Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club

GJW Revett Series Week 5 – 33mph gusts make a great finale! Report, results & 300 photographs!

DQ2K9331Results can be found using this link. A gallery of images will be added later today. The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored 2012 Winter Season concluded at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 9th of December 2012 with the Revett Series. Quite a wild day, with a 33mph gusts, greeted the 51 boats who arrived to take part in the fifth and final weekend of the 2012 series. Overall a total 120 boats have taken to the water for this series. The race teams for final the day consisted of Martin & Liam Parker on the water and Anne & Helen in the galley.

Series race 8 started at 12 noon on the dot with the Asymmetric fleet. The fleet was led by Paul & Mike Allen (Leigh & Lowton SC/RS400) who did a horizon job on the fleet with the Dave Exley & Nigel Hall (Leigh & Lowton SC/RS400) and Hamish Gledhill & Simon Dowse (West Riding SC/RS400) following them in. Race 8 in the Laser fleet was won by Andy Green (Leigh & Lowton SC) followed by Paul Heath (Leigh & Lowton SC. The Handicap fleet was won by Lucy Yeates & Ellie Devereux (Leigh & Lowton SC/420) with Nick Devereux (Topper) a very close second on corrected time.

After a hearty lunch the second race of the day was started and sailed in a building breeze where staying upright was the order of the afternoon. The Asymmetric fleet was led by again Paul & Mike Allen with Dave & Nigel again following them. By following the Allen’s in, and by beating Mike Hart & Sally Kirkpatrick on the water (even after a capsize), Dave & Nigel secured the series win. Andy Green, having already secured the series sat out Race 9 in the Laser fleet and left Gareth Staples-Jones to secure the race win. The Handicap fleet was chaos as the wind built but the race and the series was secured by Haydn Griffiths (Leigh & Lowton SC/Topper).

The Solo fleet (starting as part of the handicap fleet start) was dominated by Chris Gillard (Sheffield Viking SC) in race 8 and Andy Fox (Crosby SC) in race 9 with Ian Hopwood (Nantwich & Border Counties SC) and Steve White (Leigh & Lowton SC) in close attendance.

So overall there are very worthy winners in all fleets with at least 2 boats counting the minimum 5 points:

  • Asymmetric Fleet – 1st Dave Exley & Nigel Hall, 2nd Mike Hart & Sally Kirkpatrick, 3rd Paul & Mike Allen

  • Handicap Fleet – 1st Haydn Griffiths, 2nd John & Roseanne Walter, 3rd Christian Day & Sophie Richards

  • Solo Fleet – 1st Chris Gillard, 2nd Steve White, 3rd Ian Hopwood

  • Laser Fleet – 1st Andy Green, 2nd Paul Heath, 3rd John Wingeatt

The Club is looking forward to seeing members and visitors on Tuesday 1st January 2013(12.40pm start for the Optimist) for the famous New Year’s Day Pursuit Race sponsored by GJW. The Tipsy Icicle Series then commences at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday 6th January 2012 at 12 noon.
 
Thanks to Paul Hargreaves for his photographs.http://paulhargreavesphotography.zenfolio.com/p899623124/h4ec2fe18#h4ec2fe18