Light winds and a crisp, fresh day greeted sailors at Northampton Sailing Club who took part in this year's Steve Nicholson Memorial Trophy event on 27 January. There was a good turnout with 22 single-handed dinghies and 18 double-handers in this one-day handicap open meeting.
The event is run in memory of Steve Nicholson, who was a young, popular and well-respected sailor at Northampton Sailing Club, and raises money for the Asthma + Lung UK charity. The trophy alternates between the fleets and this year it was the single-handers who were competing for it. In addition, prizes for both fleets were provided by event sponsor P&B.
It was very shifty weather which made it difficult to set a decent course for all the different types of boats sailing in the first two races. After lunch the wind improved which made setting a good course easier.
It was great to see some younger sailors from Northampton and Hollowell Sailing Clubs taking part - Keali Rhodes and Olivia York from Northampton finished 16th overall in their 420. The Toppers battled it out in races one and three with Hollowell sailors getting the upper hand - Alex Stainton (11th) William Clarke (17th) and Edward Croxton (18th). Charlie O'Neill from Northampton finished 20th.
Thank you to all the competitors who took part and the volunteers at Northampton Sailing Club who hosted the event.
Donate to the charity at :- action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/99141/donate/
Single-hander Results:
Pos Class Sail No Helm Club R1 R3 Pts
1st ILCA 7 / Laser 211874 Lawrence Creaser Hollowell SC 4 1 5
2nd Phantom 1496 Rob Cook Northampton SC 3 3 6
3rd OK 2128 Oliver Goodhead SSSC 2 7 9
4th Finn 0 Andy Crouch Blithfield SC 6 4 10
5th Solo 5721 Graham Wilson Northampton SC 7 6 13
6th OK GBR 73 James Dyas Cookham Reach SC 10.5 5 15.5
7th Phantom 1489 Mark Addison Upper Thames SC 14 2 16
8th Phantom 1500 Richard Nurse Northampton SC 5 11 16
9th Finn 651 Simon Cowood Rutland SC 8 10 18
10th Phantom 1504 John Wayling Northampton SC 9 9 18
11th Topper 46512 Alex Stainton Hollowell SC 16.5 8 24.5
12th Phantom 1420 Bill Taylor Creeksea SC 10.5 14 24.5
13th Phantom 1449 Adam Froggatt Chase SC 1 UFD 25
14th Finn 38 Will Gulliver Northampton SC 12 13 25
15th RS Aero 7 3888 Marcus Pakes Haversham SC 15 12 27
16th Devoti D‑Zero 191 Nigel Austin Cransley SC 13 15 28
17th Topper 46770 William Clarke Hollowell SC 16.5 16 32.5
18th Topper 44437 Edward Croxton Hollowell SC 18 17 35
19th Phantom 1303 Dave Patrick Broadwater SC 19 18 37
20th Topper 42830 Charlie O'Neill Northampton SC 20 20 40
21st Phantom 1389 Bob Yates Upper Thames SC 22 19 41
22nd Phantom 1471 Alistair Paterson Upper Thames SC 21 21 42
23rd Solo 5736 Iain Carpenter Northampton SC DNC DNC 48
Double-hander Results:
Pos Class Sail No Helm Crew Club R2 R4 Pts
1st Scorpion 2057 Tom Gillard Rach Gray Staunton Harold SC 1 1 2
2nd Scorpion 2061 David Wade Ben Rayner Draycote SC 2 2 4
3rd Scorpion 2045 Pete Gray Rich Pepperdine Staunton Harold SC 4 4 8
4th GP14 14238 Fergus Barnham Jasper Barnham Northampton SC 6 3 9
5th 420 56943 Imogen Wade Mathew Rayner Draycote SC 5 5 10
6th 505 9238 Ian Pinnell Alex Davies Northampton SC 3 9 12
7th Flying 15 3918 Paul Busby Neil Barford Northampton SC 9 6 15
8th Scorpion 2026 Ian Cadwallader Ellie Devereux Chew Valley SC 8 7 15
9th Enterprise 22901 Paul Young Nathan McGrory Midland SC 11 8 19
10th Fireball 15066 Mark Maskell Nigel Sheppard Northampton SC/Blackwater SC 7 13 20
11th Merlin Rocket 3781 David Hall Paul Constable Blackwater SC 10 10 20
12th Flying 15 3903 Gary Stuart Tom Evans Northampton SC 12 11 23
13th Flying 15 3465 Andrew Dyson Rob Dyson Northampton SC 13 12 25
14th Flying 15 4100 John Tuckwell Graham Tuckwell Northampton SC 14 14 28
15th Flying 15 3829 Tony Everard Lynn Everard Northampton SC 15 15 30
16th 420 54785 Keali Rhodes Olivia York Northampton SC 16 17 33
17th Laser 2000 No number Tom Powell Gaston Buchaud Northampton SC 17 18 35
18th Flying 15 3765 Chris White Rachel Powell Northampton SC RET 16 36
19th Graduate 3020 Fresh Abendstern Ross Southwell R.D.N.B. YC DNC DNC 40
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