Results / Fat Face Racing Circuit Bristol Corinthian SC - 23/03/2002
Fat Face Racing Circuit � RS200 - Bristol Corinthian YC � 23/24 March
2002
Round 2 of the Fat Face RS200 Racing Circuit at Bristol Corinthian YC saw
some really memorable racing, some new faces to 200s over the winter
really introducing themselves to the front of the fleet, and a
devastating performance by Jon Lewis and Paula Hall on Sunday to claim
overall victory.
51 200s travelled west to the club that proclaimed at its entrance to be
the best in the west, to find a force 2-3 from the east. The wind proved
patchy with many slants that meant the leaders always had to be very
aware of what was happening just behind them. PRO Ken Falcon was also
kept very busy, constantly fine tuning the course to keep it true and by
a very competitive fleet pushing hard at starts.
Race 1 set the scene, when 5 of the top 10 were sent home at the second
mark; OCS at the start. This did not make any difference to Chris Howarth
and John Teague from Bristol CYC who already had a good lead, which they
extended, to a big margin by the finish. Hamish Calder/Severine Rees
Jones in their second RS200 event were always in the leading pack and
sailed a crafty race to finish second with Mason Woodworth (helming a 200
for the first time) and Pippa Williams third.
Race 2 was Steve Dunn/Dottie Cormack's race. They got the better of
early leaders Ollie Holden/Sarah Freestone with Pete Vincent/Trudie
Danbury from the host club just getting the better of Simon and Mary
Davis.
Race 3 in slightly lighter wind was a race long tussle between long time
leaders Calder/Rees Jones and Vincent/Danbury. Vincent led at the final
leeward mark but Calder managed to break away on the final beat. When the
two boats came back together Vincent still had the lead and carefully sat
on Calder to the finish with Jon Lewis/Paula Hall rapidly closing in
third.
Vincent and Calder were joint overnight leaders but both had an OCS; a
point
very forcibly rammed home when both were OCS on the first race on Sunday,
ending their challenge. In a slightly stronger easterly then Saturday,
Jon Lewis went into such a large lead in race 4 it was rude. Ian
Pickard/Laurie Dunn, after a disaster of a Saturday, clearly had decided
to stop mucking around and were equally well clear in second with
Woodworth third.
Race 5 was almost a repeat performance as Lewis got the leeward end start
so right he soon port tacked the fleet and won comfortably. Behind, a
very close tussle for second was won by the Davis's with Ralph and Sophie
Singleton just beating the Woodards from Wembley. With one race left it
was virtually anyone�s event. Lewis and Hall had to be
favourites with 1.1.3.9 but had been OCS in race 1 and had to count what
ever they finished in the final race.
Vincent at last showed he could start to lead at mark 1 with Simon
Callow/Tracey Hill (Wembley) and Woodworth in close company. Lewis was
sixth and starting to look good for overall victory. As Callow,
Woodworth and Vincent swapped places at every mark Lewis was getting
closer, finally taking the lead at the final leeward mark. Despite the
best efforts of Vincent, second, and Woodworth, third, Lewis won the race
to record three race wins on Sunday and overall victory. This was a very
emphatic performance by the Lewis/Hall team, who are clearly the form
horse in the 200s. Competition is hot though, such experienced
campaigners as Calder and Vincent surely will not collect two OCSs again,
Dunn and Pickard will learn to be consistent as well as fast; the
consistent Singletons and Davis' will always be a threat whilst newcomers
Woodworth and Holden can only improve. On top of this the Hewitsons,
Derby's and Littlejohn's have not even come out of winter hibernation
yet; promises to be quite a year for the RS200 Gul and Fat Face Circuits
1. 754 Jon Lewis/Paula Hall Burghfield 50.9.3.1.1.1 15
"my foils are faster than yours"
2. 491 Mason Woodworth/Pippa Williams HISC 3.19.4.3.17.3 30
"autogasonestop runs on old foils"
3. 417 Ralph and Sophia Singleton Chew VLSC 50.6.6.9.3.7 31
"really old foils"
4. 604 Simon and Mary Davis Wembley 5.4.14.11.2.16 36
"would I have gone faster with new foils?"
5. 741 Ollie Holden/Sarah Freestone HISC 11.2.19.7.15.4 39
"smooth foils"
6. 728 Ian Pickard/Laurie Dunn Bristol CYC 13.23.7.2.11.7 42
"fat foils"
7. 626 Paul and Caroline Fisk RYA 6.5.12.10.18.13 46
"three up is fast"
8. 696 Steve Dunn/Dottie Cormack Stewartby 50.1.16.4.14.15 50
"Foiled again"
9. 739 Robertson/Helen Rollinson Bowmoor 4.20..11.6.12.19 52
10.550 Cliff Milner/Bec Wheatcroft Cotswold 9.7.8.50.21.10 55
11.364 Simon Gillow/Tracey Hill Wembley 14.22.23.5.10.5 56
12 340 Paul Dorer/Ian Robertson Bowmoor 19.13.20.8.8.14 63
13.695 Alex Robertson/Emily Howarth Bowmoor 12.24..5.18.33.8 67
14.632 Colin Staite Bartley 50.15.10.20.6.17 68
15.264 Chris and Rachael Jenkins Frampton 10.11.9.12.27.26 68
16.756 Hamish Calder/Severine Rees-Jones 2.50.2.50.5.11 70
17.520 Pete Vincent/Trudie Danbury Robbed of Bristol 50.3.1.50.19.2 75
18.602 Chris and Linda Woodard Wembley 15.16..27.21.4.23 79
19.581 Mike Chapman Wembley 8.27.15.23.29.6 79
20.637 Sarah Taylor/Claire Upton-Brown HISC 84
21609 Chris Brann/George Wainwright BCYC 89
22.743 Andi Riley/Julie Marsden Stewartby 92
23 341 Chris Howarth/John Teague BCYC 94
24.443 Andrew Griffiths Bartley 94
25. 457 Alice Allen/Sharky BCYC 102
26. 732 Sue Antonelli/Jo Lloyd Littleton 104
27.391 Matt Davies/Melissa HISC 108
28.392 Ben Alexander/Liz Deben 113
29.706 Martin English/Alex Wembely 133
30.654 Ann Jackson/Jackie Field Burghfield 137
31.514 Hamish Walker/Caroline Eyre RNSA 137
32.557 Alan Tyler/Chris Tyler RNSA/Lyme Regis 143
33.669 Mark Carleton Sally Potter BCYC 144
34.405 Claire Rowbottom Lucy Matthews Locks 146
35.426 Anne Vaudrey HISC 152
36.686 Dave Milner Debbie Reynolds Bradford on Avon 154
37.359 Christian Michelle BCYC 159
38.416 Paul Teague Pat Teague BCYC 167
39.648 Chris Reid Tessa Reid BCYC 170
40.543 Simon and Michael Chapman Chew VLSC 174
41. 625 Nygel and Dora Gardner Burghfield 185
42.464 David and Jackie Sweet Chew VLSC 192
43.501 Annabell Graeme BCYC 192
44.697 Toby and Sarah Peacock Chew VLSC 197
45.420 Mr Howell Sam Howell Wembley 200
46.551 Adrian and Tracey Taylor HISC 203
47.621 Jerry Gilby John Hibberd BCYC 203
48.411 Will Rhodes BCYC 229
49.383 Paul Goodwin Tracey Williams Draycote