First autumn ranker

Olympic medallists came out on top at the first weekend in the RYA Autumn National Ranking Series

Britain’s Olympic sailing medallists were out in force at this weekend’s first RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking event, 7-8 October, at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Yngling Olympic Champions Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb, 470 silver medallists Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, bronze medal-winning windsurfer Nick Dempsey and 49er bronze medallists Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks all came out on top in their respective classes after a weekend of solid breeze and world class racing at the 2012 Olympic venue.

In winds of up to 20 knots, Skandia Team GBR’s World Champions Draper and Hiscocks emerged victorious in the 40-strong 49er fleet, with the Weymouth locals winning by just one point in spite of a strong start by Spain’s visiting Olympic Champions Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez. Austria’s Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch finished second, with the Spanish duo squeezed into third.

The 470 men’s fleet promised an interesting battle between Athens silver medallists Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, and newly-crowned World Champions Nic Asher and Elliot Willis. The two-time Olympians took an early grip on the race series, with three firsts in their opening three races, and a further bullet in race five which helped them to a four point win over Asher and Willis. Ally Martin and Lottie Clay won the 470 women’s event.

Nick Dempsey cruised to victory in the RS:X men’s fleet, gaining such a commanding lead that he could sit out the sixth and final race – an approach also employed by Yngling sailors Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb, sailing with Pippa Wilson on the bow, and also newly-crowned European Champion Ed Wright in the 11-boat Finn event.

World silver medallists Leigh McMillan and Will Howden were made to work for their win in the Tornado class, but eventually secured a two-point margin of victory over second placed Rob Wilson and Mark Bulkeley, and Hugh Styles and Tom Peel in third.

“This is another good result for us in the build up to our Worlds,” said Howden.

“We were pleased to get the four wins in conditions which are not normally our strongest, but we still have to start the regattas better! There are 3 more events before our Worlds so there is still plenty of practice to get in shape for our most important event of the year!!”

European Champion Bryony Shaw clinched the win in the RS:X 8.5m discipline, while Megan Pascoe took the win in the 2.4mR Paralympic class. There was disappointment for world silver medallist Helena Lucas, who was forced to retire from the 2.4mR event when her tiller and the foot pedals in her boat both broke.

“We saw some excellent racing conditions this weekend, and with such a star-studded entry both from the top the Skandia Team GBR sailors and international visitors, it was a great start to the 2006 National Ranking Series,” said RYA Competitions Manager Rob Andrews.

“All eyes will now be on the inaugural Sail for Gold Regatta next weekend, where Olympic hopefuls both from home and abroad will be pushing for good results on the 2012 Olympic waters.”

The three weekend National Ranking Series at WPNSA (7-8 October; 13-15 October in conjunction with the Sail for Gold Regatta; 28-29 October) will feature Skandia Team GBR’s top talent against the new breed hoping to challenge for 2012, as well as domestic Olympic class racers.

Results:

