Craftinsure Nationwide Series
Nationwide 1 - Rutland Sailing Club
31st March - 1st April, 2007
A massive 187 Topper sailors and their supporters descended onto Rutland for the first of the Craftinsure Nationwide Series.  Rutland Sailing club was full of eager sailors to see what effect the winter training was to have on their results.  The conditions were fresh (15Kts) from the North East as the fleet, split into four flights, left the shore.  The intension was to compete three back to back races each split into two groups, such that each flight would have sailed against each other by the end of the day.  William Jeffcoate the PRO for the weekend set a trapezoid with inner and outer loops with a leeward gate at the end of the run. The breeze was building slightly and the first race (flights Yellow and Blue) got away cleanly under blue peter and to the amazement of the race committee a feet that continued throughout the weekend.   A group of three, Andrew Brown, Nathan Ackroyd and Robin Elsey emerged from the mass ranks.  Robin was in the lead for much of the outer loop only succumbing to Andrew’s pressure at the bottom of the final run, when he capsized and had to settle for third.  The second pair of flights (Red and White) was a continuous stream of boats as they came through the leeward gate, in the end Stephen Beckett came in first from Freddie Connor and Hannah Wilcock.  By the end of the race the gusts of 20knts were being regularly recorded and there was a short delay whilst the less experienced sailors, after a few capsizes either finished or retired.  Race 2 first flight of Yellow and Red  was won by Stephen with Matt Johnson not far behind and Phil McCoy third.  In the second flight Andrew was revelling in the conditions and sailed away from the rest of the fleet by some margin.  In second was Max Yoward and third Joe Wellerd.  With the conditions still on the upper limits no more racing was completed on the Saturday and the fleet came ashore for much earned refreshment. Sunday dawned with conditions slightly lighter but still boisterous enough.  Miles Palmer, Chairman of ITCA (GBR) encourage the lighter sailors to reef and many duly obliged which greatly helped reduce the work of the massive and capable safety fleet.  Race 3 flights Yellow and white was won by Andrew Salt with Emily Jackson and Fraser Clark in pursuit.  The second pair of flights (Blue and Red) saw Andrew Brown beat the unbeaten Stephen Beckett into second with Freddie third, so was the current World Champion (Andrew Brown) going to add the first Craftinsure Nationwide of 2007 to his tally?  Robin Elsey had a different view beating Andrew into second in the next two races with Phil and Max coming in third.  Stephen Beckett, however, went on to win both of his last races, with Freddie and Phil in second and Anna Piggot and Matt being third.  This meant that Stephen taking into account his discard had a perfect score of 4 points from 4 counting races was the first Craftinsure Nationwide winner of 2007 with Andrew Brown second on 5pts and Robin Elsey 3rd on 9pts.  1st Lady was Anna Piggot in 9th and 1st 4.2 sail was George Meredith in 112th place. The prizes were presented by Katy Sheppard from Craftinsure, with the class thanking Rutland for hosting a great event and William Jeffcoate for his skills in getting so much sailing underway in testing conditions. Rutland Winners
