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Final Venue Confirmed for Northern Topper Series sponsored by Shark Attack Water Sports
Martin Penty and Sam Waller getting some practice in for this weekends racing at the Endeavour Trophy. Good Luck boys...
RS200 AND RS800 INLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS GRAFHAM
This weekend has seen our Beaver members excell again , with James Penty and Eddie Grayson taking 3rd overall in the RS800 class and Ollie and Esther finishing 17th and Martin and Sam 23rd, all up against the country's finest .
Well Done all !
Fleet Racing 29.9.19
After a hot cuppa , soup , sandwiches and a slab of cake , the only thing to spoil the afternoon , other than the mice eating their way through the outhawl of the RS of Gemma and Tim's , was the persistence of the rain , but on the plus side we were now blessed with a good wind .
The Handicap fleet were again up in numbers , with the three RS200s of Martin Penty & Ollie , Gemma &Tim and Steve Hanby & Brian taking on the two Supanovas of Angus and Stephen .
The last race was left to RS200s to battle it out , with Stephen after a credible 2nd place in the first race hanging his wet gear up along with Angus .
Ben again took a good lead , with only a momentary threat from Quentin , before leaving both Stu and Quentin to battle for second place . Stu somehow pulled ahead of Quentin only to give the lead back , after striking buoy 2 on the figure of eight course , to eventually get it back within boat lengths of the finish line .
Ben , happy with his dominance of the Streakers was happy to leave Stu and Quentin to fight for the spoils of the last race and both equally matched it was a battle of witts , with Quentin coming through the victor after an hard earnt victory.
The lasers were welcomed by the appearance of Alan Windhurst , but after holding the lead for two laps , sadly had to retire due failure of equipment and with Andrew Hansed also encountering similar issues , left Paul Browning to take up the front spot , with Tim Bell always pleased up battling with the leading boat .
With Alan off the water , we were pleasantly surprised to have Steve Winter joining the group for the last race and with Paul hit with failure , it was again Tim Bell who took up chase for second place .
Not happy with just being wet from the rain , Gemma , Paul Browning and Tim Bell all had the pleasure of an extra bath , but im sure we were all equally as wet by the end of the days racing .
Thanks to Malc and Elaine carrying off another successful ROD and to Cherie Blair and Liz Hone keeping us fed and watered .
Results
Racing 29.9.19
It may have been a wet day and with a forecast predicting gusts of upto 30mph by the late afternoon , you probably thought better and stayed at home looking through the window thinking no one else will go , how very wrong you were .
I must say Malc our ROD was even thinking the same and with Stu's arrival along with Richard Rennie and Tim Bell , he knew the outcome instantly and promtly marched back to the camper van to wake her ladyship Elaine .
By the time the horns sounded notifying the starting of the race sequence , we were upto seven on the water , with only Brian Kelly on the bank ready to launch his Streaker and just missing the actual start of the race .
Our first course was a triangular one , utilising buoys 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 with the first beat from 4 to 1 buoy .
The numbers 1703 soon took claim to the race , with only the Supanova of Steve Blair showing any sign of keeping up , before Ben our leading Streaker sped off leaving his minions to fight for second place and actually taking an extra lap than any other boat .
Richard Rennie was well in contention , with the lack luster wind being ideal for the drift king and keeping hot on the stern of Stu half way through the first lap , before Stu engaged his brain and started his usual tedious task of working his way through the field.
Tim Bell brandishing another ebay bargain , was well up front , with the new sail paying dividends , hanging in with the Supanova of Angus and fronting Quentin , before for no apparent reason slipped off the pace on what can only have been a tactical error on the beat down to the clubhouse , letting everyone by including Stu .
Steve was also hit with a big wind shift , leaving Angus , Quentin and Stu to take up the challenge for second place , with only boat lengths separating the four as they all rounded buoy one on the final lap .
In fairness to our friend Brian , he did somehow manage to claw himself back into the race and probably with another twenty laps would have been a serious threat to the Wizz Kid Ben .
EarlyBird 3 Results
1. Ben D-Smithers Streaker
2.Richard Rennie Mirror
3.Stu Streaker
4. Quentin Streaker
5.Stephen Blair Supanova
6.Angus Illingworth Supanova
7.Tim Bell Laser
8.Brian Kelly Streaker
Carrying on the recent success of Beaver Members , Archie Burton toped the leader board at yesterday's Leigh & Lowton SC Topper Open ...Well done Archie
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Fleet Racing 22.9.19
The Handicap Fleet topped the ratings for the most out , with four out in the first and with Angus opting an early exit we were down to a desperate three RS200's for the final race .
Penty Power was defiant as ever and Young Luke upfront waltzed home with another two convincing victories , with Angus splitting the pack to a deservidly second place .
The spoils of the Mirror duo Richard and Malc as with the Streaker's of Stu and Quentin were shared equally , although Stu was certainly grateful for an unexpected increase in wind as a quick shower cleared , giving him a good lift on the first beat of a larger figure of eight course .
