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22 November, 2016

2016 racing season round-up

This season we have enjoyed 42 separate days/evenings of racing as well as three shared events with Lancing sailing club, and successful open meetings for Merlin Rockets, Fireballs, Wayfarers and Phantoms. We have had 76 different boats competing from over 30 different classes with the largest fleets being Merlin Rockets, Lasers, Wayfarers, RS200s and Phantoms.

Across the season their have been 27 different race winners from a wide range of classes including Blaze, K1, Laser, Merlin Rocket, National 12, Osprey, Phantom, RS Aero, RS200, RS300, RS600, Scorpion and Wayfarer (The full race results can be viewed on the Results page).

Spring
Spring

During the Spring series we raced over nine weekends and had 44 different entries throughout the series, with 12 different race winners, who were;

  • Chas and Mandy, Wayfarer
  • Ralph, K1
  • Tyler, RS Aero
  • Bill and Lisa, Wayfarer
  • Saul, Laser
  • Toni and Jamie, Merlin Rocket
  • Alex and Sophie, Merlin Rocket
  • Alan and Will, Merlin Rocket
  • William and Mark, Merlin Rocket
  • Taxi and Alex, Merlin Rocket
  • Bill and John, Wayfarer
  • Ben and Helen, Merlin Rocket
Overall results

Fast handicap

  1. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  2. Toni and Jamie Wright, Merlin Rocket
  3. Ivan Walsh, Phantom

Medium handicap

  1. Bill Whitney and John Shelton, Wayfarer
  2. Saul Dubrow, Laser
  3. Ralph Hussey, K1

Afternoon series

  1. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  2. Bill Whitney and John Shelton, Wayfarer
  3. Toni and Jamie Wright, Merlin Rocket
Summer
Summer

During the Summer series we raced over nine weekends and had 49 different entries throughout the series, with 14 different race winners, who were;

  • Bill and Lisa, Wayfarer
  • Chas and Mandy, Wayfarer
  • Peter, Blaze
  • Martin, Laser
  • Ralph, K1
  • William and Mark, Merlin Rocket
  • Alan and Will, Merlin Rocket
  • Sophie and Alex, Merlin Rocket
  • Tom and Alex, Merlin Rocket
  • John and Caz, Osprey
  • Ben and Helen, Merlin Rocket
  • Toni and Jamie, Merlin Rocket
  • Mark and Sophie, Merlin Rocket
  • George, RS600
Overall results

Fast handicap

  1. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  2. Richard Bramley and Tony Cheal, Merlin Rocket
  3. John and Caz Mills, Osprey

Medium handicap

  1. Bill and Lisa Whitney, Wayfarer
  2. Ralph Hussey, K1
  3. Saul Dubrow, Laser

Afternoon series

  1. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  2. Bill and Lisa Whitney, Wayfarer
  3. Ivan Walsh, Phantom
Autumn
Autumn

During the Autumn series we enjoyed racing over seven weekends and had 37 different entries throughout the series, with ten different race winners, who were;

  • Bill and Lisa, Wayfarer
  • Jeff and Tim, RS200
  • Chas and Mandy, Wayfarer
  • George and Alice, National 12
  • Alan and Will, Merlin Rocket
  • William and Mark, Merlin Rocket
  • Martin Walker, RS300
  • Ben and Helen, Merlin Rocket
  • John, Laser
  • Toni and Jamie, Merlin Rocket
Overall results

Fast handicap

  1. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  2. William Warren and Mark Oakey, Merlin Rocket
  3. Ivan Walsh, Phantom

Medium handicap

  1. Bill and Lisa Whitney, Wayfarer
  2. Chas and Mandy Hammond, Wayfarer
  3. John Shelton, Laser

Afternoon series

  1. William Warren and Mark Oakey, Merlin Rocket
  2. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket
  3. Bill and Lisa Whitney, Wayfarer
Wednesday
Wednesday evening

The Wednesday evening series was raced over seventeen weeks with 31 different entries in the first series and 34 different entries in series two. There were eleven race winners across both series’

  • William and Mark, Merlin Rocket
  • Gareth, Phantom
  • Toni and Jamie, Merlin Rocket
  • Alan and Will, Merlin Rocket
  • Alex and Sophie, Merlin rocket
  • Ralph, K1
  • Tom and Alex, Merlin Rocket
  • Mark and Alex, Merlin Rocket
  • Tom and Tom, Scorpion
  • William and Tom, Scorpion
  • Bill and Lisa, Wayfarer
Overall results

First series

  1. William Warren and Mark Oakey, Merlin Rocket
  2. Toni and Jamie Wright, Merlin Rocket
  3. Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket

Second series

  1. Toni and Jamie Wright, Merlin Rocket
  2. Ralph Hussey, K1
  3. Ivan Walsh, Phantom
Open meetings

Open meetings and Battle of the beaches

We ran two great open meetings, and three weekends of shared racing with Lancing SC. The best placed Shoreham boats were;

  • Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Battle of the beaches – 1st
  • Ivan Walsh, Phantom open – 2nd
  • Sophie Mackley and James Warren, Merlin Rocket open – 11th
  • Martin Walker and Wendy Wood, Fireball open – 7th

To read about our successes at other regional and nation events and open meetings please read Summer success for Shoreham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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