Results / RS Fat Face Circuit Highcliffe SC - 28/09/2002
The final round of the RS200 Fat Face Racing Circuit was held at
Highcliffe SC on Sept 28/29. This was the first visit to Highcliffe for
any RS Circuit event and Highcliffe turned on a wonderful show by both
ordering glorious weather and supplying great race management. Saturday
featured blue skies and a force 2-3 from the Southeast whilst the fleet
was distressed to find totally clear blue skies and a force 4 from the
South east with god waves on Sunday. Most people spent the weekend
pinching themselves that it was virtually October whilst wishing they had
packed the sun block. Highcliffe Race Officer used these conditions well
to set excellent courses all weekend.
Doing well in the 28 boat fleet was going to be difficult as 6 of the top
ten at the Nationals were competing and so it proved. Race 1 featured a
close battle between National Champions Tom and Jo Hewitson and Pete
Vincent/Trudie Danbury with the lead swapping three times on the final
run before the Hewitsons won. Simon Gillow/Tracey Hill stormed the first
beat in race 2 but had to settle for second place when David Giles/Fiona
Clark pulled through on the runs. Race 3 felt like a repeat of the
Nationals with the Hewitsons just winning from Giles with Vincent third.
The Hewitsons were in a strong position overall overnight which they
improved even further by winning the first race on Sunday with Giles
again second and Jon Lewis, with new crew Camille Parsons, third. Giles
led race 5 but lost out as Vincent/Danbury telly tubbied their way from
6th to 1st on the first run to win the race. The Hewitsons though were
always in the hunt and finished second just ahead of Lewis. This gave the
Hewitsons the event with a race to spare. Race 6 looked like being a
repeat of race 5; Giles and Harry/Prue Roome were 1.2 at the first mark
but again Vincent blasted round the outside of the leading group. Martyn
Jones/Claire Rowbottom sailed an even better first run and pulled through
from 10th to lead. On the second run they pulled out a big lead and won
convincingly from Lewis and Vincent.
The Hewitsons won by a good distance overall with Giles getting the
better of Lewis on discard, Vincent fourth, the very consistent Ollie
Holden/Sarah Freestone 5th with Sarah Taylor/Karen Baker continuing their
impressive performance at the Nationals with sixth place. Jon Lewis and
Paula Hall were very clear winners of the Fat Face Circuit with Steve
Dunn/Dottie Cormack just winning the scrap for second overall from Ian
Pickard/Laurie Dunn and Pete Vincent/Trudie Danbury.
1 772 Mr Crunch Tom Hewitson Jo Hewitson R N C Y C
1 3 1 1 2 28
2 753 Grey David Giles Fiona Clarke Weir Wood SC 26
1 2 2 5 6
3 754 Smokey Joe Jonathan Lewis Camille Parsons
Burghfield SC 2 13 6 3 3 2
4 777 Dipsey Pete Vincent Doris Bristol Corinthian 26
8 3 5 1 3
5 741 White Ollie Holden Sarah Freestone Hayling
Island SC 4 11 4 6 7 4
6 808 White Sarah Taylor Karen Baker Hayling Island SC
9 9 25 4 4 5
7 816 Funny Feet Martyn Jones Clare Rowbottom Locks 12
6 9 20 6 1
8 728 Tinkle Winkle Ian Pickard Laurie Dunn B C Y C
3 4 5 11 11 28
9 787 Cunning Roos Harry Roome Helen Toms Hayling
Island SC 7 5 12 8 10 10
10 535 Purple Simon Gillow Tracey Hill Wembly SC 8
2 13 18 9 14
11 773 Cool runnings Phil Sowden Alex Smith
Highcliffe SC 5 17 10 12 12 7
12 706 Blue Martin English Bridget Cooke Wembly SC 6
10 16 7 21 9
13 789 Light Grey Steve Dunn Jane Sutor S W SC 10
7 15 9 8 28
14 553 Purple Paul Fox Adam Fox Stewartby SC 11
18 8 10 16 8
15 426 Purple Anne Vandry Lee Sydenham Hayling Island SC
26 14 7 14 14 13
16 224 Red Andy Norman Sam Norman Highcliffe SC 13
15 11 19 18 11
17 449 Purple Tug Vanda Young Jonathan Jowett Littleton
SC 15 19 17 13 15 16
18 581 Blue Mike Chapman Sheridan Killwick Wembly SC
14 12 20 17 17 17
19 669 Dinner for 12 Mark Carleton Sally Potter Bristol
Corinthian 16 16 18 16 19 15
20 651 White Rachal Wigmore Charles Roome Hayling Island SC
28 28 28 15 13 12
21 744 Funky Munky Carolyn Doherty Joanne wotton
Wembly SC 19 21 14 24 24 20
22 814 Blue Nygel Gardner Dora Gardner Burghfield SC 8
20 25 25 23 23
23 666 SIXY Devil Iain Mc Gregor Olivia Mc Gregor
Salcomb 22 22 19 23 22 19
24 255 Witblitz 3 Graham Denny Stev Dawson F O SSC
20 25 21 22 25 21
25 225 Cathy Foster Jane Norris Lymington Town SC
28 28 28 21 20 18
26 383 Big Night Out Paul Goodwin Bev Jordan Dratcotte
Water SC 17 24 28 28 28 28
27 548 Grey Keith Moody Niki Moody Lymington Town SC
21 23 25 28 28 28