Win for local team, Peters and Diamond

The RYA Youth National Championship has come to a close in Hayling Island

After five days of tricky competition, the RYA Youth National Championships and Trials drew to a close today (Saturday 14 April) at Hayling Island Sailing Club.

The week ended just how it started – in very light wind conditions – and although all classes managed to leave the shore for their race areas, racing proved impossible for all but the RS:X class on the final day of competition.

The single race today in the RS:X class was enough to shake up the podium positions – Richard Hamilton posted a sixth in the sixth and final race of the series, and with overnight leader Jacob Brubert crossing in eleventh and dropping to second overall, Hamilton took his second consecutive Youth Nationals title in the windsurfing class, with Brubert in second and Elliot Carney taking bronze. Kirsten O’Callaghan was crowned girl’s champion in the class.

With no racing in all other classes, the points and positions remain unchanged from Friday. Peter Irwin and David Kohler were delighted with their win in the boy’s 420 fleet. “It’s pretty amazing!” Kohler enthused. “We’ve never won anything before!”

“Coming here this week, we knew we had a chance to do well, but it’s just great that the hours of effort and training have finally paid off,” Irwin added.

Owain Matthews and Joe Williams from West Kirby Sailing Club were second in the boy’s 420 fleet, with Jonathan Moss and Ben Muskett third, while Imogen Stanley and Kate Macgregor were crowned girl’s 420 national champions.

In the 29er fleet, girl’s crews occupy the top two steps of the podium – Frances Peters and Hannah Diamond of Hayling Island Sailing Club took gold and the youth national title, with Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth in second place. Top boys crew and third overall were James Ellis and Rob Partridge.

Winning the Hobie 16 class with a perfect scoreline, Weymouth brothers Richard and Andrew Glover took their first Youth National Championship title.

“Finally!” was Andrew’s reaction to their victory. “We came pretty close last year, so it’s great to have taken that next step.”

Luke Butler and Sam Rowles were the Glovers’ nearest rivals, with the overall third place and top girl’s crew going to Hannah Rowles and Stephanie Wall.

The Laser Standard title went to Hayling Island Sailing Club’s Stuart Godwin, who admitted that it hasn’t been an easy event. “It’s been a hard week, with some tough competition in the Laser fleet, so although I hoped I’d do well I didn’t necessarily come here expecting to win.

“I had a very good day on Friday,” Godwin continued “which helped to push me up the fleet, but it was definitely a benefit to be sailing at my home club.”

Evan Scott and Oliver Tweddell took the silver and bronze medals respectively, while in the Laser Radial event, Tom Willis held on to take gold, followed by Chloe Martin, top girl and second overall, and Robert Spencer.

“With the winds having been so light, it’s been a really tricky week,” said Event Director Rob Andrews, “but I think we owe the race teams a huge debt of gratitude for squeezing the best out of the conditions and getting the sailors racing as much as they have done.

“Thanks also must go to the Hayling Island Sailing Club for their hospitality this week, and to the team of dedicated volunteers and parents, without whom this event simply couldn’t happen.”

Results:

29er

Pos	Helm	Crew	QS	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Net	Total
1	Frances Peters	Hannah Diamond	QSP [1.0]	3	-15	2	5	3	1	4	19	34
2	Sophie Weguelin	Sophie Ainsworth	QSP [5.0]	7	1	3	3	4	4	-9	27	36
3	James Ellis	Rob Partridge	QSP [2.0]	(DSQ [26.0])	6	17	7	2	2	8	44	70
4	Bleddyn Mon	Tom Humphreys	QSP [16.0]	2	-16	15	1	7	3	1	45	61
5	James Rusden	Ben Saxton	QSP [4.0]	(DSQ [26.0])	8	1	11	1	11	14	50	76
6	Sarah Martin	Nicola Groves	QSP [7.0]	(DSQ [26.0])	21	11	2	6	8	5	60	86
7	David Brewer	Oren Richards	QSP [15.0]	11	3	-14	4	10	6	11	60	74
8	Oscar McVeigh	John Mather	QSP [9.0]	5	9	4	-15	12	14	7	60	75
9	Will Twemlow	Peter Perera	QSP [13.0]	1	13	6	9	-19	10	15	67	86
10	James Peters	Oliver Spensley-Corfield	QSP [10.0]	(BFD [26.0])	5	13	10	16	18	3	75	101
11	Huw Humphreys	Max Todd	QSP [3.0]	6	(BFD [26.0])	10	14	11	20	13	77	103
12	James Hopson	Sam Coombs	QSP [8.0]	12	(BFD [26.0])	12	20	15	5	6	78	104
13	Henry Maxfield	Dicken Maclean	QSP [14.0]	4	14	9	6	22	-24	19	88	112
14	Max Richardson	Alex Groves	QSP [25.0]	8	11	-21	21	9	7	12	93	114
15	Becky Diamond	Fiona Hampshire	QSP [12.0]	10	4	16	-25	24	12	16	94	119

