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Hampton Court MYC hosted its first ever Micro Magic open meeting on Saturday 12th February 2011.DSCF0003web.jpg (282963 bytes)IMG_0634web.jpg (337365 bytes)

REPORT – MM OPEN MEETING 12/2/11 Laurie Bower 

            Seventeen skippers assembled at the Club on Saturday 12th February to take part in the first ever Micro Magic event to take place on the Rick Pond. The PRO, Colin Trower, held his briefing sharp at 9.45am and racing commenced 15 minutes later.

            A testing course had been set to make the most of a Northerly wind blowing at between 8 and 18mph. and, with a fleet of 17 boats, the skill of each skipper to sail the most advantageous route to each buoy was fully tested. After the first 6 or 7 races, it became clear that the boats to watch were 311 (John Tushingham), 12 (Buzz Coleman), 314 (Dave Andrews), 149 (Peter Spence) and 234 (Mike Weston). Mid morning, the PRO announced a welcome short break for coffee, during which time the promised sunshine began to appear and warm up the rather chilly wind. By lunch time 11 races had been completed with only minor course adjustments needed to take account of slight changes in wind direction. Unfortunately, after Race 6 Dennis Moss (327) was forced to retire owing to a severely leaking boat. He was joined after lunch by David Mayne (337) who had transmitter problems and had to retire after Race 14.

 1st-MM-place copy.jpg (30877 bytes)           By the designated finishing time, 20 races had been sailed without any major incident (only one start resulted in a general recall) with skippers (largely) good naturedly acknowledging their mistakes and carrying out penalty turns where necessary. After allowing the required four discards, the leading skippers were as follows:-

1st - John Tushingham (28pts), 2nd - Buzz Coleman (38pts), 3rd - Peter Spence (54pts), 4th - Mike Weston (57pts) and 5th - Dave Andrews (81pts).

The thanks of the Club go to Colin Trower and his race team of Laurie Bower, Terry Colson, Tom Davies and Vernon Appleton whose efficiency and hard work ensured an enjoyable and successful day’s racing.

Full results:-

Place

Skipper

Sail No

Club

Score

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

R15

R16

R17

R18

R19

R20

1

John Tushingham

311

Keighley

28.0

18.0

2.0

1.0

5.0

2.0

4.0

1.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

2.0

1.0

6.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

18.0

2.0

1.0

2

Buzz Coleman

12

UK MM

38.0

9.0

6.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

2.0

3.0

1.0

3.0

3.0

5.0

2.0

1.0

4.0

4.0

1.0

1.0

3.0

2.0

3

Peter Spence

149

UK MM

54.0

4.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

1.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

2.0

1.0

7.0

3.0

18.0

6.0

11.0

7.0

6.0

10.0

5.0

4

Mike Weston

234

Swanley

57.0

7.0

5.0

5.0

1.0

4.0

8.0

14.0

2.0

5.0

6.0

4.0

3.0

7.0

3.0

3.0

1.0

4.0

13.0

1.0

3.0

5

Dave Andrews

314

Hampton Court

81.0

1.0

8.0

9.0

3.0

10.0

1.0

9.0

5.0

11.0

10.0

15.0

2.0

5.0

6.0

8.0

3.0

13.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

6

Martin Raishbrook

222

Poole

101.0

5.0

12.0

7.0

11.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

11.0

7.0

12.0

4.0

4.0

12.0

5.0

5.0

2.0

8.0

13.0

7

Colin Honour

103

Swanley

104.0

11.0

14.0

11.0

8.0

8.0

12.0

8.0

9.0

2.0

7.0

9.0

6.0

1.0

5.0

2.0

13.0

3.0

10.0

6.0

9.0

8

Mark Dicks

133

UK MM

114.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

17.0

5.0

5.0

11.0

11.0

6.0

5.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

8.0

11.0

7.0

9

Keith Tyson

177

Eastbourne

127.0

3.0

4.0

15.0

13.0

9.0

10.0

4.0

15.0

9.0

13.0

8.0

13.0

12.0

10.0

7.0

6.0

11.0

4.0

9.0

8.0

10

David Staniforth

302

UK MM

139.0

10.0

10.0

13.0

14.0

11.0

11.0

10.0

8.0

8.0

12.0

6.0

10.0

13.0

7.0

9.0

9.0

6.0

5.0

7.0

12.0

11

Chris Durant

51

Gosport

145.0

8.0

13.0

6.0

7.0

18.0

14.0

5.0

6.0

15.0

8.0

5.0

9.0

14.0

12.0

15.0

8.0

9.0

9.0

12.0

15.0

12

Les Robins

105

Swanley

151.0

6.0

7.0

10.0

12.0

13.0

9.0

15.0

14.0

10.0

9.0

12.0

8.0

11.0

9.0

5.0

15.0

8.0

12.0

13.0

10.0

13

Clive Cockayne

318

UK MM

162.0

15.0

9.0

12.0

15.0

7.0

7.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

18.0

14.0

18.0

8.0

11.0

11.0

7.0

18.0

11.0

5.0

6.0

14

Peter Townsend

336

Hampton Court

181.0

13.0

15.0

8.0

10.0

14.0

13.0

7.0

12.0

13.0

4.0

16.0

14.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

14.0

14.0

7.0

14.0

11.0

15

Liz Tushingham

199

Keighley

183.0

14.0

11.0

14.0

6.0

15.0

16.0

13.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

11.0

4.0

9.0

13.0

14.0

12.0

12.0

18.0

18.0

14.0

16

David Maine

337

Hampton Court

255.0

16.0

17.0

17.0

16.0

16.0

15.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

15.0

13.0

15.0

16.0

15.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

17

Dennis Moss

327

Hampton Court

262.0

12.0

16.0

16.0

9.0

12.0

17.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

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