Day 3’s Team racing was finally completed on wednesday afternoon when WP narrowly beat NVL to win the honours. The Bridge immediately took the fleet out to complete 2 more races by 20h00.
A further 3 races were completed in more Vaalie type winds on Thursday which saw the contingent from the North starting to show some form. Di Hutton Squire finished off the event on friday with 2 last races.Jessica Gibbons, new to dabbie sailing, came through in the last races and lead the race like a pro, to take line honours.
To summarise,James Stock, Jessica Hogg and JJ liddard dominated the regatta. Andrew Hill,Danny Jarvis , Gareth Baxter and Chris Gough all challenged for the top positions making racing very tight. Excellent duels were evident across the fleet which bodes well for the future.
Western Province sailors again were the form side but having said that it was good to see newcomers to the fleet from NorthVaal taking part. James took gold, Jessica Hogg silver and JJ liddiard Bronze. First girl went to Jessica Hogg and the under 15 trophy to Chris Gough.
Thank you to TSC and the organisors and especially to Di Hutton Squire who agreed to complete the regatta by Friday to give the Vaalies time to get home.
Owen Baxter
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Dear Owen Thanks for all your hard work , two comments from my side ,I feel some sort of momento should have been given to the 29 dabbie entries, Baseball caps or T shirts or stickers or a small plaque with something like Dabbie Nationals 07 Theewater Sports Club . IE out of the entance fee of R 315 per competior / R 9135.00 surely some money could have been spent on momentoes.I know lunches for bridge boat plus costs of petrol etc cost big money,perhaps for future regattas these can be considered even with a sponsor logo or something, How do we keep the kids in the class & encourage others. Also maybe more small prizes for up to 10th place plus conselation prizes.We still had lots of fun. Best regards Rob Foreman (father of twins Kevin & Jeremy)
Hi Rob,
I could not agree with you more. Unfortunately the organizing of the event was out of my hands and that of the class. I will however pass on your views to the organizing committee.
Owen