Goacher and Evans sweep Flying 15 Inland Championships

7:58 PM Mon 20 Apr 2009 GMT
Steve Goacher and Phil Evans won the Flying Fifteen Inland Championships held at Grafham Water over the weekend. Winning four of the five races they finished six points ahead of Greg Wells and Mark Darling, with Mike Hart and Richard Rigg a further point back in third place.

The British Isles Flying 15 Inland Championship was held at Grafham Water on the weekend of the 18/19 April in gloriously sunny and breezy conditions. The Flying 15 Association was most grateful to the Grafham Club for agreeing to host the event at short notice when the pre-arranged venue became unavailable. The Race Officer Tom Smith provided first class race management using Olympic courses over the weekend.

Forty six boats entered the event from all over the UK, an excellent turnout for an event taking place in a non-qualifying year for the World Championship.

An impetuous fleet lined up for race one and almost inevitably a recall was necessary. The black flag was exhibited thereafter and the fleet were underway at the second attempt. The breeze remained fairly steady at around 20 knots but there were shifts enough to play and those who played them well gained substantially.

Jeremy Davy and Simon Childs were first at the windward mark with a comfortable lead although by the next round it was a lot less comfortable with Steve Goacher and Phil Evans on their transom. Goacher and Evans duly powered through and went on to win by some margin.

This outcome became something of a pattern as the weekend went on although race three produced a well deserved win for Mike Hart and Richard Rigg.

After three energetic races on Saturday some were hoping for an easier ride on the Sunday , the breeze stayed a northerly force 3-4, rather less gusty than the Saturday.

Although the leading pack in both races tended to pull clear, there was very close racing in the main fleet with the somewhat inevitable 'events' at mark roundings. The three boat length rule, perhaps, not yet familiar with some competitors!

Overall, this was a very enjoyable weekend's racing. Steve Goacher and Phil Evans won four of the five races to win the Inland Championship for the third year in succession.

The event was sponsored by easy-Jet who generously donated two return tickets to anywhere on easyJet's network of over 80 destinations and they were won in a draw by Richard Ledger flying fifteen website editor.

