Posn Helm Crew Sail Fleet Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Disc Pnts
1 IAN PLATT Alex Pilkington 13849 Gold BOLTON 1 1 1 40 40 3
2 NEIL PLATT Nicola Brook 13924 Gold WEST KIRBY 4 11 2 5 11 11
3 PAUL OWEN Andrew Hattley 13803 Gold SSSC 12 5 3 3 12 11
4 RICHARD INSTONE Linda Estaugh 13931 Gold CHASE 6 2 4 6 6 12
5 DAVID LAWSON Lynn Lawson 13176 Gold BASSENTHWAITE 5 3 5 4 5 12
6 DAVID PUGH Mike Senior 13894 Gold SSSC 3 4 7 9 9 14
7 BILL KENYON Ben Ditchburn 13900 Gold BUDWORTH 8 6 39 2 39 16
8 JOHN SALOMONSON Tim McGovern 13945 Gold SOUTH STAFFS 10 14 6 1 14 17
9 JOANNE PLATT Gary Deighan 13933 Silver BOLTON 20 7 9 8 20 24
10 MARTIN BRENNAN Alistair Knott 13842 Gold HOLLINGWORTH 2 15 8 40 40 25
11 CHRIS BEDDOW Gill Beddow 13420 Silver SOUTH STAFFS 14 9 13 7 14 29
12 PETER GARDNER William Gardner 13374 Silver COMBS 9 13 10 12 13 31
13 NICK EAVES Philip Eaves 13843 Gold BARTLEY 13 16 15 10 16 38
14 GRAHAM KNOX Peter Bramwell 13746 Silver HOLLINGWORTH 17 10 12 40 40 39
15 MARTIN EVANS Justin Jones 13427 Silver SSSC 19 8 16 40 40 43
16 JULIE WADDINGTON Chris Waddington 13791 Silver BOLTON 16 18 19 11 19 45
17 DICK COWAN Milly Cowan 13504 Silver BUDWORTH 24 21 11 15 24 47
18 STEVE HUBBARD Jean Shaw 13783 Silver BUDWORTH 18 17 21 14 21 49
19 TIM HEMSLEY Richard Harding 13617 Gold FRENSHAM 15 19 17 40 40 51
20 MANDY MITCHELL Jon Close 13880 Silver WINSFORD 25 29 18 13 29 56
21 PAUL LEAVERS Nigel Spurr 13709 Gold MIDLAND 7 39 14 40 40 60
22 CHRIS HEARN Eliza Mann 13509 Silver BUDWORTH 11 27 23 40 40 61
23 RAY BAILEY Jackie Bailey 2629 Bronze Budworth 22 23 22 17 23 61
24 TIM DAVIES Hilary Davies 13727 Silver CHELMARSH 23 20 20 40 40 63
25 FRED ARDEN Andy White 13670 Silver BUDWORTH 21 22 28 40 40 71
26 MARY CUNNINGHAM Alan Thompson 13740 Bronze WEST KIRBY 28 28 39 16 39 72
27 DENNIS O’BYRNE Fraser Kerr 13577 Bronze BUDWORTH 32 24 24 24 32 72
28 PETER WYCHE Barry Quest 13390 Bronze BUDWORTH 29 25 25 26 29 76
29 EDWARD GARDNER Alexander Garner 13612 Silver BUDWORTH 37 31 29 18 37 78
30 BILL ANDERSON Lesley Wrightson 13140 Bronze BUDWORTH 33 30 26 23 33 79
31 MARK JONES Graham Ellis 13618 Bronze BUDWORTH 26 26 31 27 31 79
32 CRAIG HEWETT Diane Hewett 13760 Bronze BUDWORTH 30 33 39 19 39 82
33 JAMES DOWNES Judith Downes 13862 Silver BUDWORTH 27 35 34 25 35 86
34 ALEX DONNACHIE Lesley Bayliss 12356 Bronze BUDWORTH 35 39 30 22 39 87
35 ANDREW MONK Caroline Monk 13338 Bronze BUDWORTH 34 32 27 28 34 87
36 ANN PENNY Reiner Stoeckle 13671 Bronze DERWENT 36 36 32 20 36 88
37 IAN SINCLAIR Alan Jones 13930 Gold BOLTON 39 12 39 40 40 90
38 PETER FISK Peter Fisk Jnr 13736 Bronze BALA 31 34 33 40 40 98
39 HUGH DEVEREUX Ellie Devereux 13732 Bronze BUDWORTH 39 39 39 21 39 99

