Ben Saxton and Alan Roberts, representing the RS200 class, are the new Endeavour dinghy Champion of Champions. Saxton from Grafham Water SC and Roberts from Hayling Island SC took an early lead with three firsts and a third place on the Saturday for the overnight lead in the 25-strong fleet. They then went on to win the first of two races on the Sunday before the wind finally disappeared. This left them five points clear ahead of last year’s Endeavour champions – Nick Craig and Toby Lewis, Enterprise – who took overall second place.
Endeavour - Final results (25 entries)
1 RS200, Ben Saxton / Alan Roberts 7pts 1 1 3 1 1 7
2 Enterprise, Nick Craig / Toby Lewis 12pts 6 2 1 2 3 4
3 Laser 2000, Jasper Barham / Graham Sexton 19pts 5 5 4 26 4 1
4 Merlin Rocket, Christian Birrell / Andrew Tunicliffe 26 pts 3 4 10 4 5 11
5 470, Stuart Bithell / Luke Patience 30pts 2 6 11 3 11 8
6 Firefly, Stuart Hudson / Tom Foster 35pts 11 12 7 7 7 3
7 Contender, Ben McGrane / Roz McGrane 44pts 4 3 17 26 2 18
8 Musto Skiff, Bruce Keen / Penny Clark 47pts 10 7 13 26 12 5
9 RS100, Paul Childs / Tom Morris 52pts 9 14 5 26 15 9
10 National 12, Graham Camm / Zoe Ballantyne 54pts 14 10 2 26 13 15
11 RS Feva, Matt Whitfield / James Taylor 54pts 26 9 8 5 18 14
12 Scorpion, Thomas Gillard / Oliver Wells 57pts 7 8 20 26 10 12
13 Lark, Steve Hall / Simon Haighton 60pts 17 19 14 26 8 2
14 29er, Matt Venables / Will Alloway 64pts 12 17 6 26 6 23
15 Hornet, Richard Garry / James Beer 71pts 8 15 12 26 14 22
16 B14, David Hayes / Tom Pygall 73pts 13 18 18 8 17 17
17 18ft Skiff, Jamie Mears / Emma Clarke 74pts 18 11 16 26 16 13
18 Solo, Andy Davis / Matt Mee 76pts 26 26 9 26 9 6
19 RS300, Steve Bolland / John Teague 80pts 16 16 15 26 23 10
20 Fireball, James Ellis / Dan Ellis 86pts 26 13 26 6 20 21
21 Topper, Giles Kuzyk / Adam Cockerill 100pts 20 23 19 26 22 16
22 Wayfarer, Chris Owen / Sam McNamara 100pts 19 21 21 26 19 20
23 Albacore, Nev Herbert / Steve Penfold 101pts 15 20 23 26 24 19
24 Osprey, Gareth / Caldwell Jon Gibbons 113pts 21 22 24 26 21 25
25 Cadet, Nick Sutton / Sam Barr 117pts 22 24 22 26 25 24
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9 October 2012 8:25