Flying 15 Inland Championships 2009 - Overall results

1st FF 3821 Steve Goacher Phil Evans RWSC 1.0 1.0 (8.0) 1.0 1.0 12.0 4.0
2nd FF 3920 Greg Wells Mark Darling Hayling Island SC 3.0 2.0 2.0 (46.0 OCS) 3.0 56.0 10.0
3rd FF 3917 Mike Hart Richard Rigg Port Dinoric SC 5.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 (6.0) 17.0 11.0
4th FF 3905 David McKee Chris Hewkin Dovestone SC 4.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 (8.0) 28.0 20.0
5th FF 3922 Jeremy Davy Simon Childs Draycote SC 2.0 (10.0) 4.0 6.0 9.0 31.0 21.0
6th FF 3923 Charles Apthorp Gavin Tappenden Hayling Island SC (12.0) 9.0 11.0 3.0 2.0 37.0 25.0
7th FF 3851 Ian Linder Kevin Sweetman Burghfield SC 7.0 4.0 9.0 (14.0) 7.0 41.0 27.0
8th FF 3716 Justin Waples Iain Stowe RCYC 6.0 7.0 6.0 (18.0) 18.0 55.0 37.0
9th FF 3937 Simon Kneller Dave Lucas GWSC (46.0 DNC) 22.0 3.0 9.0 4.0 84.0 38.0
10th FF 3725 Tom Hall Grayson Eascott Datchet SC 8.0 14.0 7.0 (25.0) 10.0 64.0 39.0
11th FF 3941 Alan Bax James Grant Hayling Island SC 16.0 11.0 (46.0 DNC) 4.0 14.0 91.0 45.0
12th FF 3928 Howard Green Ian Preston Leigh and Lowton 21.0 8.0 12.0 7.0 (22.0) 70.0 48.0
13th FF 3853 Robert Hogben Glyn Morgan Bewl Valley SC (46.0 DNC) 17.0 13.0 15.0 5.0 96.0 50.0
14th FF 3642 Richard Hope Scott Smith Draycote SC (46.0 OCS) 15.0 15.0 11.0 12.0 99.0 53.0
15th FF 3718 Brett Dingwall Ben Dingwall GWSC 10.0 19.0 10.0 (27.0) 15.0 81.0 54.0
16th FF 3936 Steve Douthwaite P Averley Devment SC 9.0 18.0 (46.0 DNF) 10.0 24.0 107.0 61.0
17th FF 3734 Brian Campbell-Bottoms Martin Grady Hayling Island SC 14.0 12.0 20.0 22.0 (46.0 DNC) 114.0 68.0
18th FF 3736 Peter Bannister Sue Bannister Hayling Island SC 26.0 24.0 (46.0 DNC) 8.0 11.0 115.0 69.0
19th FF 3790 Peter Kitchen David Kitchen Tees and Hartlepool YC 19.0 13.0 26.0 13.0 (46.0 DNC) 117.0 71.0
20th FF 3789 Allen Cave Astley Painter GWSC 18.0 26.0 (27.0) 12.0 19.0 102.0 75.0
21st FF 3645 Colin Natt Chris Hough GWSC 13.0 16.0 25.0 21.0 (46.0 DNC) 121.0 75.0
22nd FF 3935 Peter Slater Adrian Simpson Hayling Island SC 17.0 (46.0 OCS) 17.0 20.0 21.0 121.0 75.0
23rd FF 3898 Julian Clarke Mark Stott GWSC 11.0 29.0 14.0 29.0 (46.0 DNC) 129.0 83.0
24th FF 3490 Patrick Keats David Culpan Parkstone YC (29.0) 21.0 21.0 17.0 25.0 113.0 84.0
25th FF 3625 Chris Sorringe Nadia Hosie Parkstone YC 15.0 5.0 19.0 (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 131.0 85.0
26th FF 3787 David Brockbank Janet Lefton RWSC (35.0) 20.0 24.0 31.0 16.0 126.0 91.0
27th FF 3550 Les Rant Susie Sontag GWSC 30.0 (31.0) 23.0 16.0 29.0 129.0 98.0
28th FF 3402 Rachel Wigmore David Knight Ranelagh SC 25.0 30.0 (46.0 DNC) 24.0 20.0 145.0 99.0
29th FF 3849 Richard Ledger Brian Thake GWSC (46.0 DNC) 27.0 16.0 32.0 28.0 149.0 103.0
30th FF 3727 Mark Longstaff Graham Wadeley GWSC 22.0 (46.0 DNC) 18.0 46.0 DNC 17.0 149.0 103.0
31st FF 3932 Chris Swallow Matt Pallett Burton SC 28.0 (34.0) 30.0 19.0 26.0 137.0 103.0
32nd FF 3902 Peter Hogg Alex Dobson Dovestone SC 20.0 39.0 22.0 23.0 (46.0 DNC) 150.0 104.0
33rd FF 3794 Dave Philpott Jenny Philpott GWSC 27.0 28.0 (29.0) 26.0 27.0 137.0 108.0
34th FF 2932 David Duke Carole Duke GWSC (38.0) 23.0 28.0 38.0 23.0 150.0 112.0
35th FF 3860 Mark Firth Tony Mumford Datchet SC 24.0 (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 34.0 13.0 163.0 117.0
36th FF 2433 Tim Tomlinson Mark Greer Middle Nene SC 32.0 25.0 32.0 28.0 (46.0 DNC) 163.0 117.0
37th FF 3901 Mike Kilbee Tony Cox Parkstone YC 34.0 (35.0) 33.0 33.0 32.0 167.0 132.0
38th FF 3378 Andy Clark Nadia Melnikova Datchet SC 33.0 32.0 34.0 (35.0) 33.0 167.0 132.0
39th FF 2520 Nick Heath Pip Moon GWSC 36.0 33.0 35.0 (37.0) 30.0 171.0 134.0
40th FF 3843 M Edmondson S Wearing Draycote SC (39.0) 38.0 36.0 36.0 31.0 180.0 141.0
41st FF 3758 Iain Lamey Ron Elliot Parkstone YC 31.0 36.0 31.0 (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 190.0 144.0
42nd FF 2700 Neil Bartholomew Emma Brown Middle Nene SC 37.0 37.0 37.0 39.0 (46.0 DNC) 196.0 150.0
43rd FF 3914 A Tattersett Phil Tunsley PYC 23.0 (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 46.0 DNC 46.0 DNC 207.0 161.0
44th FF 3626 R. Marshall G Parkinson GWSC (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 46.0 DNC 30.0 46.0 DNC 214.0 168.0
45th FF 3228 Paul Rodhouse Keiron Fraser GWSC 40.0 (46.0 DNC) 46.0 DNC 46.0 DNC 46.0 DNC 224.0 178.0

by Simon Kneller

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