30 years of trying

Jason Belben has won the UK Moth National Championship

The final day of the UK Moth National Championship dawned with 30 knot gusts making racing once again seem unlikely. Racing was abandoned for the day early on giving competitors the chance to go to the prize giving and pack up before the morning turned into afternoon.

With no one making any attempt to get out onto the water Jason Belben was officially crowned UK Moth National Champion after a great week of consistent results. “It is great,” Belben said. I have been trying to do it for the last 30 years and it feels good, very good.” Previously the best Belben has done at a Moth National Championship was in 1984 where he was second to Roger Angel.Adam May took second overall in his, now fully tuned, Weapon design while Sam Pascoe was third in his Mistress 3.

Entries were up on previous years, though the recent World Championships in Lake Garda used up a few regulars’ holiday, leaving them unable to attend. The World Championship in 2008 will be sailed from the same venue in Weymouth and the fleet seems confident the team at Weymouth will put on a fantastic event.

Results:

Pos	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Total	Net
1	Jason Belben	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	(24.0 DSQ)	38	14
2	Adam May	1	2	-3	3	3	1	3	1	2	2	21	18
3	Sam Pascoe	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	-5	3	26	21
4	Alex Adams	4	(24.0 DNS)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	56	32
5	Ricky Tagg	6	4	5	5	5	6	5	-7	6	4	53	46
6	Mike Cooke	7	7	(24.0 DNS)	6	6	5	6	5	4	6	76	52
7	Rod Harris	11	8	7	10	8	7	10	6	8	(24.0 DNS)	99	75
8	Tim Boon	5	5	6	8	9	8	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	7	5	101	77
9	Paul Hayden	9	9	-10	9	7	10	7	9	9	8	87	77
10	Russell Wheeler	-16	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	11	11	119	103
11	Colin Newman	13	10	11	(16.0 DNF)	14	12	13	13	15	10	127	111
12	James Roche	14	(24.0 DNS)	13	24.0 DNS	11	13	8	10	13	7	137	113
13	Rob Campbell	-17	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	130	113
14	Alan Watson	10	12	8	16.0 DNF	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	9	8	10	24.0 DNS	145	121
15	Clare Dallimore	-18	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	147	129
16	Tom Ollerenshaw	8	6	9	7	10	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	160	136
17	David Ellis	12	11	16.0 DNF	16.0 DNF	16	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	9	176	152
18	Douglas Imrie	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	15	18	16	15	15	16	15	182	158
19	James Mackenzie	15	14	(24.0 DNS)	11	17	15	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	192	168
20	Alan Campbell	19	(24.0 DNS)	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	24.0 DNS	14	225	201