Continuing our roundup of summer regatta weeks. The final report for Abersoch Dinghy Week.
It promised to be bigger and better and, with 273 entries across 51 fleets, the largest entry seen since 2007, the Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week 2014 was certainly an event not to be missed.
The extremely warm weather enabled the competitors to top up their sun tans! This did however result in light winds all week. This did not dampen the sailors' spirits with hot sun, sea & sand there was still plenty of fun to be had.
The social program was headlined by Dinghy Week's favourite band Elephant Juice, who played not once but twice in the week much to the enjoyment of all who came along and danced the night away.
This year saw the successful introduction of a smaller course with committee boat starts for the Topper, Tera and Optimist fleets, resulting in the spectacular sight of 50 youth boats enjoying the competitive side to sailing.
Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week Organiser Andy Teague says 'I am amazed at the number of entries with competitors coming from as near as Pwllheli and as far as Dubai. I would like to thank everyone for making it such a great event.'
The event finished with a successful prize giving. Lots of sailors were lucky enough to win fantastic products from the brand new Crewsaver Phase2 Dinghy Range.
Hannah Burywood, Marketing Coordinator for Crewsaver comments 'Crewsaver Abersoch Dinghy Week is an extremely well organised, enjoyable event that every dinghy sailor should have noted in their calendar.'
With this in mind jot the 2015 date in your calendar: Registration, 25th July 2015 Sailing, 26th – 31st July 2015.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Laser | ||
| 1st | Craig Williamson | Staunton Harold SC |
| 2nd | Cameron Smith | Chelmarsh SC |
| 3rd | Ben Ditchburn | Dudworth SC |
| Solo | ||
| 1st | Chris Gillard | Sheffield Viking SC |
| 2nd | Paul Heath | Leigh and Lowton SC |
| 3rd | Oliver Whitehead | Hollingworth Lake SC |
| Laser Radials | ||
| 1st | Paul Williamson | Staunton Harold SC |
| 2nd | Penny Downes | SCYC |
| 3rd | Alexander Davies | Leigh and Lowton SC |
| Phantoms | ||
| 1st | Philip Worth | Delph SC |
| 2nd | Mike Tustin | Bowmoor SC |
| 3rd | Mike Webster | Northampton SC |
| Optimist | ||
| 1st | Matthew Ingram | Holyhead SC |
| 2nd | Tyler Green | Port Dinorwic SC |
| 3rd | Thomas Marsden | Holyhead SC |
| Topper | ||
| 1st | Oliver Blackburn | Leigh and Lowton SC |
| 2nd | Brandon Banner | Leigh and Lowton SC |
| 3rd | James Wynn Edwards | Chester SC |
| Tera | ||
| 1st | Alastair Joyce | Ogston SC |
| 2nd | Dominic Baldwin | SCYC |
| 3rd | William Shelly | SCYC |
| Pos | Helm | Crew | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS 400 | |||
| 1st | Chris Pickles | Matt Sharman | Delph SC |
| 2nd | Jon Heissig | Nicky Griffen | Llangorse SC |
| 3rd | Paul Allen | Mike Allen | Leigh and Lowton SC |
| Fireball | |||
| 1st | Paul Cullen | Gina Moidinis | Weirwood SC |
| 2nd | Mo Turner | Jez White | Draycote Water SC |
| 3rd | David Stanley | Chelmarsh SC | |
| RS 200 | |||
| 1st | Matt Mee | Emma Norris | Red Wharf Bay SC |
| 2nd | Phil Smith | Niaomi Smith | Bassenthwaite SC |
| 3rd | Mike Budd | Katie Budd | SCYC |
| Pos | Helm | Crew | Club | Boat Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Handed Mixed | ||||
| 1st | Matt Jenkins | Sheffield Viking SC | RS 300 | |
| 2nd | David Entwistle | Burghfield SC | Blaze | |
| 3rd | Stuart Bailey | Tewkesbury SC | D‑Zero | |
| Junior/ Family Fleet | ||||
| 1st | Mike Bishop | Amy Cowlishaw | Sheffield Viking SC | Mirror |
| 2nd | Alex Colquit | James Colquit | West Kirby SC | Cadet |
| 3rd | Lucy Best | Sam Viney | Cardiff Bay SC | RS Feva |
| Asymmetric Class | ||||
| 1st | Jonny Harris | Alex Harris | SCYC | Cherub |
| 2nd | Alex Knight | Castle Cove SC | Musto Skiff | |
| 3rd | Nick Orman | Castle Cove SC | D‑One | |
| Slow Mixed Dinghies | ||||
| 1st | Tim Lawrence | Charlotte Lawrence | SCYC | Lark |
| 2nd | Jemma Viney | Iago Davies | Cardiff Bay SC | 420 |
| 3rd | Alan Johnson | Paula Fisher | SCYC | Enterprise |
| Fast Mixed Dinghies | ||||
| 1st | Steve Hunt | Ruth Critchley | Pilks/Bass SC | Merlin Rocket |
| 2nd | Lizzie Hendon | Steven Hendon | Blithfield SC | Merlin Rocket |
| 3rd | Mike Banner | Kay Banner | Leigh and Lowton SC | Albacore |
Crewsaver Team Challenge Trophy:
1st Delph SC
2nd Chelmarsh SC
3rd Staunton Harold SC
Club with the most entries:
Leigh and Lowton SC
A full set of results can be found at www.scyc.co.uk.
