Anticipation for this year's event was high after Budworth played host to the successful Northern Championship in 2023 and Budworth was able to attract 24 entries for this one day event. The weather forecast was for a good F3 with F4 gusts from a westerly wind, which brought with it plenty of blue skies - a glorious start to the summer.
After arrival and boat set up, competitors took full advantage of the Galley being specially opened for breakfast with bacon and egg baps to get everyone fueled and ready for the day followed by the morning briefing by our PRO for the day - Jon Chapman. The course was set on the shore so everyone knew the layout before racing to get to the start line and the first Race.
The gusts strengthened and shifted hard and this caught a few boats out causing at least 5 capsizes creating a slalom at some marks and an upturned boat had 'turtled' on the finish line, which made for some interesting rounding at the last mark to get the angles right to attack the finish.
After a delicious lunch from the Galley and copious amounts of tea and sun cream - the sun was really beating down by now, Race 2 got under way without a hitch.
After two closely fought races, the top three were all equal with 4 points and one last race to go... it couldn't be closer if we tried especially as one race was to discard. So a straight shot out between Mark Platt, Nick Devereux and Russell Cormack was about to play out in Race 3.
After an exciting Race 3 and after a quick shower the bar was packed for the prize-giving ceremony where Mark Platt and Chris Jobson were presented with the Budworth plate for winning the event and Mark gave a short speech to thank the team behind the event and other competitors. Mark also noted that after the event at Budworth there were close to 100 competitors to have taken part in the Northern Bell series, demonstrating the strength of competition in this series and great participation as we approach the Worlds in August this year. The PRO and galley team did a great job and were also thanked for their contributions to running the event.
Silver fleet was won by Julie and Chris Waddington with Bronze fleet trophy to Chris and Angus Gill.
First female helm was won by Julie Waddington, Youngest competitor was Ishan Tekur (10 yrs) from Budworth SC and the Belly up prize for best capsize to Paddy Lambton/ Liam Dempsey.
There were plenty smiles and tired limbs after a hard day's racing - with the sun shining and great wind all day. We couldn't have asked for more.
Overall Results:
Pos Fleet Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1 Gold 14217 Mark Platt Chris Jobson Bolton SC (3) 1 1 2
2 Gold 14240 Russell Cormack Ali Cormack Budworth SC 1 (3) 2 3
3 Gold 1372 Nick Devereux Hugh Devereux Budworth SC 2 2 (3) 4
4 Gold 14140 Bill Kenyon Matt Williams Budworth SC 4 4 (5) 8
5 Silver 14187 Julie Waddington Chris Waddington Bolton SC 6 (9) 4 10
6 Gold 13875 Simon Joyce Steve Joyce Budworth SC 5 5 (7) 10
7 Gold 13966 Gary Howland Rosanna Joyce Budworth SC (8) 7 6 13
8 Silver 13611 Sharon Freeland Paul Freeland Llandegfedd Lake SC (11) 8 6 14
9 Silver 13567 Kieron Inman Paul Jenkins West Kirby SC (9) 8 9 17
10 Silver 13721 Ross Baird Matthew Baird Budworth SC (12) 11 10 21
11 Silver 14112 David Morris Dan Hambleton Budworth SC (13) 10 11 21
12 Silver 13979 Mike Martin Nina Martin Budworth SC 10 (13) 12 22
13 Bronze 13732 Chris Gill Angus Gill Budworth SC (DSQ) 12 13 25
14 Bronze 13959 Montri Bursseleurs Jo Howell Budworth SC (14) 14 14 28
15 Bronze 13489 Liam Dempsey Patrick Lambton Bolton SC 15 (16) 15 30
16 Bronze 13883 Paul Gray James Hughes Budworth SC 16 15 (17) 31
17 Silver 14251 Chris Hearn Matt Birks Budworth SC 7 (DNS) DNS 32
18 Bronze 14208 Simon Henshall Savannah Henshall Budworth SC 17 17 (19) 34
19 Bronze 13612 James Lawlor Jessica Price Budworth SC (DNF) 19 16 35
20 Bronze 14210 Tom Lenton Iago Hughes Budworth SC (DSQ) 18 18 36
21 Bronze 13419 Robert Bailey Sarah Roberts Budworth SC (DNF) 20 DNS 45
22 Bronze 13817 David Beesley TBC Budworth SC DNC DNC (DNC) 50
23 Bronze 13905 Davd Rotherham Peter Mills Budworth SC (DNF) DNS DNS 50
24 Bronze 13874 Pavan Tekur Ishan Tekur Budworth SC (DNF) DNS DNS 50
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