Gillette Junior Series 5 & 6

 

Gillette Junior Series Race 5 – 25th August 2021

The wind was NWish about 8-10 mph tonight and there were just three starters.

The positions were the same throughout the race and did not change on corrected time –

1st Jasmine Topper

2nd Toby Topper

3rd Ollie Oppie  

Gillette Junior Series Race 6 – 1st September 2021

The wind was similar to last week and the same three sailors turned out.

The race was slightly longer with Jasmine and Toby completing four laps and Ollie three.

Toby led from Jasmine for three laps, but unfortunately capsized on the fourth and let Jasmine through to take the victory.

The positions did not change on corrected time and were – 1st Jasmine; 2nd Toby; 3rd Ollie

Overall Series

The series ran over six races and involved 14 competitors racing Oppies, Toppers. 4.7s and a Radial.

The final order was –

1st Ollie            Optimist

2nd Jasmine     Topper

3rd Toby           Topper

In fact, Ollie was the only one to sail in all six races, so congratulations to him for winning the series and well done to everyone who took part.

Thanks to Karen, Hadey, Newton and Richards S and others who helped to organize and run the races.