Gold series final

International sailors join in at RYA Olympic Classes Ranker at 2012 venue Weymouth

World silver medallists Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks put up a dominant display at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy this weekend to clinch first place in both the RYA 49er Gold Series and the Olympic Classes National Ranking Series event.

In their first competitive events since the Worlds in Moscow just over six weeks ago, the Weymouth locals tightened their grip on the €2,500 Gold Series, building on their 15 point lead from the opening weekend (8-9 October) to finally finish 21 points ahead of fellow RYA Team GBR performance squad members Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes in second place after 14 races.

Denmark’s Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp were third behind Morrison and Rhodes with 76 points, while GBR’s David Evans and Rick Peacock scooped the Gold Series’ €200 prize for the highest ranked under 20-year-old team.

The six-race National Ranking Series event for the 49ers also saw Draper-Hiscocks and Morrison-Rhodes occupying the top two steps of the podium, with French duo Alexandre Monteau and Pamieu Guillou taking third place.

Having only resumed training this month, the European Champions were pleased with their performance on home ground. “The standard of the fleet was pretty good, with quite a few boats in the top ten and the top ranked boats from abroad as well, so there was some good steady racing,” said Hiscocks.

“We’re pretty happy and it was good fun – one of the most successful Gold Series’ we’ve had for a few years.”

In the Tornado class, RYA Team GBR’s performance squad took a clean sweep, with Rob Wilson and Mark Bulkeley taking first place overall on seven points thanks to three race wins and three second places across the six races. World medallists Leigh Macmillan and Will Howden were in second with nine points, with Andrew Walsh and Ed Barney in third.

Chris Brittle, Ed Wright and Matt Howard took the expected first, second and third in the heavyweight Finn class, with Brittle winning four of the six races, while Martin Pascoe topped the 2.4m Paralympic class table with three race wins, ahead of George Barker in second and Megan Pascoe in third.

The men’s 470 event went to the wire, with Luke Patience and Chris Grube coming through a three-way battle for first place in the final race of the day. The delighted Team GBR development squad sailors overcame Jon Gimson and Stuart Bithell and Neil Marsden and Ian Dobsen to clinch the win - their first National Ranking Series victory.

“It was all down to the last race,” explained Patience. “All three of us could have won, so there was quite a lot of pressure heading into the last race, and we were obviously trying to count the points to see just how much we needed to win by.”

RYA Team GBR’s Pippa Wilson and Sheena Craig were the highest placed women’s boat.

The penultimate edition of the 2005 RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series will head inland to Rutland (29-30 October) before finishing in Warsash (12-13 November).

Results:

49er Gold Series:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R6	R5	R7	R9	R10	R11	R8	R12	R13	R14	Tot
1	GBR2	Chris Draper	Simon Hiscocks	1	3	2	3	3	2	3	1	2	35	3	4	2	2	27
2	GBR5	Stevie Morrison	Ben Rhodes	4	1	5	1	10	10	1	2	3	1	13	2	12	6	48
3	DEN835	Jonas Warrer	Martin Kirueterp	35	2	1	2	6	5	17	7	12	7	8	8	10	8	76
4	FRA923	Alexandre Monteau	Pamieu Guillou	6	15	8	35	11	3	5	5	1	5	12	12	14	4	86
5	USA32	Dalton Bergan	Zack Maxam	11	9	15	5	14	14	13	3	17	8	6	6	6	18	113
6	GBR935	John Wilson	James Barker	12	4	3	7	19	18	15	8	4	2	26	14	20	14	121
7	GBR9	John Pink	Alex Hopson	10	10	11	8	5	4	7	6	5	3	2	40	26	16	132
8	GBR672	David Evans	Rick Peacock	8	7	13	10	7	19	9	13	16	10	1	26	16	12	132
9	GBR789	Richard Bone	Chris Rodway	2	22	17	4	13	8	35	4	7	35	10	34	8	10	139
10	GBR781	Roger Gilbert	Olivier Vidal	9	8	7	6	1	1	16	10	35	12	35	28	22	20	140
11	GBR924	Ian Martin	Ben McGrane	14	13	14	12	15	11	19	12	10	6	7	10	28	22	159
12	CAN841	Gordon Cook	Ben Remocker	7	12	6	16	4	6	2	11	6	4	5	18	24	70	163
13	GBR83	James Mcintosh	Johnny Clegg	15	14	16	11	2	12	6	15	8	35	11	10	32	70	206
14	GBR933	Fred Shone	Hugh Shone	19	11	10	35	18	23	4	18	9	35	19	24	4	70	229
15	GBR859	Paul Campell James	Mark Asquith	3	5	4	35	9	9	11	16	11	9	4	70	36	70	241
16	FIN885	Tom Lonnquist	Jacob Granquist	20	6	9	17	12	13	35	17	15	11	9	16	70	70	265
17	GBR806	Jonny Coates	Charlie Muir	17	18	12	14	16	28	20	35	14	13	24	22	38	70	278
18	AUT116	Floviau Vohout	Jurgen Brandstotter	5	16	19	35	22	7	22	22	35	35	27	54	18	70	317
19	AUT251	Christoph Sieber	Clemens Kruse	18	20	35	35	20	22	12	35	18	35	22	42	34	70	348
20	IRL902	Russell McGovern	Matt McGovern	13	17	18	9	8	16	8	35	35	35	17	70	70	70	351
21	GBR905	Jon Emmett	Nick Murray	35	19	22	15	29	21	21	20	35	35	16	52	42	70	362
22	GBR653	Justin Visser	Simon Wheeler	23	21	35	13	21	15	10	35	35	35	21	50	70	70	384
23	GBR747	Josh Wilce	Olly Wilce	35	25	35	35	26	24	23	14	35	35	25	38	40	70	390
24	GBR599	Chris Crabb	Joe Crabb	22	35	35	35	30	26	35	35	35	35	29	70	70	70	392
25	FRA906	George Richards	Florian Trancart	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	9	13	35	35	30	30	70	397
26	GBR656	Tom Morris	Guy Filmore	16	26	20	35	17	27	35	35	35	35	28	48	46	70	403
27	NOR780	Christopher Gunderses	Jorgen Stromquist	35	35	35	35	23	35	35	19	35	35	15	32	44	70	413
28	GBR519	Chris Gill	Jon Gill	35	35	21	35	25	25	35	21	35	35	18	46	48	70	414

