Andy Tunnicliffe wins 2012 Northern Area Championships at Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club
With some tremendous sailing skills at the Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club, Andy Tunnicliffe was able to claim the top spot of the 2012 Northern Area Championships standings as well as the title. On the opening day of the regatta, 26 participants launched
their campaign of the event under ideal wind conditions over the Leigh and Lowton SC waters.
The participants witnessed superb sailing conditions on the opening day of the regatta as the winds were blowing from 16 to 18 knots along with heavy gusts that were calculated up to 31 knots.
The forecast was a bit troubling for the fleet on the first day but still they managed to complete the scheduled race of Day 1 on time to formulate the initial results.
However, the weather came down a bit on the second day to assist the fleet to finish their proceedings accordingly and finalise the ultimate result board.
Tunnicliffe had a superb start of the regatta with some classy sailing on the opening day. Three races commenced on Day 1 where Tunnicliffe clinched the top position compiling three bullets.
However, Tunnicliffe did not have to work too hard on Day 2 because he had already grabbed a strong position in the overall standings. On the second day of the regatta, Tunnicliffe finished on second podium in the first race but he clicked another first
position in Race 2 to confirm his title win. He did not have to compete in Race three because it was discarded from the final results.
Overall results at the end of the regatta:
1. 5179 Andy Tunnicliffe 1, 1, 1, (2), 1, (17.0 DNF) = 4 Points
2. 5307 Chris Brown 2, 2, 2, (8), (6), 2 = 8 Points
3. 5263 Steve Denison (5), 3, 3, 1, (5), 5 = 12 Points
4. 5308 Pete Mitchell (4), (5), 4, 3, 3, 3 = 13 Points
5. 5310 David Mitchell (7), 7, 7, (10), 2, 1 = 17 Points
6. 5287 Ian Hopwood (6), 6, (11), 4, 4, 4 = 18 Points
7. 5111 Andy Friar 3, 4, 10, 5, (27.0 DNF), (32.0 DNC) = 22 Points
8. 5149 J Blundell (17), (14), 5, 13, 8, 8 = 34 Points
9. 5022 Paul Heath (16), 13, 6, 6, 10, (17.0 DNF) = 35 Points
10. 5023 Brian Holland 11, (32.0 DNC), (14), 7, 12, 6 = 36 Points
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