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Toddbrook SC Enterprise Open Meeting 2009
 Toddbrook SC Enterprise Training Day & Open Meeting4th & 5th April 09 Toddbrook SC held the first North West Enterprise Event of the 2009. Saturday started with the training day, training officer was Mike Birch from WLYC. Everybody was really thankful of the expert coaching. Paul Brotherton came down a little later and gave some advice. Paul is one of the leading Olympic coaches. So many thanks to Mike & Paul, for a great learning experience. Sunday, was the start of the North West Top Helm Series. We were greeted with Sunshine. The wind had picked up 15 – 20 mph breeze, which most were enjoying. The start line was favouring the end of the line from the OD hut. This meant you had to tack on port as soon as the gun went. We sailed to the top end of the lake, with a short run, broad reach, a reach, a run again, close reach and back on the beat. 17 boats on the line for race 1 and Alan Roberts & Rob Lee (Pilkington) had a superior start and gained ground on the fleet through the first 2 laps. Steve Blackburn & Nick Hampson (Pilkington) & Ed Pilling & Dave Boustead (Arnside) eventually overtook Alan. Ed held his lead for a lap until an error slowed them down. Steve took full advantage to finish 1st. Ed recovered well and finished 2nd and Karen Morris & Lisa Woods (Etherow) held 3rd. After a great lunch of Jacket spuds and various toppings, cake and tea, we set sail for race 2, Steve had the best start after the recall, followed by Ed, Alan and the girls. Tony Woods & Charlie were not far from the leading pack and on the 3rd beat and punched their way up beat to 1st place. Tony held his lead to finish 1st. Ed managed to break from Steve and finish 2nd with Steve 3rd. For race 3, sailing the same course as the previous races due to the direction of the wind we set sail. Tony came off the line in 1st and never faulted. Steve again held 2nd for a while and dropped to 4th with Karen & Lisa taking 2nd. Alan and Rob Came in 3rd for the highest place of the day. Thanks to Toddbrook SC for a great day. Results: Class Sail No Helm Crew Club Toddbrook Enterprise 22163 Tony Woods Charlie Etherow 1 Enterprise 21350 Steve Blackburn Nick Hampson Pilkington 2 Enterprise 23158 Ed Pilling Dave Boustead Arnside 3 Enterprise 23165 Karen Morris Lisa Woods Etherow 4 Enterprise 2135 Alan Roberts Rob Lee Pilkington 5 Enterprise 22814 Royston Taggart Diane Robert Pilkington 6 Enterprise 23050 Tim Finch Jackie Finch Chester 7 Enterprise 20673 Richard Crichley Martin Rusk Pilkington 8 Enterprise 21318 Ralph Morris Kev Law Toddbrook 9 Enterprise 22072 Andy Goddard Tom Goddard 10 Enterprise 22117 Mike Maddocks C Done Chester 11 Enterprise 21983 John Berry Andrew Etherow 12 Enterprise 22874 Alistar McDonald Kieren Welsh Berwick 13 Enterprise 21605 Martin Petch Jenetta Petch Toddbrook 14 Enterprise 19775 Richard Hemmigway Janet Adamson Etherow 15 Enterprise 22506 Anna Hampson Becca Cox Pilkington 16 Enterprise 14722 Peter Lamb Jenn Lamb Toddbrook 17 Enterprise 14830 Sue Wormold Rob Wormold Toddbrook 18 |
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