There was a considerable feeling of dejá vu about the Craftinsure Silver Tiller meeting at Midland this year. It was once again on Mothers’ Day. The same race officer and team were in charge, and there was another good turnout of visitors – many of them from Blithfield who had run their own Silver Tiller event the day before. The results, too, had a familiar ring about them.
18 visiting boats joined 9 Merlins from the home club, and race officer, Nigel Spurr, got the first race off into an easterly breeze. The light shifty conditions made for a testing race which was eventually won by Mike and Jane Calvert, followed by Matt Biggs and Ben Hollis in second and Andy (Taxi) Davis and Tom Pygall in third. Lunch was taken early to allow for an early start to the afternoon’s racing.
While lunch was being taken the clerk of the weather arranged for the wind to shift into a northerly direction – one which would make for more difficulty in approaching and leaving the windward marks. In the second race the wind favoured the few who got onto port early and many boats got stuck to the left of the beat. However, quality showed through with many of the usual suspects working their way to the front of the fleet. Mike and Jane pulled through to win from Matt and Ben with local team Richard Adams and Chris Gould in third.
The fleet stayed on the water for the final race, sailed over the same course. With Mike and Jane on shore Andy and Tom come to the fore. They won from Jon Gorringe and Toby Lewis, with Matt and Ben in third.
So Mike Calvert has got his name on the trophy yet again – his sixth win – with Jane crewing for him on this occasion. In a further repeat of last year Taxi and Tom’s win in the final race gave them second overall, ahead of Matt and Ben who once again were third.
Results: –
1. Mike and Jane Calvert Axe 2 points
2. Andy Davis and Tom Pygall Blithfield 4
3. Matt Biggs and Ben Hollis Blithfield 4
4. Richard Adams and Chris Gould Midland 8
5. Jon Gorringe and Toby Lewis Parkstone 9
6. Steve and Gill Leney Blithfield 9
Mike Anslow
19.03.2012
1 3691 Mike Calvert Jane Calvert Axe 1 1 28 2
2 3684 Andy Davis Tom Pygall Blithfield 3 4 1 4
3 3722 Matt Biggs Ben Hollis Blithfield 2 2 3 4
4 3650 Richard Adams Chris Gould Midland 5 3 7 8
5 3712 Jon Gorringe Toby Lewis Parkstone 7 9 2 9
6 3716 Steve Leney Gill Leney Blithfield 4 5 9 9
7 3610 Richard Dee Chris Winters Midland 6 6 4 10
8 3663 Chris Haworth Jo Harvey Blackpool & Fleetwood 8 7 28 15
9 3702 Duncan Salmon Harriet Salmon Wembley 11 11 5 16
10 3402 Rob Kennaugh John Hackett Midland 10 10 6 16
11 3730 Paul Hollis James Dawes Blithfield 9 13 8 17
12 3674 Mike Anslow Jayden Wood Midland 13 8 11 19
13 3568 Andy Bownes Claire Brimacombe Shustoke 15 14 10 24
14 3339 Tim Male Rebecca Male Blithfield 12 12 12 24
15 3508 Colin Anderson Sean Anderson Redditch 14 17 13 27
16 3680 Steve Watson Phil Scott Midland 16 22 14 30
17 3619 Guy Browne Luke Turner Trent Valley 23 18 15 33
18 3547 Peter Male Neil Harper Blithfield 17 16 18 33
19 3581 Mark Reddington Colin Staite Bartley 19 15 28 34
20 3582 Malcom Hyams Iain Leiper Midland 18 19 17 35
21 3530 Mike Colles Tyrone Wood Midland 26 21 16 37
22 3517 Keith Garrett Dan Barrett Midland 22 20 19 39
23 3567 Martin Smith Karen Beston Blithfield 21 23 21 42
24 3437 David Homer Chris Homer Midland 20 24 24 44
25 3548 Kieron Mason Henry Mason Blithfield 28 26 20 46
26 3533 Russell Brayshaw Nicola Wolkinson Hollowell 25 27 22 47
27 3346 Ian MacKenzie Angela MacKenzie Blithfield 24 25 23 47
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