Rooster RS Feva UK National Championships at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy

by Chrissie Le Petit 14 Jun 2022 08:15 NZST 28-31 May 2022

Tristan Ahlheid and Finlay Lomas-Clarke win overall - Rooster RS Feva UK National Championships at Weymouth © Chrissie Le Petit

Draycote Water win First Club - Rooster RS Feva UK National Championships at Weymouth © Chrissie Le Petit

An intense four days racing at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy saw a very fair championships with a mix of conditions for the sailors. Full concentration was needed in the first two days of light winds, followed by some breezier days, which resulted in a shuffle of the results.

Tristan Ahlheid & Finlay Lomas-Clarke dominated from day one; it's fair to say they smashed it, taking six bullets. Congratulations boys in taking the 2022 UK RS Feva National Championship title.

The first two days also saw Port Dinorwic's youngest team Ben Greenhalgh & Tom Sinfield claiming the first bullet of the championships and holding second position followed by family team Bruce & Joel Keen from Stokes Bay drawing on points on the end of day one. Nia Mecklenburgh & Harry Baddeley from Royal Lymington Yacht Club took their first bullet on the last race of the day, race three.

Race 5: Tristan & Finlay took their third bullet, with Ben & Tom taking second position and Ed Stubbs & Bruno Greenfield from Lyme Regis Sailing Club coming in third place.

Conditions were starting to change on day 3, which brought more sailors into the mix of top results. Race 6 saw family Bruce & Joel Keen winning a first place, Joseph Jones & Imogen Jones from Burghfield Sailing Club claiming a second place, with third going to Holly Mitchell & Ella Jones from Hayling Island.

Race 7: Ethan Hill & Alec Stanley from Hayling Island took their first Nationals bullet, with Tristan & Finlay coming in second place and Bruce & Joel with third place.

Race 8 was the last race of the day; Ben & Tom claimed their second bullet, with Georgius Garcka & Zachary Skagerlind from Itchenor Sailing Club taking second place and family team Katie Byne & Robert Byne from Draycote Water claiming third place.

Race 9, Tristan & Finlay came back with their first win of the day. Second place went to Bruce & Joel Keen and third place to Freddie Sunderland & Stella Nygård from Draycote Water Sailing Club.

That takes us to the final day, Freddie & Stella stayed in the top positions throughout the day taking a bullet in race 10, with Tristan & Finlay coming second and Bruce & Joel in third place.

Race 11 saw Tristan & Finlay coming back for another bullet, with second place going to Jac Bailey & Ben Sinfield from Port Dinorwic and third taken by Freddie & Stella.

Race 12, the sailors were truly competing for final position with Tristan & Finlay claiming the last bullet on the championships; the next two teams similar to the race before but this time Freddie & Stella took second place and third was claimed by Jac & Ben.

An amazing effort by all the sailors, for many it was their first Nationals and for some their first event or even their first sail together. We are very proud of all of you, and your achievements.

Thanks goes to our sponsors Rooster and Allen Brothers, both donated many prizes for the sailors with new kit and hardware. Digital Sailing captured the spirit of the Nationals with some great photos and video footage.

A Big thanks goes to WPNSA for hosting the event, Sally Reynoldson for the help and support to get the event planned and delivered smoothly. Thank you to Mark Woods the Race officer who made the racing run efficiently. There are so many people to thank by name, so on behalf of the competitors, their families, supporters and the Class Association we thank you for the passion and commitment you showed to support us, it is truly appreciated, without you this event would not have been possible.

A new edition to the National championships was the the CKE Cup, in remembrance of Jon Lewis, this was awarded to Ethan Hill & Alec Stanley from Hayling Island Sailing Club for being their first Feva nationals with the highest placing outside the top ten.

Junior podium - Rooster RS Feva UK National Championships at Weymouth - photo © Chrissie Le Petit

Special Prizes:

First School (Best top three boats) Sevenoaks School
First Club (Best top three boats) Draycote Water Sailing Club

Silver Category:

1st Silver - 4532 Archie Oakden and Hannah Ruffer Worthing Sailing Club
2nd Silver - 3358 Alex Jones and George Burden Parkstone Yacht Club
3rd Silver - 5174 Anna Elms and Daisy Fuller Hayling Island Sailing Club

Family Category:

1st Family - 1479 Bruce and Joel Keen Stokes Bay
2nd Family - 6911 Joseph and Imogen Jones Burghfield Sailing Club
3rd Family - 6394 Kitty and Lily O'Halloran St Mawes Sailing Club

Mixed Team Category:

1st Mixed Team - 6895 Freddie Sunderland and Stella Nygård Draycote Water Sailing Club
2nd Mixed Team - 6911 Joseph and Imogen Jones Burghfield Sailing Club
3rd Mixed Team - 5764 Katie and Robert Byne Draycote water Sailing Club

Ladies Category:

1st Ladies - 6394 Kitty and Lily O'Halloran St Mawes Sailing Club
2nd Ladies - 3883 Holly Mitchell and Ella Jones Hayling Island Sailing Club
3rd Ladies - 4988 Rachel and Laura Elms Hayling Island Sailing Club

Boys Category:

1st Boys - Tristan Ahlheid and Finlay Lomas-Clarke Frensham Pond Sailing Club
2nd Boys - 1479 Bruce and Joel Keen Stokes Bay
3rd Boys - 4545 Mark Jenkins Jauma and Alex Sydenham Royal Lymington Yacht Club

Juniors Category:

Junior National Champions - 7615 Jac Bailey and Ben Sinfield Port Dinorwic Sailing Club
2nd Juniors - 8187 Ben Greenhalgh and Tom Sinfield Port Dinorwic Sailing Club
3rd Juniors - 6157 Ethan Hill and Alec Stanley Hayling Island Sailing Club

Mixed Team podium - Rooster RS Feva UK National Championships at Weymouth - photo © Chrissie Le Petit