Laser

Pos	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Net	Tot
1	Stuart Godwin	3	-9	9	1	1	2	1	6	23	32
2	Evan Scott	1	12	(BFD [37.0])	9	2	4	3	4	35	72
3	Oliver Tweddell	5	3	7	6	4	7	-14	3	35	49
4	James Burman	2	5	3	11	3	3	-16	10	37	53
5	Callum Calder	10	7	2	2	7	1	-24	19	48	72
6	Iain McKeeman	16	1	6	-18	11	5	9	8	56	74
7	Eifion Môn	14	11	10	4	-23	8	5	9	61	84
8	Adam Fox	7	2	-18	8	10	13	10	14	64	82
9	Dominic Breen-Turner	6	13	-27	10	9	11	8	11	68	95
10	Tom Levick	21	8	1	3	-30	9	21	7	70	100
11	Callum McKenzie	4	10	5	-21	13	12	13	16	73	94
12	Alex Ekstrom	-17	15	14	15	16	16	4	2	82	99
13	George Cousins	8	21	-28	13	5	15	12	12	86	114
14	Adrian Davis	22	6	19	7	6	6	-23	20	86	109
15	James Chapple	11	22	13	12	22	10	6	-31	96	127

Hobie 16

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Net	Tot
1	Richard Glover	Andrew Glover	-1	1	1	1	1	1	1	NA	6	7
2	Luke Butler	Sam Rowles	2	2	2	4	-5	3	3	NA	16	21
3	Hannah Rowles	Stephanie Wall	4	4	4	2	-7	2	4	NA	20	27
4	Ryan Porter	Elizabeth Laming	-5	3	3	3	2	5	5	NA	21	26
5	Sebastien Greber	Angus Furneaux	3	5	6	5	4	4	-7	NA	27	34
6	James Hawkes	Marianne Brett	6	-7	5	6	3	6	2	NA	28	35
7	Rory Carr	Fergus Carr	7	6	(DNF [8.0])	7	6	7	6	NA	39	47

420

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Net	Tot
1	Peter Irwin	David Kohler	1	4	6	(DSQ [30.0])	2	2	1	1	17	47
2	Owain Matthews	Joe Williams	3	-15	2	11	1	6	2	2	27	42
3	Jonathan Moss	Ben Muskett	4	3	4	4	(BFD [30.0])	9	11	10	45	75
4	Tim Saxton	Claire Lasko	2	5	3	5	-17	11	17	3	46	63
5	Matthew Rainback	James Foskett	5	6	11	3	-18	4	6	14	49	67
6	Imogen Stanley	Kate Macgregor	12	2	10	16	3	3	7	(BFD [30.0])	53	83
7	Jack Yeoman	George Yeoman	7	8	1	9	(BFD [30.0])	1	10	18	54	84
8	Hamish Stone	Chris Proffitt	(DNF [30.0])	7	5	1	7	12	21	7	60	90
9	Lucy de Boltz	Katherine Kimber	9	1	8	6	10	25	5	(BFD [30.0])	64	94
10	Ben Palmer	Tom Weatherhead	13	-19	9	7	5	8	3	19	64	83
11	Thomas Gillard	Sam Brearey	8	10	15	12	-24	10	9	5	69	93
12	Stephen Tiernan	Jamie Crapnell	11	17	-19	2	11	13	8	11	73	92
13	Kate Allam	Sarah Burge	(DNF [30.0])	11	7	13	12	7	22	4	76	106
14	Jenny Lennon	James Kitt	6	16	18	-24	6	19	4	15	84	108
15	Charlie Makepeace	Sam Muskett	(DNF [30.0])	9	12	10	8	23	15	9	86	116

Laser Radial

Pos	Helm	QS	R1	R2	R3	R4	Net	Tot
1	Tom Willis	QSP [1.0]	6	5	1	-35	13	48
2	Chloe Martin	QSP [3.0]	11	3	-18	1	18	36
3	Robert Spencer	QSP [6.0]	5	13	-32	5	29	61
4	David Jessop	QSP [2.0]	3	24	-35	2	31	66
5	Michael Clark	QSP [7.0]	-28	7	14	7	35	63
6	Anna Dobson	QSP [5.0]	17	4	11	-24	37	61
7	Andy Joseph	QSP [13.0]	13	2	-16	11	39	55
8	James Spencer	QSP [4.0]	1	-33	27	8	40	73
9	Phil McCoy	QSP [10.0]	4	28	9	-48	51	99
10	Martin Evans	QSP [14.0]	2	-26	26	12	54	80
11	Josh Davies	QSP [30.0]	8	14	-21	3	55	76
12	Melissa Addy	QSP [20.0]	-31	10	12	14	56	87
13	Tom Hayes	QSP [8.0]	24	23	2	-39	57	96
14	Philip Garner	QSP [15.0]	-25	6	13	23	57	82
15	David de Boltz	QSP [17.0]	-22	19	15	6	57	79

RS:X

Pos	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Net	Tot
1	Richard Hamilton	3	1	1	2	4	-6	11	17
2	Jacob Brubert	2	7	3	1	1	-11	14	25
3	Elliot Carney	1	5	4	-8	2	2	14	22
4	Kim Jiskoot	4	2	2	-11	6	5	19	30
5	Richard Cleworth	7	4	7	-9	3	1	22	31
6	Daniel Skudder	-9	3	5	4	7	3	22	31
7	Andrew Petts	5	-12	10	6	5	8	34	46
8	Peter Fey	8	6	6	5	-11	9	34	45
9	Edward Strange	13	8	8	3	-15	4	36	51
10	Duncan Bryan	6	13	12	7	-14	7	45	59
11	Lewis Robinson	-11	10	9	10	9	10	48	59
12	Tom Eskdale	10	9	-15	13	8	13	53	68
13	Kirsten O'Callaghan	14	11	13	-15	10	12	60	75
14	Alex Trickle	12	14	11	14	16	(DNC [17.0])	67	84
15	Jonathan Gibbs	15	16	14	12	13	(DNC [17.0])	70	87