The RYA Marlow Ropes Women's Match Racing Championship title was claimed by skipper Juliette Kennedy and her team over a weekend of close competition.
The annual fixture at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy had good conditions for an action-packed two days of racing in British Keelboat Sailing's fleet of Elliott 6Ms (14-15 September 2024).
With sunshine for most of the weekend, Saturday had two round robins in a consistent 6-10 knots, followed by a cooler Sunday and 8-12 knots of breeze for a third round robin, semis and finals, with a minimum of 17 races per team.
Race Officer Eilidh Millar said: "There was lots of racing for everyone and it was a really enjoyable weekend. We had relatively short races and a good umpire team who were on the case as needed, and the results don't show just how close a lot of the racing was over the weekend - we had quite a few almost photo finishes with just half a metre or less between the boats at times."
Juliette Kennedy, Ruby Sunderland and Amber Hale all took turns at the top of the round robin leaderboards in a hotly fought series.
Overall standings after three round robins saw Kennedy in pole position with 12 wins from 15 races, Hale in second with 10 wins and Ellen Morley in third with nine.
Morley then beat Hale 2:0 in the semi-finals; Sunderland meanwhile took a first race win from Kennedy, who then won the next two to seal her spot in the final.
The petit final also went to three matches, with Hale taking a race before Sunderland of Cowes Match Racing made a comeback with two wins to claim third overall.
In the final, Kennedy took overall victory 2:0 from Morley.
Overall placings
1. IRL Juliette Kennedy, Jenny Smallwood, Olivia Jacklin, Kate MacAdorey
2. GBR Ellen Morley, Hannah Cox, Lisanne Blok, Hazel McDonnell
3. GBR Ruby Sunderland, Megan Brickwood, TBC, TBC
4. GBR Amber Hale, Jackie Hale, Lily Eyre, TBC
5. GBR Bridgitte Nee, Kate Jordan, Amelie Whitehouse, Alex Barker
6. GBR Lucy Gates, TBC
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