Burton Sailing Club

Junior Champs 2008

With water flat calm it didn't look like it was going to be possible to run the Junior Championships. But by 11am the mist had lifted and a very light breeze filled in, and a dozen juniors took to the water. The courses were kept short and simple in the light wind and 2 races were completed before lunch. At lunch there were 2 joint leaders (Alex and Sam) on 3 points, with only the 2 of them able to win there was talk of Ben Ainsley tactics coming into play. The final race was sailed in a dying breeze as the rain began to fall. It was nip and tuck at the front between the 3 full rig lasers, with Thomas taking the lead at one point, but in the end it came down to the 2 leaders and Alex just managed to get his nose ahead to take the line and the championship. After a very wet packing away, it was back to the clubhouse and prizes for all that took part.

Results (2 races to count)

HelmBoatRace 1Race 2Race 3 Position
AlexLaser 1211
SamLaser 2122
ThomasLaser DNC433
ChloeLaser 4.7 4344
AbbyLaser 4.7 3565
AndrewTopper 5656
EricTopper 6787
ElliottTopper 7978
EdenTopper 8899
LukeOptimist DNC111010
KittyOptimist DNC10DNC11