Greenhalgh in the chocolates
Former Giltinan 18ft Skiff champion Rob Greenhalgh produced his best race form of the Giltinan 2010 Championship when he steered Team PSP/Aust-Asia/Benny to an exciting all the way win in Race 6 on Sydney Harbour today. Greenhalgh and his crew Phil Harmer and Dan Johnson grabbed the lead at the Beashel Buoy windward mark the first time and held it for the remainder of the race.
While some disappointing results earlier in the championship have ruled PSP/Aust-Asia out of contention for the championship, the regatta is wide open with three boats still in contention.
Australian champion Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, Tom Clout) raced home to finish second just 3s behind the winner. Rag & Famish Hotel (John Harris, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris) was a further 22s back in third place, ahead of Project Racing (Andy Budgen, James Barker, Matt Mc Govern), Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Aaron Links, Trent Barnabas) and Appliancesonline.com.au (John Winning Jr., David Ewings, Tim Austin).
Tomorrow’s final race of the championship will now come down to a three-way battle between Thurlow Fisher Lawyers on 13, Project Racing 14 and Gotta Love It 7 on 15 points.
Following a week of unsettled conditions, today’s race was sailed in a 15-knot northeasterly wind and provided a great spectacle for the large spectator fleet.
While Team PSP/Aust-Asia/Benny led all the way, the battle behind was intense a placings changed throughout.
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers was second on the initial spinnaker run back to Clarke Island, but fell back later and had to settle for fifth place, although still retaining the overall championship lead.
On the second lap, Rag & Famish Hotel made a move into second place then Gotta Love It 7 came from the pack to stage a dramatic finish with Team PSP/Aust-Asia/Benny.
Pos | Boat | Nat | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Tot | Net |
1 | Thurlow Fisher Lawyers | AUS | Michael Coxon, Aaron Links, Trent Barnabas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 13 |
2 | Project Racing | UK | Andy Budgen, James Barker, Matt McGovern | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 |
3 | Gotta Love It 7 | AUS | Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, Tom Clout | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 |
4 | Rag & Famish Hotel | AUS | John Harris, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris | 32 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 21 |
5 | Smeg | AUS | Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Jim Beck | 32 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 35 |
6 | Slam | AUS | Grant Rollerson, Anthony Young, Peter Nicholson | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 36 |
7 | Yandoo | AUS | John Winning, Andrew Hay, Dave Gibson | 5 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 38 |
8 | Benny/PSP Aust-Asia | UK | Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson, Phil Harmer | 6 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 75 | 43 |
9 | Fisher & Paykel | AUS | Trevor Barnabas, Brent Dennis, Gerard Smith | 8 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 71 | 48 |
10 | appliancesonline.com.au | AUS | John Winning Jr., David Ewings, Tim Austin | 12 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 50 |
11 | Asko Appliances | AUS | Archie Massey, Dan Wilsdon, Cameron McDonald | 14 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 94 | 62 |
12 | Yamaha | NZ | Scott Kennedy, Andrew Fenwick, Nick Catley | 4 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 96 | 64 |
13 | Bassett Plumbing & Drainage | NZ | Chris Skinner, Luke Gower, Dave Healy | 32 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 97 | 65 |
14 | Gill | AUS | Dave Alexander, Niall Kinch, Paul Schulz | 13 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 94 | 69 |
15 | De’Longhi | AUS | Simon Nearn, Craig Ferris, Chris Cleary | 32 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 104 | 72 |
16 | Harken | USA | Howie Hamlin, Fritz Lanzinger, Matt Noble | 32 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 109 | 77 |
17 | Pure Blonde | AUS | James Francis, Brad Phillips, Rob Bell | 16 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 99 | 78 |
18 | Club Marine | AUS | Marcus Ashley Jones, Stewart Wells, Bert Schandevyl | 1 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 105 | 79 |
19 | Team Gill Sweden | SWE | Anders Lewander, Peter Mickos, Peter Warner | 15 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 103 | 79 |
20 | Red Claw | AUS | Matthew Searle, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald | 32 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 114 | 82 |
21 | Panasonic | AUS | Jonathan Whitty, Dan Higlett, Greg Dixon | 32 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 124 | 92 |
22 | Sharks/Coldwell Banker Real Estate | AUS | Evan Walker, Ted Hackney, Rob Scrivenor | 32 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 32 | 126 | 94 |
23 | Boatmate Shipwrights | AUS | Jason Waterhouse, Jeremy Roberts, Michael McCormick | 10 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 123 | 96 |
24 | Coldwell Banker New Homes | AUS | Mark Kennedy, Tom Anderson, James Fleet | 11 | 12 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 135 | 103 |
25 | Kinder Caring Home Nursing | AUS | Brett Van Munster, Paul Montague, Drewe Waller | 32 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 139 | 107 |
26 | CT Sailbattens | NZ | Alex Vallings, Chris Kitchen, Josh McCormack | 32 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 139 | 107 |
27 | Sydney Football Stadium | AUS | Oliver Merz, Gareth Collins, Matt Walker | 32 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 32 | 147 | 115 |
28 | Thurlow Fisher Consultants | AUS | Bruce Savage, Greg Windust, Chris Thomas | 32 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 150 | 118 |
29 | Maersk Line | NZ | Riley Dean, Murray England, Sam Trethewey | 32 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 154 | 122 |
30 | RWD Technologies | AUS | James Birdsall, Tim Barraclough, Pedro Vozone | 32 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 169 | 137 |
31 | JF Hillebrand | NZ | Did not compete | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 192 | 160 |
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