Unlike last year, Summer Series 1 was held in pleasant summery weather but turnouts were similar to last year â?? 52 entries this year for Race 1 series with 43 for Race 2.
After a good first year the Rookie fleet was less successful these year in terms of the numbers of starters with entries varying greatly with the weather and not many sailed
the required 5 races to get onto the podium. David Wright Carol Gimson were leading the series after halfway but the end of university meant Matthew King entered the latter
races winning most of them including the final race which meant he and Dave tied for first place with Carol third overall.
For Main and Fast fleets there was close racing at the front. The Main fleet was dominated by Mike Pritchard and top sailor Nick Marlow who rejoined the
club after a number of years on the Lark Open Meeting circuit. Despite racing in only five races, Nick won overall. A close battle for third place
between Kevin Milton and Roger Day was won by Kevin. The Fast fleet was won easily by Mike Pritchard but there was close racing for the other positions; before
the final race less than a point separated Keith Brereton, Nick Turnbull-Ross and Kevin Milton and this is how they finished overall. There was a great battle for 2nd to 5th places.
In the Slow fleet, David Wright dominated the first half of the series but a strong run by Andrew Beaumont and Josie Adams later on meant that before the final race any one of the
three could have won overall. Josie dominated the final race which meant that she and David Wright tied for first overall with Andrew closely behind in third place.
Rookie (23 entries)
1st eq David Wright 9.0pts
1st eq Matthew and Dennis King 9.0pts
3rd Carol Gimson 12.5pts
4th Jeff Marshall 33.0pts
Main (30 entries)
1st Nick and Ruth Marlow 7.0pts
2nd Mike Pritchard 8.0pts
3rd Kevin Milton 11.3pts
4th Roger Day 12.5pts
Fast (28 entries)
1st Mike Pritchard 7.0pts
2nd Keith Brereton 17.0pts
3rd Nick Turnbull-Ross 18.8pts
4th Kevin Milton 20.0pts
Slow (17 entries)
1st eq Josie Adams 9.0pts
1st eq David Wright 9.0pts
3rd Andrew Beaumont 12.0pts
4th Brendan McGrath 20.0pts
Laser (17 entries)
1st Mike Pritchard 10.0pts
2nd Nick Turnbull-Ross 25.6pts
3rd Carol Gimson 53.3pts
4th Robert Marlow 66.0pts