WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Racing Wednesday is cancelled due to very high winds hitting the South Coast.
Tuesday saw three more races and three more race wins for Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey.
Birrell and Brearey now count five wins from six races after they drop their worst race, a second place, after on day 3 of the Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships.
The challenge from second placed defending champions Thomas Gillard and Racheal Gray faltered with a 3, 3, 7, which after discard opens the gap to 6 pts.
Moving up into third are Chris Gould and Dan Martin with a 2, 5, and a discard 18 to sit on 23 pts with Chris Jennings and Pete Nicholson with a 5 4 -8 score today.
Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships 2023 – After 6 races (28 entries)
1st 3788 Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey 1 -2 1 1 1 1 – – 5 pts
2nd 3759 Thomas Gillard and Racheal Gray 2 1 2 3 3 -7 – – 11 pts
3rd 3803 Chris Gould and Dan Martin 4 8 4 2 5 -18 – – 23 pts
4th 3775 Chris Jennings and Pete Nicholson 6 5 3 5 4 -8 – – 23 pts
5th 3791 Jon Gorringe and Matt Currell 12 6 5 (29.0 BFD) 2 2 – – 27 pts
6th 3814 James Goss and Chris White 5 3 6 -12 12 5 – – 31 pts
7th 3691 Mike Calvert and Emma Hivey 10 -14 7 6 7 3 – – 33 pts
8th 3719 Ian Martin and Chris Martin 8 4 8 (29.0 BFD) 9 4 – – 33 pts
9th 3820 Caroline Croft and Faye Chatterton 11 7 -13 4 6 9 – – 37 pts
10th 3787 Chris Martin and John Tailby 7 -16 14 7 8 6 – – 42 pts
11th 3807 Tim Saxton and Pete Matthews-Dixon 3 12 9 13 -14 10 – – 47 pts
12th 3780 Sarah Richards and Nigel Wakefield -16 10 12 8 11 11 – – 52 pts
13th 3700 Rob Kennaugh and Andrew Prosser 14 9 -15 10 10 14 – – 57 pts
14th 3666 John Meadowcroft and Oliver Meadowcroft 9 15 10 -16 16 12 – – 62 pts
15th 3746 James Wells and Anna Aylward 17 13 11 9 (29.0 RET) 19 – – 69 pts
