UK Mirror Sailing

Mirror Class Association Championships

Northern Championships 2003

Covenham SC - 26/27 April 2003

www.covenhamsc.co.uk

Great Hospitality and a good piece of water open and true winds. Saturday Sunny and light /Medium winds force 1-3. Sunday Strong Winds 25 knots plus. Great racing many capsizes but overall Birrells came out on top closely followed by Dan and Holly. Many thanks to Paul and Alison Hansen who had over half the fleet staying at their house or camping in their garden.

Report from Gerry McGill

Race 1 – Becky Partridge, Niki Birrell, Gerry McGill.

Race 2 – Dan Ellis, Tim Gray, Niki Birrell

Race 3 – Niki Birrell, Peter Gray, Ben Crompton

Race 4 – Dan Ellis, Niki Birrell, Oliver Turner

Race 5 – Ben Crompton, Rosie Chapman, Dan Ellis.

Intrepid Mirror sailors travelled from as far afield as Penzance and Windermere to converge on Covenham Sailing Club, North Lincolnshire, for the Mirror Northern Championships. The new facility at Covenham SC were very well received by the sailors who took advantage of great changing rooms, superb catering and the cheapest bar that your scribe had ever encountered. The Saturday racing was extremely competitive with much place changing due to the swinging variable force 1-2 wind.
Race 1 was eventually won by Becky Partridge & Katie Robinson from Budworth SC, who got the better of a long battle with the Birrells from Ligh & Lowton SC – Gerry McGill and son Luke claimed 3rd with Ben Crompton and Peter Morrison 4th.
Race 2 resulted in a resounding victory by Anna Mackenzie and Nicola Brook, but they crossed the finish line to silence, being OCS at the start, handing the race to Dan Ellis and Holly Scott. Tim Gray and Mathew Foskett from Staunton Harold SC were 2nd.

Sunday ~ 25 – 30 Knots of breeze resulted in a short postponement before Race Officer John Loomes started the first of 2 exciting races with fantastic off wind reaches and plenty of swimming.
Dan Ellis won the first race with Niki and Christian Birrell 2nd, leaving a nail biting final race for the overall prize.

Position Fleet Boat Name Sail Number Helm Crew Club Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points
1 Gold   70159 Niki Burrell Christian Burrell Ligh & Lowton 2 3 1 2 (DNF) 8
2 Gold We Take Plastic 70132 Dan Ellis Holly Scott RCP YC & Plym YC 5 1 (OCS) 1 3 10
3 Gold Phourtle 69943 Ben Crompton Peter Morrison Budworth SC 4 -9 3 5 1 13
4 Gold Woody 70010 Gerry McGill Luke McGill Sunderland SC 3 5 (OCS) 4 6 18
5 Gold   70186 Peter Gray Simon Foskett Staunton Harold SC -9 7 2 6 4 19
6 Gold   70101 Tim Gray Matt Foskett Staunton Harold SC -10 2 6 8 7 23
7 Gold Agamnon 70182 Rosie Chapman Josh Burrows Mountsbay SC 6 (OCS) 8 11 2 27
8 Gold Blizzard 69731 Tom Crompton Sam Robinson Budworth SC 7 (OCS) 4 12 5 28
9 Gold George 69683 Anna Mackenzie Nicola Brook Royal Windermere SC 12 (OCS) 5 7 9 33
10 Gold Plastic Poo Number Two 69972 Becky Partridge Kate Robinson Budworth SC 1 4 9 (DNF) DNF 35
11 Gold Double Trouble 70176 Eloise Hansen Kayleigh Hansen Covenham SC 8 11 7 9 (DSQ) 35
12 Gold The Female of the Species 70055 Patrick Houlihan Michael Hanlon Royal Windermere SC -14 10 11 10 8 39
13 Gold Fairground Attraction 70151 Oliver Turner Lewis Turner Starcross YC (DSQ) 8 10 3 DNF 42
14 Gold Whatever! 70222 Juliet Long Richard Long Plymouth YC 11 6 12 (DNF) DNF 50
15 Gold Vital Spark 69727 Emma Houilihan Emily Mackenzie Royal Windermere SC -16 13 15 14 10 52
16 Gold Evolution 70202 James Ellis Carla Sheldon RCP YC & Plym YC 15 15 14 13 (DNF) 57
17 Silver Ignorance is Bliss 10098 Katie Jackson Lucy Jackson Covenham SC -18 16 17 15 11 59
18 Gold   70045 Helen Williamson Craig Williamson Staunton Harold SC 13 12 16 (DNS) DNS 62
19 Silver Sunset 47566 Inge-Lisa Hansen Hannah Tasker Covenham SC 17 14 13 (DNF) DNF 65
20 Silver Golden Snitch 3629 Tom Kiddle Luke Tasker Covenham SC (DSQ) 17 18 DNF DNS 77

 

 

Class Association Prizes

Trophy: For: Presented? Presented To: Should have been presented to: Held now by / In the care of:
Northern Area 1st Overall Helm
Yes
 Niki Birrell . Niki Birrell