49er

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Chris Draper	Simon Hiscocks	GBR1	3	2	3	1	21	7	16
2	Nico Delle Karth	Nikolaus Resch	AUT20	7	4	5	6	1	1	17
3	Iker Martinez	Xabi Fernandez	ESP10	1	1	1	17	14	3	20
4	Stevie Morrison	Ben Rhodes	GBR3	2	7	2	3	15	11	25
5	Jan Peter Peckolt	Hannes Peckolt	GER4	5	8	4	9	5	4	26
6	Paul Campbell-James	Mark Asquith	GBR955	12	14	9	7	2	8	38
7	Dave Evans	Rick Peacock	GBR969	11	13	8	5	23	6	43
8	Frederico Alonso	Arturo Alsonso	ESP37	17	19	14	8	9	2	50
9	Dien	Yann Rocherieux	FRA13	13	10	12	26	3	14	52
10	Tim Wadlow	Chris Rast	USA14	19	6	11	14	27	5	55
11	Ian Martin	Ben McGrane	GBR21	22	15	RDG18	2	6	18	59
12	Marcin Czajkowski	Krzysztof Kierkowski	POL965	23	11	DNC41	13	7	9	63
13	Russell McGovern	Matt McGovern	GBR25	DNC41	12	10	16	13	15	66
14	Tomasz Stanczyk	Pawel Kuzmicki	POL950	4	24	18	11	25	10	67
15	Paul Meilhat	Mathieu Bourdais	FRA8	20	28	7	21	8	13	69
16	Florian Kohout	Juergan Brandstoetter	AUT809	15	16	24	12	18	16	77
17	John Wilson	James Barker	GBR935	18	23	17	4	17	23	79
18	Morgan Lagraviere	Stephane Christidis	FRA15	16	3	6	15	RET41	OCS41	81
19	Gordon Cook	Ben Remocker	CAN42	8	9	13	34	28	25	83
20	Jonas Lindberg	Kalle Torlen	SWE975	6	DNC41	19	29	11	19	84
21	Richard Bone	Chris Rodway	GBR789	9	17	DNC41	28	12	20	86
22	Christoph Sieber	Clemens Kruse	AUT951	10	18	16	19	24	31	87
23	Christopher Gundersen	Frode Bovim	NOR939	14	5	DNC41	25	4	DNC41	89
24	John Pink	Alex Hopson	GBR19	24	27	DNC41	20	10	12	93
25	Ascel Silvy	Noe Delpech	FRA974	21	DNC41	20	24	19	17	101
26	Tom Morris	Guy Fillmore	GBR656	26	30	15	10	29	22	102
27	Dylan Fletcher	Alain Sign	GBR824	28	DNF41	21	23	20	21	113
28	Julien d'Ortoli	Ulysse Hoffman	FRA987	27	20	23	32	26	24	120
29	Cedric Fleury	Emmanuel Constant	FRA800	30	26	22	31	DNS41	28	137
30	Lauri Lehtinen	Heikei Soininen	USA840	31	29	DNC41	22	16	DNC41	139
31	Lester Noble	Lee Noble	GBR908	DNC41	21	25	18	DNC41	DNC41	146
32	Tristan Jaques	Chris Kilby	GBR872	DNC41	25	DNC41	35	22	30	153
33	Matthieu Dubreucq	Geoffrey Gales	CAN841	34	DNC41	DNC41	30	32	26	163
34	Andrew Rice	Gareth Edwards	FRA709	25	DNC41	DNC41	33	33	32	164
35	Peter saraskin	Tonis Haavel	EST894	36	DNC41	DNC41	36	30	27	170
36	Mike Senior	Chris Tattersall	GBR705	29	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	31	29	171
37	Edd Chapman	Tom Dawson	GBR748	32	22	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	177
38	Chris Gill	Jon Gill	GBR519	35	DNC41	DNC41	27	DNS41	33	177
39	Justin Visser	Simon Wheeler	GBR653	33	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	197
40	Alexandre Monteau	Damien Guillou	FRA923	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	DNC41	205

470 Men

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Nick Rogers	Joe Glanfield	GBR831	1	1	1	5	1	2	6
2	Nic Asher	Elliot Willis	GBR816	5	3	2	1	3	1	10
3	Neil Marsden	Ian Dobson	GBR814	2	4	3	2	8	5	16
4	Luke Patience	Chris Grube	GBR834	6	5	4	10	2	3	20
5	Jonny McGovern	Tom Mapplebeck	GBR823	7	2	5	3	4	7	21
6	Thomas Mallindine	James Clark	GBR830	10	6	6	4	6	4	26
7	Avari Xerxes	Rafiq Mehboob	PAK16	3	8	8	6	7	6	30
8	Niki Birrell	Chris Birrell	GBR820	4	7	7	10	5	8	31
9	Jay Whitehead	James Askew	GBR739	10	9	10	7	10	10	46

470 Women

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Ally Martin	Lottie Clay	GBR827	1	1	1	1	2	2	6
2	Melissa Heppell	Katrina Hughes	GBR809	3	2	2	2	1	1	8
3	Monica Rodel	Benedicte Heide	NOR6	2	3	3	4	4	3	15
4	Tina Loken Neilsson	Lina Beyer Stromquist	NOR117	4	DNC6	DNC6	3	3	4	20
5	Christina Bassadone	Saskia Clark	GBR819	DNC6	DNC6	DNC6	DNC6	DNC6	DNC6	30

