It has been fifty years since Wembley Sailing Club (situated on the Welsh Harp Reservoir) hosted its first Silver Tiller Open and this particular event proved to be quite a memorable anniversary! Dave Winder and Pippa Taylor won overall honours from Matt Biggs and John Hackett second, Paul Hollis and Ben Hendon were third, Jon Turner and Richard Parslow finished fourth and retained the Century Cup trophy for the first helm and crew with a combined age of over 100 years old! Elsewhere, Alan and Alice Markham won the prize for the first boat over 10 years old.
Merlin Rocket - Craftinsure Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller
1st 3732 David Winder / Pippa Taylor, Hollingworth Lakes 1 1 (22.0 DNF) 2pts
2nd 3722 Matt Biggs / John Hackett, Blithfield -3 3 2 5pts
3rd 3730 Paul Hollis / Ben Hendon , Blithfield -5 2 4 6pts
4th 3729 John Turner / Richard Parslow, Lyme Regis 2 4 (22.0 DNF) 6pts
5th 3684 Andy Davis / Tom Pyghall, Blithfield (22.0 DNF) 7 1 8pts
6th 3712 Jon Gorringe / Nicki Bass, Parkstone YC (22.0 OCS) 6 3 9pts
7th 3740 Pat Blake / Jill Blake, Cookham Reach 4 -9 6 10pts
8th 3702 Duncan Salmon / Harriet Salmon, Wembley 7 5 (22.0 DNF) 12pts
9th 3643 Tim Harridge / Bug Harridge, Hampton 9 -11 5 14pts
10th 3658 Chris Jennines / Nix Middleton-Stewart, Burghfield 6 8 (22.0 DNF) 14pts
11th 3682 Jon Steward / Harry Steward, Wembley 8 -15 8 16pts
12th 3651 Colin Brockbank / Matilda Hewitt, Wembley 10 -12 7 17pts
13th 3594 Alan Markham / Alice Markham, Upper Thames 11 10 -12 21pts
14th 3556 Alex Jones / Maria Gray, Cookham Reach -16 14 9 23pts
15th 3371 Paul Dean / Renata Sapazinskaite, Wembley 13 -17 11 24pts
16th 3681 Douglas Maxwell / David Evans, Wembley 15 -16 10 25pts
17th 3559 Tosh / Joe Tosh, Upper Thames 12 13 (22.0 DNF) 25pts
18th 3502 John Green / William Anderson Wembley 17 18 (22.0 DNF) 35pts
19th 3535 Julian Bradley / The Cyborg (Steve), Wembley 14 (22.0 DNF) 22.0 DNF 36pts
20th 3606 Mike Stephens / Richard Mourant, Tamesis (22.0 DNF) 22.0 DNS 22.0 DNF 44pts
20th 3637 Russell Hall / Marion Read, Wembley (22.0 DNF) 22.0 DNS 22.0 DNF 44pts
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1 October 2012 17:58