Tim Bell favoured an early tea at home , with no other Lasers to battle with , but we did have a welcomed visit from Frank Durhkoop and wife , but with his leg still in a frame , it's unlikely he will be fronting the Laser Fleet for a while yet .
Results Fleet Racing
Mirror
1.Richard Rennie
2.Malc Ellwood
Race 2
1.Malc Ellwood
2.Richard Rennie
Handicap fleet
1.Martin & Luke RS200
2.Angus Illingworth Supanova
3.Gemma & Tim RS200
4.Steve &Bri RS200
Race 2
1.Martin & Luke. RS200
2.Gemma & Tim RD200
3.Steve H & Bri. RS200
Streaker fleet
1.Quentin
2.Stu
Race 2
1.Stu
2.Quentin
Thanks to our our RODs Penny and Peter and Liz Hone , with taking on the galley at the last minute and providing us with food and drink with a little help from Tim.Waller .
Racing 22.9.19.
I think the few that turned up today , were again bordering on desperation with only a momentary ripple caused by a hungry fish surfacing for a quick snack to break the calmness of the waters .
Penny and Peter endeavoured to set a course and with little or no wind a small triangular one was set for the drift match of our eleven lucky contenders .
Martin and Luke took an instant lead , which with only a solitary threat from the Supanova of Angus , held strong for the duration of the two laps done by the leading boats .
Quentin after a poor start along with Tim and Gemma managed to claw themselves upto within boat lengths of the leaders along with the Aero of Tom Penty , as Stu , Roy ,Tim Bell and Richard Rennie were otherwise engaged in a drift match and looked doomed to even manage a lap .
Sam Waller hung onto the leaders in Martin's Streaker as they stretched their lead out and miraculously Stu pulled back a deficit of half a leg , to pull himself behind Quentin and Malc on three buoy , only for three buoy to come unattached and strike the Streaker of Stu , leaving Quentin to regain a substantial lead .
Tim Bell after rounding two buoy ahead of Roy Moxon was left encountering a windlass path and subsequently dropped to tenth place , with also Roy suffering as Stu and Richard Rennie were whisked up the lake .
With fifty minutes up Quentin just managed to get finished after one lap as the shortened flag went up with the sound of the horn .
Results Early Bird 3
1.Malc Ellwood. Mirror
2.Richard Rennie. Mirror
3.Sam Waller. Streaker
4.Quentin Streaker
5.Martin & Luke. RS200
6.Angus Illingworth. Supanova
7.Stu. Streaker
8.Tim & Gemma. RS200
9.Tom Penty. RS Arero
10.Roy Moxon. Streaker
11.Tim Bell. Laser
The Beaver SC Streaker Inland Championships 14-15 Sept 2019
Beaver Sailing Club took great pleasure in hosting this year's Inland Championships , with an healthy turnout of 27 craft of which 9 were Beaver's own Streaker fleet .
Jon Aldhous known to Streaker fraternity , hung up his sailing gear to take control of the weekends event , giving an excellent variation of courses maximising the stronger winds that came through for the duration of Saturday's three races and lucky enough for us , whipped up again for the final two on Sunday , easing off towards the later stages of the final race .
Martin Penty carried on his success with a formidable four wins , with Sam Waller taking a well earnt victory in the Sundays final race , as Martin helped Jon on race officer duties .
Sam , putting Jon Aldhous's new Streaker through its pacers was unfortunate to have encountered a forestay failure and lucky enough for Martin , handed him back another victory , after Sam forfeited a potential win , coming in for a quick repair .
It's good to see the Streaker attracting a younger clientele with Beaver's own 16 year old Gemma Francis-Burnett having an excellent first event finishing on a high coming home in a credible fourth position in the last race and finishing tenth overall 2pts behind Ben Dennis Smithers , another of Beaver's Sailors .
Welton SC have two young rising stars Hannah Wharram also 16 and Giles Therkelson-Smith , just 17 years of age and both should be very proud of their efforts in view of the conditions , with Giles fighting for a top five finish and just missing the mark finishing the event in 7th overall .
Ian Priest Ripon SC , Sam Waller and Phill Manning Delph SC , were all fighting for that top spot , which in view of the Penty Power, may not be available for a few years to come .
The results of our other illustrious contenders were very much mixed and nothing set in stone until the final race , which managed to cause as what I can only remark as pandemonium , with a mass of boats approaching five buoy on the first beat , with boats coming down at speed on port and trying to avoid each other as the rest came across on starboard all fighting for that precious inch of water . In the true spirit of this great friendly bunch , tempers were restrained and eventually all came through unscathed , although some gained a some what gifted leading position .
The whole event was a tremendous success , with only a few encountering a quick dip , but in view of the great weather conditions and the fabulous hospitalIty of Beaver im sure everyone went home tired , but fulfilled after some exhillrrating high flying planning .
A big thankyou to all those at Beaver Sailing Club that gave their time to provide us all with food , drink , great company, laughter , fabulous sailing and made possible by you coming .
Results to follow shortly
