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National Championship 2019 
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​Dartmoor MBC

National Championship, 7th and 8th September 2019

                                                       
Visitor’s from as far afield as Buchanness and Fleetwood clubs joined the Dartmoor MBC fleet boats to contend this year’s National Championships. Most of the competitors took the opportunity to go through scrutiny on the Friday afternoon preceding the event, which resulted in a more relaxed atmosphere on the first morning of racing.
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DAY 1 - Whilst the race team moved buoys around on the lake to cater for the forecasted veering SSW wind direction most competitors enjoyed the sun engaging with each other and talked boats. This was not the case however for Graeme Harris, the owner of local Tias designed boat (34) which experienced winch failure. As others watched on a new winch was installed only for that to fail as well, sometimes things just do not go to plan do they!

Experienced Principle Race Officer Peter Cropper got the first seeding race underway on time on the windward/leeward gated course down the east side of the Lake. This is probably the most difficult side of Shaugh lake to use because the available course length is quite small and minor wind direction changes can be difficult to read. Having said that the good skippers always find the right course to take and in the early heat races a noticeable ‘A’ Fleet pattern emerged where Graham Bantock (53) and Shaun Holbeche (16) challenging each other for line honours.
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Local pundit Richard Wills using the new Romanza (14) from the John Kiff stable was also chasing hard and swapping places with John Taylor’s Drisky (28). Further down the fleet Stan Cockeram (1) was having an up and down day as was the local SW Champion boat 30 which was on loan to James Scrimshaw.
In the Classic division the two local Dolphin designed boats belonging to Martin Smith and Tim Nicholas were scoring around the middle of the fleet with Tim having a slight lead at the end of the day. 
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DAY 2 – The morning dawned with a glassy looking lake and with a light wind forecast course laying during the day looked as though it could be challenging. With the windward marks now sited on the South side of the lake, when racing resumed Graham (53) continued his dominance over the fleet with Shaun (16) consistently scoring second places. The race team and in particular the Clubs Sailing Sec in the boat was kept very busy shifting marks as the wind direction veered further to the SSW. 
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After the lunch break when the competitors enjoyed the remains of the previous nights Moorland hotel buffet dinner, racing resumed. By this time the wind had stabilised in the SW allowing the south control zone and the full course length of the lake to be used.
​On the race course the race leaders remained the same but further down the fleet things were getting up close and personal between the Blue hulled Drisky of John Taylor and the Fruit Salad coloured Romanza of Richard Wills. With contacts, entanglements and failures to finish redress protests went in and were quickly dealt with, which resulted in average points being awarded to Richard in two races. 
1st Graham Bantock

       Prize Giving

​Congratulations to Graham Bantock who received the Championship winning trophy from the Club commodore Tom Eaves.




2nd Shaun Holbeche


​ The score line shows   just how dominant   Graham was, but does   not reflect how hard   Shaun Holbeche in   second place tried to   close him down   enabling him to win   two races.

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Richard Wills from the home club took third place from John Taylor who used to race IOM’s with the host club.

Mike Ewart who is also no stranger to the Dartmoor Club took fifth place and will no doubt be back again next Year to try to win the SW Area trophy which has eluded him on several occasions.                               Sixth place went to the very keen Doug Penman from Sedgemoor. 

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​In the Classic division the newly awarded Perpetual ‘Old Jug’ trophy went to Martin Smith (03) who got the better of the overnight leader Tim Nicholas (86). The first lady helm prize went to Helen Cockeram from Solent RCMYC

In his championship winner’s speech Graham thanked Dartmoor for hosting the Event and also for its general friendliness and hospitality towards the competitors. 
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On behalf of the club and its membership I would like to say what a pleasure it has been to host this year’s National Championship and to praise those who competed in it for their sportsmanship both on and off the water.  
Thanks to everybody from the Club who was involved in the organisation and with the on the water running of the event.
Special thanks to the City College Plymouth and to the Babcock International degree course apprentices for their work on providing 4G coverage at the club. This equipment was used to good effect for the first time during the event as a link to the emergency services.
Finally, thanks to the 6M Association for selecting Dartmoor MBC as a venue and the club hopes that the class will return to it for its National Championships at some time in the future. 

Jerry Lock (Event PRO)

​Pictures by Jerry Lock                                                                                      

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    • 2020 Competitions >
      • Report Fleetwood Open 26/1/20
    • 2019 Competitions >
      • NOR Sextant Trophy 2019
      • Report 2019 National Championship, 7th and 8th September 2019 Dartmoor MBC
      • Report Fleetwood Open 25/8/2019
      • Fleetwood Open Meeting 25th August 2019
      • Report Midland League Series R3
      • Doug Tomlinson Vase 29th June 2019
      • Introduction to the 2019 National Championship
      • Report Midland League Series R2
      • Report Midland League Series R1
      • Report Fleetwood Open 14th April 2019
      • Notice of Race, Fleetwood
      • Results and Notice of Race, SW District 6m Championship
      • Report Shearwater Trophy 5th May 2019
      • Notice of Race Shearwater Trophy 2019
    • 2018 Competitions >
      • 6th May 2018 Shearwater Trophy, Broads RYC
      • 2nd June 2018 Dartmoor SWD R6m Championship
      • 30th June 2018 Tomlinson Vase, Harwich & Dovercourt MBC
      • 1st/2nd September National Championship 2018, Bournville RS&MBC
      • 4th November, Sextant Trophy, Lee Valley MYC
    • 2017 Competitions >
      • 28th October 2017 - Midlands District Championship >
        • MDC Entry Form
      • 23rd September Open - Abington Park MYC
      • 19th August Two Islands Open Report
      • 16th July Sextant Trophy, 2002T R2 Lee Valley MYC
      • 17th June Dartmoor Open
      • 13th/14th May 2017 Six Metre National Championship
      • 16th April Shearwater Trophy Broads RYC
      • 25th March Two Islands RYC
      • 25th February APMYC @ Hollowell SC Open
    • 2016 Competitions >
      • 26th & 27th March MYA National
      • 12th November Hollowell SC Open
    • 2015 Competitions >
      • MYA National Championship 2015
    • 2002 Trophy Series >
      • 2002 Trophy History
  • Rules
    • 2017 Proposed Rule Amendments
    • Measurement & Registration >
      • A picture guide to measurement
  • Design & Build
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    • Planking >
      • Introduction
      • Part One
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      • Part Three
      • Part Four
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