National Ranking Event:

Tornado:

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Rob Wilson	Mark Bulkley	2	1	1	1	2	2	7
2	Leigh Mcmillan	Will Howden	1	2	2	3	1	4	9
3	Andrew Walsh	Ed Barney	3	3	3	2	3	1	12
4	Hugh Styles	Andy Prince	5	4	11	5	5	3	22
5	Grant Piggott	Dan Hawkes	6	5	4	11	6	6	27
6	Simon Northrop	Matt Young	4	11	5	11	4	5	29
7	Bryan Wilson	Sam Jines	8	6	7	4	11	11	36
8	Dave Shaw	Susan Shaw	7	7	6	11	7	9	36
9	David Pitman	Danielle Pitman	9	11	11	11	8	7	46
10	Adam Piggott	Greg Windle	11	11	11	11	9	8	50

470:

Pos	M/F	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	M	Luke Patience	Chris Grube	15	2	1	1	3	1	8
2	M	Jon Gimson	Stuart Bithell	3	1	2	2	1	3	9
3	M	Neil Marsden	Ian Dobsen	1	3	3	6	2	2	11
4	M	David Edwards	Guy Tidton	2	6	6	3	6	5	22
5	F	Pippa Wilson	Shena Craig	7	5	4	9	4	4	24
6	M	Jonny Mcgovern	Tom Mapplebeck	5	4	5	7	5	6	25
7	F	Lucy Mcgreggor	Dave Steid	4	8	7	4	8	9	31
8	M	Callum Mcdonald	Matt Day	8	7	15	5	7	8	35
9	F	Ally Martin	Harriette Trumblel	6	11	9	11	9	11	46
10	M	Tom Malindine	James Clark	10	12	11	8	10	7	46
11	F	Melissa Heppell	Rebecca Marriott	9	10	10	13	11	10	50
12	M	Nicky Burrell	Christian Burrell	15	9	8	10	12	12	51
13	F	Catherine Putt	Michelle Ansell	11	15	12	12	13	13	61
14	M	Jak Cornthwate	Sam Watson	12	15	15	14	14	15	70

Finn:

Pos	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Chris Brittle	1	2	1	1	1	23	6
2	Ed Wright	2	1	3	2	2	1	8
3	Matt Howard	3	3	4	5	3	2	15
4	Ed Greig	4	4	2	3	23	3	16
5	Mark Andrews	5	5	5	4	4	5	23
6	Timothy Goodbody	6	6	7	6	5	4	27
7	Tim Carver	7	7	9	7	6	7	34
8	Nick Craig	8	9	6	11	7	6	36
9	Alan Burrell	11	8	10	8	8	23	45
10	Peter Davidson	12	10	12	10	10	8	50
11	Henry Bagnall	9	12	16	12	23	10	59
12	Phil Laycock	10	16	14	13	9	23	62
13	Richard Hart	17	13	11	14	13	11	62
14	Martin Hughs	13	18	13	18	11	9	64
15	Andrew Mills	15	15	8	9	23	23	70

2.4mR:

Pos	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Martin Pascoe	1	1	3	2	1	3	8
2	George Barker	3	3	2	1	2	1	9
3	Megan Pascoe	2	2	1	3	6	2	10
4	Tony Prior	6	4	4	4	6	6	24
5	Michael Cogswell	6	6	6	6	6	6	30