2016 Collinson Forex Northshore Freshwater Champs Results & Report
The 2016 Collinson Forex Northshore Freshwater Laser Champs were held in moderate Westerly winds on Saturday and stronger SW winds on Sunday. After the weather forecast of gale force winds a lot of sailors failed to show.
In the Standard rig there were 20 sailors and in the Radial Rig 8 sailors. Winner of the Standards was Tim Adair, but his result wasn’t clear till after race 7 and a protest. He was pushed hard by Dean Drummond and Mark Oliver in 2nd & 3rd. Winners of the races was shared around with Tim winning 2 races, Mark 2 races, John Showel 1 race, Chris Sadler 1 race and Greg Wilshire 1 race.
In the Radials winner Josh Armit made a clean sweep of every race, but was pushed by Grand Master Mike Keeton and Joshua Bull. 1st Radial Women was Georgina Wooldridge.
Race officer for the event was Dave West assisted by Sandy Wilson. Dave got all the 4 races in on Saturday to get the series in early, in case of a heavy forecast for Sunday.
Once again Pupuke BC put on a fine BBQ c/w refreshments and the prize giving was well received with Luke Batenburg winning the Top Section and Nigel Harford the Television.
Thanks to JD for use of his rescue boat and to the rest of Pupuke BC Committee for putting on a great event.
And special thanks for the support from Collinson Forex and all the sponsors.
Standard
| Rank | HelmName | Division | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | Nett |
1st |
Tim Adair | Open | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | (21.0 DNF) | 3 | 34 | 13 |
2nd |
Dean Drummond | Master | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 23 | 17 |
3rd |
Mark Oliver | Master | -7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 21 |
4th |
John Showell | Grand Master | 1 | -11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 25 |
5th |
Ken Atchison | Apprentice | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | (21.0 DNS) | 60 | 39 |
6th |
Luuk Batenberg | Master | -14 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 44 |
7th |
David Lowe | Grand Master | -12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 48 |
8th |
Gary Lock | Grand Master | 10 | -16 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 67 | 51 |
9th |
Ian Gladwell | Master | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | (21.0 DNS) | 72 | 51 |
10th |
Chris Sadler | Grand Master | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | (21.0 DNF) | 13 | 1 | 73 | 52 |
11th |
Mark Hursthouse | Grand Master | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -16 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 52 |
12th |
Ray Beale | Great Grand Master | 5 | 13 | 7 | -16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 78 | 62 |
13th |
Wayne Ferguson | Grand Master | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 14 | (21.0 DNS) | 13 | 92 | 71 |
14th |
Ian Wallace | Great Grand Master | -17 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 91 | 74 |
15th |
Neil Wooldridge | Master | 11 | 2 | 14 | 10 | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 100 | 79 |
16th |
Greg Wilshire | Master | 13 | 15 | 1 | 13 | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 105 | 84 |
17th |
Ben Molloy | Apprentice | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 9 | 10 | 7 | 110 | 89 |
18th |
Nigel Harford | Master | 15 | 17 | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 11 | 14 | 16 | 115 | 94 |
19th |
Rob Waddell | Grand Master | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 15 | 15 | 15 | 129 | 108 |
20th |
Grant Avichit | Grand Master | (21.0 DNC) | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 21.0 DNC | 12 | 138 | 117 |
Radial
| Rank | HelmName | Division | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | Nett |
1st |
Josh Armit | Open | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
2nd |
Mike Keeton | Grand Master | -4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 |
3rd |
Joshua Bull | Open | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 4 | 20 | 16 |
4th |
Finn Drummond | Open | -6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 29 |
5th |
Georgina Wooldridge | Women | 5 | -6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 30 |
6th |
Pete Thomas | Grand Master | 3 | 4 | (9.0 DNC) | 9.0 DNC | 9.0 DNC | 3 | 3 | 40 | 31 |
7th |
John Beckett | Master | -8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 40 |
8th |
Shaaron McKee | Women | 7 | -8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 42 |