South East Zone snatches Gill-RYA Eric Twiname glory

Posted on 12/05/2009

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The South East Zone are the 2009 Eric Twiname Championships champions as their sailors reigned triumphant at Rutland Water (Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 May).

Although breezes of 15 plus knots guaranteed a cracking first day of racing, the wind wasn’t quite so willing to play ball on Sunday and with no further racing possible the overnight leaders in the dinghy and windsurfing classes were crowned 2009 Eric Twiname champions.

Some 226 sailors in 211 boats representing the nine RYA Zone and Home Countries took to the water to try to wrestle the coveted Eric Twiname Shield from the grasp of 2008 event winners the North Zone.

And with four races completed for all classes, it was the South East Zone who emerged victorious by the narrowest of margins claiming the overall Championship title from the second-placed South Zone on the tie-break.

2009 Gill/RYA Eric Twiname Championships Results:

Overall winners of the Eric Twiname Shield:
1) South East
2) South
3) North

Dinghies:
Optimist class:
1) Jennifer Cropley (Warsash / Burghfield SC)
2) Daniel Whiteley (Port Dinorwic SC)
3) Connie Hicklin (South Staffs)
Winning Zone: South
Topper class:
1) James O’Hare (Carlingford Lough SC)
2) Oliver Machell (Papercourt SC)
3) Jamie Noyes (East Lothian YC)
Winning Zone: South East
Cadet class:
1) Mary Henderson / Jack Hardie (Salcombe YC / Frensham Pond SC)
2) Joseph Butterworth / Joseph Chadwick (Fishers Green SC)
3) Holly Francis / Isabel Hillard (Parkstone YC)
Winning Zone: South
Dinghy overall winning Zone: 1) South
2) South East
3) North

Windsurfers:
Bic Techno 4.5
1) James Bloor (Astbury)
2) Sarah Labourne (North Lincolnshire & Humberside SC)
3) Cameron Coghill (Nottinghamshire County SC)
Winning Zone: West
Bic Techno 5.5
1) Henry Bloodworth (Queen Mary SC)
2) Ruben Lansley (North Lincolnshire & Humberside SC)
3) Guy Dixon (Oxford SC)
Winning Zone: South East
Bic Techno 6.8
1) Emma Labourne (North Lincolnshire & Humberside SC)
2) Max Bushell (North Lincolnshire & Humberside SC)
3) Zak Page (Croft Farm)
Winning Zone: North
Bic Techno 7.8
1) Tom Squires (Oxford SC)
2) Chloe Bennett (N/A)
3) Thomas Addison (Hythe & Saltwood SC)
Winning Zone: South East
Windsurfing overall winning Zone:
1) South East
2) North
3) South West
Laser 4.7 indicator results:
1) Lorenzo Chiavarini (Royal Northern & Clyde YC)
2) Andy Dawson (Leigh & Lowton SC)
3) Harvey Davies (Restronguet SC)
Mirror indicator results:
1) Tom Lovesey / Mille Pugh (NA / Poole YC)
2) Alex Lloyd / Jack Moore (NA / Blithfield SC)
3) Meia Harnett / Elin Harnett (Whitstable YC)