and Maurice Clark coming in third.
The second race was led from start to finish by DJ and Vyv, with Terry and Pete breaking out from the pack. Dave and Maurice again coming in third.
In the third race DJ and Vyv again got into the lead, but were chased closely by Terry and Pete, who were clear of the chasing pack where Martin Cooney and Peter Frith came through to take third.
Saturday night was spent at the Twelve Knights Hotel, along with the Solo fleet, which was a very pleasant night catching up after the winter break.
Sunday dawned to a mirror like lake. After a postponement the wind filled in from the South East but whilst in start sequence the wind shifted and then dropped away. The only wise option was to abandon racing for the day.
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st 1353 DJ Edwards Vyv Townend Tata and Bough Beech SC 1 1 1 3
2nd Plan B 1234 Terry Curtis Pete Greig Weymouth SC 2 2 2 6
3rd Carpe Diem 1365 Dave Griffiths Maurice Clarke Tenby SC 3 3 6 12
4th Swiftwyn 1290 Martin Cooney Peter Frith Poole Y C 5 4 3 12
5th Waimanu 1291 Alex Willis Nick Willis HISC 4 6 7 17
6th WARNING Contains Nuts..... 1350 Alec Mamwell Arthur Butler Coniston SC 6 8 4 18
7th Robbers Alley 1363 Rob Burdekin Ali Raynard Blithfield SC RET 5 5 22
8th Rhiannon 1344 Mike Williams Martin Tossell Tata Steel SC 7 9 8 24
9th Just Pogo 1114 Ros Downs David Downs Tata Steel SC 9 7 9 25
10th Baker's Dozen 1312 Mike Murray Pam Murray Tata Steel SC 8 10 10 28
11th Pink Panther 1225 Paul Bambridge Carwyn Owen Tata Steel SC 10 11 12 33
12th Light n Bitter 1292 Paul Heather Jonathan Osgood SWSC DNC 12 11 38
13th 1360 Jason Taylor Matthew Taylor Tata Steel SC DNC 13 13 41
14th Jammy Dodger 1348 Oscar Chess David Charles Tata Steel SC DNC DNC DNC 45
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