Flying 15 World Championship – Vials and Turner reach out for sixth title

Two out of three race wins on the penultimate day took Graham Vials and Chris Turner within a whisker of their 6th Flying 15 World Championship title.

Andrew Mckee and Richard Jones won the first race of the day, with Vials and Turner down in 6th, but it was a blip . . . and they were back in front for wins in races 7 and 8 to post a ten point overall lead, going into the final day.

Mckee and Jones added a 7 and 2 to nail second on the leaderboard with 22 pts, Ben McGrane and Russ Clark posting a -12, 6, 9, to slip to third tied on 30 pts with Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett after a 2, 5, 8 scoreline.

Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson (8, 3, -20) retain 5th overall with 42 pts, while flying into 6th place, from 13th, were Nick Jerwood and Greg Tonnison with a high grade 3, 2, 4 scoreline for 61 pts.

Another Aussie pair making waves were Lewis Davies and John Radnell who took 3rd in the final race of the day, they are 22nd overall.

Thursday will see a possible two races, if at least race 9 is completed, a second discard will kick-in. Graham Vials and Chris Turner’s score includes fiver race wins, with a ten point lead what could go wrong?

2025 Flying 15 World Championship
Leaders after 8 races 1 discard (82 entries)

1st GBR Vials / Turner – – 12 pts
2nd GBR Mckee / Jones – – 22 pts
3rd GBR McGrane / Clark – – 30 pts
4th GBR Davy / Huett – – 30 pts
5th GBR Mackay / Lawson – – 42 pts
6th AUS Jerwood / Tonnison – – 61 pts
7th GBR Pinnell / Cadwallader – – 70 pts
8th GBR Whitworth / Scroogle – – 74 pts
9th GBR Peters / Elliott – – 82 pts
10th GBR Wells / Tulloch – – 99 pts
11th GBR Tunnicliffe / Rigg – – 102 pts
12th GBR Cooper / Bundock – – 104 pts
13th GBR Jameson / Alvarado – – 105.3 pts
14th ESP Waugh / Tullberg – – 111 pts
15th GBR Hart / Childs – – 116 pts
16th GBR Apthorp / Apthorp – – 117 pts
17th GBR Mckee / Hartland – – 135 pts
18th IRL Kennedy / Kane – – 153 pts
19th NZL Garrett / Easton – – 154 pts
20th GBR Byers / Hunt – – 154 pts