Finn

Pos	Helm	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R	R5	R6	Tot
1	Ed Wright	GBR111	1	1	1	1	1	DNC12	5
2	Ed Greig	GBR625	6	4	2	3	2	1	12
3	Matt Howard	GBR550	5	2	3	2	3	2	12
4	Andrew Mills	GBR634	2	5	4	5	6	4	20
5	Mark Andrew	GBR88	7	3	RET12	4	4	3	21
6	Peter Davidson	GBR589	3	7	5	7	5	5	25
7	Henry Bagnall	GBR99	8	6	7	6	8	DNC12	35
8	John Greenwood	GBR650	9	OCS12	6	8	7	6	36
9	David Harcourt	GBR649	10	8	8	9	9	7	41
10	Anthony Osman	GBR28	4	10	10	11	11	9	44
11	Edward Thorburn	GBR595	11	9	9	10	10	8	46

Tornado

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Leigh McMillan	Will Howden	GBR1	3	2	1	1	1	1	6
2	Rob Wilson	Mark Bulkeley	GBR7	1	1	2	2	2	3	8
3	Hugh Styles	Tom Peel	GBR434	2	3	3	4	3	4	15
4	Grant Piggott	Greg Windle	GBR418	5	5	5	5	6	6	26
5	Allan Norregaard	Michael Risor	DEN1	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	3	4	5	42
6	Christopher Rashley	Marcus Lynch	GBR438	4	4	4	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	42
7	Pete Jary	Tim Roden	GBR402	DNC15	7	6	7	DNC15	DNC15	50
8	Andrew Walsh	Ed Barney	GBR430	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	5	2	52
9	Adam Piggott	Ricky Hehsman	GBR410	7	6	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	58
10	Philip Marks	Daniel Taylor	GBR435	DNC15	8	DNC15	6	DNC15	DNC15	59
11	Brian Wilson	Sam Jones	GBR423	6	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	66
12	Mark Howell	Stuart Offer	CAN369	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	75
12	John Ready	Ryan Crawford	GBR432	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	75
12	John Gimson	Stuart Bithell	GBRTBA	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	DNC15	75

Yngling

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Sarah Ayton	Sarah Webb, Pippa WIlson	GBR15	1	1	1	1	1	DNC5	5
2	Ingrid Soderstrom	Johanna Larsson, Caroline Aberg	SWE51	2	3	3	2	2	3	12
3	Chiara Calligaris	Francesca Scogbamillo, Giulia Pignolo	ITA16	OCS5	2	4	3	3	1	13
4	Victoria Rawlinson	Rachel Howe, Emma Rawlinson	GBR14	3	4	2	4	4	2	15

RS:X Men

Pos	Helm	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Nick Dempsey	GBR21	1	1	1	1	1	6	5
2	Leo McCallin	GBR20	2	2	2	2	2	1	9
3	Elliot Carney	GBR274	3	4	3	3	3	2	14
4	Alex Griffiths	GBR526	4	3	6	4	4	3	18
5	Daniel Skudder	GBR2/906	6	6	4	5	6	6	27

RS:X Women

Pos	Helm	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Bryony Shaw	GBR94	1	2	13	1	1	1	6
2	Richard Cleworth	GBR958	2	4	1	5	3	2	12
3	Tom Eskdale	GBR495	6	3	2	3	6	3	17
4	Edward Strange	GBR983	5	5	4	2	2	6	18
5	Carolina Borges	BRA95	4	1	6	7	7	4	22
6	Jacob Brubert	GBR967	10	6	5	4	5	5	25
7	Kim Jiskoot	GBR312	8	7	3	6	4	7	27
8	Marie Buchanan	GBR123	11	9	7	8	8	8	40
9	Andrew Petts	GBR9630	9	10	8	9	9	9	44
10	Alex Trickle	GBR465	7	8	13	13	12	10	50
11	Lucy Horwood	GBR95	3	13	13	13	12	12	53