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	5782	Tristan Ahlheid	Finlay Lomas‑Clarke	Frensham Pond	3	1	‑6	1	1	‑10	2	4	1	2	1	1	17
2	1479	Bruce Keen	Joel Keen	Stokes Bay	6	4	3	‑22	11	1	3	11	2	3	4	‑19	48
3	6895	Freddie Sunderland	Stella Nygard	Draycote Water	11	8	9	8	4	‑16	9	‑24	3	1	3	2	58
4	6911	Joseph Jones	Imogen Jones	Burghfield	4	‑12	‑17	9	5	2	7	7	8	4	8	5	59
5	4545	Mark Jenkins Jauma	Alex Sydenham	Royal Lymington	2	3	‑19	2	(UFD)	18	8	6	6	6	12	4	67
6	7615	Jac Bailey	Ben Sinfield	Port Dinorwic	‑21	7	14	5	12	7	‑21	8	9	13	2	3	80
7	8187	Ben Greenhalgh	Tom Sinfield	Port Dinorwic	1	5	7	6	2	‑24	4	1	22	22	‑33	21	91
8	6394	Kitty O'Halloran	Lily O'Halloran	St Mawes	8	15	8	13	‑17	9	10	‑19	4	5	6	15	93
9	5764	Katie Byne	Robert Byne	Draycote Water	‑31	6	‑29	3	7	6	23	3	12	7	23	8	98
10	8002	William Fletcher	Isla Fletcher	Royal Southern	23	11	2	20	‑43	13	14	‑26	7	9	17	11	127
11	7464	Nia Mecklenburgh	Harry Baddeley	Royal Lymington	19	14	1	18	6	‑34	6	16	29	‑31	14	12	135
12	6157	Ethan Hill	Alec Stanley	Hayling Island	9	16	‑28	28	14	5	1	13	‑34	21	15	23	145
13	3883	Holly Mitchell	Ella Jones	Hayling Island	28	10	12	‑29	28	3	(UFD)	12	25	17	10	14	159
14	939	Matthew Mason	Charlies Howard	Burghfield	13	21	‑41	(BFD)	8	12	39	5	10	19	25	7	159
15	5454	Sam Tonks	Ollie Laker	Hayling Island	14	24	‑37	31	24	20	11	‑40	5	10	20	6	165
16	89	Max Rawlinson	Edie Johnson	Roa Island	5	25	10	10	9	19	16	18	‑33	28	‑52	28	168
17	4988	Rachel Elms	Laura Elms	Hayling Island	32	18	4	21	‑36	4	5	25	‑44	29	13	25	176
18	7190	Imogen Green	Felicity Angell	Draycote Water	17	‑31	‑31	25	21	11	15	17	19	23	30	9	187
19	7530	Freddie Callaghan	Thomas Roy	Royal Southern	12	‑44	34	4	15	‑39	30	34	16	18	9	17	189
20	7814	Finley Southon	Charlotte White	Bough Beech	27	30	15	43	‑50	8	‑44	9	11	20	5	24	192
21	6123	Charlie Gatehouse	Emma Breese	Royal Lymington	‑36	13	11	27	18	17	24	35	17	15	16	‑38	193
22	6611	Florence Ingram	Kate Gamble	Hayling Island	10	19	25	23	10	15	19	28	‑31	24	28	‑40	201
23	6299	Maya Bergmann Smith	Emilia Ripley	Hayling Island	30	22	‑32	19	19	28	26	‑37	13	8	27	13	205
24	6264	Rebecca Knock	Tom Webb	Port Dinorwic	15	17	18	30	16	25	20	‑33	23	11	‑36	30	205
25	6272	Charles Barrett	Edward Roberts‑Straw	South Cerney	26	39	22	11	26	22	‑41	14	‑40	25	18	16	219
26	2431	Amelie Hacker	Oli Mckee	Rutland	7	20	33	12	32	‑45	29	29	15	(DNS)	24	36	237
27	7070	Ed Stubbs	Bruno Greenfield	Lyme Regis	16	9	5	14	3	31	18	44	54	‑55	‑56	47	241
28	5763	Louis Hiscocks	Nicola Richards	WPNSA	22	28	16	16	13	26	31	‑39	24	(DNS)	31	39	246
29	4904	Georgius Garcka	Zachary Skagerlind	Itchenor	35	47	46	‑54	34	‑52	12	2	27	27	7	10	247
30	8276	Henry Jones	Lucy Pitman	Itchenor	25	2	24	7	41	29	(UFD)	10	‑49	40	40	42	260
31	4984	Jemima Day	William Sawtell	Hayling Island	39	(BFD)	‑69	52	38	14	25	43	18	16	11	20	276
32	6351	Ffion Bailey	Fflur Pierce	Port Dinorwic	‑59	27	‑50	41	40	41	34	15	20	12	39	26	295
33	7394	Allgera Massey	Archie Leaver	Itchenor	18	34	‑57	36	‑39	30	37	22	30	37	19	34	297
34	7890	Sirene Le Petit	Amelia Nuttall	Tenby	20	37	45	39	‑47	33	‑54	20	41	14	22	27	298
35	7056	Trinny Fry	Alastair Fry	Royal Thames	29	48	13	42	33	27	33	45	14	(NSC)	45	(RET)	329
36	619	Joanna Walker	Mhairi MacDonald	Queen Mary	41	35	21	17	‑51	46	‑50	31	46	33	32	31	333
37	6868	William Bracey‑Davies	James Kennedy	Royal Lymington	‑66	36	36	15	25	‑49	48	36	43	45	34	22	340
38	6765	Oliver Hateley	Kyle Timmins	South Staff.	40	38	43	44	37	‑47	‑45	21	35	30	21	33	342
39	6550	Oliver Trudgeon	Monty Deforges	Guernsey	34	42	38	‑60	20	‑61	40	47	32	36	26	41	356
40	8377	Jack Hodgkins	Mia Hateley	South Staff.	37	33	44	53	‑62	21	13	23	‑59	49	49	43	365
41	6022	Caedon Faulkner‑Leask	Cailah Leask	Hayling Island	45	49	23	26	23	‑57	(UFD)	51	50	42	42	37	388
42	4532	Archie Oakden	Hannah Ruffer	Worthing	48	46	39	51	48	‑65	17	‑57	21	32	44	50	396
