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Great Britain, Inland Chamionship 2006

Northampton Sailing Club

30 September/1 October

A weekend of contrasts was ahead for the 26 OK sailors that assembled at Northampton Sailing Club for the 2006 Inland Championships. Excellent hospitality and slick race management was combined with everything from hot sunshine and drifter conditions to a 30 knot squall with hail.

Defending champion Terry Curtis got off to a good start winning race 1 by a substantial margin in 10 to 15 knots. Robert Deaves spent most of the race in second but lost it to Mike Edwards on the final tack to the finish line. After lunch the fleet set sail again under a large black cloud. Sure enough, a few minutes later balls of spray were flying round the lake in 30 knots of wind and hail. The race officer wisely waiting for the wind to abate and then started race 2 in about 10 knots. A gradually shifting wind meant a shortened course after one lap with Mike Edwards taking the win from Tony Thresher and Curtis. The final race of the day was started in just a few knots of shifty wind with little margin for overtaking. Alex Scoles got the best of the start to round first and extend to win by three minutes. Andrew Day sailed well to hold on for second, just ahead of Curtis. Overnight Edwards held a slim lead.

Sunday dawned bright and breezy with excellent prospects for good racing. Terry Curtis showed everyone why he was the defending champion, winning all three races in the 10-15 knot winds. Race 4 nearly went to Simon Childs. After leading most of the way he capsized on the final gybe to let three boats through. Race 5 was a battle between Curtis, Scoles and Deaves with very close tactical racing upwind on the short figure of eight course. The final race proved to be the best with a much longer beat and better reaches which Curtis won easily. Ian Harris finally found some of his old form to hold on to second with Jon Fish losing his hard fought for third place on the finish line to Tony Thresher.

Results
Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts-1
1	2118	Terry Curtis	Upper Thames	1	3	3	1	1	1	7
2	2107	Mike Edwards	South Staffs SC	2	1	4	5	6	7	18
3	2054	Robert Deaves	Waldringfield	3	4	5	6	3	6	21
4	2117	Alex Scoles	Overy Staithe SC	6	20	1	9	2	9	27
5	1774	Tony Thresher	West Oxfordshire	10	2	11	2	OCS	5	30
6	2101	Simon Childs	Grafham	7	16	12	4	4	3	30
7	2110	Jon Fish	Waldringfield	5	9	DNF	7	5	4	30
8	2105	Ian Harris	BCYC	4	6	DNF	10	9	2	31
9	2100	Dan Ager	Waldringfield	12	10	7	3	13	8	40
10	2084	John Meadowcroft	Henley SC	8	5	DNF	8	7	17	45
11	2108	Neil Goodhead	South Staffs	15	7	8	15	8	11	49
12	2007	Anthony Rich	Oxford SC	9	18	10	12	11	10	52
13	2102	Andrew Day	West Oxfordshire	13	13	2	16	14	13	55
14	2045	Andy Turner	Overy Staithe SC	14	12	13	11	10	DNC	60
15	2104	Deryck Lovegrove	Kingsmead	11	14	14	14	20	12	65
16	2092	Bill Bradburn	South Staffs	18	11	6	21	18	14	67
17	2087	Julian Bonham	Upper Thames	16	8	15	13	16	DNF	68
18	2056	Keith Dutton	South Staffs SC	19	19	9	19	15	16	78
19	2071	Robert Bourne	Upriver	17	15	17	17	17	DNC	83
20	2090	Garth Thompson	Upper Thames	21	21	16	20	19	15	91
21	2031	Dave Cooper	Overy Staithe SC	20	17	18	22	22	19	96
22	2060	Paul Pike	Covenham SC	22	22	20	23	21	20	105
23	2098	Edward Dutton	South Staffs SC	25	23	19	25	23	18	108
24	2112	J P Williams	West Oxfordshire	DNC	DNC	DNC	18	12	DNC	111
25	2074	Roger Cooper	Herne Bay SC	24	24	21	26	25	22	116
26	1927	Colin Page	Calshot SC	23	25	DNF	24	24	21	117