North West Dominates 

An excellent turnout of 39 GP14s at Budworth SC for the UK Grand Masters’ and Masters’ Championship was dominated by Ian Platt and Alex Pilkington from Bolton SC. Ian & Alex posted 3 bullets in succession to claim the GP14 National Masters Trophy. The Grand Masters Trophy was retained by John Salomonson and Tim McGovern from South Staffs and Hollingworth Sailing Clubs with a consistent performance over the weekend. 

With the forecast of very light winds over the whole weekend, Budworth’s Race Officer, Graham Tinsley, was presented with the challenge of changing the race schedule from the traditional 2 + 2 format. As visitors arrived from clubs across the UK on the Saturday morning they were presented with picture postcard tranquillity of Budworth Mere. But gradually a light South-Easterly filled-in and Graham made the brave decision to run the 3 qualifying races on the Saturday afternoon.The gamble paid off, with the breeze increasing to a shifty, gusty force 3-4. Close racing was enjoyed throughout the fleet, though Tinsley and his team had their hands full shifting marks and coping with the fleet pushing the line.

The mirror sheen of Budworth Mere on the Sunday morning convinced a few that racing was impossible. The Race Office signalled a postponement. Despite calls to cancel the last race, Graham was convinced the wind would fill in, and sure enough, a lovely westerly force 2-3 came in for a couple of hours providing another highly competitive fourth race. Neil Platt and Nicola Brook of West Kirby took second position overall from Paul Owen and Andrew Hattley of South Staffs by virtue of their second place in Race 3.

Helming, Joanne Platt crewed by Gary Deighan came top of the Silver Fleet, Joanne also securing the First Lady Helm position to take home to Bolton SC. Chris & Gill Beddow of South Staffs SC came second with Peter & William Gardner of Coombs SC third in the Silver Fleet.Sailing the oldest boat of the fleet, Ray & Jackie Bailey in GP 2629 won the Bronze Fleet for Budworth from Mary Cunningham and Alan Thompson of West Kirby with Dennis O’Byrne and Fraser Kerr of Budworth in third position.

The meeting was generously supported by Dedicated Micros, who are leaders in CCTV systems design and installation. Dedicated Micros have provided Budworth SC with a CCTV installation that provides both club CCTV security and also allows members to record and replay the racing on Budworth Mere. This support ensured excellent hospitality and a memorable weekend for sailors and guests alike.All in all, a great UK Masters and Grand Masters competition with North West sailing clubs dominating the entire event.

A 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 1^st place team, the Southport junior trophy for being the leading GP, and finally they won the Rogerson Trophy for the 1^st 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.

Budworth SC hosted the fifth round of the GP14 Northern Bell Open Meeting on Sunday 1^st June.

In one of the best attended meetings of the season 27 GP14s sailed in a light testing northerly and steady rain. However the competition was close and OOD Graeme Bristow and team coped superbly with the conditions ensuring good beats and clean starts in all 3 races.

Competition was intense amongst the Gold Fleet sailors at the front of the fleet with wins shared by visiting sailors Innes Armstrong, Mark Platt and Ian Platt.

For the home fleet Bill Kenyon was the leading sailor posting two thirds and a fourth. As a result Bill retains his lead in the 2008 GP14 Northern Bell Championship, which is kindly sponsored by Omega Sails.

Competition was equally ferocious in the Silver and Bronze fleets with no single club showing dominance. The event was generously sponsored by Kelvin Hughes Ltd, through 1^st Mark Chandlery of Golborne Lancs, which ensured a spread of prizes for large sections of all three fleets.

• Overall Results:
  1st 13914 Mark Platt and Malcolm Marsden (Bolton SC)
  2nd 13849 Ian Platt and Alex Pilkington (Bolton SC)
  3rd 13842 Martin Brennan and Alistair Knott (Hollingworth Lake SC)
  4th 13447 Innes Armstrong and Thomas Bennett (Burwain SC)
  5th 13900 Bill Kenyon and Ben Ditchburn (Budworth SC)

MAJOR FIXTURES 2008