Craftinsure Nationwide Series
Nationwide 1 - Rutland Sailing Club
31st March - 1st April, 2007
Results
Sailed:5, Discards:1, To count:4, Entries:187, Scoring system:Topper
Rank	SailNo	Helm	Club	Age	HelmSex	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Nett	Notes
1st	149	Stephen Beckett	Solva Rowing & Watersports Club	15	Male	1	1	-2	1	1	6	4
2nd	62	Andrew Brown	Budworth	15	Male	1	1	1	-2	2	7	5
3rd	370	Robin Elsey	Restronguet	15	Male	3	-9	4	1	1	18	9
4th	352	Freddie Connor	Bexhill	15	Male	2	-6	3	2	5	18	12
5th	280	Phil McCoy	Emswoth Slipper	14	Male	-4	3	4	3	2	16	12
6th	266	Matthew Johnson	Grafham Water	17	Male	5	2	-11	5	3	26	15
7th	102	Andrew Salt	Chelmarsh	16	Male	4	5	1	7	(DNC)	112	17
8th	103	Max Yoward	Emsworth Slipper SC	15	Male	9	2	-10	6	3	30	20
9th	212	Anna Piggott	Shotwick Lake Sailing	15	Female	-9	5	6	3	7	30	21
10th	278	Richard Cumpsty	CVLSC	14	Male	6	-7	7	4	4	28	21
11th	124	Joseph Wellerd	Crawly Mariners	Adult	Male	-43	3	8	7	8	69	26
12th	72	Joe Cheetham	Budworth	15	Male	5	6	7	9	-16	43	27
13th	293	Emily Jackson	Elton	15	Female	11	11	2	4	(DNC)	123	28
14th	367	Nathan Ackroyd	Norfolk Broads Yacht Club	17	Male	2	(DNC)	5	12	15	129	34
15th	324	Matthew West	Castle Cove	16	Male	7	4	11	12	-19	53	34
16th	275	Hannah Wilcock	Budworth	16	Female	3	-50	21	8	5	87	37
17th	188	Josh Banyard	Plymouth YS	15	Male	7	-18	13	5	12	55	37
18th	181	Fergus Barnham	Snettisham Beach Sailing Club	15	Male	8	-46	9	9	14	86	40
19th	26	Jon Sleight	Cotswold	15	Male	-13	9	8	13	10	53	40
20th	88	Matt Rivers	Leigh-on-Sea Sailing Club	15	Male	6	20	-47	6	9	88	41
21st	42	Fraser Clark	Hastings & St Leonards SC		Male	10	-26	3	8	21	68	42
22nd	49	Sam Thompson	Winsford Flash Sailing Club	18	Male	14	8	15	-20	6	63	43
23rd	147	Ngaire Strawbridge	Newport & Neyland	16	Female	19	4	-54	10	13	100	46
24th	259	Michael Matthews	Sunderland Yacht Club	14	Male	12	-28	9	26	4	79	51
25th	288	Marina Brassington	Grafham Water	16	Female	8	13	12	-23	18	74	51
26th	90	Elliot Mills	scyc	15	Male	22	14	-33	11	6	86	53
27th	393	Jack Hopkins	Delph Sailing Club	15	Male	14	-48	13	23	7	105	57
28th	141	Cameron Scott	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	14	Male	-29	11	18	15	14	87	58
29th	165	Sarah Butterfield	Spinnaker	15	Female	16	12	19	-21	13	81	60
30th	240	Emily Moore	NBYC	16	Female	38	(DNC)	5	10	10	158	63
31st	43	Georgia Trapp	Bough Beech Sailing Club	15	Female	-22	17	10	19	17	85	63
32nd	385	Jonathan Hewat	Medway Yacht Club	14	Male	19	10	16	-28	19	92	64
33rd	343	Thomas Steavenson	Tynemouth Sailing Club	14	Male	11	23	-42	18	15	109	67
34th	400	Dan Bigsby	NHEBSC	14	Male	16	20	(DNC)	16	18	165	70
35th	129	George Spedding	Queen Mary Saliling Club	14	Male	17	-44	25	20	9	115	71
36th	301	Ben Hodges	Emsworth Slipper	15	Male	17	15	20	19	-23	94	71
37th	117	Tom Rainey	Exe SC	16	Male	31	8	22	(DNC)	11	167	72
38th	358	lorenzo Chiavarinr	Tarbert and Craignish yacht clubs	13	Male	23	19	22	13	-32	109	77
39th	347	Anna Gorzkowska	Loch Venachar	15	Female	-40	40	14	15	11	120	80
40th	159	Tom Francis	Sidmouth	16	Male	20	16	-45	32	12	125	80
41st	207	Claire Carruthers	Chew Valley	16	Female	25	16	19	-26	21	107	81
42nd	13	Sam Webb	Restronguet	14	Male	34	17	14	17	-43	125	82
43rd	215	Charlotte Cooper	Plymouth YS	15	Female	26	14	23	-44	22	129	85
44th	45	Honor Fell	Beadnell	16	Female	21	18	-50	24	25	138	88
45th	105	Moray Clark	Helensburgh sailing club/ RNCYC	15	Male	12	24	28	25	-45