Woking Model Yacht Club


THE TRAFALGAR TROPHY 2008

TYPE OF EVENT

An Open Event for the IOM Class

The Trafalgar Trophy

DATE

Sunday, 7th September 2008

RACE OFFICER

Simon Jeffs

SUPPORT TEAM

Ron Young, Martin Duplock, Keith Monson

WIND

North-westerly, 10 - 15 mph



Overcast, dull, a brisk north-westerly wind to keep the temperature down, and the threat of rain - it was more like the end of November rather than the beginning of September!     However, despite the gloomy forecast, the rain stayed away and we had an extremely good day's racing.     A total of sixteen races were sailed, eight before lunch and another eight afterwards, and this allowed the skippers to have three discards.

The event had been advertised in the local press, and quite a number of people who had no idea what model yacht racing was all about decided to come along and watch from various points around the lake.     All the races were extremely competitive, with a number of closely-fought contests taking place up and down the fleet, so it was yacht racing at its very best.     It was obvious from the many favourable comments we received that the whole event was enjoyed just as much by the spectators as it was by the competitors.

So ..... it was yet another successful day for the Club!


SKIPPER CLUB JIB RACES TOTAL POINTS DISCARDS FINAL POINTS POS'N
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3

Peter Constable

Hampton CourtMYC

43 1 4 1 3 3 2 6 5 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 6 44 6 6 5 27 1

Paul Midgley

Woking MYC

73 9 5 6 1 4 1 1 3 5 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 49 9 6 5 29 2

Martin Houlton

Solent RCMYC

90 5 7 3 5 7 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 1 63 7 7 6 43 3

Colin Trower

Hampton Court MYC

93 2 3 5 8 6 4 5 1 2 7 4 5 8 5 1 3 69 8 8 7 46 4

Roger Pearce

Woking MYC

46 3 2 2 6 1 7 4 6 6 5 6 6 6 3 2 10 75 10 7 6 52 5

Giles Trower

Hampton Court MYC

59 4 1 7 4 5 3 8 7 4 4 7 4 4 4 10 2 78 10 7 8 53 6

Grahame Palmer

Woking MYC

72 7 8 4 7 9 8 7 10 8 6 5 7 5 10 6 5 112 10 10 9 83 7

Brian Coatsworth

Woking MYC

31 6 6 8 9 2 6 3 4 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 121 10 10 10 91 8

Tim Humphreys

Woking MYC

78 8 9 9 2 8 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 126 10 9 9 98 9

At the end of the afternoon, Simon Jeffs presented the Trafalgar Trophy to the winner, Peter Constable ..... In 2nd place was Paul Midgley ..... 3rd was Martin Houlton ..... And the prize for Best Newcomer went to Giles Trower

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