Mark Heather and Ed Cowell of Wilsonian Sailing Club win RS200 Inland Championships
After some impressive sailing at Grafham Water Sailing Club, Mark Heather and Ed Cowell of Wilsonian Sailing Club were able to hit the top podium of the RS200 Inland Championship’s overall standings. They showed a great deal of sailing on the final day to
take victory by 12 points. Tim Saxton and Sophie Weguelin secured second place with 16 points after six races.
Weather conditions at Grafham Water Sailing Club seemed ominous in the beginning of the event, as a strong four to five knots wind was blowing over the racing area at the club. However, the breeze decreased with some warmer temperature later on the final
day just before the last races commenced.
Heather and Cowell sailed superbly in the first two races of the final day finishing first and second respectively, while in the third race, they could not manage to retain the lead and tumbled down at fifth place. In the meanwhile, despite the fifth finish,
they still managed to win first podium of the overall standings with 12 points.
Tim Saxton and Sophie Weguelin of the host club, Grafham Water Sailing Club, finished eighth and fourth in the final two races of Day two to occupy second spot while Nick Charles and Roz Allen of Netley Sailing Club took the third position in the overall
standings of RS200 Inland Championships.
The overall standings at the end of the event are given below:
1. 872 Mark Heather, Ed Cowell, Wilsonian Sailing Club 3, 1, (6), 1, 2, 5 = 12 points
2. 1328 Tim Saxton, Sophie Weguelin, GWSC 4, 5, 1, 2, (8), 4 = 16 points
3. 584 Nick Charles, Roz Allen, Netley Sailing Club 6, 3, (10), 7, 1, 1 = 18 points
4. 962 Andrew Peters, Jeraldine Peters, Queen Mary Sailing Club 2, 4, 5, 3, (13), 9 = 23 points
5. 1010 Steve Restall, Katie Restall, Downs Sailing Club 10, 6, 9, (17), 7, 3 = 35 points
6. 1103 James Goss, Ian Robertson, Burghfield SC 9, 12, (13), 4, 6, 8 = 39 points
7. 1296 Chris Pickles, Laura Westell, Yorkshire Dales S C 1, 11, 12, 5, 11, (DNC) = 40 points
8. 1467 Ian Sharps, Ellie Martin, Burghfield Sailing Club 5, 7, 8, 10, (12), 10 = 40 points
9. 1311 Matt Mee, Emma Norris, Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club (DNC), 2, 29, 18, 3, 7 = 59 points
10. 1460 David Steed, Katharine Lovering, Burghfield Sailing Club 23, 8, 3, 13, 19, (31) = 66 points
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