43	3358	Alex Jones	George Burden	Parkstone	24	23	55	33	22	42	(UFD)	‑62	52	39	53	55	398
44	5174	Anna Elms	Daisy Fuller	Hayling Island	‑70	29	35	49	45	35	47	‑65	47	51	41	35	414
45	6293	Sam Nash	Liam Bartholet	Tonbridge School	33	45	47	45	52	54	22	53	37	(UFD)	38	(UFD)	426
46	8199	Kaz Burt	Sam Ide	Sevenoaks School	47	32	62	32	31	23	53	30	38	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	431
47	8197	Rosie Heydorn	Sevenoaks School	44	40	30	38	27	53	27	41	57	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	440
48	6599	Noah Walters	Josh Rawlings	Worthing	53	50	‑54	‑59	46	36	28	52	39	41	47	51	443
49	5559	Tommy Wilkinson	Rory Beare	Tonbridge School	49	‑62	‑56	34	49	55	35	54	26	50	50	44	446
50	7806	Ed Upton‑Brown	Scarlet Gladman	Bosham	58	‑59	‑72	35	35	48	46	55	53	38	35	48	451
51	8209	Jamie Middleburgh	Josh Beverley	Sevenoaks School	42	26	51	24	30	32	36	56	74	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	454
52	305	Alice Gelosi	Silvia Gelosi	Itchenor	57	51	63	55	‑66	50	‑64	49	48	35	29	18	455
53	6564	Matthew Ridout	Peter Ridout	Ballyholme	56	41	27	48	29	44	51	48	55	(DNS)	‑63	57	456
54	6095	Emily Ridout	Annabel Ridout	Ballyholme	43	(BFD)	20	66	53	43	60	50	‑69	53	37	32	457
55	7807	Angus Cockburn	Merry Lewis	Hayling Island	52	‑76	‑79	58	73	59	62	60	28	34	46	29	501
56	2609	James Jolley	Barney Monk	Worthing	‑77	43	42	63	59	‑73	56	38	64	43	43	52	503
57	1530	Ruby Callaghan	Lauren Barber	Royal Southern	61	53	52	40	58	38	38	61	73	57	(RET)	(DNS)	531
58	4347	Mya Fance	Seren Green	Ullswater	55	63	49	56	42	‑64	‑68	59	58	56	48	46	532
59	2578	Lucy Roberts	Alice Utting	Port Dinorwic	60	55	64	62	57	‑72	49	32	‑68	47	61	53	540
60	8211	Arabella Parker	Lydia Chemyavskaya	Sevenoaks School	54	56	70	37	56	37	52	42	61	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	548
61	6277	Benjamin Sheppard	Anton Chemyshov	Tonbridge School	50	57	‑66	65	44	51	‑69	63	51	48	58	61	548
62	904	Anna Cox	Charlotte Cox	Exe	51	58	48	46	61	58	58	‑67	63	52	‑65	56	551
63	6871	George Massey	George Bullock	Itchenor	64	64	‑74	‑67	67	60	42	46	56	44	55	58	556
64	6296	Oliver Dimond	Pranav Somasundram	Tonbridge School	67	‑73	67	68	54	‑75	43	66	42	54	51	45	557
65	7633	Isabella Swan	James Catterall	Derwent Reservoir	65	61	26	57	55	56	‑67	‑69	60	62	54	62	558
66	6289	George Curtis	Benjamin Bryden	Tonbridge School	46	68	40	50	65	‑70	‑70	64	62	60	57	49	561
67	4194	Alex Breese	Sienna Mordaunt	Royal Lymington	62	52	58	‑73	72	62	73	27	‑80	46	70	70	592
68	6292	William Holden	Oliver Pattison	Tonbridge School	63	60	65	‑74	‑76	63	59	58	45	64	62	54	593
69	6246	Theo Smith	Will Cowley	Draycote Water	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	40	32	RET	36	26	RET	UFD	632
70	5561	Marcus Smith	Barnaby Turner	MCS	‑73	71	‑75	70	63	66	55	68	65	67	64	60	649
71	1080	Ellen Carnegie	Greta Lawrence	Itchenor	38	69	60	61	‑78	74	71	72	‑81	66	73	69	653
72	2422	Ben Angell	Mona Nygard	Draycote Water	69	54	71	64	64	67	65	‑80	‑78	68	66	65	653
73	5675	Felix Gibbons	Rosalila Gibbons	Exe	68	‑72	68	71	68	68	66	71	(RET)	58	59	59	656
74	6291	Jon Lai	Lucas Dobson	Tonbridge School	‑79	65	76	69	71	‑77	75	75	66	63	60	67	687
75	930	Darcy Burden	Colralie Haigh	Parkstone	80	70	53	47	69	81	74	73	75	70	(DNS)	(DNS)	692
76	5940	Pheobe Haigh	Bronte Harrison	Parkstone	74	67	‑80	‑80	70	76	63	74	77	61	69	63	694
77	5560	Daniel Larsen	Mark Larsen	MCS	71	66	61	76	77	71	57	70	71	(DNS)	(DNS)	DNS	703
78	6184	Stella Le Petit	Tom Bohannon‑Hopson	PPSA	76	‑78	73	‑77	60	69	61	77	72	72	74	71	705
79	3838	Amelie Hudson	Morgan Turner	Exe	‑78	75	59	72	‑79	78	78	76	67	71	72	66	714
80	5562	Edward Lumb	Barney Brown	Tonbridge School	75	77	77	‑78	75	‑79	77	78	70	69	71	68	737
81	90	Claude Young	Bhim Albert Singh Sandhu	Worthing	‑81	74	78	79	80	‑82	76	79	79	65	68	64	742
82	6364	Rory Kennedy	Oli Morgan	Itchenor	72	(RET)	(DNS)	75	74	80	72	81	XPA	59	67	UFD	746