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Steve & Nick, Matt & meganChester S & CC Enterprise Open Meeting

Luckily the rain stopped for our encounter at the River Dee at Chester part of the North West Top Helm Series Sponsored by Speed Sails17 sailors arrived with 9 home boats and 8 visitors. Unfortunately it was light wind and there was a large flow from lots of rain from the previous weekend.

Race 1. Got underway after tea and biscuits, it was hard to start as the flow of the river was against us up the first beat. Many people were hitting buoys or boats as they struggled with the current. Great down wind though, Gez Brown & Martin Honnor (Hallamshire) soon took the lead and finished the race in 1st. Phil Snewin & Ros Coleman (Chester) came in 2nd. Charles & Hannah Adams (WLYC) came in 3rd.

We stopped for lunch, which was homemade. The tomato soup was fantastic. Race 2 started under similar conditions. At times a breeze came but soon went. Tony Woods & Charlie (Etherow) had a fantastic start and led the race from start to the finish. Ges pushed his way up to 2nd and held his position to the end. Charlie finished third. And Karen Morris & Lisa Woods (Etherow) held a respectable 4th

We waited a while for the breeze to pick up. Soon we went out for race 3. We started and the wind just vanished so the OD took the wise decision to abandon the race, which left Ges Brown, & Martin Honnor to Win the Open.

A Big thanks to everybody at Chester for a great day in frustrating conditions.

Results:

Rank Class SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 Total
1 Enterprise 23194 Ges Brown Martin Honnor Hallamshire 1 2 3
2 Enterprise 23165 Tony Woods Charlie Etherow 4 1 5
3 Enterprise 22272 Charles Adams Hannah Adams WLYC 3 3 6
4 Enterprise 22536 Phil Snewin Ros Coleman CS&CC 2 6 8
5 Enterprise 22163 Karen Woods Lisa Woods Etherow 5 4 9
6 Enterprise 21350 Steve Blackburn Nick Hampson Pilkington 8 5 13
7 Enterprise 19876 Matt Johnson Megan Adams SCYC 6 8 14
8 Enterprise 23137 Wally Riley Lesley Riley CS&CC 7 7 14
9 Enterprise 15901 Tim Finch Jackie Finch CS&CC 9 9 18
10 Enterprise 22660 Bill Broughhall Fay Newman CS&CC 10 10 20
11 Enterprise 22117 Mike Maddocks Carys Done CS&CC 13 12 25
12 Enterprise 21409 Phil Duggan Linda Shaw Winsford DNF 11 29
13 Enterprise 22400 Lewis Kneale Tom Piggott CS&CC 11 DNF 29
14 Enterprise 19755 Richard Hemmingway Janet Adamson Etherow 12 DNF 30
15 Enterprise 18993 Mark Neild Suzi CS&CC DNF DNF 36
15 Enterprise 22821 Steve Spreyer Chris Spreyer CS&CC DNF DNF 36
15 Enterprise 22809 Amy Spreyer John Purdie CS&CC DNF DNF 36






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