Haydn Sewell grabs 2012 Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships at Grafham Water Sailing Club
Grafham Water showed no mercy to any of 300 young sailors as they set sail on the opening day of the 2012 Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships. The regatta was organised and hosted by Grafham Water Sailing Club which featured Haydn Sewell as the winner
of the championships with 16 points.
The participants set sail in 11 to formulate the final standings of the regatta. Two of the races were discarded from the overall results which brought Sewell on top of the fleet results in the end. The young sailor five bullets during his sailing campaign
on Grafham Water.
Sailing in Great Britain during the summer, especially when the breeze is not so supportive, is a bit hard. The young sailors faced lighter winds over the racing area which was wafting from five to eight knots on the opening day.
However, the final day of the regatta brought tremendous breeze and the fleet had a superb final day proceedings. The sailors started the races under ideal winds as the breeze was gusting around up to 14 knots.
Sewell had a terrific start with three straight bullets which took him to the top podium place. The fourth race was not according to his expectations as he finished on sixth podium. However, this lower finish did not trouble his top spot.
A couple of higher finishes including two more bullets in the later races confirmed his grip on the leading podium and the youngster was able to claim the regatta title with 16 points.
Overall standings at the end of the regatta:
1. 5877 Haydn SEWELL RVYC 1 1 1 -6 1 -4 2 3 2 1 4 = 16 Points
2. 6099 Phoebe LE MARQUAND 10 St. Catherine's 4 -9 6 3 2 1 7 -10 1 3 7 = 34 Points
3. 5951 James FOSTER Poole YC 2 5 3 5 7 -11 3 5 4 8 -21 = 42 Points
4. 5688 Benji DANIEL Papercourt 5 -12 2 11 4 10 4 1 3 -24 10 = 50 Points
5. 5754 Ben HUTTON-PENMAN Corinthian Otters 8 -14 8 2 5 3 -27 4 13 11 8 = 62 Points
6. 6039 Jessica HOLLOWAY Poole / RLymYC 7 2 4 -32 17 2 24 15 9 20 -25 = 100 Points
7. 5740 Charles HANDLEY Papercourt / Rsrnyc 9 3 5 17 30 6 9 -31 -31 2 23 = 104 Points
8. 5158 Charlie HUTCHINGS Warsash SC 3 6 11 16 -27 14 8 20 -21 15 20 = 113 Points
9. 5964 Zara HOWARTH Poole YC 18 4 20 9 10 9 6 -28 26 12 -29 = 114 Points
10. 6002 Olivia STRACHAN Guernsey YC 13 -47 25 1 21 -36 5 7 12 6 30 = 120 Points
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