Budworth wins the 12Hr National Team Event!
July 8th, 2008 by: the WebmasterA Victory win for Budworth at the 12hr National team event
Update - many pictures of this event are now available here - with many thanks to Jo Rutherford of Southport Sailing Club.
Budworth Sailing Club’s junior team cleaned up on Saturday at the 12hr National event hosted by Southport Sailing Club. They won the 12 hr race trophy for being 1st place team, the Southport junior trophy for being the leading GP, and finally they won the Rogerson Trophy for the 1st fastest two laps under 18. They completed 64 laps and were closely followed by Royal Windermere with 63 laps and consistently kept that lap difference throughout the race.
The wind stayed consistently steady throughout the day, with some unexpected gusts which were quite strong. Twenty eight teams entered with high standards of sailing that gave for a very competitive race.
The Budworth junior team consisted of Andrew Brown Topper World Champion, Tom Ditchburn who sails a Snipe and GP14, Katie Greenwood a Topper and GP14, Ryan Penny a GP14, Alex Sharp a Snipe and Will Williams a Snipe. This team came together with different abilities from different dinghies but with practice and team togetherness what an achievement had by all. Every person on the team gave 100% to what was a thoroughly enjoyable day.
The whole team would like to say a big thank you to our sponsor’s ‘Preston Audi’, and Ben Ditchburn as Team leader, ably assisted by John Greenwood and Harry Brown, because without their support the day would not have been possible.
| Will Williams | Ben Ditchburn | Ryan Penny | Tom Ditchburn | Alex Sharp | Katie Greenwood | Andrew Brown |